Items of Interest: Where VOA’s Broadcast Infrastructure Stands Today – Radio World The VOA came into being in 1942. It played a major role in broadcasting U.S. news and views to the world during World War Two and the Cold …
Items of Interest: An economical solar kit for a 100W ham station http://ae5x.blogspot.com/2022/08/an-economical-solar-kit-for-100w-ham.html SC QSO party results http://scqso.com/ GEORGIA STATE PARKS ON THE AIR April 1-2, 2023 Humor: Meetings and activities: The next meeting will be on February 2nd at …
Items of Interest: Sun is more active than NASA predicted It could be in its strongest cycle since records began, but we’ve heard predictions like this before. Humor: Meetings and activities: The next meeting will be on February 2nd at …
Items of Interest: ARRL Volunteers On the Air Event is Underway ARRL’s yearlong operating event, Volunteers On the Air, or VOTA, began January 1, 2023. The event is organized as part of ARRL’s 2023 theme, “Year of the Volunteers,” which …
Items of Interest: January is Straight Key Month (SKM). Beginning on January 2nd and through January 31, the Straight Key Century Club (SKCC) holds its SKM annually: https://www.skccgroup.com/k3y/ Want to work on your Morse code skills? Try out the daily …
Items of Interest: KrakenSDR Locates a Repeater Jammer in 1 Hour (rtl-sdr.com) Sherwin Tams (W4QNW) is headed back to Havana in early January. He has asked if we would support the Havana club in their efforts to repair electrical/electronic equipment …
Items of Interest: AE5X: Can you handle yet another ‘OTA? Humor: Meetings and activities: Please remember to renew your membership with the club. The next meeting will be on January 5th more details to follow. Club Website: The URL is https://www.ke4ham.org. If …
Items of Interest: The end of AM radio in your car?Sen. Ed Markey sent off letters to 20 different car manufacturers asking to keep AM radio around in future models. Humor: Meetings and activities: Please remember to renew your membership with …
Items of Interest: RX888 MK2 16BIT Software Defined Radio Software Defined Radio Receiver Aluminum Enclosure 1kHz‑17–Mhz SDR Radio Receiver RX888 MKII On AMAZON is about $280. Happy Holidays to all! Humor: Meetings and activities: Please remember to renew your membership with …
Items of Interest: Why I Quit QRP (and maybe shouldn’t have) I placed the blame for my lack of portable QRP QSOs on poor propagation. In hindsight, there could have been another explanation. SKYWARN Recognition Day Set for December 3, …
