Authorities say an emergency communication tower near the Oregon coast has been destroyed, causing over $60,000 in damag
OS BAY, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say an emergency communication tower near the Oregon coast has been destroyed, causing over $60,000 in damage.
The World reports the Coos County Sheriff’s Office is offering a reward for the identification and conviction of the people responsible.
The sheriff’s office says the damage was discovered Monday morning when a deputy responded to a call of criminal mischief on Coos Mountain.
The sheriff’s office says it was determined that the wires holding up the Coos Mountain Repeater site were cut.
The sheriff’s office says that tower is used for emergency communication for loggers, fire personnel and ham radio operators and is an integral piece of infrastructure in the region especially now as fire season begins.
The sheriff’s office says when the tower fell, it was completely destroyed.
SOURCE: https://www.oregonlive.com/
The world’s longest-lived satellite, AO-7, turned 45 years old this month. It was launched on November 15, 1974, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Cal... Read more
Connecticut native Melissa Stemmer has joined the ARRL Headquarters staff as Development Manager. Born and raised in Waterbury, Stemmer earned a bache... Read more
FlexRadio Systems announces the release of SmartSDR for iOS v3.06.04 is now available for download or update from the Apple App Store. This App requir... Read more
CWops is now accepting nominations for its Award for Advancing the Art of CW for 2020. The award recognizes individuals, groups, or organizations that... Read more
The second week of the World Radiocommunication Conference reports on the status of two issues affecting the amateur satellite service. In a report wr... Read more
TID TD-DP580 DMR Radio UHF Radio Ham Radio Digital 2 Way Radio This DMR radio is reasonably cost effective due to its high quality and ergonomic desig... Read more
Even with little to no solar activity, it is amazing how many long-distance HF contacts are possible, even without using weak signal modes such as FT8... Read more
Dayton Hamvention® is inviting nominations for its 2020 awards. Nominations are due by February 15, 2020. Awards will be granted for Amateur of the Ye... Read more
Emergency Net on 7.110 MHz “A tsunami alert has been issued after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the northwest of Indonesia‘s Maluku Isla... Read more
RF-KIT Power Amplifier RF2K-S – THE Solid State 1,500 watt linear amplifier DX Engineering exclusive! Both kit and assembled versions offer exac... Read more
The Marquesas TX7T DXpedition, sponsored by the Can-Am DXpedition Group, moved on to Hiva Oa on November 6. Operation is scheduled to continue until N... Read more
Description A 5 element Long Boom (2.1m) LFA-Q (Super-rigid Quad-style) Super-Light Quad Style Yagi for 144 – 145MHz The LFA-Q Packs a bigger... Read more
Mount Athos activity Monk Iakovos, SV2RSG, has been active as SV2RSG/A from the Holy Monastery of Koutloumousiou of Mount Athos. Activity has been on... Read more
[UPDATED and CORRECTED @ 1625 UTC on November 2019] The latest International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS) newsletter report... Read more
After deployment, HuskySat-1’s 1,200 bps BPSK beacon on 435.800 MHz should be active and decodable with the latest release of FoxTelem. HuskySat-1 is... Read more
DX-pedition to Pitcairn island. VP6R from Nodir Tursun-zade on Vimeo. DX-pedition to Pitcairn island. VP6R. October-November 2019. Read more
Words and music by the late Maurice Durieux VE2QS and VE2BR. Played by VE2QS and his orchestra. Produced around 1951. Source:https://swling.com... Read more
Programmable Screwdriver Antenna Controller 10 Memories. . . Super Accurate. . . AutoPark . . . StallProtector. . . Super bright LEDs Tuning your mobi... Read more
“Today i have received the new SDR receiver from SDRplay, the RSPdx and was eager to turn it on and do some tests receiving on HF and VLF. Altho... Read more
What can it do? SWR The Antuino measures the SWR of the antenna with a narrowly tuned receiver. A simpler resistive bridge with a diode detector will... Read more
Technical Specifications 1 MHz to 1000 MHz. Bandwidth 160 kHz. Modulation types AM, WFM, NFM, LSB, USB. Powered by one Li-ion cell. Consumption up to... Read more
“Robert K5TD makes me wish I had a KX3. His own design of a 3D printed rack beautifully shows off the radio and panadapter and, from observation... Read more
According to the latest edition of The 5 MHz Newsletter, regulatory agencies in an expanding list of countries have granted amateur radio access to a... Read more
There were a lot of questions on wirebeam yagi on 80m. Here is a diagram. This is used on RL3A, K1LZ and similar on EW6W Source: Roman Levichev Read more
The RSGB have released a report on days 9 and 10 of the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from October 28... Read more
Recent Posts
Happy 45th Birthday, AMSAT-OSCAR 7!
Melissa Stemmer Joins ARRL Headquarters as Development Manager
SmartSDR for iOS v3.06.04 Now Available
Nominations Invited for CWops Award for Advancing the Art of CW
IARU update regarding Amateur Satellite allocations
DMR Handheld Review: TID TD-DP580
The K7RA Solar Update
Dayton Hamvention® Invites 2020 Award Nominations
Indonesia Earthquakes – Emergency Frequency 2019
RF-KIT Power Amplifiers RF2K-S
Still Time to Work TX7T in the Marquesas Islands
5 element Long Boom 144MHz LFA-Q Super-Gainer Quad Style Yagi
Mount Athos activity – SV2RSG/A
Russian OTH Radar Now Reported to be “Everywhere”
AMSAT Says HuskySat-1 Paving the Way for Further Cooperation
VP6R Timelapse video. © EY8MM
CQ SERENADE! Music
MFJ-1924 Programmable Screwdriver Antenna Controller
The New SDRplay RSPdx receiver – First Impression: Excellent!
ANTUINO – A compact Radio Lab for Antennas, Radio circuits
The new Malahit-DSP: A portable all-in-one wideband SDR receiver
3D printed desktop rack for KX3 / PX3
Access to 60 Meters Continues to Expand
5 Elements wire yagi for 80m
WRC-19 Day 9 and 10: Satellites, 50 MHz and 1240-1300 MHz
