HamTactical

09/12/2022

Is he fishing with an antenna or using a fishing rod as an antenna?

11/26/2020

The monthly Sherwood Firewise Communities (SFC) Meeting was held Nov. 12 via Zoom and included special guests – Brooktrails Fire Chief Jon Noyer and Captain Harry So – who discussed the Oak Fire and home safety in winter months. Nate Russell from American Red Cross provided a synopsis of services available in the area, and John Lemmer talked about HAM radio and American Red Cross.

The monthly Sherwood Firewise Communities (SFC) Meeting was held Nov. 12 via Zoom and included special guests – Brooktrails Fire Chief Jon Noyer and Captain Harry So – who discussed the…

11/26/2020

Retail Ecommerce Ventures has acquired the brand and related assets for nostalgic electronic retailer RadioShack.

REV aims to revive the brand as an e-commerce portal that will support existing stores carrying RadioShack products. The new brand owner plans to launch a modern RadioShack website at RadioShack.com soon. REV’s deal comes ahead of RadioShack’s 100th anniversary next year.

RadioShack launched in 1921 as a retailer for amateur ham radio equipment. The retailer grew over time to sell various electronics items and components. In 2015, the company filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy after experiencing struggling sales and shop closures.

REV adds Radio Shack to its portfolio, which includes Pier 1 Imports and Dressbarn.

11/26/2020

Dayton Hamvention Announces its 2021 Theme — “The Gathering”

“The Gathering” will be the theme for the 2021 Dayton Hamvention®. Hamvention General Chair Rick Allnutt, WS8G, said the theme reflects what has been missing from our lives most of this year.

“We have spent the last 6 months being bound to our houses and small groups,” he said. “We are very optimistic that when May arrives, we will be allowed to get together.”

Allnut, a medical doctor with a master’s degree in public health, said Hamvention management is closely following the coronavirus situation and believes it will improve enough by May that government restrictions on travel and large groups will be relaxed. The Hamvention team will continue to follow developments.

“We hope we will all be able to get together, talk about ham radio, and share the interaction we have missed,” Allnutt said. “The Gathering” theme acknowledges the role that Hamvention plays in amateur radio.

Hamvention 2021 will be held May 21 – 23 at the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center in Xenia, Ohio.

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

11/25/2020

Great story about how ham radio can lead to exploring the world.

"Late one night, when I was on the 14-MHz frequency band, my life changed. A ham operator in Antarctica poked weakly through the static. Upon a closer listen, it was clear that not only was he in Antarctica, but at the Amundsen-Scott Station on the geographic South Pole. My heart skipped a few beats. The South Pole! That was about as wild and remote a place as my teenage imagination could conjur up."

You never know what might help inspire a career.

11/25/2020

When most 13-year-olds are experimenting with Snapchat filters, these kids are connecting to the world over ham radio.

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Meet Smrithi Hegde from Bengaluru and Prama Rao from Mysuru – two students of Class 8, who were recently issued the amateur wireless station licences by the Department of Telecommunications to establish, maintain and work a wireless telegraph transmitting and receiving station.

09/20/2020

Ham radio club talk collection on YouTube
The collection of Denby Dale Amateur Radio Society online talks are available for everyone to watch on YouTube

The talks include:
• Amateur radio on satellites and the International Space station
• Introduction to amateur television
• HF propagation
• Practical Wireless editor Don Field G3XTT
• Low Power transmitters
• Bob Heil K9EID - his radio journey
• A mini expedition with radio to the Isles of Scilly
• Having fun and learning morse code
• Operating pedestrian mobile in Spain
• Podcasters Eric and Martin
• Radio and climbing mountains and hills
• Using vector network analysers
• High altitude balloons
• Building magnetic loop antennas
• Working DX without spending loads

Watch the collection of Denby Dale ARS online talks at
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9nFTkJJAjO
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The next Zoom online talk is at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, September 30. The speaker will be Anthony Luscre K8ZT on Operating on FT4 and FT8 data modes.

The Zoom ID for all DDARS meetings is 842 5221 3056

For further information see
http://www.ddars.net/

More information: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2020/september/ham-radio-club-talk-collection-on-youtube.htm #.X2RLgWhKiUk

09/19/2020

Join Hoshnasi today at 5pm PST for the weekly livestream!

Putting the ICOM IC-705 on an amplifier is EASY. Today we'll setup a QRP radio amp and make some contacts. Ham Radio Crash Course Merch: http://www.hamtactic...

09/19/2020

A History of Ham Rig Visual Design
Ham Radio Perspectives' latest video looks at how HF radio designers have tried to modernize the look of equipment, from military rigs to the present.

Read more here: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2020/september/a-history-of-ham-rig-visual-design.htm #.X2RPCGhKiUk

Quin (AKA "Dr. Q," K8QS) and Tom (WA9TDD) show how HF amateur radio rig visual design has changed from the early military-styled radios to contemporary "scre...

09/19/2020

Ham Radio is being featured on Wired Magazine!
There's No Better Time to Be an Amateur Radio Geek

Once considered a nerdy basement hobby, lo-fi transmissions from ordinary folks save lives during wildfires, hurricanes, and other climate disasters.

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Once considered a nerdy basement hobby, lo-fi transmissions from ordinary folks save lives during wildfires, hurricanes, and other climate disasters.

09/19/2020

California wildfire victims were given 'erroneous' information fire was contained before it killed them.

Two victims of the California wildfires were packed and ready to evacuate the area, but decided to stay at their shared home after reading “erroneous information” about the spread of the fire.

The victims, 68-year-old Philip Ruble and 77-year-old Millicent Catarancuic, were found dead near their destroyed home in Berry Creek, California, last week, after wildfires ravaged areas in the state.

Mr Ruble was found inside a charred Toyota pickup truck by their home, while Ms Catarancuic was discovered in a nearby embankment, according to Butte County sheriff Kory Honea.

An evacuation order was sent out for Berry Creek in the afternoon of Tuesday 8 September and the information was posted on social media sites, the fire information line and was broadcast via ham radio.

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‘They had packed their belongings in preparation to evacuate,’ says Butte County sheriff Kory Honea

09/19/2020

Amateur Air Pollution Trackers Are Mapping Western Wildfire Smoke
Using thousands of PurpleAir sensors, a community of tech enthusiasts and health-conscious residents are capturing a real-time portrait of an environmental crisis.

It’s something of a ham radio network of the 21st century, several members said. Like those amateur shortwave radio operators, who tap into official emergency communication lines to assist in calamity, PurpleAir owners are “at the ready in the event of a disaster, supplying data for everyone to view,” said Gary Brickley, a retired union stagehand who runs a PurpleAir sensor and weather station from his hilltop home in San Francisco. There is a fair amount of overlap between the two worlds: Several air quality trackers are also hams, including Dave Pacek, a retired Air Force intelligence analyst who runs a PurpleAir sensor (as well as a seismometer) at his Sacramento home.

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Using thousands of PurpleAir sensors, a community of tech enthusiasts and health-conscious residents are capturing a real-time portrait of an environmental crisis.