May 14, 2008

IZ1CRR (Maury)

MM/K9AJ/P Rockall EU-189 website

From the MM/K9AJ/P Rockall website: "As is clearly evident, there is not much room atop Rockall to erect large beam antennas. Through much planning and logistics, Mike will use a Yaesu FT100D powered by two 115A Deep Cycle batteries. Aerial will be a simple vertical with radials thrown over the rock. He will use 20 and 40m only. Mike is mostly a CW operator so expect the majority of QSO’s to be that mode. An FT897 will be used as a backup rig." and also: "On May 12, at 08:30z the Elinca leaves for Rockall. Should weather/sea state conditions be kind, they will head straight to Rockall, a journey which takes approx 30 hours."

The website has been "closed": access is allowed only with password. Sri guys !



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by i121171 (noreply@blogger.com) at May 14, 2008 01:37 PM

Weather fax & JT65

Continuo a dilettarmi con i modi digitali ed ecco riesumato il weather fax, con cui mi sono cimentato per tanto tempo nel passato. Questa è una mappa ricavata grazie a JVCOMM32 (versione unregistered) decodificando il segnale di Hamburg Meteo a 13882 kHz (120/576 per i dettagli della trasmissione).




Questa invece è la copia dei nominativi ricevuti in JT65 usando Multipsk. La frequenza è 14.0755 Khz USB. Un altro modo decodificato grazie a questo bel software completo ma, a mio avviso, molto "incasinato" nella presentazione.



Questo per dimostrare che c'è veramente tanto nel variegato mondo della radio. Per tutti i gusti e accessibile a tutti. A volte basta un po' di pazienza, girare in rete per cercare le info giuste ed un software, meglio se gratuito. La radio ovviamente fa parte del nostro shack. Quando c'è un po' di stanchezza per le HF basta girare il VFO ed ascoltare altre frequenze per continuare il divertimento.


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by i121171 (noreply@blogger.com) at May 14, 2008 11:27 AM

IW0HK (Andrea)

Tutti in 40 metri "espansi" !!

Una bella notizia che ho trovato stamattina in tutto i forum radioamatoriali, in anticipo sulla data prevista del Marzo 2009, in statuto secondario, per ora,  il Ministero delle Comunicazioni Italiano ha autorizzato l’attività radioamatoriale nella porzione tra 7.100 kHz e 7.200 kHz con potenza non superiore a 24dBW (251 W EIRP!).

Qui potete scaricare l’autorizzazione del ministero:

http://www.mediasuk.org/appoggio/40metri.pdf

May 14, 2008 09:09 AM

IZ7KHR (Francesco)

Strong earthquake hits China

Divulghiamo questo messaggio di estrema importanza, per cortesia fate il possibile per divulgarlo e per mantenere pulite le seguenti frequenze: 14.270 Mhz 7.050 Mhz 7.060 MhZ —————————————————————————- The following email was received from BD5RV/4, Michael, giving details of the Amateur Radio activities in China hours after the earth quake hit. 73 Bernie, W3UR Strong earthquake hits China, all ham radio operators stand by PLEASE HELP [...]

by francescout at May 14, 2008 06:55 AM

IW2NZX (Cristiano)

Finalmente i 40 metri ESTESI a 7.200 kHz!

Con largo anticipo rispetto alla data prevista del Marzo 2009, anche se solo in statuto secondario, per ora, è stata autorizzata, da parte del Ministero delle Comunicazioni Italiano, l’attività radioamatoriale nella porzione tra 7.100 kHz e 7.200 kHz con potenza non superiore a 24dBW (251 W EIRP!) a tutti i radioamatori d’Italia. Quì la comunicazione ufficiale [...]

by iw2nzx at May 14, 2008 06:49 AM

IQ2RD

Finalmente i 40 metri ESTESI a 7.200 kHz!

Con largo anticipo rispetto alla data prevista del Marzo 2009, anche se solo in statuto secondario, per ora, è stata autorizzata, da parte del Ministero delle Comunicazioni Italiano, l’attività radioamatoriale nella porzione tra 7.100 kHz e 7.200 kHz con potenza non superiore a 24dBW (251 W EIRP!) a tutti i radioamatori d’Italia. Quì la comunicazione ufficiale [...]

by iw2nzx at May 14, 2008 06:47 AM

May 13, 2008

EA1CS

ITALIA NUEVAS FRECUENCIAS


Con fecha 13 de mayo 2008 los Radioaficionados italianos han sido autorizados a utilizar el rango de frecuencias de 7100 a 7200 khz.

