Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 387

Amateur Radio Weekly

Field Day locator
To find a location near you, type in your town and state.
ARRL

Field Day safety – Tips from an experienced compliance officer
One of the many ways to earn bonus points during ARRL Field Day is to have a Safety Officer on site.
ARRL

For-proft AST SpaceMobile Seeks Use of 70 cm Amateur Band
The company has a history of impeding on Ham Radio bands.
Amateur Radio Daily

The APRS Documentation Project
It’s hard to find good information on APRS. A web search produces mostly outdated misinformation.
WB2OSZ

Packet Commander
The terminal app for AX.25 packet radio on iOS.
Packet Commander

The M17 Nokia 3310
This board enables FM/FSK/M17 communication on the 70cm band and turns the good old 3310 into an interesting toy in conjunction with the M17 project.
RZ01

What’s new at Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications
My new favorite example is Neil Carleton VE3NCE’s “Radio Stamps” radio show, which celebrated the intersection of radio and philately. His specialty was stamps about radio.
Kay Savetz K6KJN and Zero Retries

Toilets on the Air (TOTA)
Yes, Toilets on the Air. But before you flush the idea entirely (sorry!) read on…
QRPer

Satellite paint experiment tackles light pollution
What is blacker than black? It’s the super black paint designed it to absorb 98 percent of light. AMSAT-UK will use it on an upcoming mission.
Amateur Radio Newsline

A new radiosonde decoder and tracker program for Windows
The received data can be sent to servers such as Radiosondy, Wettersonde, or other APRS-based weather radiosonde servers.
RTL-SDR

Ham radio network celebrating 50th anniversary
The Burning River Traffic Net is turning 50.
The Chronicle

Video

How we used APRS to enhance our operation
This is how we used ham radio and APRS at the air show.
KM4ACK

Meet Audrey, an amazing Ham
Audrey, KM4BUN, is a young leader in Ham Radio with multiple awards and accomplishments, soon finishing an electrical engineering degree at Georgia Tech.
Ham Radio Perspectives

Decoding SSTV transmissions from the QO-100 satellite
How to set up the virtual audio cable and the decoding software.
dereksgc

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