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Malpas Pupil Takes to the Airwaves

A NINE year-old dyslexia suffer has obtained his amateur radio licence – giving him the freedom to speak to other radio enthusiasts all over the world. Jacob Griffiths was inspired to take up the hobby by his dad Neil Griffiths, 33, who has been communicating with others via radio waves since 1996. The Malpas Court [...]

Ham Operators Serving Sandy Springs to Show Gear Used in Emergencies:

Last night’s thunder and lightning brought back fears of the supercell thunderstorms, that have hit Sandy Springs and surrounding areas, this year. It’s also a reminder that weather disasters such as the storm that hit the Riverview Road area in April, and tornados that leveled parts of Tuscaloosa and Ringgold make the work done the [...]

Ham Radio Fans Ready to Compete in Mount Olive Township:

MOUNT OLIVE TWP. — Continuing a tradition that dates back to the 1930s, amateur ham radio operators will gather for their annual field day on June 25-26th 2011 at the Tinc Road home of co-organizer Scott Leyshon. Last year an estimated 30,000 ham operators participated in field day, making it the largest and most popular [...]

VHF interference problem solved

The most recent case of an interfering device on 147.0067 MHz, affecting Brisbane’s VK4RBN 2m repeater has been resolved Read the Full Article from the SARC

Tony’s 10-metre band report

What a very strange week with only Friday being really sparky. Saturday and Sunday were OKish but Monday through Thursday were poor. Some good DX about though. OH0I (Aland Islands) with MC0SHL (Strumble Head DX and Contest Group) who were top dogs on Sunday, GM4SSA (Shetland Islands) and 5W1SA (Samoa) Read the Full Article from [...]

OY3SE’s first ham radio QSO

Steintor, OY3SE got his Amateur Radio license in April 2011 and is only 10 years old. Watch this video of his first QSO Read the Full Article from the SARC

PE4BAS Amateur Radio Weblog in Dutch and English

A Ham radio blog in English and Dutch. The radio adventures of PE4BAS. Find out what’s going down the other side of the North Sea! Click here. Find out more at DXZone.com

G0HWC ATV 13cms and 23cms projects

Find out about GØHWC’s 13cms and 23cms ATV  projects and builds. Click here to find out more. Find out more at DXZone.com

DXCC Country/Entity Report 5th to 12th June 2011

According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 5th-June, through Sunday, 12th-June 2011 there were 215 countries active Read the Full Article from the SARC

Howth Martello Radio Group – QRV 18-19th June 2011

The Howth Martello Radio Group, EIØMAR will be QRV on the weekend of the 18/19th June 2011 for International Museums Event from Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio in Howth, Ireland Read the Full Article from the SARC

PLT – Forum highlights radio interference fears

At an ITU forum discussing the problem of polluting PLT devices, Dr Hamadoun Touré, Secretary-General, ITU, cautioned service providers and others against rolling out technologies conforming to specifications that do not meet ITU requirements Read the Full Article from the SARC

Homebrew VHF 2m Transceiver from Down Under

Here’s some beautiful discrete component DSB VHF homebrew from John, VK3AJG:—-Hi Bill, I know you like DSB transceivers, so I’m sending you a link to my 144MhzDSB transceiver which I’ve just completed. Thought I would try and see if I could get the same circuits I use on HF to work on VHF, turns out [...]