Hara Arena items to be auctioned off starting Thanksgiving
The auction will include a limited number of Hara Arena and Cincinnati’s Crosley Field seats, Hara signage, photos, posters, sports and event memorabilia, sports equipment, chandeliers, catering items, tables and chairs.
Dayton Daily News

Simulating JT modes: how low can they get?
In this post I’ll show how one can use the signal generation tools in WSJT-X to do decoding simulations.
Daniel Estévez

Does QRP Really Work?
I have heard the saying so often “Life is Too Short for QRP”. For some reason, many radio amateurs refuse to embrace and even eschew low power.
NY4G

Hams on Strava
Many DXers and Contesters also participate in endurance sports such as running, cycling, and triathlon when not on the radio.
AmateurRadio.com

The Doctor is in: Stealth Antennas
Sometimes the best antenna is the “least” antenna.
ARRL

Amateur radio installation in a 2016 Ford F-150 SuperCrew
Installing in a truck and an evolving digital radiosphere presented some challenges.
Kevin Sanders

Ham Radio 360: ARES; an Introduction
Ham Radio 360 talks to Cecil Higgins (AC0HA) the ARES Section Manager for Missouri.
Ham Radio 360

Field Results for an AS-2259/GS Antenna
Let’s start with the good news first. The antenna worked like a champ. From suburban Chicago, our first contact was Toronto.
N4AE

Video

DEF CON 24: I Amateur Radio And So Can You
Kat Sweet explains how Ham Radio can be incorporated into everyday hacking.
K7FTW

Yaesu FT-817 QRP through a mag mounted Ham Stick
I make a QSO while testing out a 40 meter ham stick in a mag mount configuration.
KD9EAS

Ham Radio 2.0: Unboxing and testing the Yaesu FT-891
Yaesu’s newest HF mobile radio has some cool new features, but leaves out other options.
Ham Radio 2.0

ARRL Webinar: CHIRP Programming
This ARRL webinar offers a brief overview of the free, open-source CHIRP software, which can be used to program most radios.
ARRL

Ham shack kitten
Essex Ham’s Shack Kitten, Splodge, gets his own YouTube video.
Essex Ham

Scientists are bringing back vacuum tubes
A group of scientists have developed super-efficient microscopic vacuum tubes that may be able to outperform semiconductors.
Popular Mechanics

3D print your next paddle
Mini Iambic Magnetic Morse Paddle is designed for portable or SOTA operation.
Thingiverse

End fed half wave antennas
End feeding antennas can be an incredibly convenient configuration because you only need one support (like a tree).
High on Solder

You can swing a dead cat but you shouldn’t swing your Bug
If it ain’t got that swing, that’s a good thing
N4PBQ

Funny old hobby
Our hobby is based upon communication – Yet, when face-to-face, we suck at it…
M0PZT

Amateur Radio satellites
Check the status and communication frequencies of all active Amateur Radio satellites.
N2YO

Comparing the weak signal performance of a WBR Regen with a K2
The WBR seems to get a bit of a bad rap with some people for it’s sensitivity. Based on my experience, this design does seem to be fairly deaf on AM, but the sensitivity on SSB/CW is fine.
AA7EE

SOTA Super Activation
The aim of the event is to get as many Summit to Summit – “S2S” – contacts as possible. The summit contacts can be between North America and Europe or within the regions themselves.
Southgate

Antarctica expedition
Felix, DL5XL (N5BC), will once again operate from Antarctica using his call sign DP1POL. Activity will be from November 2016 to February 2017.
DL5XL

Small-scale EME setup
you don’t need a huge antenna system to operate EME (moonbounce) successfully.
ARRL

Portable shortwave spectrum capture for the urban city dweller
Lightweight, portable set-up that would let me capture large chunks of the shortwave radio spectrum out in the field, which I could later explore in detail.
The SWLing Post

Copying GRLevel3 settings to another computer
Like many other Windows programs, preference data is stored in the registry, and this provides a somewhat easy work around.
Kevin.Sanders.io

HDSDR beta 2.75 released
HDSDR hasn’t been updated since 2013, so it is good to see that the author is back in action.
RTL-SDR.com

Put that Amateur Radio license to use on 915 MHz
Faraday makes it very easy to transmit and receive digital data, with decent power and range.
Hack A Day

Learning Morse Code in 4 hours
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a system that teaches people Morse code within four hours using a series of vibrations felt near the ear.
Georgia Tech

National Geographic: Guide to Ham Radio
Can Ham radios really talk to space? And other answers.
National Geographic