73´s, Luis
EA1CS

by Sergio (noreply@blogger.com) at May 13, 2008 11:09 PM

IZ1CRR (Maury)

Rockall island (EU-189) news.

The team departed yesterday (12 May) with the chartered 67 foot yacht going via St. Kilda and they will reach the island in about 3 days ! Then do not expect any activity until 15-16 May. There will be a very huge pileup but if you can't work EU-189 don't worry. With the increased interest in the Rockall adventure two additional trips have already been planned. These will depart Leverburgh on Sunday 22 June and Saturday 16 August. There are currently eight berths available for each trip. We hope at least one Radio Ham will be onboard each of the next two trips.

by i121171 (noreply@blogger.com) at May 13, 2008 09:56 PM

The Rockall team

Here is a photo of the crew on the vessel before
sailing from Leverburgh on the Isle of Harris for Rockall.



Skipper Angus Smith, Andy Strangeway, Innes Smith, David Langan, Martin Simpson, Bob Dixon-Carter, Tony Smith, Mike McGirr (K9AJ) and Charles Veley on the Elinca before sailing from Leverburgh on the Isle of Harris for Rockall. Mark Lumsden and Ian Stephen are not in this photo. Source http://macivercolumn.wordpress.com/

by i121171 (noreply@blogger.com) at May 13, 2008 09:28 PM

IZ8FTW (Fabio)

Terremoto in Cina - frequenze di emergenza

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Divulghiamo questo messaggio di estrema importanza, per cortesia fate il possibile per divulgarlo e per mantenere pulite le seguenti frequenze:

14.270 Mhz
7.050 Mhz
7.060 MhZ

 

http://www.radioamatore.org/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=24

 

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May 13, 2008 08:49 PM

IZ1CRR (Maury)

Banda di Frequenza 7100 – 7200 KHz – apertura a Radioamatori Italiani

Arriva da Alberto IZ0FMA la gradita notizia dell'estensione a 7200 kHz per la banda dei 40 metri. Ecco la comunicazione (nella quale sono tra i destinatari) di Alberto e la lettera ufficiale del Ministero a tutti gli ispettorati Territoriali. Grazie per la cortesia di avermi informato. Il mio primissimo commento è: finalmente non ci saranno più le lotte storiche per l'occupazione della frequenza nel 40&80, ma occhio all'SWR, le antenne devono risuonare su una frequenza più ampia !!!!

by i121171 (noreply@blogger.com) at May 13, 2008 08:02 PM

M5AMM (Paul)

Working Portable

Working portable is becoming increasingly popular, as far as I can tell. Now the weather is brighter in the UK I have dusted off my Yaesu FT-857 ready for some heavy-duty picnic and ham radio action.

My friends who don't have portable rigs are always curious to see what can be achieved with 100W and a cheese sandwich in a field. So I have created a digital copy of my logbook containing all of the contacts made whilst working /p

The log is linked from my blog's main menu. Or you can simply follow this link.

The log is massively out of date at the moment, but I should have it up to speed by the end of the week.

by Paul J. Adams at May 13, 2008 06:30 PM

M3PHP (Peter)

6m opening

After spending most of the day doing revision for my Advanced Networks exam on Thursday, I decided to go check out the bands and to plug-in the Heil Sound FS-2 footswitch which I ordered for my dad (M3JFM).

After turning on the radio I noticed that 10m seemed to have some activity and quickly worked IA2IPY and S57S, at that point I decided to go check 6m was there was some spots showing up on the cluster within HRD.

Within an hour I managed to work:

HB8UT, DG7MHR, IW0SAF, OE6BMG, HA3UU, IZ5ICH, 9A2ZH, IW2NOR, OE9GHV, OK2KR, OE9MON, S57ET, DJ0AH, S57GTW, OK1VSL

Then I finished off working a few more on 10m

OE2008A, 2E0RNM, S51TA

Hopefully a sign of things to come!

by peter at May 13, 2008 06:12 PM

EA5OL (Paco)

Embalse de Barbate


Carlos, EA7HLU, estará activando el Embalse de Barbate, el próximo viernes día 16 en 40 metros por la tarde. Se trata de una referencia nueva para el Diploma Lagos de España, DLE302.

