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The Communicator March – April 2025
February 28th, 2025 | 
Author: You will find some great articles in this issue, along with our regular columnists.
Now read in over 165 countries, this issue brings you 115+ pages of Amateur Radio content from the Southwest corner of Canada and around the globe. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.
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LARGE or SMALL format, or read it on-line like a magazine
Previous Communicator issues:
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We are working on providing you with a comprehensive searchable index,
but in the meantime a searchable topic index is HERE.
As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome.
The deadline for the next edition is April 15th.
If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please contact us at [email protected]
73,
John VE7TI
'The Communicator' Editor
The Table of Contents for the March - April 2025 Communicator issue:
- The Rest of the Story - Alfred Lewis Vail 4
- Bob King G3ASE: World War II RSS Monitor 8
- World Amateur Radio Day 10
- News You Can’t Lose - BandOpticon 12
- Page13—News You Can Lose 13
- Radio Ramblings: Passive Radar Update, BladeRF SDR, $5 Yagi 14
- The Wobbulator 25
- Rubber Coating Removal 28
- Dealing With Leaking Dry Cells 29
- An affordable and easy PCB vise solution for electronics hobbyists 30
- The ‘7300’ User Group - The spectrum scope and waterfall 31
- Remote control and operation 34
- Do you own an Alinco DR/135/235/435T or TYT9000? 37
- The Background Noise on the HF Amateur Bands 38
- BCQP 2025 — Initial Thoughts 44
- From the ATV Journal - An Impressive, Low Cost LNA 46
- Pi Pico Makes SSTV Reception a Snap 49
- ISED Releases New Canadian Basic Amateur Radio Question Bank 50
- Forget the Coax, Use Cat 6 52
- Ohm’s Law: Look what you can do with it 53
- Stranded: An Unlikely Friendship 55
- A satellite primer 58
- A DMR Primer 59
- Those Darn Wall-Wart Power Supplies! 60
- Operation Manna @ 80: Honouring the legacy through amateur radio 63
- Ham Radio Gizmos Platform Launches Documentary Series 66
- Ham Radio Outside the Box: An Off-Center Fed Sleeve Dipole 67
- Are You a Rag Chewer or a “59 73” Operator? 70
- 2 Meters: Another Slacker DXpedition 71
- KB6NU: How do we encourage more experimentation in amateur radio? 74
- What CAD software do you use? 75
- SARC on 24 GHz! 76
- The Solar Max: Is a second peak coming? 77
- Foundations of Amateur Radio 78
- No-ham Recipes: Toad-in-the-hole 81
- Back to Basics: Understanding Ohm's Law 82
- Profiles of SARC members 88
- Index of Past Profiles of SARC members 90
- Winter Field Day 95
- A Review of Distracted Driving Regulations in BC 109
- QRT: The Crucial Role of Amateur Radio 110
The September – October SARC Communicator
We're back!
Read in over 150 countries, we bring you 125+ pages of Amateur Radio content from the Southwest corner of Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.
You can view or download it as a .PDF file:
Previous Communicator issues:
Search for past Communicator issues
and a full index is HERE.
As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome.
The deadline for the next edition is October 15th and we're especially looking for articles and stories about 3D printing for amateur radio.
If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please contact us at [email protected]
73,
John VE7TI
'The Communicator' Editor
The July-August 2024 SARC Communicator
Hello summer...
With another big Summer issue. The July-August 2024 Communicator, digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for viewing or download.
Read in over 150 countries, we bring you 120+ pages of Amateur Radio content from the Southwest corner of Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.
You can view or download it as a .PDF file:
Previous Communicator issues:
Search for past Communicator issues
and a full index is HERE.
As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome.
The deadline for the next edition is August 15th.
If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please contact us at [email protected]
73,
John VE7TI
'The Communicator' Editor
The March – April 2024 SARC Communicator is now available
Another big issue
The March - April 2024 Communicator, digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for viewing or download.
Read in over 150 countries, we bring you 120 pages of Amateur Radio content from the Southwest corner of Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.
You can view or download it as a .PDF file:
Previous Communicator issues are at:
https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator
and a full index is HERE.
As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome.
The deadline for the next edition is April 15th.
If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please contact us at [email protected]
73,
John VE7TI
'The Communicator' Editor
The January – February 2024 SARC Communicator
A great way to start 2024!
The January - February 2024 Communicator, digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for viewing or download.
Read in over 145 countries, we bring you 120 pages of Amateur Radio content from the Southwest corner of Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.
You can view or download it as a .PDF file:
Previous Communicator issues are at:
https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator
and a full index is HERE.
As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome.
The deadline for the next edition is February 15th.
If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please contact us at [email protected]
73,
John VE7TI
'The Communicator' Editor
The November – December Communicator is now on-line
Wrapping up another year!
The November - December 2023 Communicator, digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for viewing or download.
Read in over 145 countries, we bring you 134 pages of Amateur Radio content from the Southwest corner of Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.
You can view or download it as a .PDF file:
Previous Communicator issues are at:
https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator
and a full index is HERE.
As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome.
The deadline for the next edition is December 15th.
If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please contact us at [email protected]
73,
John VE7TI
'The Communicator' Editor
The September-October SARC Communicator Journal
Here's another great issue!
'The September-October 2023 Communicator' digital periodical of Surrey Amateur Radio Communications is now available for viewing or download.
Our biggest issue to date, read in over 145 countries, we bring you 132 pages of Amateur Radio news from the South West corner of Canada and elsewhere. With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all levels of the hobby.
You can view or download it as a .PDF file:
Previous Communicator issues are at:
https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Communicator
and a full index is HERE.
As always, thank you to our contributors, and your feedback is always welcome.
The deadline for the next edition is October 15th.
If you have news or events from your club or photos, stories, projects or other items of interest from BC or elsewhere, please contact us at [email protected]
73,
John VE7TI
'The Communicator' Editor
