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The ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Program (CARP) was established to support and promote Amateur Radio among students and ham radio clubs at colleges and universities. Connect with other students. Further your own interests in wireless communications. Meet professionals whose careers have been influenced by being a ham radio operator. ARRL is your place for access to the latest developments in radio electronics and Amateur Radio public service. First appearance of Andy & Tony - Episode 73 https://youtu.be/HnIta_AXTgACollegiate QSO Party Website https://collegiateqsoparty.com/ KD8RTT Satellite Book https://kd8rtt.com/2026/04/28/satellite-operating-for-amateur-radio-book/ Website: www.aj8b.comYoutube & Podcast TheDXMentorReal Time DX Info (DailyDX https://www.dailydx.com/Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.orgDaily DX https://www.dailydx.com/DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/IC-7760 Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7760IC-PW2 Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-PW2IC-7300 MK2 Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300MK2/IC-9700 Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/IC-905 Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/IC-R8600 Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-R8600/IC-52A Plus Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/ID-52APLUS/

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Foundations of Amateur Radio Launched into your amateur radio adventure you're faced with figuring out what you need to fly. If you have a web browser, you can start listening to a massive array of online radio sources .. today. Beyond that, a handheld radio is often the first purchase for a new amateur, more often than not followed by the acquisition of a more advanced radio and associated paraphernalia, antenna, coax, power supply and the like. A video of forging the "Most Iconic Swedish Axe", by Torbjorn Ahman, a Swedish Blacksmith, started off with making several tools, before the axe forging itself got underway. It reminded me that in the amateur radio community we often talk about radio with rarely any mention of any toolkit. Spend six seconds thinking about this and you'll likely come up with a soldering iron and a multimeter as your next investment, but what happens after that? While not universal, truth be told, my soldering iron has very little use, though half a century ago it was probably essential. My multimeter gets more use, even though it really doesn't do any radio tricks. Its most used feature is continuity testing. One proper bit of test gear is an antenna analyser that we use most times anyone plays with antennas. Several years ago, I was given a lovely NanoVNA which gets a regular workout though calibration is a bit cumbersome. I was also given an inline power meter that provides all manner of battery health information. I take it to every portable operation. Gadgets aside, the tools I use more than all of these put together are a quality wire cutter and an Anderson Powerpole crimper with all the connector housing colours. There's also a comprehensive set of screwdriver bits, enabling access to more equipment than I have time to investigate. A 15 Watt dummy load, good to 150 MHz, gets regular use, and to complete the picture, underneath my desk is a HP 606A signal generator that I'm scared to restore. Last time I went near it, I managed to trip the house RCD for reasons I still don't understand. There's other stuff in boxes and drawers, but I clearly don't use them enough to come to mind. Unremarked is my computing infrastructure. Until a couple of years ago that consisted of a 27" iMac, vintage 2015. Expanded to 64 GB of RAM, it ran all my software using VMware, sometimes a dozen or so virtual computers simultaneously. It died in 2024 when the power cord managed to short itself on my portable desk, yes, that too tripped the RCD. Although I didn't lose any data, due to a perfect storm of incompatibility, it's been nearly two years before I found the beginnings of a replacement, a small form factor Lenovo IdeaCentre with 32 GB of RAM running Proxmox. If I was made of money, I'd probably find space for an oscilloscope and a signal generator, perhaps even a proper network analyser, but truth be told, most of my adventures these days are in the software realm. That's not to say that there is no place for such gear, just that I suspect that they'd feel overwhelming rather than something I'd grab to solve a problem. That said, regular posts by Ismo OH2FTG about resurrecting all manner of broken testing equipment revealed to me that a surprising number of these tools are essentially a computer with an operating system, running some custom application that presents itself to the user via a display. Apparently you haven't lived until you see a Windows boot loop on your Agilent oscilloscope. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, the "HP 8920A RF Communications Test Set" that I played with a while back runs what looks like a version of DOS, which comes on ROM chips, according to HP taking 2 hours to replace for a firmware upgrade, and each of its in-built tests is a program written in HP Instrument BASIC. This morning I walked into my office and spotted my PlutoSDR on my desk. If you're unfamiliar, a PlutoSDR is a little box, blue, because of course colour matters, has two SMA coax connectors on one side and two USB sockets on the other side. One antenna port is marked "Rx", the other "Tx" and by connecting the two together, you can create a transmission and then receive it. While that sounds completely useless, it's the exact same set-up as any number of bits of test equipment, to be clear, normally you have something you're testing connected between the ports. Combine that with a connected computer and you have the makings of some fancy test gear, capable of 70 MHz to 6 GHz. Since it's all Open Source, you can write your code in your language of choice. Of course I'm not the first person to come to this point. There's tools around for making this reality, implementing oscilloscope, spectrum analyser and plenty more. I am already imagining what I might achieve with GNU Radio. While there's plenty of room for soldering irons in our community, I think it's also worth considering what software might help in your toolkit. I'm Onno VK6FLAB

