The Entitlement Generation
From the monthly archives: November 2011
The amateur satellite that goes by the name AO-51 has ceased transmission and is not responding to commands. This satellite has been a mainstay for the last seven years for the amateur satellite community as one of the FM “easy” satellites (easy is relative). The last telemetry data indicated that the third of six batteries [...]
A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake rattled Bolivia on Tuesday, but the epicenter was deep underground and there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The US Geographical Survey said the earthquake’s epicenter was 331.4 miles (533.3 kilometers) underground and located 37 miles south-southwest of Trinidad, the capital of Bolivia’s northern Beni region.
Magnitude: 6.2 [...]
Foxnews.com – Apple iPhone, beware?
The newest trend in American communication isn’t another smartphone from Apple or Google but one of the elder statesmen of communication: Ham radio licenses are at an all time high, with over 700,000 licenses in the United States, according to the Federal Communications Commission.
Ham radio first took the [...]
My new N1274a RF Motorola power amplifier is an old school solid-state broadband power amplifier capable of delivering 40-50 watts of rf power into a 50 ohm antenna when you drive it with 4-5 watts. I will be using this on the 2 meter ham band (144-148mhz)but this rf amplifer has a range [...]
The Icom IC-V8000 is a powerhouse. This 2 meter FM mobile features high power output coupled with a rugged die-cast design and an easy-to-read alphanumeric display. You can even change the display from amber to green. The transmitter delivers a big 75 watts of output (75/25/10/5 watts selectable). [...]
My new radio is the Icom IC-W32A dual-bander that I will be using for satellite communications mainly. It has an impressive alphanumeric and memory display and independent tuning knobs which makes working with the doppler easier for satellite communications. The IC-W32A’s two dials are used for independent tuning of the [...]
I love working satellites but have been unable to for a bit due to an equipment failure and a lack of a budget. Then I hear of a dual band radio that is being sold, and it comes with two batteries, a bunch of chargers and no manual. Price asked was premium for the radio [...]
Central Alabama Simplex Net
NCS – WX4RON, Ronnie in the Birmingam area
Time – 8 PM every Sunday Night
FREQUENCY – 146.580
This net is a great opportunity to teach/remind us all what it is like to work a large net without repeaters. A repeater failure can occur at any point and all of us [...]
Jill Burke from the Alaska Dispatch — The jet stream feeding the wintery sea-spun tempest that sideswiped Alaska’s western coast wasn’t the only worldwide conveyer belt in motion this week. As howling winds whipped up and crashing waves pounded beaches, the people who live in the remote, isolated villages along the [...]
B.L. Manohar (VU2UR), a retired Indian Railway Steel Bridge Engineer has been on the air since 1967. He was the honorary regional monitoring systems coordinator for International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 3, the first ever Indian to hold the post. He is a member of the Amateur Radio Society of India [...]
