July 2021: Brabant Wallon’s Emergency Radio Network volunteers stepped in when the Police building in Wavre, Belgium – including its Tetra antenna and computers – was left completely underwater.
In December 2015, Emily Hough interviewed Gilles Mahieu, Governor of Brabant Wallon, Philippe Vos De Wael Director of Operations, Walloon Brabant Rescue Zone Fire Service and Marc Lerchs, Information Director, Walloon Brabant Crisis Centre, about a ground-breaking project involving Belgian amateur radio enthusiasts. These volunteers were connecting the whole of society, providing invaluable back-up should major, wide-scale power cuts affect emergency services communications. READ FULL ARTICLE
Antenna
New Hy-Gain Dual Band 4 Element 6/4m
DB-46M8EL New Hy-Gain Dual Band 4 Element 6/4m Yagi Designed by Justin Johnson G0KSC renowned antenna designer and known for his LFA and other uniqu... Read more
Building the BuddiHex Hexbeam | Best Portable Ham Radio Antenna
Today I go through all of the steps and pieces for building the BuddiHex Hexbeam antenna from Buddpole. This might be the best portable ham radio ante... Read more
GB 10elm 144MHz Quad
GB 10elm 144MHz Quad Details GB 10elm 144MHz Quad for Horizontal or Vertical mounting Turning:2,20m ( 7ft) Boom:3,80m (12ft) Aluminium ( 2 parts) Wire... Read more
Finding Annoying Power Line Noise – Ham Radio
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Wolf River Coil vs End Fed Half Wave: Brunet Island State Park, WI POTA K-1442
You asked for it, here it is: a live A/B test of the Wolf River Coil vs the Chameleon CHA-LEFS End Fed Half Wave antenna. Which will win in this Parks... Read more
Review
RigPi RigPi MFJ-1234 Station Server, Remote Ham Radio @Hamvention
RigPi MFJ-1234 “Our first look at the brand new RigPI Remote station server called the MFJ-1234. This little beauty allows you to connect and co... Read more
BITX-40 On The Air – K7AGE
“In this video, I do a bit of wiring and then get on the air and make some contacts during a contest.” The Raduino The new BITX40’s... Read more
Meet the Raspberry Pi – “ARRL The Doctor is In” podcast. Listen…and learn!
Meet the Raspberry Pi” is the topic of the new (February 28) episode of the “ARRL The Doctor is In” podcast. Listen…and learn! Sponsored by DX... Read more
BlueDV DVMEGA Cast, DSTAR/DMR/Fusion All In One Radio
“I stopped by the GigaParts booth at Orlando Hamcation this year, and spoke with the guys at DVMEGA who explained this unit and what it will do.... Read more
Equipment
R2T2 – multiuser SDR transceiver with WEB interface
The R2T2 is a complete SDR transceiver which by its construction to date reflects the art and through his extensive peripherals and modular structure... Read more
SPE Expert 2K-FA Linear Amplifier
SPE Expert 2K-FA Product Specifications The smallest in its class. Built-in Power supply and Automatic Antenna Tuner. Dimension: L 38, H 18.3, P 43 cm... Read more
Aerial-51 SKY-SDR
GENERAL TRANSCEIVER SPECIFICATIONS Technology Solid State SDR-DSP Direct Conversion Frequencies / Bands 1.8 MHz to 54.0 MHz 160, 80, 60, 40, 30, 20,... Read more
Azuru HF + 6m Amplifier – HamFair 2017
Azuru Corporation is a booth of Hamfair 2017 at the company’s booth, HF (1.8 to 28 MHz band) + 50 MHz band linear amplifier “AZR – 5... Read more
Ameritron AL 811
Ameritron AL 811 The first 600 watts make the differenceThe Al-811 gives you 600 watts PEP output — thats nearly 2 full S-units ov... Read more
News
How well is the VHF Repeater Hearing your Signal?
VHF Repeater “Collin, K0NNK, is having some trouble with is antenna and a nearby repeater. He hit a 2 meter repeater full quieting but the repea... Read more
Dayton Hamvention Expects to be Live Event in 2022
Dayton Hamvention® organizers are planning to mount the first in-person show in 2022, following 2 years of COVID-related cancellations. The event is s... Read more
Big Bright Regions Beckon Amid a Big Aurora Show | Solar Storm Forecast 11.22.2021
“Activity remains subdued this week with only pockets of fast solar wind to bring sporadic aurora to high latitudes, nothing like the G3 show we... Read more
ISS SSTV Dec 1-2 145.800 MHz FM
Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are planning to transmit Slow Scan TV images on 145.800 MHz FM using the SSTV mode PD-120.... Read more
Superb Antennas – 40m to 13 cm. from The Antennas-Amplifiers Company
Peter Waters G3OJV, introduces this superb range of antennas built to a standard, rarely seen in ham radio. The prices are still competitive and the p... Read more
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