KOLKATA: Ham radio operators will be working in mobile shadow zones as earmarked by the election commission where mobile phone network does not properly reach to provide radio communication assistance for smooth communication facilities on poll day.
The Office of the district magistrate and district election officer of North 24 Parganas has accepted a proposal of West Bengal Radio Club (Ameteur Club) to provide Ham radio communication in 24 polling stations in North 24 Parganas falling under shadow zones. A letter on this regard was isused and sent to the organisation by the district magistrate and district election officer of North 24 Parganas on last Tuesday, just a day after the radio club had sent its proposal….READ MORE
More
Rfinder Tom W3ZX, a visually impaired ham gives a great demo on Android using TalkBack for the visually impaired. See More: http://www.rfinder.net/blog/ Read more
More
Ten-year-old HAM
Jacob interviews Joe Wright KJ7JWW (Our Elmer). (Submitted photo) I am not talking about out of date smoked pork here …I am talking about an amazing a... Read more
The K7RA Solar Update 07/10/2015
Solar activity perked up over the July 2-8 period, with average daily sunspot numbers increasing from 35.9 to 109.1, compared to the previous seven da... Read more
ARRL Announces Club Competition Eligibility Changes
Earlier this year, following a challenge that resulted in the realignment of several club scores in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest, it became clear that th... Read more
Why even good Antennas need good Coax Cable
By Dennis Walter “Nothing’s going on shortwave anymore!” Really? Many ham radio operators and SWLs keep telling me that nothing is going on on shortwa... Read more
The K7RA Solar Update 05/15/2015
This week our quiet sun came alive, and the visible solar disc now is crowded with sunspots. On Monday, May 11, the SESC daily sunspot number r... Read more
An Earth-Directed Stealthy Storm Launches as Activity Bumps Up | Solar Storm Forecast 04.14.2021
https://youtu.be/Tti4AZUa458 Read more
First KX3 with PX3
“I’m trying out the first KX3 with PX3 retrofit. It is big, but it looks really nice and sounds amazing! Cost for parts, labor and US ship... Read more
CAS-4A and CAS-4B to have Ham Radio Linear Transponders
CAMSAT is working closely with a Beijing Government aerospace contractor to build two satellites with amateur radio linear transponder payloads. Both... Read more
SSTV Goes Very High Profile
In late September, University of Alaska-Fairbanks researcher Chris Fallen, KL3WX, was attempting to produce an RF-induced airglow — or artificial auro... Read more
Cyprus Headquarters (HQ) team to participate in IARU HF World Championship contest
Cyprus Headquarters (HQ) team to participate in IARU HF World Championship contest (11-12 July 2015) Several contest stations across Cyprus will hit t... Read more
FCC Grants Temporary Waiver to Permit Higher Symbol Rate Data Transmissions
The FCC has granted an ARRL request to waive current Amateur Radio rules to permit data transmissions at a higher symbol rate than currently permitted... Read more
Compact Power Supply for Elecraft Radios
Description The SS-30DV is designed to supply 25 Amps continuous (up to 5 minutes) and 30 Amps surge at 14.1 VDC. It is the perfect companion s... Read more
Life on Navassa : Ham Nation 186
Valerie presents video footage of the K1N Navassa DXpedition. Life on Navassa : Ham Nation 186 Read more
Unboxing the New MFJ-2104 MFJ-2104 – Octopus Antenna
MFJ sent me their MFJ-2104 Octopus Antenna, a four-band dipole with screw-in elements for 75m (the voice portion of 80m), 40m, 20m, and 10m. This is b... Read more
Warning: file_get_contents(https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?url=https%3A%2F%2Fqrznow.com%2Fham-radio-communication-in-shadow-zone-polling-booths%2F): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found in /home/qrznow/public_html/wp-content/themes/goodnews5/framework/functions/posts_share.php on line 151
