Field Day event locator
See public Field Day sites that members of the public and media can attend.
ARRL

Complete 2017 Field Day rules and information packet [PDF]
Field Day is always the fourth full weekend, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and ending at 2100 UTC Sunday.
ARRL

W1AW Field Day Bulletin schedule
The Maritime Radio Historical Society station K6KPH will transmit the W1AW Field Day 2017 bulletin for the benefit of West Coast stations.
ARRL

2017 AMSAT Field Day Rules
The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) promotes its own version of Field Day for operation via the amateur satellites, held concurrently with the ARRL event.
Southgate

Field Day 2017: Final Plans
I remember the local club dropped off a generator and left Field Day to four of us teenage hams.
N4KGL

Answers to Top 10 Field Day Questions
Answers to the top 10 questions at Field Day, with questions omitted (and with 5 bonus answers).
AmateurRadio.com

Field Day 2017 is not about one day
The amateur who only has a $30 Chinese handheld radio but knows how to use it forward, backwards, and inside out is better off than the amateur who has a room full of high dollar equipment but can barely do more than turn the stuff on.
Off Grid Ham

How to make Field Day (or any remote operation) a success
An opportunity to promote our essential avocation, here’s my recipe for excellent execution.
KB6NU

Computer logging specifically for Field Day
If you’re still in the dark about how to use the logging software that your club or group will employ this weekend, these videos may help.
ARRL

Video

Solar powered Ham Radio station for Field Day
A solar powered station for portable use. HF/VHF/UHF and satellite ready.
Dan Cui

The Sun takes a breather for Field Day
Overall conditions should remain reasonably quiet, just in time for amateur radio operators participating in Field Day this weekend.
Tamitha Skov

Hamvention reports second-largest attendance ever
Hamvention 2017, at its new venue in Xenia, Ohio, attracted 29,296 attendees.
ARRL

Join Virtual Buildathon and build satellite antenna
Chertsey Radio Club is running a virtual build-a-thon to construct a dual-band satellite antenna for 2m/70cm using low-cost parts and it’s open to all.
AMSAT UK

June VHF Contest results
Any June VHF contest with some decent sporadic-e propagation on 50 MHz is a win.
K0NR.com

DitDit.fm
The Podcast for Morse Code and CW operators!
DitDit.fm

Bad interference & good neighbours
1 second of S7 static, 1 second back to the standard noise floor (about S5), repeat.
VA3QR.ca

Detect lightning strikes with audio equipment
The build is able to detect lightning using a single piece of equipment that is almost guaranteed to be within a few feet of anyone reading this article.
Hack A Day

Tales from Michigan’s State Parks
We recently had an epic Michigan State Parks on the Air run and activated 10 parks in 6 days!
KB6NU.com

Quicker-turnaround digital modes in experimental stage for WSJT-X
Tentative goals include 15-second T/R sequences, sensitivity around S/N = –20 dB.
ARRL

New rules in Mexico unlock FM radio on smartphones
Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Institute approved a new rule that requires all smartphone manufacturers to enable the technology that allows the device to pick up FM radio signals.
eMarketer

Video

Icom ID-4100 D-Star mobile quick review
The new ICOM ID-4100 D-Star mobile.
Ham Radio Concepts

IRLP rules them all
Superior to all the new digital voice modes – combined.
KE9V

Digital revolution or evolution?
Few or even no CW / SSB signals on the HF bands while at the same time seeing lots of activity throughout the digital portion of the bands.
VE7SL

More Antennas! Receiver Overload! Satellites!
In my never-ending quest to develop the perfect high-altitude ballooning chase car, I’ve added a commercial 70cm turnstile antenna.
RF Head

Why choose the Icom 7300 over the 7610?
You can buy three Icom 7300’s for the same price as a single Icom 7610!
M0JCQ’s Ham Blog

The 6m band holy grail
For us here in Europe the holy grail of the 6m band would be working Japan on 50MHz.
PE4BAS

Hamradio Line Loss Calculator for iOS devices
Coax Line from Federico Romano, IW2MVI is a simple and fast app that allows you to calculate the loss of your coax line.
Mac Ham Radio

