SURREY — If you felt the recent earthquake that hit B.C., you may have pondered the aftermath of a large disaster.
Technology, as we know it, would likely be rendered useless.
Our phones no more useful than paperweights. Our televisions and computers worthless without energy to power them.
Enter amateur radio.
Hams, as amateur radio operators are nicknamed, are often called on to help with emergency communications during disasters around the world when all other communications fail.
We’re in pretty good shape should we ever need to call on our Surrey Hams.
The club placed first in Canada and second in North America in their category in the annual North American Field Day last year.
While there are tons of competitions, this one’s their Super Bowl.
And for Surrey Amateur Radio Club (SARC), this year was a comeback of sorts….READ MORE
CommCat 4 is a radio control and logging program for radio amateurs who share a passion for talking to other hams around the world. CommCat works with... Read more
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s Space Forecast Centre issued ageomagnetic warning at 0009 UTC on September 4: “The IMF Bz [Interplanetary Magne... Read more
Radio amateurs in Kazakhstan now have access to the band 5,351.5-5,366.5 kHz on a secondary basis. The allocation came in the wake of a request by the... Read more
An easy to build antenna for seaside locations 17m and 15m versions were used at 9M0O DX-pedition in 2016 Some notes • Wire lengths R and D are... Read more
United Technologies has acquired avionics maker Rockwell Collins in a $30-billion deal. United Technologies said it wants to further enhance its role... Read more
“MONROE — While Keith Cartwright was working in his shop Oct.10, 2015, he didn’t expect what his ham radio received — a call for help. An amateu... Read more
CQ DATV Contents DATV News Editorial Reader review comments on DATVtalk11 Local Oscillator PLL for Digilite project DATV-Express Project – November up... Read more
CAMSAT has announced the launch of its CAS-4A and CAS-4B linear transponder payloads. These payloads piggyback on the OVS-1A and OVS-1B optical... Read more
The new GAP Dual In-Line DSP noise eliminating module provides two channel/stereo noise cancellation, and is suitable for use on all radios and receiv... Read more
Tim LW9EOC will be active from San Andres Island (IOTA NA-033) 26 November to 4 December 2014 as 5K0A.Active on 80 – 10m CW, SSB and RTTY.QSL via home... Read more
The MX-2 was a small, handheld SSB transceiver for 2m VHF operation. By modern standards it was a small brick but it worked very well, apart from its... Read more
Friday the 13th turned out to be a lucky day for Colorado hams, as Gov John Hickenlooper signed into law an Amateur Radio antenna bill that mir... Read more
BEAUFORT COUNTY, NC (WITN) – A series of implosions is all it took to bring down 48 radio towers that have been a part of U.S. history for over... Read more
XR4 is what you get when you add 6 meter coverage to the great XR3 antenna (see above) with the same single feedline and a scarcely longer 11.5... Read more
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CQ DATV – Issue 19 – January 2015 ( Free )
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5K0A San Andreas Island NA-033 by LW9EOC
Mizuho MX2 Handheld SSB/CW Transceiver – 144MHz
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