Category: Amateur Radio hobby
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Mobile Bonding and Grounding by W3GX John.
Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club · W3GX John Foote Grounding 03 2024 Preso Fine information! Would you like more? We extend our sincere gratitude to W3GX, John Foote, for his insightful presentation on March 21, 2024, at the Clubhouse. The event was a tremendous success, with a full house of 42 attendees in the shack,…
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Bob Heil, K9EID, Heil Sound, Silent Key February 28, 2024
The man who defined the sound of live rock ‘n’ roll music and brought audio engineering principals into mainstream amateur radio use, Dr. Bob Heil, K9EID, has passed away February 28 at the age of 83. He was an ARRL Life Member and in the ARRL Maxim Society. A Facebook post from Heil Ham Radio…
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Amateur Radio Operators Needed for Help with Solar Eclipse Project
Cross-posted from ARRL The Case Amateur Radio Club, W8EDU, the club station at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, is asking for amateur radio operators to help with a research project centered around the April 8, 2024, solar eclipse. W8EDU club member Adam Goodman, W7OKE, said the project centers around studying the effects of…
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W4RKC Club Members make Park to Park QSO New Zealand to British Columbia!
Sometimes you just have to stretch the imagination, and ask for what you want. SVARC Club Members Janine, KI5WI, and husband Larry, KQ4GUY are traveling in Janine’s home of New Zealand. While being interviewed by a fellow New Zealand Radio Amateur, ZL1BQD, Roly, Larry and Janine made a very special contact called a QSO from…
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The First Amateur Radio Station on the Moon, JS1YMG, is Now Transmitting
From ARRL.org The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully landed their Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) on January 19, 2024. Just before touchdown, SLIM released two small lunar surface probes, LEV-1 and LEV-2. LEV-2 collects data while moving on the lunar surface, and LEV-1 receives the data. The JAXA Ham Radio Club (JHRC), JQ1ZVI,…
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Young Hams Contact International Space Station
From Amateur Radio Newsline .org It was a contact made barely a month ago between Pennsylvania high school students and astronauts aboard the International Space Station. This was a contact, however, with something that set it apart from many. Like so many other of the hundreds of contacts that have been made over the years…