RadCom December 2024, Vol. 100, No. 12
Season’s greetings from the RSGB To read this edition, tap or click cover image Regulars Advertisers’ index 85 Antennas,...
Category: News
Via the RSGB: Encourage youngsters to get on the air in December
Read more at RSGB.co.uk
via Hackaday: The FNIRSI HRM-10 Internal Resistance Meter
Occasionally, we find fun new electronic instruments in the wild and can’t resist sharing them…
via Amateur Radio Daily: SETI Institute, Slippers2Sat, Ham Radio Village Updates
ARDC has released an series of updates from various projects funded by the organization through…
via Hackaday: Compact Dedicated News Reader Always Brings You CBC
Your phone or laptop will give you access to the vast majority of news in…
WKHS Makes International Contact With Amateur Radio
“It was really cool seeing the students’ faces light up when they each made their first contact”
via Hackaday: Experimenting with MicroPython on the Bus Pirate 5
I recently got one of the new RP2040-based Bus Pirate 5 (BP5), a multi-purpose interface…
First microsatellite by Chinese, Russian university students launched
A microsatellite jointly developed by Chinese and Russian universities was successfully launched on Tuesday morning…
via Hackaday: Random Wire Antenna Uses No Wire
Ideally, if you are going to transmit, you want a properly-tuned resonant antenna. But, sometimes,…
Via AMSAT: ANS-315 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
ANS is a weekly news service provided by AMSAT. Visit them at AMSAT.org
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1341 – Full Version
Release Date: November 9, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week…
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1341 – Truncated 1-hour version
This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio….
Indoor Attic Antennas — Always Surprise Me!
An “eHam Classic” by N2LK
Via the RSGB: 146/147MHz NoV extension agreed by Ofcom
Read more at RSGB.co.uk
via Amateur Radio Daily: AO-7 Satellite to Celebrate 50 Years in Orbit
Designed by radio amateurs, AO-7 launched in November of 1974 and is now marking 50…
via the ARRL: Amateur Radio Activated for Late Season Hurricane
Read more at ARRL.org
via the ARRL: Rare California Island to be Activated for Armed Forces Day, First Time in 53 Years
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Cornell microchip designers inspire students with ‘fox hunt’ (New York)
Searching through bushes, between rocks, under benches and near trees, 15 local high school students…
via Hackaday: Tiny LoRa GPS Node Relies on ESP32
Sometimes you need to create a satellite navigation tracking device that communicates via a low-power…
via Hackaday: Zinc Creep and Electroplasticity: Why Arecibo Collapsed
It’s been nearly four years since the Arecibo Telescope collapsed, an event the world got…
RSGB launches its 2025 Construction Competition
The RSGB has launched its Construction Competition for 2025. Entries to this annual competition will again be judged online...
Watch more great RSGB 2024 Convention content
The RSGB has released some more great content from its recent Annual Convention. In its ‘Discussion with the Board’...
RSGB Contest Club to enter World Wide Award 2025
The RSGB Contest Club is excited to announce that the second World Wide Award event will be taking place...
RSGB represented at hybrid IARU R3 Conference
The 19th International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 Conference was hosted by the Thailand national society in Bangkok and...
146/147MHz NoV extension agreed by Ofcom
Ofcom has agreed to the RSGB request to extend the 146/147MHz NoV for a further year. It is available...