Category: News
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NEC Co-Author Jerry Burke
Roger Steyaert K7RXV informed us of the sad news that Jerry Burke, co-author of NEC/MOM family of programs about which Roger has given recent presentations on antenna modeling, has died of cancer. Jerry and A. Poggio wrote the programs at Lawrence Livermore Labs in 1981, under contract to the US Navy. NEC2 was later released…
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The History of the Phonetic Alphabet
From “Able-Baker” to Today: The History of the Phonetic Alphabet” by Sam Lichtman Excerpt: “From Marines in the most remote areas on Earth to airline pilots ferrying travelers across the world at 35,000 feet, nearly everyone who uses voice radio for important communication can understand each other using the phonetic alphabet. It took a herculean…
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KM4BUN Audrey: Young Ham presenting on APRS Balloons and PicoSats
Audrey Mcelroy, KM4BUN shared a great tutorial on APRS High Altitude Balloons combined with APRS PicoSats. Audrey is an Extra class ham who got involved in Amateur Radio when she was six years old with the help of her parents Tom McElroy W4SDR, and mother Jan McElroy K4PRM.
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Dayton Hamvention 2021 Canceled
From the Hamvention website: Unfortunately, several setbacks in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic make necessary the difficult decision to cancel Hamvention 2021. Hundreds of volunteers have been working to do everything necessary to bring this Hamvention to the many amateur radio enthusiasts and vendors who support the Dayton Hamvention. Vaccine distribution both in the…
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Interview with David Minster NA2AA, new ARRL CEO
Tim Duffy K3LR of DX Engineering interviews David Minster Na2AA, the new ARRL CEO. Thanks to club member John Kanode N4MM for letting us know about this video.
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NEW ARRL Virginia Section Website
From the ARRL Virginia section news: http://www.arrlva.com/ This new site will offer a one stop shop for all current and important Virginia ham radio news. Sections for ARRL HQ news, VA club news, Contest news, DX news, ARES news, as well as other sections like builder tips, etc. There will be opportunities for posting up-to-the-minute…