Suspected terrorists believe HAARP controls minds
Two men collected dozens of weapons as part of a plan to attack the High Frequency Active Aural Research Facility or HAARP.
WALB

SainSonic APRS Tracker
1 watt APRS tracker with GPS, Bluetooth built-in.
SainSonic

KB6NU’s One-day Tech class videos
KB6NU has been sharing a series of videos from his One-day Tech class.
KB6NU

ISS APRS packet system switched to UHF
Crew member Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD, has activated an ARISS UHF radio that had been in storage on the ISS, and it is now operational on 437.550 MHz.
ARRL

An improved knob for the K2
Compared to tuning knobs on most commercial rigs, the one on the K2 has a rather sharp edge, the effects of which can become obvious if you tune a lot by resting one finger against it.
AA7EE

Do you have a prepared Ham Radio elevator pitch?
Don’t try to be all things to all people, stick with the aspects of ham radio you enjoy and have passion and expertise.
Ham Cram

All-Seeing Eye: Russia builds gigantic military radar in Arctic
The so-called “over the horizon” radar is a type of radar system, which is able to detect targets at very long ranges, typically hundreds and thousands of kilometers.
Sputnik News

Video

Building an APRS Digipeater
The transceiver is a GM300, with a KAM plus TNC modulating it. If we didn’t happen to have a KAM+ on hand, I would have probably used an OT3m from Argent Data.
The Life of Kenneth

TYT MD-398 GPS Unboxing
This model is the GPS version. It also comes in a version without GPS. This is a pre-release model, however, it is identical to the Radioddity GD-55 model.
Ham Radio Review

W9BVX’s helium balloon vertical antenna
Watch now as he ticks another item off his ‘bucket list’.
KB8VBR

Radio Review: QYT KT8900 Mini Dual Band Mobile
Programming repeaters into the QYT KT8900 Mini Dual Band Mobile
AF5DN

BITX40 40 meter transceiver
The BITX40 is a single circuit 40 meter SSB transceiver capable of 7 watts.
HF Signals

Ham proposes vanity call sign rule changes
W4ADL is proposing that any licensee obtaining a vanity call sign be required to keep it for the full license term.
ARRL

Open Repeater Project
The OpenRepeater Project is the development of a low cost, low power, but a feature rich duplex Linux based amateur radio repeater controller using computers like the Raspberry Pi 2.
Open Repeater Project

24 GHz handheld
Vegetation completely blocks 24 GHz signals. A tree or even the smallest bush blocks the signal.
EA4EOZ

Designing an idiot switch
Building a micro controller device that removes power from a soldering iron when the user leaves it turned on for too long.
Ham Radio 360: Workbench

APRSpro
iOS APRS client with built-in iGate.
APRSpro

Taking your QRP signal to the next steps
The heavy lifting is done not by you but by the DX who is trying to dig you out of the mud.
AmateurRadio.com

Graphing realtime WSPR propagation
This gives useful information about when a certain part of the world can be heard and worked.
PE4BAS

Why you should care about software defined radio
It hasn’t become a household term yet, but Software-Defined Radio (SDR) is a major player on the developing technology front.
Hack A Day

Amateur Radio and FreeBSD [PDF]
Many of the applications written generically or specifically for Linux are easily transferred to FreeBSD.
FreeBSD Journal

Video

K7AGE Visits the new TWIT Studio
On my way to the Pacificon Hamfest, I stopped by the new TWIT studio and I was on Ham Nation.
K7AGE

Drone footage of 2017 Hamvention site
Quad-Copter touring the Greene County (Ohio) Fairgrounds
W8WWV

Drone footage of antenna install
The team at RemoteHamRadio.com installed two rotating towers in Maine.
YouTube

A geosynchronous Ham Radio satellite
The satellite’s potential footprint could extend over the US from the Mid-Pacific to Africa.
AMSAT-UK

Is wind energy a good fit for you?
For the off grid Ham who wants to expand beyond solar, is wind energy the next likely step?
Off Grid Ham

Calling CQ: An email letter for amateur radio enthusiasts
The best editorial content promoting the hobby.
KE9V

Terminated inverted U antenna
I built the antenna using two 10m fishing poles spaced 5m apart.
Cross Country Wireless

Polite society on DMR
The wide area TG is kind of like meeting someone in the hallway or a noisy lobby. The “on-demand” TG’s are out the way places to go have a discussion without upsetting the hall monitors.
Digital Mobile Radio for Hams

ISS Columbus Ham Radio inoperative
The Ericsson VHF handheld transceiver in the ISS Columbus module which is used for amateur radio voice contacts on 144.800 MHz and the packet radio digipeater on 145.825 MHz is unusable.
AMSAT-UK

