ST0R TOP Score

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1st is Aris - SV1ACK. CONGRATULATIONS (!)

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Boger BO-3500 Monitoring Receiver

• Category: ham, new equipment |

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Price: 3 959.00 € (inkl. 19 % MwSt.)

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The new Bonito shortwave receiver RadioJet 1102S

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The new Bonito shortwave receiver RadioJet 1102S combines innovative design with the advantages of modern computer technology. It has a frequency range of 0,04 MHz to 30 MHz with an excellent sensitivity of .03 µVolts on a noise level of -137 dBm with an extreme resolution of 144 dB at a bandwidth of 24kHz. The Noise floor is extremely low, because there are no active parts between the Antenna and the ADC.

• High Performance IF-Receiver
• 0,04 MHz – 30 MHz
• 0.03 µVolt sensitivity on a -137dBm noise floor
• Very high IP3: +29dBm (High-IP)
• 2 x 16 Bit ADC MultiChannel and 1 x 24 Bit cascaded
• 24 kHz Bandwidth
• LSB, USB, CW, AM, FM, Stereo DRM
• Modern flexible User Interface
• Audio and IF recording and playback
• Integrated Frequency Database
• IF/AF Spektrumanalyzer and Oscilloscopes
• Free Online-Updates

Prices:

Bonito RadioJet 1102S (with Support) 599,-€
Bonito RadioJet 1102S (without Support) 499,-€

Surcharges: The following options are available with a surcharge:

1. RX-Decoder Software 58.-€ Decoding of RTTY, CW, PSK, SSTV, FAX and Time….
2. TX-Control & Encoder Software 58.-€ Transceiver Control, En- & Decoding of RTTY, CW, PSK, SSTV, FAX….
3. RX / TX- Full version 98.-€ Both options (2 & 3)
4. Project 7 RadioCom 128.-€ RX-TX Option (2 & 3) plus RadioCom 6
5. Weather Receiving Software 498.-€ Marine reception and organization of WeatherFax, Navtex, RTTY und Synop ….

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NKCCluster for Android

• Category: ham, new equipment |

I’ve always been a bit of a gadget fan. It all started more than 10 years ago with my first purchase of (now obsolete) Handspring Visor, a PalmOS compatible. Before long, it became an essential part of my everyday life: it used to remind me about birthdays I under no circumstances wanted to forget, it stored my phone numbers from all the post-it notes and various mobile phones I used to use at the time. I could even use it to send e-mails and surf the web, albeit in a very limited fashion (only by synchronising). With the demise of PalmOS a couple of years ago I switched to the next available platform: Windows Mobile. My HTC Touch Pro was this time a serious contender for a perfect gadget: not only could I use it as a phone, I could also surf the Web from any location. I could even use it as a GPS receiver (and was actually quite happy with TomTom on it, I still think this was about the best piece of GPS navigation software I ever tried). And then, in April 2010, I decided to accept an offer from my mobile provider and upgrade relatively cheap to a newer device. And thus I became a proud owner of HTC Desire. If my previous gadget was close to being a perfect gadget, this one got even a step closer. I immediately liked its openness and what I could do with it, being a Linux addict for quite some years I enjoyed the fact it’s running linux. Being also an avid hamradio operator, I started searching for and installing every hamradio application I could find. But one application was missing: at the time there was no DX Cluster client for Android. Keen to avoid needing to take my laptop to the shack (my shack is outside of my house) I tried accessing a few nodes using some telnet clients I found but this was overall a rather poor experience (one client was crashing while changing the screen orientation and the other would time out before I’d even manage to log on). I thus decided to write an application of my own. – M0NKC -

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ST0R first problem

• Category: ham, Photo |

First power blackout happens today July 25th at around 15 GMT. Short circuit occurred in the electrical power cable, which proved to be in the water.

The urgent repairs

(Photo by RA9USU / ST0R)

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DX CODE OF CONDUCT. Be, or not to be…?

