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Catching Up With QSLs

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2025/04/01

It’s been sometime since I have posted some of my incoming QSLs as I've been waiting arrival of the last one of my 6m winter DX season cards to arrive, which it finally did yesterday!Unfortunately the peak of Solar Cycle 25 arrived a little ahead of...

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Ham College 123

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2025/03/29

Ham College episode 123 is now available for download.Technician Exam Questions Part 9. T3A – Radio wave characteristics: how a radio signal travels, fading, multipath, polarization, wavelength vs absorption, Antenna orientation. Download YouTube

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Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 374

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2025/03/29

ARRL seeks feedback from members re FCC Public Notice League plans to file comments on “Delete Delete Delete” FCC notice. ARRL Fram2Ham SSTV transmissions planned SSTV to transmit via SpaceX Dragon spacecraft March 31st. AMSAT-SM Earth-Venus-Earth bounce Amateur operators achieve Venus bounce for only the second time. Dwingeloo Weak-signal performance of common modulation formats The […]

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The Planning for MANNA@80 Continues…

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2025/03/25

Planning for the special event stations commemorating the life-saving food drops to NW Netherlands near the end of World War II is now in full swing. 62 nationalities were part of Bomber Command in WW2. Please visit Operation Manna @ 80 ...

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Inspired by IMSAI Guy…New VNA + Multiport Test Kit on...

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2025/03/25

If you’re a workbench ham, you like to measure things. Some like to just get a rough cut while others like to be “nuts” about it. There are groups, like Volt-Nuts and Time-Nuts, who focus more on what’s formally called Metrology. Me? I’m somewhere in the middle but tending toward more precise and reliable measurements, […]

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Weak-Signal Performance of Common Modulation Formats

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2025/03/23

At first, I was just looking around on the web for some simple Rules of Thumb that compare the weak-signal performance of commonly used analog and digital modulation types. I was mostly focused on FT8 and FT4 but I also wanted to compare SSB and CW. I failed to find a simple comparison of these modes but I did find Continue reading Weak-Signal Performance of Common Modulation Formats→The post Weak-Signal Performance of Common Modulation Formats appeared first on The KØNR Radio Site.

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Icom RC-28 adventure…..

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2025/03/23

My last post was about my new Icom RC-28 external VFO that I purchased for my 65th birthday. At the time I had not connected it to the radio as I was busy with some home renovations. Once I could sit down and give the new RC-28 a spin I connected...

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ICQPodcast Episode 452 – ARRL Election Committee...

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2025/03/23

In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG, and Ed Durrant DD5LP to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and the episode's fea...

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Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 374

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2025/03/22

Bandplan Generator Allows completely customizable frequency ranges and segments generating a well-designed plan for screen or print. LY1JA HamCam FrontDoor Video chat rooms for licensed Ham Radio operators. KE8LCM What’s new at Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications The library has grown to 149,500 items. 19.5 terabytes of information. We scanned 1.1 million pages […]

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The RF Communications course continues…

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2025/03/18

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AmateurLogic 203: Meshtastic

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2025/03/15

AmateurLogic.TV Episode 203 is now available for download. Meshtastic, an open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices. An update on the latest scanner technology. More… Download YouTube

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Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 373

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2025/03/15

FCC opens comment period on deregulating everything A new docket “In re: Delete, Delete, Delete,” seeks comment on “every rule, regulation, or guidance document that the FCC should eliminate…” RadioInsight From FCC – IN RE: DELETE, DELETE, DELETE This might be the only “seize the moment” chance for large scale reform in US Amateur Radio […]

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Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Presentation

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2025/03/15

At the Surrey Amateur Radio Communications March general meeting, Hitoshi Takahashi VE7LET, the Radio Amateurs of Canada Director for BC & Yukon, presented John Schouten VE7TI with a plaque commemorating his appointment to the Canadian Amateur...

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Approaching a milestone.

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2025/03/09

As you get older time sure does seem to fly past and once you retire (in my case) time seems to be moving at a warp speed. Both my wife and I just can't believe how fast each week Friday is upon us once again. In a few weeks, I will be the ripe o...

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ICQPodcast Episode 451 – Using a Noise Bridge

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2025/03/09

In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Chris Howard (M0TCH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), Frank Howell (K4FMH), Bill Barnes (WC3B) and Leslie Butterfields (G0CIB) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the new...

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Ham College 122

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2025/03/09

Ham College episode 122 is now available for download.Technician Exam Questions Part 9 T2C – Public service: emergency operations, applicability of FCC rules, RACES and ARES, net and traffic procedures, operating restrictions during emergencies, use ...

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Only the Shadow (Board) Knows…

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2025/03/08

The Shadow radio program was a bit before my time but not my grandmother’s. She told me she would secretly listen to this show on a Zenith table top receiver at her bedside table while my grandfather was working at the bank. Apparently, he didn’t think women should listen to such “stories.” Ma Perkins, yes, […]

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Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 372

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2025/03/08

Field Spotter A spotting tool for portable Amateur Radio adventures. M0TRT Create a receive-only APRS iGate on a Raspberry Pi Use a cheap SDR dongle and a Raspberry Pi to make a receive-only APRS iGate in an hour. VA7ZEB Hidden stories behind your favorite devices at new Huntsville museum Signals Museum of Information Explosion highlights […]

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Election Ethics and Bylaws of the ARRL: Are They...

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2025/03/03

The “goose and the gander” idiom is well-integrated into American culture. It means, of course, that what applies to one person should also apply to another, essentially stating that everyone should be treated equally. This article uses that metaphor with respect to how the ethics of consistent Bylaw adherence play out at the American Radio […]

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AmateurLogic 202: Emergency Power

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2025/03/01

AmateurLogic.TV Episode 202 is now available for download.A review of emergency power sources. W5SLA Winter Field Day activities. Icom’s new small business radio package. A highly effective noise blanker. Canarduino Christmas goodies arrived. M...

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