El indicativo a utilizar será EA7HLU/P.

by noreply@blogger.com (Paco) at May 13, 2008 05:07 PM

IZ0EWJ (Diego)

3° Raduno Lancia Delta

Domenica 11 Maggio 2008, è stata questa la data del 3° Raduno Lancia Delta “Un Mito in Ciociaria”. Teatro della manifestazione Pofi, il nostro bel paese, dove in piazza V. Emanuele si sono radunate oltre trentacinque vetture, Lancia Delta ovviamente.

La gloriosa Lancia Delta HF Martini Racing, un mito vero!

Una panoramica delle vettura in Piazza V. Emanuele

by Diego IZØEWJ at May 13, 2008 04:39 PM

G4VXE (Tim)

It's Dayton time


The Dayton Hamvention is probably the best-known amateur show/meeting/convention in the world. It first ran in 1952 and has gained in prominence ever since. This year it's running from Friday 16th to Sunday 18th May.


Someone once said that every ham who can, should probably go to Dayton once in their life and I think that's true. I went many years ago - sadly I was struck by food poisoning - not acquired at the convention, I hasten to add! But aside from that it was a really great experience and I met a lot of people that I'd worked on the bands for years.


You do see every aspect of ham life there and there are some you wish that maybe you hadn't seen! I remember being in the restroom (as we'd call it there) doing what was necessary and a guy came and stood beside me and did the same. His handie-talkie went off and his friend called him. Without a moment's hesitation, he replied! Do you know, I think I'd have left that QSO until I was out of there!


More positively, this year the ARRL are going to be blogging from the event and I'm hoping that we'll get various news reports over the duration of the Hamvention and find out what's been going on. eQSL are going to have a booth/stand there and I know that Dave Morris, N5UP and several of the support team are looking forward to meeting eQSL members at the booth.


by Tim (noreply@blogger.com) at May 13, 2008 01:29 PM

Band I Es yesterday

From the FM mailing list again, come reports that yesterday there was some Band I TV from Eastern Europe, so in all probability 50MHz was open. It wasn't when I listened quickly, but I might well have missed the opening.

Looking forward to catching an opening soon.

by Tim (noreply@blogger.com) at May 13, 2008 01:15 PM

Anyone want a nearly new wind generator?


Someone mentioned to me yesterday that they had a nearly-new Rutland-913 (24v) wind generator for sale (here in the UK).


I don't know much about its provenance, but if you're interested, I can put you in touch. Price would be around half the list price, I believe, so well worth a look if you're interested in investigating wind power a little.


by Tim (noreply@blogger.com) at May 13, 2008 01:11 PM

K3FSS (Frank)

Pages Updated

The Following Pages Have Been Updated :

K3FSS Pittsburgh Area Scanning Page
K3FSS Pittsburgh Area Scanning Page Updates
Pittsburgh Area Aviation Frequencies
Pittsburgh Area Aviation frequencies Updates
Allegheny County Dispatch By Zone
Allegheny County Fire And EMS Tones
Allegheny County Fire Stations
Allegheny County EMS Stations
Washington County Frequencies
Washington County Frequencies Updates

* I Was Unable To Upload The Updates To The Pages On The QSL.NET Servers. I Will Upload Those Pages As Soon As I Can.

by K3FSS (noreply@blogger.com) at May 13, 2008 11:49 AM

IZ1CRR (Maury)

My 1st MFSK16



This is the Multipsk waterfall screenshot of my first MFSK16 report, for the QSO between DC1NSK and HZ8ZI, this morning, 06:18z on 14.071 kHz. I was looking for psk and jt65 signals and suddenly I heard this strange modulation. I tried some of the Multipsk modes and bingo, I decoded the QSO. It's not so common to listen to MFSK16 communications but now I know how they sound !

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by i121171 (noreply@blogger.com) at May 13, 2008 08:32 AM

IW0HK (Andrea)

Long Live Shortwave

Una bella notizia che ho recuperato sul blog del SouthGate Amateur Club, è disponibile online la versione digitale del disco Long Live Shortwave pubblicato nel 1979 con frammenti sonori di decine di stazioni registrate in onde corte dal produttore Mitch Murray. Una bella opportunità per scoprire come suonavano le onde corte vent’anni fa quando le Hf erano ancora l’unico modo per raggiungere notizie e suoni da tutto il mondo.

http://theradiokitchen.net/live-shortwave/ 

May 13, 2008 07:57 AM

K3FSS (Frank)

