New Microtelecom FM+ Converter

New FM+ Broadcast Band Converter for SDR “Perseus” from Microtelecom. It will be equipped with a basic software offered by Microtelecom that includes a stereo demodulator and a rds decoder. New toy will be shown in the Friedrichshafen HAM Radio Fest. (end weekend of June 2011). The “Secret” Picture from Nico / IV3NWV

RJ3AR (ex.UA6JR/3) SK

Very sad news came from Russia / Moscow. Serge Rostenko RJ3AR (SK). ex: UA6JR/3, UA6JR, UA6JBK, UA6HEF, RA6HKW, UA6-108-430. “Константиныча”, как все его ласково звали, я знал еще с начала лихих 90х, когда работали вместе в команде компании “КРОУНИ”. Часто бывал у него в гостях. Ездили покорять RDA и на УКВ поевые дни. В последние…

Low-Power Radio Takes Many Forms

The article & Photo copied from Radioworld.com My first dabbling in low-power “broadcasting” occurred in childhood. A Radio Shack P-Box kit, namely a wireless AM microphone, was the start. The study of electronics and my work at a community radio station as a teen soon would benefit my pursuits in the world of commercial broadcast…

Do you really need this for your Radio?

Sound library specialist Pro Sound Effects has put together an FX package that should satisfy any producer, the Pro Sound Effects Master Library. Containing more than 1 TB of effects, counting in at almost 120,000 effects, the package is priced at $11,900. The Pro Sound Effects Master Library was culled from PSE’s Blastwave FX, BBC…

RU Callsign system changes

If you have been on the HF bands lately, you may have noticed that a number of new prefixes are in use by stations in the Russian Federation. Here is a summary of the changes recently adopted by the Russian telecommunication authorities. * Russian prefixes with the numeral 2 are no longer limited to Kaliningradsk.…