“Our Sun keeps us on our toes this week by sending another solar storm our way, even as we continue to recover from the previous one. Only two days ago we hit G2-levels and the effects are still waning. This means Earth’s shield is a little rattled now and so it will be a bit more sensitive to the effects of the next storm. We could could bump back up to storm levels by November 9 with aurora coming down to mid-latitudes sporadically over the weekend. Learn the details of the coming solar storm, see why amateur radio operators
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EME SSTV Lunar Landing Commemorative Event Set
Moonbounce enthusiasts are invited to take part in a commemorative Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) slow-scan television (SSTV) party on 23 centimeters, marking... Read more
Centenarian Radio Amateur’s Efforts Helped Pave the Way to the Moon
The Nashville Tennessean newspaper recently featured the story of a 104-year-old ARRL member who contributed to NASA’s effort to put the first humans... Read more
Award for Top Homebrew Designers in Amateur Radio Announced
The ICQ Podcast has announced a partnership to establish an annual “Homebrew Heroes Award” to recognize individuals, groups, or organizations that hel... Read more
Digital Modes
New Summer EURAO Party to Premier FT4
The motto of the new European Radio Amateurs’ Organization (EURAO https://www.eurao.org/) Summer Party https://www.eurao.org/en/node/1045 is... Read more
World Wide Digi DX Contest
The World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (“WWROF”), in collaboration with the Slovenia Contest Club (“SCC”), is pleased to announce the first annual... Read more
VHF
VHF Newsletter 83 – New VHF Handbook
The latest edition of the VHF Newsletter has been mailed to all on the VHF mailing list and can be found here. The new version of the VHF Handbook, 8.... Read more
Dutch IARU Member-Society Invites Hams to Participate in 2-Meter Propagation Experiment
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) member-society in the Netherlands, VERON, has invited radio amateurs from around the world to take part i... Read more
The Best DMR Radio? Anytone AT-D878UV Bluetooth GPS
To fully utilize all the features you have to use Windows PC to program this radio. Not Compatible with CHIRP and RT systems software. FCC Part 90 C... Read more
Antenna
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Antenna Polarization [ ARRL PODCAST ]
Your antenna’s polarization can make a big difference in how well you can hear, and be heard — especially on VHF and up. Read more
Chameleon MPAS 2.0 Modular Portable Antenna System
“Chameleon Antennas recently updated their Modular Portable Antenna System or MPAS with the goal of it being the most versatile, high performanc... Read more
K7RL on Camano Island overlooking the Pacific
K7RL now fully remote on Camano Island overlooking the Pacific. 2EL 80M yagi just installed but not in this video #Exciting Signals into JA are bone-c... Read more
Review
SAQ Alexanderson Alternator Transmission Set for Christmas Eve
Sweden’s Alexanderson alternator station SAQ has planned a Christmas Eve transmission on 17.2 kHz. The transmitter will be tuned up starting at around... Read more
Yaesu FT 891 Install And First Contact
“If you are thinking of adding a new radio to your shack or mobile check out this video on the new Yaesu FT-891! It is my opinion that you can... Read more
Working QRP – LDG Z817 Tuner Review
A hands on look at the LDG Z817 Autotuner with a QRP contact at Foymount Ontario. The LDG Z-817 is an automatic tuner intended for use with the Ya... Read more
Coaxial Cables Common Parameters
What are the most common important coaxial cables parameters? Many different coaxial cables exist, but they all share a numbers of common param... Read more
First Impressions Of Kenwood TH D74 by K6UDA
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Review of Radioddity GD-77 DMR Tier 2 Handheld
Dual Band & Dual Time Slot: VHF 136-174MHz, UHF 400-470 MHZ; GD-77 has both Tier I & II and is compatible with Motorola and other DMR radios.... Read more
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