QRZ Forums - Amateur Radio News for Friday 9 December 2016
 

Amateur Radio News

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Further Erosion of Short Wave Services.

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 09:47 AM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...rvices.547122/

Outbackers claim that plans to cancel ABC shortwave services puts lives in
jeopardy.





http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-....96?pfmredir=sm

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Foundations of Amateur Radio - Episode 78

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 07:38 AM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...ode-78.546559/

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The folly of throwing away cruft from my desk last week caused concern for
my mental health. Fortunately the bearing lives. This week I look at
ball-bearings, no, antennas and how an Amateur License helps you understand
the drivel that manufacturers use to describe their product and expose some
of the fun and games associated with helping a fellow spectrum user.



Foundations of Amateur Radio is a weekly radio podcast about the wonderful
activity of ham radio and...



Foundations of Amateur Radio - Episode 78

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Ham Talk Live Episode 42 - Hurricane Watch Net with Bobby Graves, KB5HAV

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 07:11 AM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...kb5hav.547233/

Thursday night on Ham Talk Live! Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, the manager of the
Hurricane Watch Net took LIVE questions and talked about this history of
the net, how the HWN works, and how you can help! You can still listen to
the show on the archive at hamtalklive.com or on most podcasting outlets.



During live shows, call in with your questions and comments during the show
at 812-NET-HAM-1 or Skype HamTalkLive or Tweet @HamTalkLive. Listen to the
show by going to hamtalklive.com Thursday night...



Ham Talk Live Episode 42 - Hurricane Watch Net with Bobby Graves, KB5HAV

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2041, December 9 2016

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 06:39 AM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...9-2016.547227/

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2041, December 9 2016



Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2041 with a release date of Friday,
December 9 2016 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.



The following is a QST. The holiday spirit is in the air with two special
radio events. Amateur radio devotes a day to welcoming the disabled -- and
our top story, remembering a promising ham shot to death earlier this month
in Chicago. All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2041 comes
your way right now.



**...



Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2041, December 9 2016

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HamRadioReviews: TYT MD-398 Power Test [Video]

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 05:25 AM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...-video.547221/

In this weeks video I am doing a power test on the TYT MD-398 DMR radio.







This is a DMR radio from TYT, with a claimed output power of 10W on high.



Here is the video and mo https://wp.me/p800qu-as



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Ham Radio Reviews is my blog about amateur radio gear, reviews and more.
Dont forget to checkout...



HamRadioReviews: TYT MD-398 Power Test [Video]

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A Ham's Night Before Christmas - Live from HamRadioNow

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 02:09 AM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...dionow.546486/

2016 is the 20th anniversary of my, ahem, legendary A Hams Night Before
Christmas. Or, as I put it at the time, another corruption of Clement Clark
Moores classic Christmas poem.



I wrote it for my local radio club and performed it live at their December
1996 holiday party. I dont remember when it hit the Internet, but within a
few years it went a little viral as text. Around 2003 I recorded the poem
in a studio, and it ran on Newsline and ARRL Audio News. Then I...



A Hams Night Before Christmas - Live from HamRadioNow

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Ultra-Portable Amateur Digital Comms EP03 NBEMS Picture Messages

Posted: 09 Dec 2016 01:56 AM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...ssages.547214/

Hello operators

Today Ive published the third video in the Ultra portable amateur digital
communications series. In this video we take you through sending an NBEMS
picture message for ham / amateur radio using AndFLMsg from an FT-817ND, to
a Baofeng HT. AndFLMsg is the android version of FLMSG running on Linux and
Windows.







This episode guides the operator through:

- Creating an NBEMS picture message template with AndFLMsg.

- Compiling the NBEMS Picture...



Ultra-Portable Amateur Digital Comms EP03 NBEMS Picture Messages

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Ham Radio 2.0 Episode 71: Bound for Belton

Posted: 08 Dec 2016 05:38 PM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...belton.547195/

http://www.livefromthehamshack.tv/20...nd-for-belton/

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Road trip to the Belton HamExpo in Texas, for their October 2016 show.
Belton is the only show in Texas that happens twice a year, and it is
always a good show. In this episode I talk about the Hamfest, and do some
DMR QSOs on the Brandmeister network





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The ARRL Letter, December 8, 2016

Posted: 08 Dec 2016 01:23 PM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...8-2016.547176/

The ARRL Letter

December 8, 2016

Rick Lindquist, WW1ME, Editor



[Note: Clicking on the story links below will take you to the news article
as it appears in The ARRL Letter on the ARRL website.]


Greg Walden, W7EQI, to Chair Powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee
ARRL Transitioning to New...


The ARRL Letter, December 8, 2016

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The overthrow of the 15 dB rule

Posted: 08 Dec 2016 11:38 AM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...b-rule.521522/

The FCC is asking for comment on RM-11767 brought by Expert Linears to
strike the 15dB rule, namely 97.317(a)(2). I urge all to comment and to
also write your Congressional rep. Below is a prototype comment and a
boilerplate letter to your representative. Chuck w8mqw





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Comment on RM-11767





I support this revision of 93.317(a)(2) proposed in RM-11767.



The future default HF amateur radio station is not a 100-W transceiver...



The overthrow of the 15 dB rule

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HH2/VA3MPG is now QRT

Posted: 08 Dec 2016 11:33 AM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...ow-qrt.546207/

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the 7000+ stations
who worked my good friend Jim, VA3MPG while on his 12 month Tour of Duty in
Haiti with the RCMP doing humanitarian and drug enforcement service.



He has landed back in Ontario and is quite happy to be home. Haiti is a
volatile and violent place.



We had our difficulties throughout it. With radio gear breaking and his
tech support being myself in Ontario. No parts available to Jim, and also
the difficulties of stuff...



HH2/VA3MPG is now QRT