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Amateur Radio Weekly 19OCT2024 - Richard VE3OZW - 2024-10-19 Issue 352 October 19th, 2024 Top links Turn your Android phone into a modern Ham Radio transceiver Free, open source software & hardware homebrew VHF radio. KV4P NASA, NOAA: Sun reaches maximum phase in 11-year solar cycle This announcement doesn't mean that this is the peak of solar activity we’ll see this solar cycle. NASA Scientists say they've figured out a way to intercept alien radio signals It could be used to pick up on communications that weren't intended to reach deep space. The Byte How Ham Radio endures - and remains a disaster lifeline - in the iPhone era When disaster strikes, and conventional communication systems fail, Amateur Ham Radio operators step in to bridge the gap. ZDNet Radio towers causing problems for residents of northern Kentucky neighborhood Residents of a northern Kentucky neighborhood said radio signals from nearby towers are causing all kinds of issues. Spectrum News 1 USA Radio Orienteering Championship concludes Medals were awarded to the top three finishers in each class of competition. The Sun Times News The future of emcomm There are two important technology disruptions showing up in North Carolina: satellite-based internet (Starlink) and mobile-phone-to-satellite text messaging. K0NR Do you name your radios? Lucy and Linus, the brother and sister, are both Yaesu VX-7s that were my workhorse HTs during the 2013 Southern Alberta Floods. QRPer Jamboree On The Air brings Scouts around the world together Jamboree On The Air is the world's largest Scouting event. ARRL Making your first simplex contact on Ham Radio Simplex is essentially one radio communicating directly with another on the same frequency, with no need for repeaters or additional equipment. Ham Radio Prep Video How net control radio operators saved lives after Hurricane Helene Tonight I welcome Dan, K2DMG, and Thomas, K4SWL, who live in one of the several areas that were devastated by Hurricane Helene. Ham Radio 2.0 The Truth about SWR: Debunking the myths and misunderstandings Is there really such a thing as perfect SWR and does it really matter? DX Engineering Sunset flight over Mount Olympus with Ham Radio operations Conducted 2-meter FM radio operations throughout the flight. W7NY Did you receive this email as a forward? Sign-up here Amateur Radio Weekly is curated by K4HCK. Do you have an interesting item to share? Email us! Thank you for reading. 73 Friends of the Newsletter | View the archive | Follow on Mastodon