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  Amateur Radio Weekly 13JAN2024
Posted by: Richard VE3OZW - 2024-01-13, 09:33:59 - Forum: Radio News - No Replies

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Issue 315 January 13th, 2024


Top links


ARRL responds to FCC proposals
ARRL concluded that the FCC should also remove the bandwidth limits that apply uniquely to the data modes on the subject bands.
ARRL

In praise of old meters
There were two obviously burned resistors and a leaking battery—an easy repair to put this meter back into service.
Hackaday

SDU-X: Software defined data transmission with ultrasonic transducers
SDU-X uses two ultrasonic transducers mounted on 3D printed parabolic dishes.
RTL-SDR

open890
open890 is a web-based UI for the Kenwood TS-890S Amateur Radio, and features good usability, clean design, and high-speed bandscope/audio scope displays, among other features not available either on the radio itself, or in the ARCP remote control software.
N0RUA

144 MHz EME Newsletter
Since 2003 I've produced the monthly 144 MHz EME Newsletter focussing on 2m EME activity. The newsletter comes free of charge and is my personal courtesy to the Ham community.
DF2ZC

What's new at DLARC January 2024
On January 1, 2024, content published in 1928 in the United States entered the public domain. But what about the Amateur Radio content?
Zero Retries

Investigating creeping ground fault
I decided to make a device that could monitor the residual current of my mains installation over time to see if the if it would uncover anything.
Dzl's Evil Genius Lair

Top 5 Parks on the Air tips for activating a park
The top 5 tips to help you make the most of your park activations and ensure a successful and enjoyable experience.
N1JUR


Video


External meter display and tune button for Yaesu FT-991a
Build a Yaesu external meter display and tune button yourself with an Arduino NANO.
PA0LUX

Build a Ham transmitter with a Raspberry Pi Pico
Using only a few external components build a Ham Radio transmitter covering 0.5-30 MHz.
101 Things

Handheld spectrum analyzer review
The Jstvro spectrum analyzer covers 240-960 MHz on the first port and 15 - 2700 MHz on the second port.
Tech Minds

Meet the students using radio waves to contact the ISS
A high school club in Pennsylvania is making waves — radio waves, that is.
TODAY

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  RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for January 13, 2024
Posted by: Richard VE3OZW - 2024-01-13, 09:24:38 - Forum: ISED, RAC Bulletins - No Replies

This is V_3___, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada
with this week's bulletin.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1.   RAC Canada Day Contest 2023 certificates available.

The results from the 2023 Canada Day Contest have been published and
posted on the RAC Web site. A reminder that certificate winners can download their
certificate from the RAC site at this link: https://contest.rac.ca/certificates.php
Please follow the directions on the page and enter the contest, year and
your call.  Click on the search button and the system will bring up a downloadable
certificate if you were awarded one for the contest being searched for.
Thanks for your participation in the 2023 Canada Day contest.
Full contest results are at: (https://wp.rac.ca/contesting-results/),

-- Bert Richie, VE5CPU

ONTARIO SECTION NEWS

ITEMS OF INTEREST

2.    State QSO Party Challenge results for 2023 are posted

Now four years old, one might expect the bloom to be off the rose for
the State QSO Party Challenge. However, reported statistics continued to increase and the
Worked All QSO Parties Award had another great year.
We again topped a million (1,189,221) QSOs that were reported to
3830Scores.  This is a slight increase over last years QSOs total (1,169,648).
2,095 operators submitted reports to 3830, also up slightly from 2022
(2,078). 883 of them qualified for the SQP Challenge with a minimum of two contacts in at
least two QSO parties.  Many of the number who did not qualify were in-state participants who
only participated in their own QSO party.
Participants certificates are available at:
https://www.b4h.net/sqpchallenge/
-- StateQSOParty.com website    https://stateqsoparty.com/

3.   Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications

The Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications is a library of
materials and collections related to amateur radio and early communications. The DLARC is funded
by a significant grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications, a private foundation, to
create a digital library that documents, preserves, and provides open access to the history of this
community.  Resources include callbooks, periodicals, newsletters and podcasts and
videos.