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1426 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: September 26, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:14:54 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1426 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Call for Presentations: 44th AMSAT Space Symposium 2. AMSAT: AO-7 - OSCAR-7 - Again Captures Attention 3. AMSAT: Satellite Headlines From All Over 4. WIA: Fuel Savings Double Potential Lifetime for NASAs Roman Mission 5. ARRL: FCC and HHS Initiate New Proceedings on RF Exposure 6. ARRL: Morse Code Detectives 7. ARRL: Remembering Four Silent Keys 8. ARRL: Will RADE Be the Next SSB? 9. ARRL: ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, Guest On Episode 103 of The DX Mentor Podcast 10. ARRL: Radio Shorts From All Over 11. Croatia Will Host World Radiosport Team Championships 12. Nationwide Emergency Alert System Test Date Set By The US Government 13. A Summit Activator Assists In Hiker Rescue In Hawaii 14. Disaster Response Veteran Tom Delaney, W8WTD - SK 15. Etiquette Is Not Trivial On This Net 16. Hindu Festival Concludes In Mumbai As Hams Ensure Safety 17. ARRL: W1AW/250 Upcoming Operations/Activations 18. ARRL: Upcoming Section Conventions 19. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Australia's own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio will take us through an Emergency Response Reality Check * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with a brand new edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio" ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3 Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

NewsWest invites programme contributions. You can send yours as email attachments to newswest@vk6.net by noon on Fridays - our editorial policy is that items should be about Amateur Radio, and relating to, or of interest to, radio amateurs in Western Australia. Originating in Perth, Western Australia, NewsWest is produced by WA Amateur Radio News for listeners on-air, online and on-demand. Whichever way you're listening, whether you're a licensed radio amateur or not, experienced or just a beginner, old or young, thanks for being here and thanks for joining us. Web: http://vk6.net Email: newswest@vk6.net Folge direkt herunterladen

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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1425 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: September 19, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnson, W2PH, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:36:54 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1425 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. ARRL: Candidates Named for ARRL Director and Vice Director Elections 2. ARRL: Hamvention Names First Woman as General Chair 3. ARRL: Former ARRL COO Harold Kramer, WJ1B, Silent Key 4. ARRL: Rich Moseson, W2VU, Named ARRL News Editor 5. ARRL: Entrepreneur and Amateur Radio Operator Invests in the Next Generation of Problem Solvers 6. ARRL: 10-Year-Old Receives Ham License and More 7. ARRL: ARISS Receives Challenger-7 Recognition 8. ARRL: FCC Cites GMRS Licensee for Illegal Linked Repeater Network 9. ARRL: New ARRL Maine Section Manager 10. ARRL: ARRL Board Reviews and Approves Potential Alabama Section Move to the Delta Division & More 11. ARRL: New ARRL 10-Band DXCC Award 12. ARRL: Upcoming: 2026 ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET) 13. ARRL: Florida's Space Coast Expands Digital Communications Infrastructures 14. ARRL: WRTC 2026 Organizers Honored by FOC 15. ARRL: Get Ready for Jamboree on the Air 16. ARRL: AMSAT Youth Initiative Course, ARISS Announces Schedule Deadline 17. Gibralter Amateurs Mark Milestones With New Stamps and Coins 18. 12,000 Year Old Archaeological Site Gets HF Radio 19. Amateur Radio Digital Communications Seeks Volunteers 20. FCC Vote Will Give High Speed Satellite More Spectrum 21. Indonesian Volcano Eruption Activates Emergency Net 22. A Tribute Transmission From Alaska To NYC On September 11th 23. Solar Power From Space To Be Delivered By LASER 24. AMSAT: World Amateur Radio Broadcasting & Send Your Name into Space Campaign 25. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over 26. ARRL: Upcoming Contest Listing and Regional Conventions Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Australia's own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, will cover Coronal Mass Ejections, Wind Flares, Solar Flux, and Geomagnetic Storms * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with Part One of a brand new edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio" ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3 Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

NewsWest invites programme contributions. You can send yours as email attachments to newswest@vk6.net by noon on Fridays - our editorial policy is that items should be about Amateur Radio, and relating to, or of interest to, radio amateurs in Western Australia. Originating in Perth, Western Australia, NewsWest is produced by WA Amateur Radio News for listeners on-air, online and on-demand. Whichever way you're listening, whether you're a licensed radio amateur or not, experienced or just a beginner, old or young, thanks for being here and thanks for joining us. Web: http://vk6.net Email: newswest@vk6.net Folge direkt herunterladen

Tonight Tom talks about the w5kub-124 flight . Brett reviews a hamfest, Bill Brown WB8ELK joins us and show us some cool gagets.

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NewsWest invites programme contributions. You can send yours as email attachments to newswest@vk6.net by noon on Fridays - our editorial policy is that items should be about Amateur Radio, and relating to, or of interest to, radio amateurs in Western Australia. Originating in Perth, Western Australia, NewsWest is produced by WA Amateur Radio News for listeners on-air, online and on-demand. Whichever way you're listening, whether you're a licensed radio amateur or not, experienced or just a beginner, old or young, thanks for being here and thanks for joining us. Web: http://vk6.net Email: newswest@vk6.net Folge direkt herunterladen

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In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG and Ed Durrant DD5LP  to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief, and the episode's feature is Which Hotspot. We would like to thank our and monthly and annual subscription donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate Amateur Radio technologies help in Canadian Cave Rescue. $1 Million and Counting: Contester and Engineer Dr James Galm Makes Historic Gift to ARRL AST SpaceMobile's 800 MHz Trial Wraps Up — But the 70cm Interference Story Isn't Going Away South African Regulator Closes In on Repeater Interference in Gauteng When the Networks Go Down: Bangladesh Runs Nationwide Radio Drill for Quakes, Floods, and Worse Wildfire Scorches Vital Nevada Repeater — Repairs Racing to Beat Labour Day Bangladesh Wants a Ham Radio Payload on Its Next Satellite — And They Need Your Voice

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