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Sunday, 17th June 2018

Foundations of Amateur Radio #158: - eHam.net

eHam.netFoundations of Amateur Radio #158:eHam.netThere is a solitude about amateur radio. Sitting in your shack, listening to the bands, trying to locate an elusive station and if you're doing a contest then even that can be something that you do alone. Don't get me wrong, I like my own company as ...... [continue]

The Reverse Beacon Network and FT8

A few weeks ago, several prolific Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) nodes began spotting FT8 signals, using the combination of WSJT-X and an unreleased Aggregator Version 5

Free book SDR for Engineers

Analog Devices has recently released a new 375 page text book for free called 'Software-Defined Radio for Engineers, 2018'

Portable Ham Radio design fosters experiments

On Hackaday Al Williams WD5GNR writes again about the work of Charlie Morris ZL2CTM

VK6WIA NewsWest

New to Amateur Radio, this show is for YOU! This week, new amateur calls on air, a new FreeDV on-air net, courses, contests and calendar updates and that's just to whet your appetite

Beware of scammers on the Swap Shop

Tom Adams, ZS6OMT from Potchefstroom notified SARL News that he advertised on the SARL Swap Shop for an Electronic Morse keyer and got a response from a Graham Mckinnon from Bredasdorp in the Western Cape with mobile number 083 338 0586

Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at low levels

ITU officially confirms: Z6 prefix is illegal

In a repost by YT9TP (Serbia) it would appear that the International Telecommunication Union has officially confirmed use of the Z6 prefix is illegal

QSO Today - Raul Midon - AE3RM

Bad ass and blind is how my guest on QSO Today describes himself on his website and the release of his new jazz music album of the same name

2018 QRP Day -- June 17:

Ken Yamamoto JA1CJP, Secretary of IARU Region 3 reminds us of the 2018 QRP Day that will be celebrated on 17 June 2018. Region 3 Societies help to promote the IARU objectives for QRP operation including: