Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 343

Amateur Radio Weekly

Why M17 is significant
No other Amateur Radio digital voice system is as well defined as M17.
Zero Retries

QSL cards from the past
A complete collection of old QSL cards now totaling more than 56,000.
W8JYZ

Ham Radio becomes voice of victims and rescue teams alike
The operators are accompanying each rescue team, providing real-time updates on the situation on the ground.
India.com

San Francisco Ham Radio operators provide critical communication link
Ham Radio operators across Northern California provided a critical communication link to embattled first responders.
KPIX

HFGCS: The backup plan for doomsday
The United States Strategic Forces Command built their backup plan around the unique properties of HF radio.
Hackaday

The QubeDX: A modular CubeSat style QRP Transceiver
Building a QRP radio for digi mode operation that can be operated remotely via Wi-Fi.
DK1MI

Loop the loop on 6 meters
Meteor scatter is probably one of the coolest things that Techs can do.
KB6NU

Store and Forward
A podcast about the past and future of Ham Radio.
Store and Forward

An introduction to the 1.25 meter band
222 MHz has many of the qualities of 2 meters, with the added benefit of less consumer electronics interference and generally a lower noise floor.
N4DTF

Video

Analog television transmission with a HackRF SDR
Using a program called hacktv-gui to transmit analog TV signals.
Signals Everywhere

The beginners guide to the Radioberry HF SDR Transceiver Pi Hat
The first initial steps needed to install the Radioberry service on a Raspberry Pi 4.
Tech Minds

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Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 342

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Sunspot counts hit a 23-year high
The sun is partying like it’s 2001.
SpaceWeather.com

Climate change and Amateur Radio
It is an important topic and it does affect many aspects of our Amateur Radio hobby.
The Random Wire

SolarHam
Providing real time space weather news and data from various sources, all in one location for easy navigation.
VE3EN

Help me make a Ham zine
Let’s make this a community effort.
KB6NU

Charging your laptop or tablet off-grid
I always suggest taking an adapter which has a minimum of 60-watts, 5-20 volt 3-5 amps on the USB-C power delivery port.
Off Grid Ham

Beyond the beacon: Discovering the unexpected benefits of WSPR
You can use the data that’s generated by the WSPR network to check your own antenna’s performance for transmitting and receiving.
QRPer

Unexpected X- and C-shaped structures in the atmosphere
When bubbles, crests or solar storms disrupt the plasma distribution in the ionosphere, radio signals passing through the atmospheric layer can be changed, lost, or fade away.
CNN

Video

D-Star, DMR, C4FM, explained
For newcomers in digital Amateur Radio communications, getting familiar with all the terms, modes, and reflectors can be very confusing.
Laboenligne.ca

Introduction to mobile POTA operations
A guide to activations in the park.
Ham Radio Prep

Contesting for Technicians
HF contesting for Technician Class Ham Radio Operators.
W1DED

History of an FCC monitoring station
With a Former FCC trainer, Ham, and engineer.
Ham Radio Perspectives

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Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 341

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First M17 based radios begin shipping
Connect Systems has begun shipping the first radios that operate M17 out of the box.
Amateur Radio Daily

The rich history of Ham Radio culture
To really belong, you’re going to have to go along with the standard operating procedures universally accepted by Radio Amateurs.
MIT Press

Successful AREDN link
If you pick up something just to learn the thing, you likely won’t go far with it.
N3VEM

VHF/UHF handheld performance comparison
Comparing performance in sensitivity, dynamic range, and adjacent channel rejection.
QRPer

What is the difference between a counterpoise and a radial in a vertical antenna?
In the context of vertical antennas, both counterpoises and radials are used to improve the efficiency and radiation pattern of the antenna by providing a ground system.
VE3IPS

The baked potato radial
Would a Mylar blanket work the same way as the Faraday cloth?
K3FNB

The best reasons to build a go-box
It saves time in the field and helps to ensure nothing is left behind in the shack.
Ham Radio Outside the Box

TD-H3 VHF/UHF radio
You can think of this as an improved Baofeng UV-5R.
K0NR

A one-of-a-kind shortwave radio station
WBCQ is probably the only shortwave, AM, and FM combination radio station in the United States.
RadioWorld

DLARC adds over 1,300 items to new college radio collection
Materials in the collection include ‘zines, radio station program guides, flyers, playlists, correspondence, books, academic theses, magazines, and more.
Internet Archive

Is shortwave on life support?
Today, the shortwave landscape is a mere shadow of itself.
Hackaday

Video

Hustler 6BTV antenna on a dock
Unleashing the power of my 6BTV vertical antenna mounted on a dock over salt water.
W2PAK

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Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 340

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Are hackers the future of Amateur Radio?
Shaking off an image of being the exclusive preserve of old men with shiny radios talking about old times remains a challenge.
Hackaday

Amateur Radio Newsline announces Young Ham of the Year
Grace has been a regular presenter at the Youth Forum at Dayton Hamvention.
Amateur Radio Daily

International Dog Day special event
Calling attention to the urgent needs of abandoned, abused, neglected and homeless dogs by operating special event stations in Europe and the US.
International Dog Day

Understanding repeater speak
All that jargon that Hams use can seem like a foreign language to those who have had little exposure to Amateur Radio.
OnAllBands

Ham Radio call signs discovered during university renovation
Alumni recall making infinite connections around the world.
Lehigh University