Kennywood

Kennywood - 159.725 - PL 141.3 - Repeater - Security

by K3FSS (noreply@blogger.com) at May 13, 2008 07:37 AM

M0KHZ (Kevin)

CQ100 - Update

This is a short blog update, providing an update regarding the CQ100 voice over IP application. This subject has generated a large amount of e mail traffic, and I must thank everyone for there comments, without exception, all comments received have argued strongly that using the CQ100 application is NOT AMATEUR RADIO, I broadly agree, however it does provide another tool for us to use, enabling communication. Granted there are existing applications, widely used, for example, Teamspeak, Skype, both VOIP applications and used extensively to aid product development for the advancement of Amateur radio. CQ100 uses the same technology, but it is different. It does provide a familiar radio interface, although some see this as a gimmick, you must be a licensed amateur to gain access to the system, this by definition ensures you are communicating with like minded amateurs around the world, but you are right, it’s not ‘proper radio’, but it does have its place.

I have a friend who unfortunately has recent moved into 24/7 residential care, he has not been able to equip his room with a shack, no radios or antennas etc. However he maintains contact with old friends and make new friends using CQ100, on both CW and SSB, try telling him this isn’t ham radio! In my opinion this application does belong in our toolkit, although personally I probably wont be using it very often, and then only for arranged skeds.

End of update.

by M0KHZ - Kevin at May 13, 2008 05:00 AM

May 12, 2008

W2LJ (Larry)

Website of the Week

This week's Website of the Week is an off-shoot of the ElectronicsUSA Website. For those not in the know, ElectronicsUSA.com is where you can go to purchase Whiterook keys and paddles. By making the recommendation that I am about to make, I am in no way endorsing anyone's product.

That being said, if you go here, you will enter a great gallery of photos of Tuna Tin II kits that have been built by various Hams. Talk about variations on a theme. It's almost like snowflake phenomena - no two Tuna Tin IIs are quite the same.

Enjoy the photos - I hope you get inspired to pick up your soldering iron and build something!

73 de Larry W2LJ

by Larry W2LJ (noreply@blogger.com) at May 12, 2008 11:38 PM

Making progress

'Twas a busy week the past week! My son made his First Holy Communion on May 3rd and Mother's Day was just yesterday. Getting ready for both weekends left precious little time for radio or blog posts for that matter!

But I did get on the air for just a tiny bit yesterday; and for a greater bit tonight; so I haven't been totally radio starved. And last Thursday night, 40 Meters was especially nice! I managed to work Ireland, Hungary and the Cayman Islands all within the space of about 20 minutes! It was a night of good conditions.

However, what I really wanted to note is that I've been making steady progress with the ATS-3 and I should have it done soon; unless something comes up out of left field! I noticed tonight that I have more than half of the SMT devices mounted. If things go well, I should be able to take the finished radio on vacation up to Lake George this summer.

Speaking of "summer"; the weather here in New Jersey so far this May has been cooler and wetter than normal. Friday we had over 1.25 inches of rain. The weekend was breezy, raw and uncomfortably cool. Ideal weather for the grass; and it's been growing faster than I've been able to keep up, mowing-wise.

Tomorrow is supposed to be a day to buck the trend. We're looking for sunny skies and highs around 70 degrees. Hopefully, I'll be able to get to the park during lunch and will be able to break out the K1. I'm thinking of stowing the mag mount and Hamsticks in the trunk to see if I have better luck with those over the PAC-12. Maybe I'll make my first portable QSO for 2008 if I get lucky.

73 de Larry W2LJ

by Larry W2LJ (noreply@blogger.com) at May 12, 2008 11:21 PM

K3OQ (Jeff)

Signalink USB

This weekend I finally got around to working with the new Signalink USB. After setting and checking the jumbers, I connected it to the radio and then the computer. On receive, it performed extremely well...however, so far I have not been able to get the PTT circuit to perform. I am a member of both the Tigertronics and IC706MKIIG groups on Yahoo and do have some good suggestions on things to check out.

I did notice that during the 6 meter sprint on Saturday evening, I had was transmitting VERY low audio via the microphone when the Signalink USB was connected and then it returned to normal when I disconnected it. But that troubleshooting will have to come after the trip to Dayton this year.

A quick reminder....I will be blogging and posting photos from the HamVention© this year. For those that can't make it, I hope you enjoy it. And for those that can make it I hope to see you there.

