Helene Aftermath: Aid, community resilience, and egress/ingress
We are still using a simplex frequency (147.55 MHz) for communications in the neighborhood and another (146.52 MHz) for the Swannanoa area on the VHF calling frequency.
QRPer

Ham Radio and the aftermath of Helene
Traditional media reports are beginning to pop up, highlighting the ability for Amateur Radio to help during natural disasters.
Amateur Radio Daily

Space Station Slow Scan TV transmissions
ARISS is planning a Slow Scan Television (SSTV) experiment from the International Space Station, scheduled to start on Tuesday, October 8, and running until Monday, October 14.
AMSAT UK

Tiny4FSK – The lightweight Horus Binary Tracker
Tiny4FSK aims to be an ultra-tiny high-altitude tracking system. It runs on 1 AA battery that lasts for 10-17 hours.
New England Weather Balloon Society

Strongest solar flare of Solar Cycle 25
Two CMEs are now heading for Earth following consecutive X-flares.
SpaceWeather.com

Tinkering with an antenna
As this was going to be an experimental antenna, I didn’t care too much how kludgey the thing looked.
KB6NU

Making your first QSOs on 10 GHz using the Icom IC-905
KI8R, with help from the active community of microwave operators and assistance provided by rain scatter propagation, makes two QSOs on 10 GHz.
OnAllBands

Python code to generate WSPR audio tones
This works both on my Mac and on a Raspberry Pi with no modification.
marxys musing on technology

How to take backpack portable radio to the next level
Field trials – including a couple of successful POTA activations – with this arrangement verified that the backpack has sufficient stability to support a 20m quarter wave whip.
Ham Radio Outside the Box

Voice of America will get a new headquarters
For 70 years it has been based at its current location, almost in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol.
Radio World

The 1924 Martian Signal: A cosmic curiosity
The U.S. Navy imposed a nationwide radio silence for five minutes each hour to allow observatories to listen for signals from Mars.
Hackaday

Video

AWA AM QSO Party
Operating a rare Collins KW1 at the Antique Wireless Association during their annual AM QSO Party.
N2MAK

FT8 Superfox cracked
DXpedition security key has been cracked.
ICQ Podcast

Hurricane Watch Net: How Ham Radio Operators track storms
A real-life example: Hurricane Beryl
Ham Radio Prep

SDR Television
A pure software solution for DVB-S2 H.264 / H.265 / AAC digital television receive and transmit.
SDR-Radio.com

SolderSmoke Daily News experimental podcast
Short form Ham Radio Podcast experiments with AI.
SolderSmoke Daily News

Handie-Talkie or Walkie-Talkie?
Motorola trademarked the name Handie-Talkie and used that nomenclature for many years.
K0NR

Is Tesla the “inventor of radio”? No Marconi was
Tesla cannot be considered the “inventor of radio” based on the 1943 Supreme Court ruling.
VE3IPS

NVIS for EMCOMM and survival communications
In practical terms, this distance is 50-500 miles.
Off Grid Ham

High School Radio Club collects time zones
Students were active on the D-Star network speaking to other operators from across the world.
RSGB

The history of microbroadcasting and how you can too
The untapped potential of Amateur Radio.
Lori Emerson

FCC escalates enforcement of pirate radio in Miami, NYC metro area
Commission carries out three fines, has three more proposed.
Radio World

Video

ARRL Director provides additional details around ARRL systems disruption
Editors note: ARRL released a statement describing portions of these details as not factual.
Southeastern DX Club

2024 Oregon SOTA Campout
Summits on the Air Activators and Chasers alike descended upon Howard Prairie Campground for the annual SOTA campout.
N7KOM

Icom investigating radios targeted in Lebanon blasts
Icom said it stopped making the walkie-talkie model in 2014 and has warned about fake versions for several years.
New York Times

portable antennas
This site aims to provide the Radio Amateur with easy to use tools enabling design and modelling of simple wire antennas for the HF bands.
portable antennas

WSPR transmitter construction and programming [PDF]
The WSPR transmitter was designed to be fully modular in construction.
AK3Y

