Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 444

Amateur Radio Weekly

1 out of 18 Hams fail to renew at the payment point
227 hams per month failed the payment process after applying for renewal. That’s 4.63% of the total.
K4HST

Earth-Venus-Earth 2026
The successfully received message was modulated in a specially designed waveform (M-FSK), in collaboration with the Open Research Institute
Dwingeloo

Pilot killed after helicopter strikes 150-foot Amateur Radio tower
Isaac “Ike” Moore, 63, was killed October 15th when his Manatee County Mosquito Control District helicopter crashed in Myakka City, Florida.
WirelessEstimator.com

HOA advocates held summit opposing Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act
Lobbying group favors HOA approval over antenna placement.
Amateur Radio Daily

APRS Welcome Center
APRS Welcome Center is an APRS-based messaging app that can provide timely information to other APRS-enabled operators in an area.
KC1VMZ

SlowscanTV.com
SSTV images received by Amateur Radio operators.
SlowscanTV

POTACAT
POTACAT puts every POTA, SOTA and DX spot on one screen, tunes your rig with a click, and puts your whole station on your phone.
K3SBP

Pluto+ SDR as vector network analyzer with SATSAGEN
This great piece of software can turn the Pluto+ SDR into many laboratory instruments: spectrum analyzer, VNA, signal generator, and more.
SP3OHM

Morse Code Translator
Convert text to Morse or Morse back to text — with real audio playback, a blinking light, vibration, downloadable audio, adjustable speed & Farnsworth spacing, and a shareable secret-message link.
Morse Code Translator

iOS app: Family Ready: Emergency Plan
The family side of a go-kit: everyone’s key details on a card that still works when cell data is down.
Honest Little Apps

Researchers successfully demonstrate plasma beam antenna
The researchers also created and demonstrated a contactless antenna-feed, which consists of a metal ring that serves as a capacitor.
NC State

Upcoming Events

EN100NP on the Air to Honor 100th Anniversary of Symon Petlura
June 8, 2026

Another ISS SSTV Event Begins This Week
October 22, 2026

Radio Club of America 2026 Technical Symposium & 117th Awards Banquet
November 21, 2026

Video

Pacificon walk-through
Let’s take a peek at the Pacificon convention, looking at the show floor, and the Zero Retries companion event – all about data modes.
KM6LYW

You can receive SSTV images from space
Receiving images from multiple satellites including the International Space Station, Russia’s UMKA-1, and China’s JAMX-01.
saveitforparts

Hy-Gain – Cushcraft – Ameritron – Mirage new factory tour
Complete walk-through of their new factory location in Linton, Indiana.
W9SN

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