It’s that time of year again when the R.A.D. (Radio Activity Day) will see operators from all over Germany, Austria and beyond take to the mountains starting at 15.00 CET on June 26th and the event ends 27th June also at 15.00 CET. Going on past years they’ll be some bloody big BOOM stations on […]
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “What is Twilight?” & “Constellation Lupus” Net Control: Billye KF5PDS Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” (1989) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, – Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Twitch.tv Search “KE5ICX” Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO […]
via Skynet 6-27-20 “What is Twilight?” & “Constellation Lupus 9PM CT —
Homebrew Off Centre Fed Dipole I’ve used a 66′ doublet for a couple of years now, fed with 450 ohm twin feeder. However, I’ve noticed recently that pickup from QRM has increased. Balanced antennas should be just as immune to interference pickup as coax fed antennas, but only if its properly balanced. When I put […]
Recently I have been experimenting with a 2m delta loop. The original version was relatively easy to tune and worked well enough to try and improve on the design. An inch was removed from the boom but the radiating element stays 11′(335cm). Any extra will be trimmed during tuning. A piece of PVC was added […]
News comes this time from Stati Radio CB Craiova that the latest version of the Delta is now available with integrated VOX to make it acceptable in the new areas where microphones can no longer be held. Need one? We’ve got the photo and the link to the radio below. Price at the moment 390 […]
Join us this Thursday, June 18th, from 7:00PM – 8:00PM on the 147.090 repeater, for our monthly meeting on-the-air. On the agenda, we’ll be talking about ARRL Field Day, which will take place at Wassamki Springs Campground on the weekend of June 27-28. If you haven’t already, please click here to sign up to operate […]
David (VE7GQF) has just acquired an ICOM IC-7H. He’s needing some help in getting the unit up and running.
News from on-radio-shop this time in Bavaria Germany. This looks a lot like something I’ve seen on a video recently and it worked real well indeed. At the moment it seems to me a very interesting device as the demo of this (unbranded) was quite excellent from what I remember. Albrecht VOX Microphone Series The […]
Tom Blackwell W5GAR became a silent key on May 14th, 2020. Tom was the ARRL North Texas Section Manager in the 2000’s representing area hams for the ARRL. He frequently attended many club Field Days through the years as well as local club events. After his tenure as Section Manager he continued to petition the […]
I’ve found one battery that will never come back from the dead, and wondering what to buy to replace it. How are your Field Day preparations going? That the DARC still has one more virtual forum coming up on June 18th to help us get ready for Field Day on our own, and we’re continuing […]
Weather conditions were good and the 6m Delta Loop with the 2:1 Balun was installed in its testing location. The antenna is approximately 25′ up and fed with LMR-400 cable. In the original post, I did not talk about the changes in the support pipe. After cutting the 1/2″ PVC pipe to 6.5′, a 1/4″ […]
Great news for island hunters as Ameland Island of the coast of the Netherlands will be again on air. The activation lasts a good few days and if like last year it was very strong here for many hours over the timeline. QSL manager information below so get calling and get in the log. EU038 […]
In the fall of 2019, Journalism History conducted an undergraduate student essay contest. Students answered the question that our podcast hosts ask at the end of every episode: Why does journalism history matter? Henry Voorhees, William Paterson University, submitted this month’s essay. Additional essays will be posted each month throughout 2020. The history of Journalism […]
via Student essay: Henry Voorhees — Journalism History journal
This person, who plays Basketball for William Patterson University (see this University’s Athletic Website https://www.wpupioneers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3892); not only needs to be transformed from being fit and muscular to being fat and overweight, but this person also needs to comprehend that the Automotive world as a whole, the world of Amateur/Ham Radio, and the Engineering side of Commercial Radio and Television; are all more important than Sports and Fitness.
Matthew Parij 