Select Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 424

Amateur Radio Weekly

Radio Amateur Delay-tolerant Interplanetary Networking Testbed
RADIANT brings Delay-Tolerant Networking to Amateur Radio, enabling store-and-forward messaging across disrupted links from terrestrial ground stations to Low Earth Orbit.
AMSAT-UK

Iconic aprs.fi app finally lands on Android
It is the gold standard for tracking callsigns, checking weather telemetry, and visualizing packet paths.
Hamradio.my

Breaking the CEPT barrier
How UK Foundation & Intermediate licensees can operate legally in Spain.
M9OMS

Live weather routing over HF radio
Reliable information at sea, where every other network goes dark.
SafecomLink

Swampscott goes Ham for radio club
Students at Swampscott High School are connecting with operators in Germany, Italy, the Caribbean, and beyond without using a cellphone, a social media account, or even an internet connection.
Itemlive

Installing a AT-D578UV mobile
The quest to get the mobile installed began.
N8DMT

Understanding FT8 decoder settings in WSJT-X 3.1 Improved
A long-form technical essay on timing strategy, staged decoding, CPU allocation, and practical operating philosophy.
JP1LRT

Do nearby metal & trees significantly affect antennas?
Every antenna interacts with its environment. Houses, gutters, vehicles, power lines, aluminum siding, steel towers, wet leaves, and even your neighbor’s rusty trampoline all become part of the antenna’s “neighborhood.”
OnAllBands

ROTA success… Finally!
ROTA, if you’re just hearing about it, is Recliners on the Air.
ROTA

100,000-Watt FM signal severed in broad daylight
An FM transmission line being snapped and cleared in broad daylight.
RadioWorld

Video

KM7W from above: Aerial tour during CQ WPX CW
Take a bird’s-eye view of KM7W, Chris Hurlbut KL9A’s impressive Montana contest station.
Q5

Monoband 15m Yagi home brew 1-day build
This one is designed from the outset so I can eventually interlace a 6m beam into the same boom.
DXCommander

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