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RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory now has Jamming Reports!

Posted: 27 Apr 2016 05:57 AM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...eports.521299/

RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory now has Jamming Reports!



RFinder now includes the ability to make jamming reports. This is already
available in RFinder Android and should be available on iOS devices by
Dayton. This ability is available worldwide.



Those without a device or subscription can make reports at...



RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory now has Jamming Reports!

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DXEngineering RF-PRO-1B Initial Review - Rob Fissel, K2RWF

Posted: 27 Apr 2016 04:45 AM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...-k2rwf.521250/

Published on Mar 24, 2016



Rob Fissel, K2RWF shares his testing of the DX Engineering RF-PRO-1B Active
Magnetic Receive Loop Antenna.





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Ham Talk Live! Episode 10 now posted - Dayton Preview - SatNOGS; and a
Tribute to Mom

Posted: 26 Apr 2016 07:34 PM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...to-mom.521287/

The first of our 5 shows featuring the Dayton Hamvention! Corey Shields,
KB9JHU, stops by to talk about his presentation coming up at the TAPR Forum
on Friday of Hamvention 2016 about a satellite ground station network
called SatNOGS. But first, a few words about the woman who raised me as a
ham... now that she is a silent key. A short tribute to Margie Rapp,
WD9HEE.



This show was recorded on Tuesday, April 26 instead of Thursday, April 21
due to my mothers death. Live calls were not...



Ham Talk Live! Episode 10 now posted - Dayton Preview - SatNOGS; and a
Tribute to Mom

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China may be installing HF radar on Spratly Island

Posted: 26 Apr 2016 01:14 PM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...island.512776/

Looks like we will have more interference to deal with!



http://www.reuters.com/article/south...-idUSKCN0VW096



All of us, at one time or another, have had to deal with this issue.

From the early days of the Russian "Woodpecker" to deliberate nuisance.

Lets see what happens and lodge complaints when they are needed. And they
will be needed.

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VE3KCL. 2 Party Balloons and a U3S digi beacon

Posted: 26 Apr 2016 10:52 AM PDT
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...beacon.521233/

OK so it sounds like an opening line of a joke but I wonder how many Hams
have been following VE3KCLs attempts to circumnavigate the globe using a
couple of "party" balloons and a version of the QRP Labs U3S Digi beacon?



http://qrp-labs.com/ultimate3/ve3kcl...ve3kcl-s9.html



At the time of writing the balloon has traveled over 30,000 mils (50,000KM)
and has been reporting back its location for the past couple of weeks via
the WSPR net. Many of the big names in the HF...



VE3KCL. 2 Party Balloons and a U3S digi beacon