CQ, CQ, CQ! To All Licensed Amateur Radio Operators!
MOORE HAVEN, FL. — All licensed Amateur Radio Operators, please be aware that Terri and Austin Moorhouse will hosting as the Net Control Operators for the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) for Glades County under the support and control of the Glades County...
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Archive for February, 2012
Kevin Baynes, 44: loved family, motorcycles and amateur radio
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By Michelle E. Shaw
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Family, motorcycles and CB radios went hand in hand for Kevin Baynes. As a child he took notes from a favorite uncle, who taught him how to ride and how to work the radio, things he continued to enjoy as an adult.
“You knew which house on the street was ours,” joked Tunya Baynes, his wife of more...
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AO3MWC: Barcelona, Mobile World Capital
AO3MWC: Barcelona,
Mobile World Capital
During the Mobile World Congress 2012, from 27 February to 1 March, Ràdio Club Barcelona, EA3RKB, will be on the air with an special event station: AO3MWC.
QSL available via EuroBureauQSL or direct to:
FEDI-EA – P.O. Box 3050 – 08200 Sabadell (SPAIN).
IRC is appreciated.http://fediea.org/news/?news=20120224lang=en
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Shortwave
I’ve found this interesting video about the role of a SWL in 1973.
On youtube we can read:
During the 1973 coup d’état in Chile, a man risks his life by using ham radio to broadcast true information. Far away in the United States, a college student hears this man’s pain and tries to find a way to help.
A narrative film from Detroit.
Fernando, EC1AME...
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New date for Ipswich Radio Rally
The East Suffolk Wireless Revival – Ipswich Radio Rally, have announced a new date, Sunday, July 1, for this year’s event.
The ESWR is held each year in Ipswich, as a meeting place for licensed radio amateurs and anyone interested in the hobby. It’s a very social event where stories as well as pieces of equipment are swapped.
The event takes place at The Orwell Crossing...
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The Amateur Amateur: It’s a Jungle Down There
02/29/2012
By Gary Hoffman, KB0H
Contributing Editor
It’s Wednesday. The evening meal has been cooked and consumed. The dishes have been washed. My wife Nancy has curled up with a murder mystery and our dog Ariel is busy dismantling a rawhide bone. Checking my watch, I see that it’s time to go down to my shack and participate in the weekly ARES net. Now, where did I...
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Glades Amateur Radio Operators Ask To Participate
CQ, CQ, CQ! To All Licensed Amateur Radio Operators!
MOORE HAVEN, FL. — All licensed Amateur Radio Operators, please be aware that Terri and Austin Moorhouse will hosting as the Net Control Operators for the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) for Glades County under the support and control of the Glades County...
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World Amateur Radio Day – Mexican Special Event
Members of the Grupo DXXE will activate the
special event callsign 6H6IARU between April 13-18th.
Operations will be
on all bands between 160-6 meters, as well as the amateur radio satellites
from different Grid Locators throughout Mexico.
Activity is to celebrate
the 87th anniversary of the founding of the International...
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ARISS ham radio contact planned with students in Katerini, Greece
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school contact has been planned Friday March 2 2012 at approximately 17:03:52 UTC with participants at 5th Geniko Lykeio Katerinis, Katerini, Greece.
17:03:52 UTC = 18:03;52 CEWT and 19:03:52 EEWT (local time in Greece).
The contact will be performed by the amateur radio station SX2ISS and the downlink signals will be...
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HamRadioNow
Gary Pearce KN4AQ is releasing a series a videos shot at the Orlando HamCation in mid-February, 2012 starting with an interview with Rich Moseson W2VU of CQ Magazine.
Rich Moseson W2VU is editor of CQ Magazine. He gets to express himself once a month in the CQ editorial, and now and then at a hamfest forum.
Here, I talk to him for almost an hour about how CW is faring now that...
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