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RaDAR Love…

The Dutch rock band, Golden Earring’s classic hit, Radar Love, struck my mind when I received this email from my friend and ICQ Podcast listener, Greg Lane N4KGL, this morning. I was doing my fast-pace walk for cardio…

Sep 17, 2026Read Brief →
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Seek and you shall find.

 If you’ve been visiting my blog, you might have noticed that my sidebar "Blogs I follow"  list has stopped updating with the most recent posts. I have been doing some reading and checking with other Blogger who use…

Sep 17, 2026Read Brief →
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Contest University Celebrates 100 Years of Yagis

The Yagi-Uda beam antenna was invented 100 years ago, in 1926, and Contest University (CTU) is celebrating its centennial with a live Zoom webinar this Saturday, September 19, 2026, at 1600 UTC (noon Eastern). The free webinar, titled…

Sep 16, 2026Read Brief →
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The ARRL Solar Update

Solar flare activity was at low levels in the past week withisolated C-class flare activity, according to NOAA’s Space WeatherPrediction Center. The largest flare of the period was a C3.4 onSeptember 8 from otherwise stable Region 4528. Region…

Sep 14, 2026Read Brief →
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On The Trail

Our journey on the Lewis and Clark National Historical Trail started at the Gateway Arch National Park in St Louis. The arch is a well known structure and tourist attraction with excellent museum at its base, focused on…

Sep 14, 2026Read Brief →
Amateur Radio

LHS Episode #630: The Weekender CXLIII

Hello and welcome back everyone!  You're joining us for episode 630, our 143rd Weekender, of Linux in the Ham Shack, the most terrific amateur radio podcast on the internet!  This week we're sharing news about what has been…

Sep 14, 2026Read Brief →
Amateur Radio

Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 438

APRS Connect A new APRS client for Android, built around conversations rather than a packet console. APRS Connect The next version of the M17 specification The proposed V3 meets the goals set out for it, but are there…

Sep 12, 2026Read Brief →
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Special HAARP Transmission for 9/11

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will be making a special transmission on 9.11 MHz at…

Sep 11, 2026Read Brief →
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Video: Educator Shows How Amateur Radio Is Inspiring Students

Educator Everton Henriques, KD2ZZT, shared his experience using amateur radio to inspire students and bring engineering and technology to life in the classroom during his keynote at the 2026 ARRL New England Division Convention, hosted by Northeast HamXposition…

Sep 11, 2026Read Brief →
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Answering the Call: A 9/11 Remembrance from ARRL

Ed. Note: Details in this article were culled from the November 2001 QST article, “9/11/01: ‘This is Not a Test’ ” by Rick Lindquist, N1RL, and Diane Ortiz, K2DO. The original article is available here (PDF).Twenty-five years ago, on September 11,…

Sep 11, 2026Read Brief →
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“Jim I’m only a doctor”

 When I opened up HamClock today I was reminded that September 8th is Star Trek day. I had the USS Enterprise NCC 1701 slowly moving across my screen on HamClock. Hats off to those at Open HamClock Back-end…

Sep 8, 2026Read Brief →
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LHS Episode #629: Gamified Learning Part 2

Hello and welcome back everyone!  You're joining us for episode 629 of Linux in the Ham Shack, the most terrific amateur radio podcast on the internet!  This week we're sharing news about what has been going on in…

Sep 8, 2026Read Brief →