NEWS FLASH: The list of papers to be presented at the 2018 AMSAT-NA 36th Annual Space Symposium and General Meeting, as well as the AMSAT Ambassador Breakfast have been added to the Schedule on the…
10/25/2018 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International delegates were pleased to learn last week that an ARISS plan is under consideration by NASA’s Deep Space Gateway (DSG) program. NASA Gateway Utilization Manager…
10/24/2018 “My best day as a teacher!” That was educator Kathryn Craven’s exuberant reaction following a successful October 22 ham radio contact between International Space Station (ISS) crew member Serena Auñón-Chancellor, KG5TMT, and youngsters at…
10/23/2018 Boy Scouts of America Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) Coordinator Jim Wilson, K5ND, is urging JOTA participants to file post-JOTA reports. JOTA and the companions Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) took place over the…
10/23/2018 FT8 co-developer Joe Taylor, K1JT, recommended in a recent post to the Pack Rats reflector that those planning to use FT8 or other WSJT-X protocols, such as MSK144, should practice using the software before…
10/23/2018 The Federación Mexicana de Radioexperimentadores (FMRE), Mexico’s IARU member-society, is asking radio amateurs to avoid 7.060, 7.130, and 14.120 MHz, where Category 4 Hurricane Willa emergency nets are operating (in Spanish). As of 1200…
10/22/2018 “Signals on this end are loud,” was the assessment as the VP6D Ducie IslandDXpedition got under way over the weekend. So far, the main priority has been setting up the CW camp and more antennas….
10/22/2018 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has scheduled a slow-scan television (SSTV) event to begin on Saturday, October 27, at about 1000 UTC. NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Department will support…
You CAN change the volume on the FT-1D with one hand if you perform the following. 1. Go to setup (hold in DISP button) 2. TX/RX (ENT) 3. Audio (ENT) 4. Volume Mode (ENT) 5….
10/17/2018 The ARRL Contest Branch has announced that participants in the 2019 ARRL RTTY Roundup will be permitted to use the new FT8 protocol, which is part of the WSJT-X software suite. “Even though digital modes other than RTTY…
