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Dear HAM friends, As part of Operation Market Garden paratroopers of the allied forces landed in the Nijmegen region on september the 17th 1944 and the region would soon be liberated after four years of German occupation. Let's commemorate and celebrate 70 years of freedom. During 10 days we will activate the callsign PA7ØOMG and try to work as many amateur radio operators across the world. The...

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On Thursday, June 19, 2014 at 19:11:11 UT a Dnepr rocket was launched from Dombarovsky near Yasny in the Russian Federation carrying 37 satellites, 12 of which had amateur radio payloads. Among the amateur radio payloads are a SSB/CW linear transponder, FM voice transponder, D-STAR Parrot Repeater and three Packet Radio Digipeaters. In total 33 satellites were deployed, the remaining four, Tigrisat,...

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The Hobbyists Guide to RTL-SDR: Really Cheap Software Defined Radio. The Book Description A comprehensive guide to the RTL2832U RTL-SDR software defined radio by RTL-SDR.com. The RTL-SDR is a super cheap software defined radio based on DVB-T TV dongles that can be found for under $20. This book is about tips and tutorials that show you how to get the most out of your dongle. Learn how to set up your...

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LONGMONT, Colo.- May 9, 2014 - Announcing today the merger of Longmont, Colorado -based RF Concepts LLC / Alpha Amplifiers and Sevierville, Tenn.-based TEN-TEC Inc., RF Concepts Chairman Michael Seedman, AA6DY, declared the union the perfect combination of amateur radio brands. The merger creates a multi-million-dollar company with products that span QRP transceivers to full-legal-limit amplifiers...

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Photo credit by Sparky (CQDX.ru) Somehow it makes little sense that amateur "ham" radio continues to thrive in the age of Twitter, Facebook and iPhones. Yet the century-old communications technology -- which demands such commitment that you must generally pass an exam to receive a licence -- currently attracts around 350,000 practitioners in Europe, and a further 700,000 in the United States, some...

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Photo credit by NASA Since the final module was attached to the International Space Station in 2000, amateur radio enthusiasts have been able to listen in on the daily lives of its crew via ham radio signals. But now the station is set to begin broadcasting in the 21st century with Ham TV, making its first transmission last month. Blink and you'll miss the show, however, as the receiving window...

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Photo by Jim Scolman Kyle Seaman, 13, of Monroe, demonstrates his “Raspberry Pi” computer controller system at the Sky Valley Education Science and Art Fair Thursday. The tiny, modular computer, at left behind the red wires, is about the size of a paperback book. It is built from components and programmed in the Python Programming Language to translate what Kyle types on his regular PC into...

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The first contact that I had with Morse Code (CW) was with the Boy Scouts. You had to learn it to achieve the rank of First Class some 50+ years ago. I can still remember attending the weekly classes to pass some type of test. Other than obtaining the new rank, I really did not know that CW would follow me for years to come. Of course, when I got the ‘bug” to get into amateur radio I found...

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