Going Portable
with Amateur Radio Satellites
By Keith Baker
KB1SF/VA3KSF
Low
solar cycle productivity and plummeting propagation got you down? Keith tells
us that the sky’s the limit when you start operating the amateur radio
satellites. It’s a low-power mode that is also versatile. But, don’t worry,
working the AMSATs doesn’t require a lot of room at home, can be fairly
inexpensive to set up and you can take this part of the hobby on the road too!
Community
Emergency Response Teams: Are You Ready for a Disaster?
By Alan M Vigeant N6HPO
Community Emergency
Response Team (CERT) is a nationwide volunteer program supported by FEMA that
educates people about disaster preparedness for natural and man-made hazards
that may impact their lives when least expected. CERT classes are offered free
to the public and go hand in hand with amateur radio training. Alan tells us
how effective CERT is and how we can all help.
Outernet Update:
Free, One-Way Internet Now Via L-Band Satellite
By Kenneth Barbi
Outernet is the
low cost, one-way Internet service that delivers radio and news feeds to nearly
the entire planet for free via L-band satellite. Designed to meet the minimal
needs of those without modern infrastructure (grid power and Internet access),
all you need to start taking advantage of this service is a $79 kit that
includes antenna, LNA, SDR radio and CHIP single-board computer. Kenneth Barbi
has the latest update on this evolving service.
Computers and
Ham Radio: Part 010
By Cory GB
Sickles WA3UVV
From the Radio
Shack TRS-80 to the Apple II, to IBM’s first PC and the inevitable first PC
clone, personal computing started out as an expensive device with very limited
capability. From its initially slow start in the 1970s, Cory takes us through
the fits and starts of the second phase of this fledgling industry that would
change the radio hobby forever.
Motorized
Ku-Band Satellite Reception
By Mike Kohl
There are dozens
of Ku-band satellites in the skies over every part of the world. And, while
Free-to-Air satellite TV systems are very inexpensive, you miss most of the
action by not being able to steer your dish from satellite to satellite. But,
not all small dish motors are the same. Mike shows us the best way to motorize
your own FTA satellite system.
Scanning America
By Dan Veeneman
Marin County
(CA), North Dakota and Radio Shack Bankruptcy (Again)
Federal
Wavelenghts
By Chris Parris
Federal Aviation
Administration
Utility Planet
By Hugh Stegman
New Life Evolves
on MARS
Shortwave
Utility Logs
By Hugh Stegman
and Mike Chace-Ortiz
Digitally
Speaking
By Cory GB
Sickles WA3UVV
The Ground We
Talk On
VHF and Above
By Joe Lynch
N6CL
New Radios and
Antennas for VHF and Above
Amateur Radio
Insights
By Kirk
Kleinschmidt NT0Z
Morse Code: The Original
Digital Mode is Still Hanging On
Radio 101
By Ken Reitz
KS4ZR
Baseball on the
Radio: 1921 and 2017
Radio
Propagation
By Tomas Hood
NW7US
An Ice Age and Disappearing Sunspots?
World of
Shortwave Listening
By Rob Wagner
VK3VBW
Radio Australia:
A Possible Return?
The Shortwave
Listener
By Fred Waterer
VOA at 75; WBCQ,
RRI, and RNZI
Maritime
Monitoring
By Ron Walsh
VE3GO
A System for a
System
The Longwave
Zone
By Kevin O’Hern
Carey WB2QMY
Turning the Tables: Reverse Beacon Network
Adventures in
Radio Restoration
By Rich Post
KB8TAD
Philco 46-350:
The “Tambour Door” Portable
Antenna
Connections
By Dan Farber
AC0LW
HF Antenna
“Comfort Zone”