Antenna Analyzer
“I show you how to use an MFJ 259/269 Antenna Analyzer to check your antenna for SWR and resonance.”
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An FCC Enforcement Advisory released in late May seems to state the obvious: All FCC-authorized equipment must be used in compliance with laws and rul... Read more
KTRE.com | Lufkin and Nacogdoches, Texas “OPPERAS COVE, TX (KXXV) – The City of Copperas Cove Division of Emergency Management teamed up w... Read more
If you’re not familiar with full-carrier amplitude modulation (AM) or have never used it on the air, you’ll have a chance during the AM Rally during t... Read more
Restrictions on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic recently prompted a novel approach to multioperator/multi-transmitter operation. The WW2DX ent... Read more
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Slow-Scan TV event set for December 26-27 has been postponed due to “complications in pla... Read more
FlexRadio Systems and Marcus Roskosch, DL8MRE announced today a partnership to develop, market and sell a client interface application for both iPad®... Read more
The DeorbitSail CubeSat, built by researchers and radio amateurs at the Surrey Space Centre in Guildford, England, was launched into orbit on July 10.... Read more
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Ham College episode 7
FCC Warns that Use of Authorized Equipment Must Comply with All Laws and Rules
Public invited as amateur radio operators to practice emergency situations
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Contest Entry Features Multiple Operator Locations and Remote Transmitter-Receiver Site
ARISS Postpones Anniversary SSTV Event
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DeorbitSail CubeSat Put into Orbit, Heard in US
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Radio Amateur Takes Part in Historic First Commercial Human Spaceflight to ISS
Bob Behnken, KE5GGX, was one of two NASA astronauts who made spaceflight history over the weekend. Behnken and Doug Hurley were the first astronauts s... Read more
Hurricane Watch Net Reactivates as Hurricane Warning Posted for the Carolinas
With the National Hurricane Center (NHC) expecting Tropical Storm Isaias to become a hurricane again later today and make landfall this evening, the H... Read more
Slow-Scan Television Activity August 4 – 5 from ISS will Commemorate Apollo-Soyuz
Russian cosmonauts on board the International Space Station plan to transmit slow-scan television (SSTV) images on August 4 – 5. The SSTV images will... Read more
Hurricane Watch Net Activating as Hurricane Isaias Approaches US East Coast
The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) activated on 14.325 MHz on July 31 at 1500 UTC as Hurricane Isaias [pronounced: ees-ah-EE-ahs] heads toward the US on an... Read more
New Technician HF Privileges Defined: ARRL board accepts final recommendations of the Band Planning Committee
Source:https://swling.com/ During this session, the [ARRL] Board took the following actions: Accepted the final recommendations of the Band Planning C... Read more
FCC Fines HobbyKing Nearly $3 Million for Marketing Unauthorized Drone Transmitters
The FCC has issued a Forfeiture Order (FO) calling for HobbyKing to pay a fine of $2,861,128 for marketing drone transmitters that do not comply with... Read more
ISS MAI-75 SSTV activity planned for Aug 4-5
It is planned Russian cosmonauts will transmit amateur radio Slow Scan Television (SSTV) images from the International Space Station (ISS) during Augu... Read more
AMSAT Partners with University of Maine WiSe-Net Lab to Develop State’s First CubeSat
The University of Maine Wireless Sensing Laboratory (WiSe-Net Lab) and AMSAT have signed an agreement to collaborate on building and operating MESAT1,... Read more
High School Marine Buoy Transmitter Now Active on 20-Meter WSPR
Phil Karn, KA9Q; Randy Standke, KQ6RS, and members of the Mount Carmel High School Amateur Radio Club (MCHSARC) in San Diego have constructed and depl... Read more
Well-Known Contester and Contest Station Builder Grady Ferguson, W5FU, SK
A well-known contester and the co-builder of contest stations in Texas and Nevada, Grady Ferguson, W5FU (ex-NA5R), died of COVID-19 on July 14. He was... Read more
