Amateur Radio Weekly 21SEP2024

[Richard VE3OZW]

Issue 348 September 21st, 2024

Top links

Icom investigating radios targeted in Lebanon blasts
Icom said it stopped making the walkie-talkie model in 2014 and has warned about fake versions for several years.
New York Times

portable antennas
This site aims to provide the Radio Amateur with easy to use tools enabling design and modelling of simple wire antennas for the HF bands.
portable antennas

WSPR transmitter construction and programming [PDF]
The WSPR transmitter was designed to be fully modular in construction.
AK3Y

Back up your computers
A critical part of National Preparedness Month
Radio Artisan

A poor Ham’s panadapter
I like to think of them as Ham Radio fish finders – those neat little waterfall displays on many modern radios.
Ham Radio Outside the Box

Yaesu: Devoted to educating the Ham Radio community
Tim Duffy, K3LR, DX Engineering CEO, interviewing John Kruk, N9UPC, amateur division national sales manager of Yaesu USA.
OnAllBands

Antenna use by frequency band among Canadian Hams
Just shy of two-thirds (62%) report a single-element antenna.
K4FMH

Watch NASA’s solar sail reflect brightly in the night sky
It is one of the brightest things in the night sky.
Hackaday

Video

FCC-ARRL luncheon
A repeater group in Harrisburg PA had some special guests at their monthly club lunch – a half dozen representatives from the FCC, and a couple of ARRL officials stopped by to talk about Ham Radio and GMRS.
Ham Radio Now

Building a 2M Yagi from yard scrap
It ended up having a 1.6 SWR on the 2m Simplex frequency here in the U.S.
Modern Ham

Best mobile 2 Meter Ham Radio setup
Showcasing the ultimate trio of mobile 2-meter Ham Radio gear—the Radioddity DB50 2m/70cm 50-watt mobile radio, the M-916 MagMount, and the UV-711 2m/70cm whip antenna.
HamJazz

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