You can access the Digital Library at: https://archive.org/details/dlarc
-- hamweekly.com

4.  Winter Field Day 2024 is coming up soon.

Sponsored by the Winter Field Day Association, WFD is scheduled to run
from 1900 UTC on Saturday, January 27, through 1859 UTC on Sunday, January 28.
WFD is held on the last full weekend in January and is a communications
exercise that can be worked from the comfort of your home or in a remote location. You can
participate by yourself, with your friends and family, or with a local club.
Operators may use frequencies on the HF, VHF, or UHF bands and are free
to use any mode that can faithfully transmit the required exchange intact. Similar to
ARRL's Field Day, bonus points are earned in several ways, including from using non-commercial power
sources, operating from remote locations, making satellite contacts, and more.
WFD is designed to help increase your level of preparedness for
disasters and for you to improve and practice your operating skills in winter environments, as the
potential for freezing temperatures, snow, ice, and other hazards present unique operating conditions.
See the website for full details: https://winterfieldday.org/index.php
-- arrl news

This concludes this week's bulletin. Does anyone require repeats or
clarifications?
Hearing none, This is V_3___ returning the frequency to net control.

Bulletin sent from Official Bulletin Manager VA3PC

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  Gbarc Net Jan 10, 2024
Posted by: Bernie ve3bqm - 2024-01-10, 21:07:41 - Forum: Nets HF , VHF - No Replies

Topic Spotting software, 2024 Dayton

VE3BQM Bernie Net control
KO4DXQ Bob
VE3DDU Ray
VA3RCA Kevin
VA3MFO James
VE3OZW Richard
VE3FP Adam Andrew
VE3RQY Greg
VA3TS Tom
VE3WI David Leslie
VA3DNY Dan
VE3XBO Bart

VE3XBO Bart
VE3DDU Ray
VA3RCA Kevin
VE3OZW Richard
VE3WI David Leslie
VA3MFO James
VE3DNY William

Interesting Finds: dxsummit.fi , qrzcq.com

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  DAYTON 2024
Posted by: VE3WI Dave - 2024-01-10, 12:39:44 - Forum: Upcoming Events - No Replies

If you want to go to Dayton, but don't want the hassle of finding accommodations and the long drive, here's an easier way to spend a day at the convention, on the Ann Arbour MI club's bus trip.

The downside is driving to Ann Arbour the day before and staying the night in a hotel, as the bus leaves at 04:30.  But you get a fun bus ride to/from the convention grounds with a great bunch of hams who've done this for years.  Price is $70 (US of course).

I did this trip in 2018 and it was a blast.

73
Dave, VE3WI
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Please share the following information with your local amateur radio club members.

The ARROW Communication Association is once again proud to sponsor a motor coach trip to the 2024 Hamvention at Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center in Xenia, Ohio. Started in 2002, this annual club activity has grown in size and reputation with hams across Michigan and Ontario.

To Register and see full Details visit: https://w8rp.org/daytonbus2024/
If interested, please register by March 10th

Join us on Saturday, May 18, 2024, when we depart from the park-and-ride lot beside Ann Arbor Pioneer High School (601 W. Stadium Blvd) at 4:30 a.m., arriving in Xenia around 8:30 a.m. On board, you can stretch out, relax, take a nap, chat with other hams, and enjoy a light breakfast with coffee as the coach takes you directly to the country’s largest amateur radio event!

Thanks
James AE8JF
President, ARROW
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  Donation Page
Posted by: Tom VA3TS - 2024-01-07, 22:10:52 - Forum: Webpage Updates - No Replies

A simple fill in form to contact the executive regarding donations. Links are found on the homepage and the "about GBARC" page

https://gbarc.ca/donate.php

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Wink GBARC 2M net 03Jan 2024 VE3OSR&VE3GBT
Posted by: VE3RQYgreg - 2024-01-07, 17:44:17 - Forum: Nets HF , VHF - No Replies

GBARC 2M Net 146.94 & 146.73                                                                                                               03 Jan. 2024
                     VE3OSR & VE3GBT
Control
VE3 RQY Greg

ECHO LINK                                                             Topic:                                                   HF                                                                                                           Happy New Year                                               
KO4DXQ - BOB- Tennessee                                         Last year's memories                             Paisley              Owen Sound           
VE3DDU - Ray - Nottawa ON                              Contacts, new stuff, memorials etc.              VA3EAC Janet        VE3BQM Bernie
VA3RCA - Kevin- Alliston ON                                     How many years as a ham?                   VE3OZW Richard   VA3TS Tom
VE3HYM - Paul (check in)                                                                                                   VA3MFO Jim         VA3DNY
                                                                  HF                                               VE3VCG Marvin  
  
BQM, TS, VCG, DDU, RCA, OZW, DNY, MFO

Good start to the New Year
Happy New Year and 73 to Y'all
Smile

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  Amateur Radio Weekly 06JAN2024
Posted by: Richard VE3OZW - 2024-01-06, 10:48:52 - Forum: Radio News - No Replies

