Fwd: Amateur Radio Newsletter - Saturday, December 7, 2019

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Saturday, December 7, 2019

• Not Getting It
  ARRL announced today that they have filed comments with the FCC requesting a dismissal of the Petition for Declaratory Ruling filed by New York University (NYU) regarding digital encoding and encryption.  This petition basically claims that proprietary and closed protocols like PACTOR violate current FCC rules, an opinion I've had for several years.  I think … Continue reading Not Getting It

• Is the ARRL Listening About Shipping? Or is it just me…
  A few months ago, I challenged the ARRL's new mission to serve members in a more effective way by bringing "value" to members. I suggested that one quick "win" would be to stop selling through Amazon (at a 55% discount) and use that money-per-book to fund "free shipping" for members who purchase books. Many readers […]

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Fwd: Amateur Radio Newsletter - Friday, December 6, 2019

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Friday, December 6, 2019

• LHS Episode #315: The Weekender XXXVIII
  

  It's time once again for The Weekender. This is our bi-weekly departure into the world of amateur radio contests, open source conventions, special events, listener challenges, hedonism and just plain fun. Thanks for listening and, if you happen to get a chance, feel free to call us or e-mail and send us some feedback. [...]

  

• Innovation in Vehicle Labeling
  

  Twitter is such a wonderful source of knowledge and a great place to pick up amateur radio operating tips. I saw this post from Johnny/W5KV, talking about getting a 146.52 sticker for his truck. (146.52 MHz is the 2m National Simplex Calling Frequency.) I've written about these stickers here: Get Your Mobile Frequency Sticker On … Continue reading Innovation in Vehicle Labeling →

  The post Innovation in Vehicle Labeling appeared first on The KØNR Radio Site.

  

• W9DYV Symposium Line-Up Finalized
  The line-up of speakers for the Wes Schum W9DYV Radio Symposium at the St. Louis area Winterfest 2020 has now been finalized. Nick Tusa K5EF, coordinator for the Symposium, was pleased to announce that long-time boat anchor operator and aficionado Lynn Fisk, K5LYN is the final speaker. Lynn K5LYN Lynn Fisk grew up in the […]

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Fwd: Amateur Radio Newsletter - Wednesday, December 4, 2019

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Wednesday, December 4, 2019

• Hans Solves Exploding Power Transistor with Siglent's Help! And a New Product…
  Exploding power amplifier transistors! Hmm…that's not a good start to any ham's operating session. But it happened to Hans Summers G0UPL as he was doing development work on the firmware (version 1.03) designed to accompany his very popular QCX transceiver sold through his company, QRP-Labs. Hans, the recipient of the 2019 Homebrew Heroes Award, was […]

• 30m FT8
  A shot from PSK reporter of my signal FT8 signal on 30m. No problem getting into Europe and I am very pleased with my Endfed antenna set up at only 20 feet off the ground. The power is set to 30 watts. My go-to software for FT8 is JTDX alongside JT-Ale...

• Regulated power supplies, sunspot cycles, ham radio satellites and more
  Stories you'll find in our December, 2019 issue: Before Radio's First Century: "Pre-Broadcasting" Activity in North America By John Schneider W9FGH For many decades, the prevailing myth has been that broadcasting in the United States first occurred on the night of November 2, 1920. According to this general conviction, no broadcasting took place anywhere before […]

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Fwd: Amateur Radio Newsletter - Tuesday, December 3, 2019

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Tuesday, December 3, 2019

• LHS Episode #314: Epic Pie
  

  Welcome to the 314th installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short-topics episode, the hosts discuss Open Source and the government, YOTA in IARU Region 2, microwave transverters, Docker, the Linux 5.5 kernel, Y2038, JS8Call and much more. Thank you for listening and have an excellent week.

  73 de The LHS Crew

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Fwd: Amateur Radio Newsletter - Monday, December 2, 2019

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Monday, December 2, 2019

• Weekly Propagation Summary – 2019 Dec 02 16:10 UTC
  Here is this week's space weather and geophysical report, issued 2019 Dec 02 0130 UTC. Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 25 November – 01 December 2019 Solar activity was very low. No sunspots were observed on the visible disk. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in available coronagraph imagery. No proton events were observed at […]

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Fwd: Amateur Radio Newsletter - Sunday, December 1, 2019

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Sunday, December 1, 2019

• The Astron SS-30M power supply.
  I picked up the new power supply last week on Friday from the post office just in time for the CQ WW CW DX contest. The power supply I ended up choosing was the Astron 30 amp switching power supply. Yes I wandered away from the linear power supplies an...

• Potential Astron power supply failure solved!
  One of my blog readers informed me regarding the Astron linear power supply that the outer case on the pass transistors at the rear of the supply are live with about 24 volts.  These pass transistors are isolated from the case and the heat sink so...

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Fwd: Amateur Radio Newsletter - Thursday, November 28, 2019

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Thursday, November 28, 2019

• DXing The Utilities (Part 1)
  The following blog was originally posted in 2015 but might still be of interest to anyone with a shortwave radio! Although maritime CW has all but vanished from HF, ships can still be logged and followed on digital modes, using DSC or Digital Selective...

• My 15 Minutes of Fame on Ham Nation
  Last night, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Amanda/K1DDN on the popular TWiT TV show Ham Nation.  We discussed my book,  VHF ham radio and SOTA. You can watch the whole episode here or view just my segment below. There's also a "...

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