Amateur Radio Weekly 05OCT2024

[Richard VE3OZW]

Issue 350 October 5th, 2024

Top links

Helene Aftermath: Aid, community resilience, and egress/ingress
We are still using a simplex frequency (147.55 MHz) for communications in the neighborhood and another (146.52 MHz) for the Swannanoa area on the VHF calling frequency.
QRPer

Ham Radio and the aftermath of Helene
Traditional media reports are beginning to pop up, highlighting the ability for Amateur Radio to help during natural disasters.
Amateur Radio Daily

Space Station Slow Scan TV transmissions
ARISS is planning a Slow Scan Television (SSTV) experiment from the International Space Station, scheduled to start on Tuesday, October 8, and running until Monday, October 14.
AMSAT UK

Tiny4FSK - The lightweight Horus Binary Tracker
Tiny4FSK aims to be an ultra-tiny high-altitude tracking system. It runs on 1 AA battery that lasts for 10-17 hours.
New England Weather Balloon Society

Strongest solar flare of Solar Cycle 25
Two CMEs are now heading for Earth following consecutive X-flares.
SpaceWeather.com

Tinkering with an antenna
As this was going to be an experimental antenna, I didn’t care too much how kludgey the thing looked.
KB6NU

Making your first QSOs on 10 GHz using the Icom IC-905
KI8R, with help from the active community of microwave operators and assistance provided by rain scatter propagation, makes two QSOs on 10 GHz.
OnAllBands

Python code to generate WSPR audio tones
This works both on my Mac and on a Raspberry Pi with no modification.
marxys musing on technology

How to take backpack portable radio to the next level
Field trials – including a couple of successful POTA activations – with this arrangement verified that the backpack has sufficient stability to support a 20m quarter wave whip.
Ham Radio Outside the Box

Voice of America will get a new headquarters
For 70 years it has been based at its current location, almost in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol.
Radio World

The 1924 Martian Signal: A cosmic curiosity
The U.S. Navy imposed a nationwide radio silence for five minutes each hour to allow observatories to listen for signals from Mars.
Hackaday

Video

AWA AM QSO Party
Operating a rare Collins KW1 at the Antique Wireless Association during their annual AM QSO Party.
N2MAK

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