With deep sorrow and grief, we inform that our friend Yuri Lobatshev RL3DZ (ex UA0KCL) has left us for the heavenly abode on Tuesday, 19th August 2014. Dearest Yuri’s family, please accept our most heartfelt sympathies for your loss. Our thoughts are with you during this difficult time. Words cannot even begin to express our…
THE DESIGN AND LAYOUT OF AN AMATEUR RADIO STATION MADE EASY (ERGONOMICS FOR THE HAM SHACK) WHAT IS ERGONOMICS? Ergonomics is the science of designing equipment and work spaces for maximum efficiency at a minimum of operator discomfort and fatigue. The word ergonomics comes from combining two Greek words that mean “working naturally”. In other…
Phil Karn on the reboot of the 1978 International Sun/Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3)/ (International Cometary Explorer) Phil Karn, KA9Q is an Internet pioneer with his name on at least six RFC‘s. Best known in the world of amateur radio for his KA9Q NOS as well as numerous AMSAT satellite communications projects. Retired from Qualcomm, Karn seems…
The DX Century Club (DXCC) is one of the oldest and most recognized awards in amateur radio. The premise is simple: confirm contacts with one hundred unique countries, receive an award. Of course, it’s a bit more complicated than that. There is a modest set of well-defined rules governing the conditions under which contacts may…
A few things I was able to pick up that I thought would be interesting. “Yaesu” is frantically developing a replacement for the “FT-897″ as one of the front panel components is being “End of Life” from the manufacturer. They do not have many components stockpiled, around 200 will go into new radios that they…