CW Decoder Logic
CW decoder app for Windows.
LY3H

/P fun in the sun
In total, I made 8 QSOs (all CW, at 10-watts) 6 on 40m and 2 on 20m in what were reasonable conditions.
M0PZT

A simple approach to VHF contesting
The tow bar mount is made from a few off cuts of 47mm x 100mm (or 2″ by 4″ if you prefer) and a piece of rough sawn timber.
G7KSE

Hams in India monitoring “Highly Suspicious” VHF communications
The signals were being heard in the dead of night, with participants reported to be in motion and speaking in some sort of code.
ARRL

Video

1 foot mini magnetic loop transmitting antenna
I decided to make a mini magnetic loop and see if I could be heard down on HF with a tiny antenna.
YouTube

SOTA Signals from Signal Butte
Steve/K7PX and Steve/wGOAT activate Signal Butte for Summits on the Air.
WG0AT

Current rules holding Hams back from state-of-the-art technology
ARRL told the FCC in its comments that the current HF symbol rate “speed limit” reflects 1980s technology and has no place in an experimental radio service.
ARRL

Outernet broadcasting APRS packets globally
Outernet is a low data rate worldwide satellite downlink carried on three geostationary Inmarsat L-band sateliltes to provide web content (downlink files only) to remote areas anywhere in the world.
aprs.org

Building a Ham Radio power supply
After spending $820 for the radio, I wasn’t in the mood (or the financial state) to drop another $100 to $150 on an Alinco Power Supply.
Soliloquy Blog

Building your own GSM basestation
Having your own GSM basestation allows you to create your own private and free GSM network, or for more malicious illegal users it can allow you to create a system for intercepting peoples calls and data.
RTL-SDR.com

Open source, cross-band repeater board for high altitude ballooning
Project Echoloon is an Amateur Radio cross-band repeater device that can be lifted by a few helium or hydrogen-filled party balloons.
N0SSC

Top 10 Amateur Radio uses for the Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi has proved to be a phenomenal hit with hobbyists around the world.
Adventures in Ham Radio

How the phonetic alphabet emerged
For a time the Able, Baker alphabet, derived from WWII when the US air force entered the war, hung around in aviation for years.
Southgate

Rehab for the KØNR Repeater
The SCOM 7K repeater controller has been in service for decades, handling multiple receivers and transmitters.
K0NR

What is Near Vertical Incident Skywave?
This series focuses on short-haul communication during a disaster in the Amateur Radio Service.
N4AE

Video

MMDVM home brew repeater demonstration
Here is a quick video clip showing the flexibility and ease of use when switching between the 3 digital modes DMR/DSTAR/FUSION.
N2LEM

Sean McQuillan: Engineer, farmer, pirate radio pioneer
Sean McQuillan single-handedly set up one of the first land-based pirate radio stations in the country. Sean recounts tales of many events in his life with humour, eloquence and humility.
Vimeo

ARES responds to Hurricane Matthew
ARES volunteers in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas are helping or gearing up to support communication during the response to Hurricane Matthew.
ARRL

Frequencies in use in conjunction with Hurricane Matthew response
Please avoid interfering with these frequencies, and do not check into any emergency nets unless you genuinely have something of importance to contribute.
ARRL

How to use Amazon Echo in Ham Radio
Putting the voice activated computers on line, we can send voice commands followed by DTMF and access the Internet directly.
Southgate

Circular SWR ruler
This tool can calculate gain, loss, SWR and return loss in a second with enough precision for most amateur works.
TK5EP

Catching CubeSat chatter? There’s an app for that!
Estévez’s gr-satellites project provides a collection of applications to decode satellite telemetry.
The Register

What I pack for the Chicago Marathon
For the fourth year, I will be part of the Medical Communication Team at the Chicago Marathon this weekend.
N4AE

An end fed halfwave antenna for portable ops
My main reason for not putting much effort into portable operation is that when I go out into nature, I want to enjoy my surroundings and not be distracted by radios.
AA7EE

Inverter generators: What you need to know
Inverter generators convert the high frequency, three phase AC into DC current via a solid state rectifier, and from there the electricity goes into a conventional 60 Hz.
Off Grid Ham

American Morse Code
American Morse Code was first used on the Baltimore-Washington telegraph line, a telegraph line constructed between Baltimore, Maryland, and the old Supreme Court chamber in the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
Wikipedia

Video

12V battery performance comparison
Sealed Lead Acid vs A123 and Bioenno LiFePO4
KF7IJZ