FCC hits 13 landlords in NYC metro area with pirate letters
Enforcement sweeps allege illegal FM broadcasts within the last year.
RadioWorld

Review of the RFNM software defined radio
It is capable of wide bandwidth – up to 153.6 MHz.
RTL-SDR

Medium-wave sunset in Europe
European medium-wave transmitters are going silent.
RedTech

Video

Cheap FT-857d display replacement
George replaces a defective FT-857d display with an economical new option.
Amateurlogic TV

Return from whiskey two-seven with 2M FM radio operations
Aeronautical 2m simplex.
W7NY

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Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 339

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A century of service and signals
100-year-old Ham Radio enthusiast, teacher marks milestone.
The Mountaineer

Hams are resurrecting technical ideas from the past
DLARC and 21st century tech make this possible.
DLARC

ARRL confirms ransomware gang stole data in cyberattack
The organization claims the data breach affected 150 employees.
Bleeping Computer

Amateur Radio club has changed my life
Amateur Radio has honestly changed my life, I’ve friends all over the world now.
BBC News

Quisk SDR software
Controls SoftRock, Hermes-Lite, and more.
Quisk

FCC enforcement actions
How likely is it that the FCC would come after me if I violate the rules?
K0NR

MARSgrams and memories
Enduring legacy of military auxiliary radio in connecting families.
Southeast Missourian

The next 90 day satellite decays
List of satellites reentering Earth’s atmosphere in the next 90 days.
LU7AA

Super long-range Wi-Fi works at a range of 1.8 miles
HaLow standard aces a real-world test despite high interference.
Tom’s Hardware

Signal

Video

Just give AM a chance
Late Shift POTA on 40m AM.
N2MAK

Demo: New WSJT-X Super Fox/Hound mode
K8R in American Samoa is the first DXpedition to use the new Super Fox/Hound mode.
K7AGE

I just made contact with an airplane
How about doing it while riding your Bicycle?
Mr MuDs Ham Radio Radio Time

Does a fence antenna work?
How to turn your fence into a Ham Radio antenna.
Broken

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Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 338

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AllStarLink version 3 beta
The next generation of AllStarLink repeater and hotspot software.
AllStarLink

GoodWatch
A Ham Radio smartwatch.
KK4VCZ

My first, easiest (and last?) SOTA
If you spotted a couple of weirdos on a hilltop with a big antenna yesterday, this is what was going on.
Ian Renton

Reducing QRM from a portable solar panel system
It is not the solar panel itself that produces the radio frequency noise, but rather the charge controller attached to it.
KA7OEI

Venturing into the world of AllStarLink
Setting up a Raspberry Pi based AllStarLink hotspot.
M0AWS

Ham Radio 101 basic set-up
The equipment list will be geared for either home or portable operation for digital net operation.
KK4Z

What you should know before buying a Motorola radio
Things that you as a Ham should know before buying a used device.
DK1MI

TetraPack presentation at HamRadio 2024
Dive into the new features revealed in the latest project update.
Brandmeister

Field Day photos
Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club shares photos from Field Day 2024.
Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club

Video

Friedrichshafen Ham Radio Expo 2024 walk-through
14 minute tour of the main hall.
rigsearch

The antenna that took 7.200MHz by surprise
Buddistick Pro antenna for a Parks on the Air (POTA) activation.
N2MAK

A look at my mobile Ham Radio setup
Installing a Radioddity DB25-D into a 2018 Ford Escape.
KI5IRE

Testing VHF/UHF antennas with the NanoVNA
We look at the 3 antennas supplied with the Tidradio H8 handheld VHF/UHF Ham Radio.
learnelectronics

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Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 337

Amateur Radio Weekly

Experimenting during Field Day 2024
Running solo for Field Day in the backcountry of Kananaskis Country.
VE6LK

Amateur Radio for aspiring professionals
So much of what I do in other classes is coding on a computer, which made the hands-on aspect of this class very appealing.
Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering

Here’s how Starlink satellites weathered May’s major solar storm
The average Starlink user experienced less than one minute of disruption.
PCMag

Decoding Meshtastic with GNU Radio
The GNU blocks send and receive data via TCP port, so using the radio as a data connection is simple.
Hackaday

Lithium batteries: Where we came from, where we’re going
Lithium batteries have changed the world the same way transistors did back in the 1950s and 1960s.
Off Grid Ham

Meme Appreciation Month is on the air
A way to spread joy & cheer to all the good little Hams on the RF spectrum.
Meme Appreciation Month

APRSDroid and dual port Direwolf
Running a Direwolf instance with two ports (VHF and HF) on an Orange Pi Zero.
F4FXL

CQ CQ
Ham Radios are an extremely complex hobby.
The North Star Monthly

World Radio History
An archive of magazines, books, and more, related to the history of broadcast radio.
World Radio History

Video

Field Day 2024 at Blue Mountain Park
The Coquitlam Amateur Radio Club was joined by the New Westminster Amateur Radio Club and the 39 signal regiment.
Coquitlam Amateur Radio Emergency Services Society

Build a Raspberry Pi Pico APRS tracker
Use a Pi Zero, a Digirg Lite, and a Baofeng to build an APRS tracker.
KM4ACK

SDR: View all HF bands at the same time
Receiving 64 MHz of bandwidth using the RX888 Mk2 SDR Receiver and SDR Console.
Tech Minds

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