The source material for tonight’s trivial question for Sunday Evening 6m Net comes from a 1994 QST article Overview of Amateur Call Signs, An — Past and Present. The article is a fascinating look at the history of how amateur call signs were assigned in the US up through the present regions and assignment schemes […]
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This is the third in a series of short reviews of handheld/portable/HT radios. Read more about the series here. The Yaesu FT-470R Dual Band HT Not long after Yaesu introduced the FT-23/33/73 series of radios in the 1990’s they followed it up with a full featured dual band radio with direct keypad frequency entry, 42 memories,
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If you’re interested in portable satellite operation, this event is for you! Check out http://wmplota.org for details on the WalMart Parking Lots On The Air event, April 28th and 29th 2018. You can sign up for an activation and check out where others will be and when here: http://wmplota.org/wiki/index.php/WMPLOTA_Activations_Announced
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This is the second in a series of short reviews of handheld/portable/HT radios. Read more about the series here. The Yaesu FT-23R / FT-33R / FT-73R series Just a year or two after the Icom IC-2AT came out, Yaesu introduced a series of 3 monoband radios that covered the 144, 220, and 440 MHz bands
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As has been mentioned at several meetings, SARA is attempting to launch a technical discussion mailing list. This list is open to all licensed amateurs (not just SARA members) and is intended to provide a place where amateurs can talk tech, get help, and bounce ideas off one another. The goal is to provide the
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