Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 431

Amateur Radio Weekly

APRS On the Air
Let’s create a new Amateur Radio activity and supporting software that brings the activator-and-chaser game of Parks on the Air and Summits on the Air to APRS.
K0TFU

China is using Ham Radio in its territorial claim over the South China Sea
An article goes into great depths to use decisions by the ARRL in the 1990’s and a multi-national DX-petitions to give legitimacy to its claim.
Andrew Woodward

FT8 on CB Channel 26
FT8 has taken over Channel 26 USB (27.265 MHz) as an incredibly efficient way to rack up 11-metre DX contacts on the CB band.
EA5IYL

FT8 Is a fad, and other heresies
People are growing weary of too much tech. Digital detox is trending in the non-radio world.
KE9V

Contact the ISS
Some ISS crew members make random, unscheduled, Amateur Radio voice contacts with earth-bound Radio Amateurs.
ARISS

VHF for Parks On The Air?
Don’t overlook the VHF bands, especially 2m FM.
K0NR

School students successfully launch high-altitude balloon into the atmosphere
The Hutt Valley Amateur Radio Club helped with the transmitters inside the payload.
RNZ

Move Meshtastic up on your list
The worst kept secret in communications.
Off Grid Ham

A look at DXpedition funding
Let’s go over these different funding sources, why each is important, and how they come together to make a DXpedition go.
OnAllBands

ARRL June 2025 VHF Contest replay
Video map version.
K5ND

How Amateur Radio built the Indonesian Internet
PaguyubanNet, packet radio and the pioneers of 1986-1994.
HamRaio.my

Video

SOTA by bicycle in Puerto Rico
Elecraft KX2 + AX1.
WP4TZ

RV Ham Shack
My complete RV Ham Radio setup explained.
KM4ACK

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