- Jeff -

by nospam@example.com (Jeff Embry) at May 12, 2008 09:59 PM

IZ0EWJ (Diego)

Ciociaria Sylvatica 2008

Si è svolta presso la Villa Comunale di Frosinone la 2° edizione di CIOCIARIA SYLVATICA edizione 2008, dal 03-05-2008 all’11-05-2008, manifestazione che vede come protagonista assoluta ed indiscussa la natura. Ho visitato personalmente l’esposizione e sono rimasto affascinato. Per chi volesse approfondire ecco il sito www.sylvatica.it . Ecco come al solito qualche foto.

Non avevo mai visto così tanti insetti, tutti belli sistemati e catalogati. Credo che questa sia stata l’attrazione più gettonata, ho visto molti bambini incuriositi, senza la minima paura. Una lente d’ingrandimento permettteva di scrutare i particolari di ogni insetto.

Tra le esposizioni anche questi nidi artificiali

All’interno di questo tronco si poteva ammirare il nido del picchio (NB:quello fuori era di carta :) )

by Diego IZØEWJ at May 12, 2008 08:24 PM

K0NR (Bob)

Twitter: Yet Another Web Thing

I was just starting to play around with Twitter, mostly to understand what it does. I have been reading about it in the PC magazines and hearing about it via various tech podcasts. About the same time, I noticed that Jeff KE9V mentioned it on his blog.

Twitter is another form of Internet communication commonly referred to as "social networking." Back before the Internet was invented, our social network consisted of actually talking with people, usually face-to-face or maybe on the telephone. For many amateur radio enthusiasts, we also used wireless radio technology to chat. (Remember when "wireless" meant big iron radios that only qualified experts could use?) Of course, mostly we chat about our radios, so some people question the meaningfulness of that particular social network.

Then the Internet and email came along. Your email address book quickly becomes the definition of your email social network. Email distribution lists popped up for many topics and interests groups ("social networks"). More recently, Yahoo! Groups has attracted hundreds of different ham radio groups to that system. Yahoo! Groups provides file sharing and other features, in addition to the usual email list.

Somewhere along the line, sites such as AOL popularized the Instant Messaging (IM) concept. This was initially just text messaging but more recent versions of IM include voice messaging and file sharing.

Real social networking sites combine a wide range of features such as chat, email, video, file sharing and blogging to allow you to "keep in touch" with people and issues you care about. The most popular social network sites in the US are Facebook and MySpace. These sites let you define who you are connected to and who you want within your inner circle. Like most college-age students, my kids have latched onto Facebook as the way to connect with their friends and share photos and information. (I recently got a Facebook account but my daughters are not sure that this is a good idea....they said something about parents stalking their kids.)

Enter Twitter. Twitter is basically a microblog that lets you spit out the latest thing on your mind....what you are doing, what you are thinking, what you just discovered. It is a random flow of consciousness....or drivel....up to 140 characters at a time. Anyone interested can "follow" you and your comments. It has the flavor of a social network because you define who you want to see comments from (presumably related to people / issues you are interested in). See this video for a quick tutorial on Twitter.

OK, so what does this have to do with ham radio? Every one of these systems, from email to Yahoo! groups to twitter, have ham radio enthusiasts using them. In other words, there are communities, I mean "social networks", that relate to amateur radio. The problem is that most of them are struggling to reach critical mass. Yahoo! Groups, which is fairly limited and has a number of issues, has gotten over this hurdle. The others are a bit hit and miss.

I am not sure where this leads and how useful this stuff is. For me personally....I am overstimulated. There are too many systems, too many emails, too many logins/profiles to create and maintain.

Now let me get back to twittering.
http://twitter.com/robtwitte

73, Bob K0NR




    by bobw k0nr (noreply@blogger.com) at May 12, 2008 08:20 PM

    DL6KAC (Christian)

    US postage increase today

    via DX-QSL reflector Selected Prices & Services Effective May 12, 2008: First-Class Mail Letter (1 oz.): 41 to 42 cents First-Class Mail Letter (2 oz.): 58 to 59 cents Postcard: 26 to 27 cents Certified Mail: $2.65 to $2.70 First-Class Mail Internation Letter (1oz. to Canada & Mexico): 69 to 72 cents First-Class Mail Internationa Letter: 90 to 94 cents Related posts No related posts.

    by Chris at May 12, 2008 05:22 PM