Meeting On-the-Air Reminder: 7:00 – 8:00pm on the 147.090 (+ / 100.0 Hz) W1QUI repeater Join us this Thursday evening, from 7:00PM – 8:00PM on the 147.090 repeater, for our monthly meeting on-the-air. On the agenda, we’ll be asking if net participants have ever operated HF portable, and if so, what was their most memorable […]
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Made in Taiwan and covering 26-30 MHz with a 5.75db according to the factory. Easy tuning and available now for £99 and a couple of people have already gone on the record that this antenna is “like the Antron99 but much superior in build quality” Have you got one? Please let me know how it […]
DUGA-3, The USSR’s Over The Horizon Anti-Ballistic Radar System On Wednesday, July 8th 2020, the Delaware Valley Radio Association monthly meeting HELD VIA VIRTUAL WEB CONFERENCE will feature a presentation on DUGA-3: “The Russian Woodpecker”…Read more ›
As of the time of writing this post, General Motors’ Military Vehicle Division had just won the contract to produce this vehicle.
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 […]
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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 […]
Matthew Parij 