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Issue 314 January 6th, 2024


Top links

The ARRL Board is at it again
A newly proposed Code of Conduct, which I believe is the equivalent of a loyalty, confidentiality and obedience pledge to the League itself and not to the members that elect us.
KB6NU

Going on a social media diet
Leaving Twitter, investing in Mastodon.
QRPer

MeshCom 4.0
A project to exchange text messages via LoRa radio modules. MeshCom modules can be combined to form a mesh network, but can also be connected to a message network via MeshCom gateways, which are ideally connected via HAMNET.
ICSSW

2023: The Year in Radio
Ham Radio in 2023 was a continual source of rejuvenation and energy.
KC8JC

Introducing QSOMate
A Ham Radio logging application for iPhone, iPad, and macOS Desktop.
MacHamRadio.com

Mini-whips: Junk, right?
The results were very surprising.
Real-World Amateur Radio

Everything you wanted to know about Zulu Time
Zulu Time is the military name for Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).
OnAllBands

AM or SSB are there 'windows?'
A new voice mode appeared in 1947, when Wes Schum, W9DYV introduced the first Amateur Radio SSB transmitter.
K9EID via AmateurRadio.com

Somaiya students' Amateur Radio Satellite takes to the skies
Equipped with a voice repeater and digipeater, the satellite extends its services to the global Amateur Radio community,
HindustanTimes


Video

Demo of 3 Ham study sites
Demo of 3 Amateur Radio study sites in under 3 minutes.
Branvini Films

Salmon Run 2023
WA State QSO Contest from Samish Overlook.
WA7JNJ

Working the ISS Ham Radio Repeater with a Baofeng
My first attempt working the International Space Station Ham Radio Repeater.
W6IWN

The best Ham Radio videos of 2023
Top 10 list.
KB9VBR


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  RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for January 6, 2024
Posted by: Richard VE3OZW - 2024-01-06, 10:03:13 - Forum: ISED, RAC Bulletins - No Replies

RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for January 6, 2024

This is V_3___, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada
with this week's bulletin.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1.   Registration for the RAC Advanced Course is still available!

The next RAC Advanced Course starts on Sunday, January 14 and Monday,
January 15 with 10 weekly sessions. You need to be a RAC Maple Leaf Operator Member
(present or future) to register for this course. See RAC website for complete info.

With your Advanced Certificate, you can run higher power, operate a
remotely-controlled station, obtain operating privileges when travelling overseas, set up repeaters,
be the trustee for club stations and even become an Accredited Examiner (AE) if you also have the Morse
Code qualification.

There is room on the conference server for 250 participants in each
session. Auditors are welcome to attend on a space-available basis, provided they are RAC Maple Leaf
Operator members.  You can sign up by following the instructions on the registration page.

https://www.rac.ca/rac-advanced-course-for-maple-leaf-operators-winter-2024/

-- Alan Griffin, RAC MarCom Director

ONTARIO SECTION NEWS

ITEMS OF INTEREST

2.    Quartzfest 2024 - January 21st to 27th, 2024

QuartzFest is a ham event held in January near Quartzsite, Arizona. No
other hamfest in the world brings together in one gathering so much innovation in mobile
antenna systems, mobile ham shacks, recreational vehicles, portable and mobile EMCOMM systems,
off-the-grid living, alternative energy and radio education. Work their special event station
W8Q or participate in the Northern Arizona DX Association DX Challenge.

-- Check out the website at  https://quartzfest.org/

3.   Hamclock "kiosk" application

Have some space on a wall in your hamshack and a spare raspberry PI
lying around?  Hamclock is an application that provides real-time space weather, radio
propagation models, operating events, and other information particularly useful to the Radio
Amateur.
Info at:    https://www.clearskyinstitute.com/ham/HamClock/

-- Elwood Downey, WBØOEW  (via hamweekly.com)

4.   Surrey Amateur Radio "Communicator" now available

The January - February 2024 Communicator, digital periodical of Surrey
Amateur Radio Communications is now available for viewing or download.
With 120 pages of Amateur Radio content from the Southwest corner of
Canada and elsewhere.  With less fluff and ads than other Amateur Radio publications, you will
find Amateur Radio related articles, projects, profiles, news, tips and how-to's for all
levels of the hobby.

  https://ve7sar.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-january-february-2024-sarc.html

-- SARC

This concludes this week's bulletin. Does anyone require repeats or
clarifications?
Hearing none, This is V_3___ returning the frequency to net control.

