Several years ago I was tuning around the 20 meter amateur radio band and heard this lively, engaging, and impressive exchange on the maritime mobile frequency, 14.300 MHz.
Vessel ‘Elusive’ at sea in the North Pacific was being followed by another ship. The occupants felt threatened that it might be a pirate, so they called for help on the HAM
radio.
Volunteer radio operators around the country worked together to communicate and relay
messages with the Coast Guard in California. They also came up with some brilliant ideas to stay safe and get direct help as soon as possible.
The following is a recording from my location in New Hampshire.
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This is a video targeted at new HF operators and covers the 20 and 80 meter bands. Read more
A fundamentally new approach to building radio transmitters could open previously impossible communication channels for warfighters Here’s something e... Read more
The Six Biggest Tower Climbing Mistakes… and How to Avoid Them! Climbing communications towers that are hundreds and sometimes thousands of feet... Read more
By Hugh SchofieldBBC News, Modane, France Napoleonic semaphore was the world’s first telegraph network, carrying messages across 19h-Century Fra... Read more
The FCC has published their final change in the National Register concerning the license application fee for the amateur radio service. The rule was p... Read more
Listen Live Hurricane DORIAN Washington DC Area SDR HF radio receiver system maintained by NA5B, Mehmet, e-mail na5b@hotmail.com This receiver covers... Read more
To give you a sense of our RTTY operations, here’s a fun video I (N7SMI) filmed of a typical RTTY pileup. I used two MMTTY decoders and one or t... Read more
Alaska’s super-power High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) transmitters in Gakona, Alaska, will take advantage of the WSPR digital pr... Read more
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 EDT UTC-4 PDT UTC-7 UTC PRESENTATION 9:00 6:00 13:00 Opening Remarks 9:15 6:15 13:15 HamSCI PSWS Overview/Status... Read more
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“Many believe the worst threat to our electronics is being damaged by an Electromagnetic Pulse. Today I show you how to prevent that damage and... Read more
BY Joseph Kenny | Sophie Gloriod, a seventh-grader at Little Flower School in Richmond Heights, certainly could be called a space cadet. Listening to... Read more
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Yaesu FT-891 is on public display at Dayton 2016. The Yaesu FT-891 is an amateur HF transceiver covering the 160 to 6 meter bands with 100 watts. It f... Read more
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The new version of the IARU Region 1 VHF Handbook 7.50 covering VHF, UHF and Microwaves is now available for download. The handbook has chapters on Ba... Read more
Yaesu FT-891 – First Video on YouTube ! Here’s a short video about this new mobile HF radio, 6 to 160 meters only. No VHF/UHF and no digit... Read more
Here is a video about my go-kit with my FT-817 and making some contacts QRP. Videos on almost all items can be seen on my channel. In this kit i have... Read more
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Ham Radio Tutorial – Intro To The HF Bands
Underwater Radio, Anyone?
Six Biggest Tower Climbing Mistakes
How Napoleon’s semaphore telegraph changed the world
$35 Amateur Radio Application Fee Published in the Federal Register
Listen Live Hurricane DORIAN 7.268 kHz and 14.325 kHz
VK9WA RTTY pileup
HAARP Campaign to Use WSPR on 80 Meters
ARRL and TAPR Virtual Online Digital Communications Conference (DCC)
Heil Sound PR-40 Black Unboxing, Kiwi SDR Overview & Yaesu Cashback!
Ham Radio EMP Kit, The Tactical Trash Can
Catholic school students jump at chance to talk to astronaut in space
“ Volt-Ohm Meters ” – The Doctor Will See You Now! [ ARRL Podcast ]
Yaesu FT-891 HF/6M Mobile Transceiver
Rapid Fire Solar Storms Headed Earth’s Way | Solar Storm Forecast 05.25.20201
VHF Handbook Available for Download
Yaesu FT-891- Dayton Hamvention 2016 [ Video ]
Ham radio HF Go-Kit QRP contacts FT-817 emcomm SHTF doomsday
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