• Category: ham |

DX Expedition 2011 to the Southern Sudan is a vivid indicator how HAM radio degraded. Recently there has been introduced such a thing as CODE OF CONDUCT. Many HAM’s positively responded to this initiative. But as a result, it seems that nobody is going to abide by this Code. It was just Declaration.

DX expeditions operators are no longer able to cope with the situation and sometimes split smears to incredible sizes. Example – one famous ST0R operator used split at 50 KHz (!) on 21 MHz SSB. The HAM behavior is getting worse we have ever heard on the bands.

The situation is really out of hand. I suspect it comes from CBers who are now becoming Hams since there is no longer any CW (Morse) code testing. It is a very sad symptom and absolutely terrible situation. If it goes on we will have something bad, but definitely no HAM Radio anymore.

Some DXCluster Spot samples:

DX de DK3BK: 21024.0 ST0R Why so big split?
DX de OE1SGU: 18100.0 ST0R No chance for legal power
DX de AC0M: 21024.0 ST0R DX Code illegal power lids
DX de GW3RIH: 14144.0 ST0R No shame + No Honour = Not HAM
DX de II9ARI: 14145.0 ST0R QRM from IT9RYH
DX de IW5EJP: 14145.0 ST0R Shut up deutch
DX de ON4LDU: 21024.0 ST0R Kids and CBierfor sure
DX de ON4UN: 21024.0 ST0R SHUT UP POLICEMEN!! SHUP UP!!
DX de D2SWL: 14145.0 ST0R Radio Police Net Freq.
DX de N6WK: 14024.0 ST0R Worst pileup I have ever seen
DX de CU3AK: 14024.0 ST0R Worst than the Russian Rulet
DX de NQ4A: 14024.1 ST0R What happened to courtesy?
…

Also visit: “LIDS ON THE AIR”

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USB APRS TNC Digi Tracker

• Category: ham, new equipment |

The APRS TNC Digi Tracker isn’t just a mobile APRS tracker.
Connect to the USB port of a laptop, flick a switch and it also runs as a TNC with UI-View displaying local stations on the screen.
Flick another switch and it’s a digipeater as well.

Easy to program with freeware APRS Messenger Lite program that also doubles as a receive only igate program.
Use with freeware APRS Messenger program and it’s an emergency communications message control station or satellite ground station for International Space Station packet radio.

Now available with a built-in Sirf Star III GPS receiver with internal patch antenna and a SMA connector for use with an external GPS antenna.
Just the job for RAYNET or ARES emergency communications or just everyday APRS tracking!

Features include:

• Encodes and decodes 1200 bd APRS packets

• Works with UI-View for map display and messaging

• Fill-in stand-alone APRS digipeater

• Digi All option for special events and RAYNET emergency use

• Mobile APRS GPS tracker

• Now available with a built-in Sirf III GPS receiver with internal antenna and SMA external antenna socket

• It can also feed GPS NMEA data out on the USB port to a PC for navigation and other programs

• Programmable with any serial terminal program or CCW APRS Messenger Lite freeware program

• Works with Winpack for converse packet radio.

• Pin compatible with existing APRS trackers using a 9 way D type connector for the radio port

• Uses the FTDI USB chip with drivers available for Windows, Linux and OS-X

• Provides transmit and receive audio and PTT connections for a 144 MHz (2 metre) FM transceiver

• Power requirements 7 to 25V current consumption 100 mA

• Complies with FCC Part 15 rules and EU specifications for EMC, RoHS and WEEE

• Built to last with high grade components and reliable firmware in a tough ABS case

For further information the Operating Manual can be downloaded as a 3.1 MB PDF file here.
A zip file containing the UI-View configuration file and text document explaining how to set-up UI-View to work with the TNC can be downloaded here.

APRS Messenger Lite(a freeware set-up program and APRS receiver igate program for the APRS TNC Digi Tracker can be downloaded here.

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20m CW Pile-Up ST0R (15 KHz QSX)

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