Bulletin sent from Official Bulletin Manager VA3PC

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  Registration for the RAC Advanced Course is still available!
Posted by: Richard VE3OZW - 2024-01-04, 08:05:20 - Forum: ISED, RAC Bulletins - No Replies

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Registration for the RAC Advanced Course is still available!
https://www.rac.ca/rac-advanced-course-for-maple-leaf-operators-winter-2024/
The next RAC Advanced Courses start on Sunday, January 14 and Monday, January 15 with 10 weekly sessions. You need to be a RAC Maple Leaf Operator Member (present or future) to register for this course. See below for information.
[Image: 9937ab7f-cbbf-4592-8274-9037fd87a2a4.jpg]Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again offering an online Advanced Qualification Amateur Radio Course so that individuals can upgrade their qualifications.
With your Advanced Certificate, you can run higher power, operate a remotely-controlled station, obtain operating privileges when travelling overseas, set up repeaters, be the trustee for club stations and even become an Accredited Examiner (AE) if you also have the Morse Code qualification
Course information:
The course will be 10 sessions in length and each session will be two hours long.
In order to offer maximum flexibility, we will be running two Advanced courses so students will be able to choose one of the following two options:

  • Sunday afternoons at 1 pm Eastern Time (10 am PT / 2:30 pm NT) starting on Sunday, January 14 and ending on Sunday, March 24.
Or
  • Monday evenings from 8:30 pm Eastern Time (5:30 pm PT / 10 pm NT) starting on Monday, January 15 and ending on Monday, March 25.
Note: There will be no classes on Sunday, February 25 and Monday, February 26 due to a family occasion.
Course Instruction:
The course instructor is Dave Goodwin, VE3KG (formerly VE9CB). Dave has been an Amateur since 1975, is an active HF Contester and DXer.
Dave has also volunteered his time at the national level and has served as the RAC President and as the RAC Director for the Atlantic Region. He is currently serving as the Regulatory Affairs Officer.
From 2015 to 2020, Dave taught the Basic and Advanced certification courses with the Fredericton (NB) Amateur Radio Club.
Course material pertaining to all topics covered in the course syllabus will be provided to all registered students and is available online at:
https://www.rac.ca/rac-advanced-course-for-maple-leaf-operators-winter-2024/

 

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Course Requirements:
The RAC Advanced Qualification Amateur Radio course is being offered at no charge to RAC Maple Leaf Operator Members – both current and future as described below.
Participants in the course will need to meet all of the following requirements:

  1. Participants must already have the Canadian Basic Amateur Radio Qualification and a Canadian call sign.
  2. Participants must already be a RAC Maple Leaf Operator Member or become one by joining RAC at the Maple Leaf Operator level or upgrading to that level.
  3. Participants must have a copy of the Canadian Amateur Radio Advanced Qualification Study Guide provided by Coax Publications. For more information please visit the RAC Study Guides webpage.
  4. Participants must have a computer and Internet connection capable of using the Zoom conference platform. You do not need your own account on Zoom to take part in this course.
  5. Participants must have a working email address to receive course materials and links to the sessions.
There is room on the conference server for 250 participants in each session. Auditors are welcome to attend on a space-available basis, provided they are RAC Maple Leaf Operator members. You can sign up by following the instructions on the registration page

Other Amateur Radio Courses:
Amateur Radio Basic and Advanced Qualification courses are also now being provided both online and in person by Canadian Amateur Radio Clubs and organizations. Please visit the Amateur Radio Courses webpage for more information at the link provided below.
https://www.rac.ca/amateur-radio-courses/
 
Alan GriffinRAC MarCom Director
www.rac.ca720 Belfast Road, #217 Ottawa, ON K1G 0Z5613-244-4367, 1- 877-273-8304marcom@rac.ca

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  RAC Winter Contest 2023
Posted by: Adam_VE3FP - 2023-12-30, 21:10:39 - Forum: Contesting - No Replies

Final contest for the year has come to an end. Fun while it lasted!
 
It started out as usual, plenty of opportunities to rack up some some early points on 160, 80 and 40 meters before the bands died off. I had some runs of over 100 Qs/hr but that didn't last very long the bands pretty well faded out by 0400z and decided to get some rest and get and early start in the morning. Around  1000z  activity started to pick up on 40m but not overly busy, I already had over 250 Qs in the log so mainly the the same ops were on the air at this time. 
20m started to pick up around 1500z  and 15m around 1800z but much less activity then at the start of the contest. At 2200z I decided to call it quits since may rate dropped off considerably.  

Unfortunately I didn't beat my last years score but still happy with the results. I don't think the conditions were as good this year as compared to last.   

Operating conditions: 
Rig: Kenwood TS 590s running 100watts CW
Ant:  TH-6, 10-160m offset dipole & 80m dipole. 

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Hope the band conditions will better for WFD.

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