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Albertas, LY5R – The WRTC2018 Champion Assistant. From DXNews.com

The radiosport has become a very specialised branch of Amateur Radio. A contest radio operator is most often gifted in rather narrow capabilities., Albertas, LY5R…

Story of 3B7A from Saint Brandon archipelago by Diégo F4HAU. From DXNews.com

I’m gonna try to tell you the marvelous adventure of 3B7A on the island “île du Sud” on the archipelago of St Brandon through my…

Jurgis, LY9Y – The Radiosport Veteran And A Commendable Father . From DXNews.com

He is of the same age group as myself. In 1961 when he was 14 years old, Jurgis discovered a radio club in the school…

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Updating the Firmware – Icom IC-7610 [ VIDEO ]

Step by step instructions showing how to update the firmware using a USB thumb drive Faint signals are no longer a challenge for DXers and…

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New US Submarine Forces Commander is Radio Amateur

US Navy Vice Admiral Charles A. “Chas” Richard, W4HFZ, assumed command of US submarine forces during a change-of-command ceremony on August 4, held aboard the submarine USS Washington (SSN-787)….

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Ham Radio Deluxe v6.4.0.876 – Update

This release fixes issues with saving the State and with DX cluster performance issues.  0002817: [Bug] Logbook: crashes when loading world map resource in main frame at…

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Internet of Things: la tecnologia che aiuta a risparmiare

L’IoT promette di modificare radicalmente le nostre relazioni con il mondo che ci circonda. Un esempio è rappresentato dai sistemi di condizionamento e riscaldamento, dove…

J8NY Saint Vincent Island. From DXNews.com

J8NY Team will be active from Saint Vincent Island, IOTA NA – 109, 21 – 28 November 2018., J8NY Saint Vincent Island. From DXNews.com, ,

V47X V4/GM3POI Saint Kitts Island. From DXNews.com

Clive, GM3POI will be active as V47X and V4/GM3POI from Saint Kitts Island, IOTA NA – 104, 23 – 30 October 2018., V47X V4/GM3POI Saint…

LY4A  – The Big Gun of Lithuania. From DXNews.com

Rolandas, LY4A, was introduced to Amateur Radio in 1983 when he was 11 years old by a teacher at his school. There was a radio…

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Collegiate QSO Party to Debut in September

ARRL’s Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative (CARI) will sponsor the first Collegiate QSO Party in mid-September, just as the fall semester gets under way. The new operating event…

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BIRDS-2 CubeSats to Deploy from ISS on August 10

According to Masa Arai, JN1GKZ, Japan’s space agency JAXA has announced that three BIRDS-2 CubeSats with APRS digipeaters will deploy from the International Space Station on August…

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4U1UN UN Amateur Radio Club Operation Could Resume Later this Year

Outside of beacon signals, 4U1UN, the Amateur Radio club station at United Nations Headquarters in New York, has not been heard on the air since 2015,…

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DECODING A MOON ORBITING SATELLITE 378500 KM’S AWAY

Thanks to IU2EFA (William) for writing in and letting us know about his success in decoding telemetry from the moon orbiting satellite known as DSLWP-B / LONGJIANG-2. LONJIANG-2…

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Amateur Radio Emergency Service Volunteers Assist in California Fire Response

Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) volunteers have pitched in to assist where needed to provide or support communication as catastrophic wildfires have struck California. Volunteers…

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Launch of Es’hail-2 with First Phase 4 Amateur Transponders Expected Later this Year

Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, has tweeted that it’s anticipating that SpaceX will launch its geostationary Es’hail-2 satellite sometime in the 4th quarter of 2018. The commercial…

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ARRL Comments in “Strong Opposition” to Part 15 Modification Petition Affecting 5 GHz

ARRL has commented in “strong opposition” to a Petition for Rulemaking by RADWIN Ltd. that seeks to amend certain Part 15 rules to permit point-to-multipoint (P2MP) communication services in…

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Le periferiche dei PIC24

Un viaggio all’interno del PIC 24 con l’analisi delle periferiche ed in particolare dei moduli RTCC (RealTime Clock & Calendar), PMP (Parallel Master Port) e CRC (Cyclic Redundancy…

CE0Y/NP4G Easter Island. From DXNews.com

Jose Vicens, NP4G will be active as CE0Y/NP4G from Easter Island, IOTA SA – 001, 26 – 29 August 2018., CE0Y/NP4G Easter Island. From DXNews.com,…

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L’aritmetica ternaria nella criptovaluta IOTA

I dispositivi digitali con i quali interagiamo ogni giorno sono tutti basati sulla logica, o aritmetica, binaria. Computer, smartphone, applicazioni software e app, microprocessori e…

Baofeng UV-5R Radios Illegal? The Real Story

Video:YouTube/KB9VBR Antennas With the FCC in the US recently causing a bit of a stir by effectively banning the Baofeng UV-5R from sale, Micheal Martens…

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Youngsters on the Air South Africa 2018 Kicks Off this Week

Starting on August 6, dozens of young radio amateurs from IARU Region 1 will gather for a week in South Africa for Youngsters on the Air…

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Indonesia – Lombok Earthquake

As Radio Amateurs in Indonesia respond for the second time to an Earthquake in the Lombok area, please take care to avoid causing QRM to…

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Baofeng UV-5R Radios Illegal? The Real Story – Ham Radio Q&A

“The Baofeng UV-5R Radio, just about every ham active on VHF/UHF has one. With a purchase price of around $30, you get a lot for…

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Hamvention 2019 Building Update

In the spirit of being transparent to our Hamvention family, we are distributing this update: Hamvention/Dayton Amateur Radio Association has spent many hours working with…