The ARRL has long recognized that it is in the best interests of amateur radio to encourage and support amateur radio clubs. Clubs historically have recruited, licensed and trained new radio amateurs and have provided the community setting for radio amateurs to continue their education and training.
The new ARRL Foundation Club Grants program, funded by a grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), will make $500,000 available to clubs, enabling them to more easily provide and expand these important services. The program will provide up to $25,000 for worthy club projects, while requests for more than that wil
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Over the years the humble 555 timer has been used in so many unexpected places, but there’s a project from [Frank Latos] which we think may be a first.
On a piece of stripboard sit a pair of 555s, and instead of the usual passives there are a set of LC circuits. This is no timer, instead it’s a CW (Morse) transmitter for the 80 metre amateur radio band.
One 555 is configured as a feedback oscillator through a toroidal transformer with a tuned circuit to set
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After a successful pilot camp program in 2021, the next camp for Youth on the Air (YOTA) in the Americas has been set for June 12 – 17, 2022. The camp will return to the National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting in West Chester Township, Ohio.
The application period will open online on February 11. Eligible participants are amateur radio operators between the ages of 15 and 25. A total of 30 campers will be accepted. Some of the 30 spots will be reserved for campers who reside outside of the US but still in the Americas. Priority will be given to first-time attendees. Returning attendees will serve as camp leaders.
The presentation shows what the old QSL cards may reveal about the 1930s wireless technology in the Soviet Union, and describes two transmitters in use by Secret Agents in Japanese-occupied Manchuria. Was there
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This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by LU5AG, VE7KW, The Daily DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all.
Смотреть Джон шиповника KG4AKV работа новое линейное спутниковое Хо-113 / только для XW-3 и поговорим о некоторых его вопросы, так что вы можете научиться работать успешно, несмотря на те вопросы,
на 25 декабря, в то время как большинство космических сообщество оживленно обсуждает Джеймс Уэбб космический телескоп (помощью) запуск в то утро, радиолюбительского спутника сообщество было также предвидеть свою собственную новый спутник запускают в тот вечер.
26 декабря в 03:11 UTC XW-3 (CAS-9) был запущен на ракете-носителе CZ-4C с космодрома Тайюань в Китае в комплекте со спутником наблюдения земли ZY-1(02E).
Норвежская "Bergensgruppen av NRRL" отмечает свое первое 100-летие.
Клуб был основан в 1922 году под названием Bergens Radio Amatør Klub.
Вполне уместно, что клуб был основан в отеле "Трансатлантик" всего через несколько месяцев после первого трансатлантического контакта между радиолюбителями.
Мероприятия, посвященные столетию, будут проходить на клубной станции в Тотланде, Берген, сеточный локатор JP20RH. ... Читать дальше »
There are three South African contests scheduled for the next two weeks. The PEARS National VHF/UHF Contest will be run from 16:00 UTC on Friday 14 January until 12:00 UTC on Sunday 16 January 2022. Unfortunately, no news item was received from the hosting Club about the contest. Turn to page 26 of the 2022 Blue Book for further information.
The first leg of the SARL Wednesday 80 m Club Contest will be run from 17:00 to 18:00 UTC on Wednesday 19 January with phone, CW and digital activity. The exchange is a RS, RST or RSQ report, your four-character grid square and the name or abbreviation of your Club. You score two points for a phone QSO, three points for a CW and digital QSO, two points for each new grid square and one point for each new Club worked. The format has changed to a contest because South African rad
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WRTC, the World Radiosport Team Championship was conceived as an Olympic style competition among radio contesters, where teams of two compete from the same locations, using identical stations, thereby being a true test of operator skills.
The championship is usually held every four years and is run over twenty-four hours in conjunction with the IARU HF Championship on the second full weekend in July. This year's event was to be held in Italy but has been postponed to 2023 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The WRTC organisers are running an award programme from January 1st to July 10th to promote the competition in Italy next year
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В марте 2022 года (12-27 марта) на сверхтяжелой РН «Space Launch System (NASA)» c космического центра «Кеннеди» (Флорида, США) ожидается запуск первого испытательного полета космического корабля «Орион» в ходе беспилотной миссии «Artemis-1» для облета вокруг Луны и возвраще
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The Steering Committee determined that after two years of offering the POC (Portable Operations Challenge) with about 18 entrants each year that it could not continue to put the resources into it. However, the Steering Committee continues to have faith in the concept and ideas embodied in the POC as a means to change amateur radio contesting for the betterment of all.
Any group is welcomed to take the approach, methods and rules and use them as-is or with changes as desired. The POC should be retained although the endorsing body might add their brand as was the case with using this website’s brand, Fox Mike Hotel.
The ARRL report that at the request of the Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT), AMSAT Vice President of Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, has announced the designation of the new Chinese XW-3 (CAS-9) satellite as Hope-OSCAR-113 (HO-113).
Developed by CAMSAT, in cooperation with the Chinese government’s aerospace and education departments, XW-3 was launched on December 26 at 0311 UTC on a CZ-4C Y39 vehicle from China’s Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.
Al Williams WD5GNR writes on Hackaday about a video by Peter Waters G3OJV about a budget basic antenna for a small garden
Peter Waters G3OJV knows the pain of trying to operate a ham radio transmitter on a small lot. His recent video shows how to put up a workable basic HF antenna in a small back
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We are pleased to announce a new Contest on the calendar. The WIA Australia Day Contest on the 26th of January 2022.
This is a trial contest and has a few quirks. The rules are derived from the RD so you can think of it as a Summer RD.
Alan VK4SN and I brainstormed the concept and presented it to the WIA board only last week. They were able to turn out the approval within days so positive was the feedback.