Monitoring railroad ATCS control signals with an RTL-SDR
ATCS is used for things like communications between trains, rail configuration data, train location data, speed enforcement, fuel monitoring, train diagnostics and general instructions and messages.
RTL-SDR.com

Hamvention improvements already in the works for 2018
The food and forum venues at the new location got high marks, but the flea market suffered badly from the effects of heavy rainfall.
ARRL

Video

Sporadic E Skip on 10 Meter hand held radio
Be sure to check out 10 meters and 6 meters for sporadic E propagation late mornings or in the evenings. Now is a good time of the year.
RadioHamGuy

Ham radio kite antenna prototype
Our first incarnation of the kite antenna using a smaller kite.
KA5D

Urban HF Noise
Over the past 30 years, HF radio noise in urban areas has steadily increased. S6-S9 noise levels are common, which makes it hard to listen to the signals we want to receive.
Rowetel

Radio controlled pacemakers are easily hacked
Doctors use RF signals to adjust pacemakers so that instead of slicing a patient open, they can change the pacemakers parameters which in turn avoids unnecessary surgery.
Hack A Day

Adding ethernet lightning protection to the shack
The whole idea with isolation is to reduce the vulnerability of the on-board Flex-6700’s Ethernet adapter to stray static or electrical charge energizing a CAT6e cable.
K9ZW

Shifting to Linux
Maybe you are surprised to find a Windows vs Linux reading in 2017.
EA4EOZ

FCC issues Licensee a Notice of Violation for Pirate Broadcasting
FCC agents monitored the apparent unlicensed signal 93.7 MHz and used direction-finding techniques “to positively locate” its source as Hilden’s residence.
ARRL

A tour of the QB50 Cubsat Constellation
There are some unexpected Amateur satellites in the recording, as they happened to be over the horizon at the time of the pass.
Daniel Estévez

GPS timing for JT modes
Not many amateurs use GPS timing instead of a NTP internet timing.
PE4BAS

Project Amelia Earhart: work air mobile station as it travels the world
Here’s an opportunity for both ham radio operators and SWLs to log this special event air mobile station throughout June and July.
The SWLing Post

Video

Hamvention 2017 AMSAT Demonstration W3ZM Oscar 7 Satellite
Can Hams do some amazing things or what? W3ZM Radio Amateur Satellite Corp (N8HM, Paul) making 5 contacts at the 2017 Hamvention.
YouTube

Motorcycle mobile ham radio installations
Descriptive overview of two motorcycle mobile amateur radio installations: 2013 Zero S electric motorcycle with Yaesu FTM-10R radio and Comet SBB-5 antenna, 2003 Honda VFR800 with Yaesu FT-60R radio and Comet HP-32FHN antenna.
KA5D

Hamvention 2017 Review & Interviews [podcast]
A new look with a familiar feel in an all new Venue… and it was really a good day!
HamRadio 360

2017 Hamvention Report
The short story is that we had a blast and the new location is an improvement over Hara.
K0NR

Reflections on Hamvention 2017
I cannot overstate how little I miss the nasty old Hara. Though I knew where things were and like an old pair of shoes, there was a certain comfort in familiarity… the place simply sucked.
K9ZW

2017 Hamvention photos: Inside Exhibits
The following photos were taken in the main Hamvention buildings at the Greene County Fairgrounds.
The SWLing Post

2017 Hamvention photos: Flea Market
I’ve posted well over one hundred photos I took at the Hamvention Flea Market.
The SWLing Post

MFJ-1026 Noise Canceller tests
Mark, VA7MM, has been testing out his newly-acquired MFJ-1026 Noise Canceller and has provided several videos of the noise canceller in action.
AmateurRadio.com

How to play chess on CW
You can use chess notation to send moves and play chess games on the radio. The CARI group often met on the air to play informal games and tournaments.
KB6NU

The portable solar power station: You CAN have it both ways (sort of)
Many hams would like to have it both ways: Powerful enough to do something besides charge batteries or push a QRP radio while compact and light enough to hit the road.
Off Grid Ham