Back up your computers
A critical part of National Preparedness Month.
Radio Artisan

A poor Ham’s panadapter
I like to think of them as Ham Radio fish finders – those neat little waterfall displays on many modern radios.
Ham Radio Outside the Box

Yaesu: Devoted to educating the Ham Radio community
im Duffy, K3LR, DX Engineering CEO, interviewing John Kruk, N9UPC, amateur division national sales manager of Yaesu USA.
OnAllBands

Antenna use by frequency band among Canadian Hams
Just shy of two-thirds (62%) report a single-element antenna.
K4FMH

Watch NASA’s solar sail reflect brightly in the night sky
It is one of the brightest things in the night sky.
Hackaday

Video

FCC-ARRL luncheon
A repeater group in Harrisburg PA had some special guests at their monthly club lunch – a half dozen representatives from the FCC, and a couple of ARRL officials stopped by to talk about Ham Radio and GMRS.
Ham Radio Now

Building a 2M Yagi from yard scrap
It ended up having a 1.6 SWR on the 2m Simplex frequency here in the U.S.
Modern Ham

Best mobile 2 Meter Ham Radio setup
Showcasing the ultimate trio of mobile 2-meter Ham Radio gear—the Radioddity DB50 2m/70cm 50-watt mobile radio, the M-916 MagMount, and the UV-711 2m/70cm whip antenna.
HamJazz

NASA to develop Lunar Time Standard
NASA will coordinate with U.S. government stakeholders, partners, and international standards organizations to establish a Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC).
NASA

Build the Frankentenna
The ultimate portable Ham Radio vertical antenna.
KB9VBR

Exploring international analog TV from leaky cable TV networks via the Airspy Server Network
Use SDR# and the Airspy Server Network to explore cable TV stations across the globe via cable TV signal interference.
RTL-SDR

How well does 17 meters work?
The higher the bands get the further they tend to reach more distant stations for me.
WK4DS

War of the Worlds in CW
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells in Morse Code starting at 20 WPM.
AA7FO

Rise and stall of GPS
The average age of GPS satellites hits 13 years.
Payload

Improving the antennas on Heltec ESP32 v3 devices
A neat little quarter wave 868Mhz vertical antenna for this device.
M0AWS

HF in small spaces
Loop antennas like these are typically used only for receiving, but in a pinch they can be used to transmit as well.
Hackaday

The great shack QRM hunt
Now that I’ve taken up POTA and know how nice S0-1 background noise is, I wanted to have another go at the home situation.
Ian Renton

Video

Comparing desoldering tools
Is the Hakko FR301 desoldering tool worth 4X the ZD915 clone?
More Fun Making It

Making a hot dog talk with RF
We devised a test to see just how dangerous the RF energy can be on an AM tower.
Geerling Engineering

The highest sunspot number in 23 years
Fall 2001 was the last time sunspot counts were this high.
SpaceWeather.com

APRS Foundation accepting members
Becoming a member helps secure the future of APRS and assists with the foundation’s operating costs.
Amateur Radio

National Traffic System celebrates 75 years
As NTS 2.0 emerges to modernize the radiogram system, ARRL takes a look back at the origin of NTS which began in 1949.
ARRL

2024 Route 66 On The Air
This year marks the 25th year of this great radio event.
Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club

SkywarnPlus
US government-issued alerts via AllstarLink, HAMVOIP, myGMRS, GMRS Live, and more.
SkywarnPlus

The September – October SARC Communicator
Projects and articles in this issue including a CW decoder, an HF amplifier, and a web server for HamClock using an inexpensive Raspberry Pi Zero.
SARC

A return to Ham Radio
My dad was thinking about whether I’d have any interest in his Ham Radio callsign when the time comes that he becomes a silent key.
AFØAJ

A brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks
In need of a practical way to overcome social isolation; communicate emergencies, weather, and crop prices; and chafing under attempts to curtail free speech, ranchers and farmers began to take advantage of the growing ubiquity of both telephone sets and barbed wire fencing.
loriemerson

