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CIA: FOIA PUBLIC FILES ON AMATEUR RADIO

Posted: 24 Jan 2017 09:23 PM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...-radio.552643/

As reported today in DXCOFFEE, general files on amateur radio have been
released by the CIA , encompassing a variety of info, most irrelevant, some
irreverent and amusing. Dating from post WWII to present. Emphasis on
Soviet Union and Russia.



Worth a look--



https://www.cia.gov/library/readingr...h/site/amateur ham
radio?page=16...



CIA: FOIA PUBLIC FILES ON AMATEUR RADIO

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Ham Talk Live! Episode 48 - Sunspots and Propagation with Carl
Luetzelschwab, K9LA

Posted: 24 Jan 2017 04:23 PM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...b-k9la.551892/

On the next episode of Ham Talk Live!, Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, will be
here to take your questions about sunspot cycles and how they affect radio
propagation. Tune in Thursday night at 9 pm Eastern time by going to
HamTalkLive.com. Once the show goes live, just hit play!



And CALL in live with your questions at 812-NET-HAM-1 or by Skype at Ham
Talk Live. Or, tweet your questions anytime to @HamTalkLive.



If...



Ham Talk Live! Episode 48 - Sunspots and Propagation with Carl
Luetzelschwab, K9LA

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HR2.0: Episode 77 - Using a RPi/DVmega for a DMR Hotspot

Posted: 24 Jan 2017 04:21 PM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...otspot.552644/

http://www.livefromthehamshack.tv/2....-remote-users/

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Recorded at the Cowtown Hamfest in Ft. Worth, Texas, Mark - KD5RXT presents
a forum topic on how to build a Raspberry Pi computer with a DVmega, and
use it as a DMR hotspot for users who arent near a DMR repeater.







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Portable WSPR Test Kit Setup guide WSJTX on Ubuntu Linux

Posted: 24 Jan 2017 03:25 PM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...-linux.552641/

Hello operators.

Ive just posted a new tutorial on setting up WSJT-X as a bidirectional,
man-portable WSPR Beacon Test Kit. Ill use WSJT-X, a Yaesu FT-817ND, the
ZLP MiniProSC, setting it all up on Ubuntu Linux. At the end of the video
as I show you all how I prepare the WSPR results using the wsprnet website.







The background of this video started last year in October 2016 with a blog
post discussing the need for improved antenna testing and comparisons...



Portable WSPR Test Kit Setup guide WSJTX on Ubuntu Linux

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Ham Talk Live! Episode 49 - Operating from the ISS and Explore/Create with
Richard Garriott, W5KWQ

Posted: 24 Jan 2017 03:14 PM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...-w5kwq.552640/

Thursday at 9 pm Eastern time, tune into Ham Talk Live! to hear Richard
Garriott de Cayeux, W5KWQ talk about operating ham radio from the
International Space Station and his new book, Explore/Create! We will take
your calls, and even take a trip down memory lane with some discussion
about his father, Owen Garriott, W5LFL, the first person to operate ham
radio from space.



Listen to the show LIVE by going to HamTalkLive.com. Once the show appears
LIVE,...



Ham Talk Live! Episode 49 - Operating from the ISS and Explore/Create with
Richard Garriott, W5KWQ

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Solar cycle little changed in 290 million years

Posted: 24 Jan 2017 10:08 AM PST
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thre...-years.552604/

Theres an interesting article in this weeks (Jan. 21 -27, 2017) of The
Economist relating to a study in Chemnitz, Germany. Scientists studying
ancient tree rings there have found conclusive evidence that the solar
cycle has essentially been the same since the Permian period. Read the
article online he
http://www.economist.com/news/scien....ancient-forest