Video

Icom IC-7610 preview at Hamvention
This radio has 2 receivers, the equivalent of two IC-7300.
YouTube

Flex-6600M preview at Hamvention
Here’s a preview of the Flex-6600M. (M stands for Maestro, with display.)
YouTube

Six meter ham radio dipole for the VHF contests
Get on the 6m magic band during the second weekend of every June for the North American VHF contest.
KA5D

Digital Trunked Scanning Using SDR
Cheap, digital trunked scanning using RTL-SDR for the absolute beginner.
YouTube

Flex Radio announces New Flex-6400, Flex-6600
“M” versions include a large touchscreen and physical knobs on the face of the unit.
Flex Radio

2017 Hamvention: setup day photos
Since the Greene County Fairgrounds lack the number of indoor exhibitor space, they are using large white event tents to add covered square footage.
The SWLing Post

Updated band chart available from ARRL
ARRL has revised and updated its “US Amateur Radio Bands” charts, and these now are available for download.
ARRL

JT-Mapper: Real-time JT65 and JT9 Maps
I’ve found myself constantly looking up grid squares while trying to get a sense of the band’s propagation. With all this information already in my computer, I decided that my computer could do more to visualize my radio environment.
WG1V

Meteor Detector for HDSDR
Analyse the automatic real time waterfalls from HDSDR to locate meteor scatter.
M0CYP

Contemplating remote ops
The city council decision to deny my request for ANY antenna has stood and I think I’ve given up pursuing any kind of external antenna at the current QTH.
W0EA

All Amateur satellites
A comprehensive list of all Amateur Radio satellites including modes and frequencies.
JE9PEL

FreeDV 700D – First Over The Air Tests
I’m impressed! Conditions were pretty bad on 40m, the band was “closed”. This is day 1 of FreeDV 700D. It will improve from here.
Rowetel

Portable HF operations
With everything ready to go, I turned on the transceiver to find the bands alive with good strong signals being received on 20 meters from across the US as well as further south into Mexico and South America.
Jerry’s Journal

Video

Review: Military 2.0 Multiband Tuner Free HF Alpha Antenna
The antenna covers the 80-10 meter Bands.
Videos by Mike

My first Summits on the Air Activation
Activating Shovel Mountain, located in Central Texas, USA, W5T-NT033.
K5ACL

FCC changes will affect GMRS, FRS, CB, other Part 95 devices
DXing on Citizens Band will become legal.
ARRL

Man fined $500 for writing ‘I Am An Engineer’ in email to government
An electronics engineer says he found a flaw in traffic lights. The Oregon engineering board fined him for it.
Motherboard

Heads up: An invasion is coming
Yep, thousands of Hams are expected to converge on our county fairgrounds for a three day event known as the ‘Hamvention.”
Fairborn Daily Herald

USB CW Key
Enable a key to be used as mouse input via USB.
whaley.org.uk

Requiem For Radio project
Artist Amanda Dawn Christie has brought back to life the sounds of the 13 CBC Radio-Canada International shortwave towers that once stood in Sackville, N.B.
CBC

How to broadcast color PAL and NTSC television with an SDR
This project describes my approach and success in transmitting an analog color TV image via a HackRF One.
hackaday.io

VHF SOTA Expedition in the Snowdonia National Park
I stayed a total of 8 days and activated 11 summits.
Adventures in Ham Radio

The Cricket: The Four State QRP Group’s latest transceiver kit
The Cricket is a low cost entry level minimalist CW transceiver for the 80 meter band.
The SWL Post

Contesting in Hawaii – H2O versus your antennas
The elements always win…meaning water. Well, the Sun plays a role as does wind. Nothing like the repeated pounding that trade winds do to break or loosen something.
ARRL and Ham Radio in Hawaii

Video

MFJ-269C testing coax cable faults and length
The MFJ-269C is so much more than an SWR analyzer.
Ham Radio Concepts

Ham Radio Headset Shootout: Budget vs. High-End
Discussing two very popular headsets in the Amateur Radio community in this video.
YouTube