In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Chris Howard (M0TCH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), Frank Howell (K4FMH), Bill Barnes (WC3B) and Leslie Butterfields (G0CIB) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the new ..read more

  The other day I joined the 21st century loaded Ham Alert on my iPhone and set up Easter Island.  On the first attempt to enter 3G0YA into HamAlert, I did not add a CW only and was flooded with di ..read more

  In part 2 of CW recipes, we are going to take a peek at conversational CW. QSO CW is like Apple pie for our U.S. friends or Peameal bacon for us Canadians. It has been around for a long time and is a stap ..read more

My grandfather, W3HC (ex-W3HCW), is 100 years old. Grandson Kevin, Mac W3HC, great-granddaughter Eliza, grandson K3NG. Grandson Kevin and W3HC having some 807s. Mac (then W3HCW) in his shack in Williamsport, PA, USA sometime around 1956-57. My grandmother, Gladys, K3JJN (SK), and my mother, Sherry, who passed away in 2000. Photo from around 1959 or ..read more

Ham College episode 112 is now available for download. Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 50 E9H Receiving Antennas: radio direction finding antennas, Beverage antennas, specialized receiving antennas, long-wire receiving antennas. Download YouTube ..read more

Most active hams know many other radio hams and we think we have a handle on what ham radio activity is occurring. But our look into the hobby is limited by who we hang out with and the sources of information we consume. Also, we can see that the ham population is aging which is going to have a significant The post Data on Amateur Radio Operating Habits appeared first on The KØNR Radio Site ..read more

A heavy sad heart MFJ is ceasing its on-site production. MFJ Enterprises A QSL card revival for the 21st century No printing involved. No mailing involved. No cost involved. Ham Radio Outside the Box Making an AllStarLink node with the URC The following guide covers the steps to modify the Universal Radio Controller (URC) to ..read more

  Yes, you read it correctly......within the world of CW there are recipes that one finds they are following but before you follow a recipe you have to learn the ingredients for that recipe. The CW recipes t ..read more

Hello and welcome to the 541st episode of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the hosts discuss Ubuntu 24.04, the New England QSO Party, the GNU ..read more

In this episode, we join Martin Butler M1MRB, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT and Edmund Spicer M0MNG  to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin Butler (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and the episode's feature is ICQPodcast ..read more