Items of Interest: Internet Ham Atlas A large collection of maps of each DXCC country with general information, banknotes and coins, satellite images, flags and national information where available by SP6NVK Humor May the 4th be with you… Meetings: The …
Items of Interest: Tin whiskers www.microcontrollertips.com/when-tin-whiskers-spontaneously-erupt-faq/ 2022 Hamfest and Swap meet – Coastal Amateur Radio Society Sat April 30 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM Hamfest in Pooler Club lunch/gathering and hands on fox hunt training April 27 (Wednesday – tomorrow) …
Items of Interest: Contest Calendar If you use Bruce Horn’s (WA7BNM’s) Contest Calendar website, you should notice a new feature: the site now includes a 5-Week Calendar. It’s a list of contests similar to the 12-Month Calendar but designed to …
Items of Interest: Suns spots are consistently ahead of predictions Solar physicist Scott McIntosh forecasts very active sunspot cycle – The Washington Post World Amateur Radio Day is April 18 World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) is April 18 and is …
Items of Interest: Solar indices – making sense of the numbers Solar indices are a measure of activity on the sun. These indices can be used by amateur radio operators to get and sense of how radio signals will propagate …
Items of Interest: The definitive guide to RF Power measurement There are the three possible measurements that can be taken (Peak voltage, Peak-to-peak voltage, and RMS Voltage) and the calculation from the measured voltage to RF Power. Plenty of people …
Items of Interest: HamSCI Its fifth annual workshop March 18-19, 2022 at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama and virtually. The primary objective of the HamSCI workshop is to bring together the amateur radio community and professional scientists. The theme of …
Items of Interest: Stealth Contesting? – Contesting with stealth antennas How to Block Spam Calls and Text Messages https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-block-calls-and-spam-messages/ Humor: St. Patrick’s Day is March 17th. Meetings: The next membership meeting will be face-to-face at The Lakehouse in the Bayside …
Items of Interest: JS8 QSO Party The JS8 QSO Party is a chance to get on the air with JS8 and make some contacts every month. Whether you like a quick exchange or a long rag-chew, this event is for you. We …
Items of Interest: How Do Ferrite Beads Work and How Do You Choose the Right One? The ferrite core function resembles that of an inductor, but the ferrite frequency response deviates from this functionality at high frequencies. Additionally, different types …
