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This Week in Amateur Radio

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via HACKADAY: Four Band Digital HF SDR Transceiver Offers High Performance
for Only $60

Posted: 11 Dec 2021 04:07 AM PST
https://twiar.net/?p=6562

Amateur radio is a hobby that is often thought of as being exclusive to those...

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How ham radio signals are helping attempts to locate MH370

Posted: 10 Dec 2021 09:13 AM PST
https://twiar.net/?p=6400

There has been world-wide reporting of the work done using amateur radio
WSPR signals in...

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Via the ARRL: Transmissions Set to Mark Transatlantic Test Success

Posted: 10 Dec 2021 06:31 AM PST
https://twiar.net/?p=6566

A replica 1BCG transmitter will operate as W2AN/1BCG on ±1.820 MHz on CW, from The Vintage Radio...

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Making contact with the past: Operating radios on USS North Carolina

Posted: 09 Dec 2021 09:59 PM PST
https://twiar.net/?p=6609

In honor of the 80th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor, the Azalea Coast...

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Ham radio exams in Austria cancelled

Posted: 09 Dec 2021 09:54 PM PST
https://twiar.net/?p=6606

The pandemic has forced cancellation of amateur radio exams in Austria as
well as the...

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Via the ARRL: ARRL Executive Committee Meets

Posted: 09 Dec 2021 09:43 PM PST
https://twiar.net/?p=6568

The ARRL Executive Committee met on October 25 in virtual session, with President Rick Roderick,...

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Via the ARRL: ARRL Virginia Section Manager Joseph Palsa, K3WRY, SK

Posted: 09 Dec 2021 09:41 PM PST
https://twiar.net/?p=6572

Virginia Section Manager Joe Palsa, K3WRY, of North Chesterfield, Virginia, died on December 7. An...

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Via the ARRL: Senate Confirms FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel for a New
Term

Posted: 09 Dec 2021 09:39 PM PST
https://twiar.net/?p=6556

On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, the US Senate confirmed FCC Chairwoman
Jessica Rosenworcel for a...

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Via the ARRL: ARDC Grant Will Expand RMHAMs 5 GHz Microwave Network in
Rockies

Posted: 09 Dec 2021 09:35 PM PST
https://twiar.net/?p=6574

A grant of $374,233 from Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) to
Rocky Mountain Ham Radio...

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via HACKADAY: Ham Radio SSB Transceiver Fits in Pocket

Posted: 09 Dec 2021 09:26 PM PST
https://twiar.net/?p=6576

Talking about this Chinese ham radio transceiver requires a veritable
flurry of acronyms: HF, SSB,...

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Via the ARRL: Worlds Smallest Moon Lander from Japan will Put Ham Radio Transmitter on the Moon

Posted: 09 Dec 2021 03:23 PM PST
https://twiar.net/?p=6582

Japan’s OMOTENASHI, the world’s smallest moon lander, will have an X-band and UHF communication system, although...

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Via the ARRL: Senator Blumenthal Supports Amateur Radio at Senate
Confirmation Hearing

Posted: 09 Dec 2021 01:01 PM PST
https://twiar.net/?p=6490

Senator Richard Blumenthal (CT) received an affirmative reply from FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel when he...

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via HACKADAY: Listening to the Sounds of an 1960s Military Computer

Posted: 09 Dec 2021 10:17 AM PST
https://twiar.net/?p=6306

Restoring vintage computers is the favorite task of many hardware hackers. Retrocomputing probably makes you...

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