Amid wildfires and spotty cell service, Northstate residents turn to Ham Radios
Head even 20 minutes into the mountains from cities like Redding, Red Bluff, and Chico, and you’ll quickly lose cell phone service.
KRCR

Video

From zero to APRS in 10 minutes
Let’s build an APRS packet igate in under 10 minutes for just 99 dollars.
KM6LYW Radio

900MHz POTA – Leave no band behind
Operating on 902.300 MHz FM using an Alinco DJ-G29 HT and a DMS Wireless YA90014 Yagi antenna.
N2MAK

Yaesu, Icom & Kenwood highlight new transceivers
The big three Amateur Radio transceiver manufacturers each featured new transceivers at Ham Fair in Japan this past week.
Amateur Radio Daily

QRP success story
We all have these cherished moments that make our hobby so wonderful.
VE3IPS

ARRL urges protecting the Amateur Radio 902-928 MHz band
A Petition for Rulemaking filed by NextNav Inc. to completely reconfigure the 902-928 MHz band.
ARRL

mpad: Multi-Purpose APRS Daemon
WX/METAR/TAF/CWOP reports, satellite & other celestial data, find the nearest repeater to my position, user coordinates & distance, etc.
mpad

Finding joy in the journey
A missed SOTA hike leads to a relaxing POTA activation
QRPer

NRAO offers free Ham Radio Technician and General courses
NRAO is now offering self-paced Amateur Radio license study courses for both the Technician and General class licenses.
ARDC

A simple but effective receiving loop antenna
Coaxial loops like this one provide enhanced resistance to electrical noise.
Hackaday

Is inflation making off grid power too expensive?
The lower cost of lithium batteries and solar panels partially offset the increased cost of controllers and copper wire.
Off Grid Ham

Ham Radio still alive and kicking in Wyoming
Casey Freund of Thermopolis, Wyoming, goes by the call sign KC7E, but that’s not his TikTok handle.
Cowboy State Daily

Video

DIY Moxon/Yagi antenna for Ham Radio satellite QSOs
Build one for under $100, including the radio.
W2PAK

Amateur Radio balloon launch
Hämeenlinnan radioamatööri kerhon oh3aa pallon lähetys 2024.
OH3AA

Stealth Ham Radio antenna the HOA will never find
Rain downspout gutter antenna breaking pileups.
HOA Ham

ARRL IT security incident – Report to members
ARRL agreed to pay a $1 million ransom.
ARRL

Freebeacon: FreeDV based beacon service
Listens for a trigger string in a FreeDV text message, then transmits a reply.
VK2ZIW

What’s new at Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications
I can hardly express how large this warehouse is and how much reading material was available for us: Commercial radio manuals, military documents, avionics repair guides, parts catalogs, schematics.
Kay Savetz K6KJN, Zero Retries

A shorted diode…and the sBitx
I blew a diode while pushing the boundaries of my IRF520 output transistors messing around with FT8.
WK4DS

Connecting Earth to space
How Amateur Radio links us to the ISS.
Sonshine

The most useful knots for SOTA and POTA
A super convenient friction hitch when the rope is very long (no need to access the end of the rope). Easy to undo.
AB1WX

LEO satellite systems cause environmental harm regulators didn’t prepare for
The disposable nature of satellites means 29 tons of satellites will re-enter our atmosphere every day at peak.
TechDirt

HamOpen
Facilitating the development of Open Source software and hardware for Amateur Radio.
HamOpen

Keeping Ham Radio relevant
Ham radio operators provide an unpaid, all-volunteer, citizen brigade of disaster relief workers.
Next Avenue

Video

Working SO-50 in Arizona
Stations heard on this pass included AI6YR in grid CM93 Santa Rosa Island, in the Channel Islands south of Santa Barbara, California.
WD9EWK/VA7EWK

Lucille Ball tells crazy story
Fillings pick up secret Morse station.
YouTube

Icom X60 teaser video
More info from Icom is expected today at the Tokyo Ham Fair.
Icom Japan