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Series 7 Episode 1 of the Podcast Glues and Adhesives released

Posted: 12 Jan 2014 11:30 AM PST
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Series Seven Episode One of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast Glues and
Adhesives has been released.



The latest news, Martin (M1MRB) and Colin (M6BOY) discuss the future of
shortwave radio and Martin reviews Glues and Adhesive.



News Stories include:



· New CATfix software for the Kenwood TS-590S and TS-990S

· Hong Kong radio hams lend a helping hand

· Tokyo Hy-Power ceases trading

· InnovAntennas acquires Force 12

· Amsterdam Island DXpedition

· W100AW active for ARRL's Centennial Year

· Limerick Radio Club Special Event Callsign EI4LCC

· Successful Ham Radio DF Hunt



The ICQPOCAST can be downloaded from http://www.icqpodcast.com




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January 18th - Welcome to Birthday of EPC-Russia!

Posted: 12 Jan 2014 10:08 AM PST
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Dear Fellow Radio Amateurs,

January 18th, 2014 we mark the 5th anniversary of establishing of EPC
Russian section. Commemorative award is established for active work on the
air that day in the modes B(Q)PSK31, 63,125 on all bands. Test time - from
00:00 till 23:59 MSK on January, 18th (20:00 -19:59 UTC 17-18 January)
2014. We invite all clubmates to participate in celebration of EPC-Russia
5th Anniversary Activity Day. Only members of EPC can get a Commemorative
Award in electronic form provided that they will work on the air by the
callsigns which are registered in our club, i.e. they have EPC number.





Let's remind that EPC number is assigned not to a person but to a
callsign and it is never reassigned to another one. To receive Award EPC
members of all countries (except Russia) must work on January 18, 2014 the
following amount of QSO:

- Europe - 20 QSO with EPC members from Russia;

- Asia - 15 QSO with EPC members from Russia;

- Africa - 10 QSO with EPC members from Russia;

- North and South America, Australia and Oceania - 5 QSO with EPC members
from Russia.



Dupe QSOs are not counted. General call: CQ EPCRU. Short QSOs are welcome
with minimal information of exchange: RSQ and name.



Details of 5th Anniversary Activity Day and the sample of the award he

http://www.epc-ru.ru/index.php?optio...1767&Itemid=76



Welcome to Birthday of EPC-Russia!



73! - managers of the Russian section of EPC












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Yaesu SCU-17

Posted: 12 Jan 2014 02:10 AM PST
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I got a Yaesu SCU-17 interface, I try to connect to my Yaesu FT1200 but not
success, do we need any software or need any special configuration of the
PC to operate it. I need advice.

Thank you.



de V85ZX




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Ex-KA2PFI William Moore Silent key

Posted: 12 Jan 2014 01:05 AM PST
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William T Moore (Bill) Ex- Ka2PFI Died Friday Friday Jan,10 2014 at 7:41am
Service to be at St Anthonys in Pinehurst NC Thursday Jan.16 2014 @ 10am -
W4rhm Rich




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Anytone AT-3318UV Handheld

Posted: 11 Jan 2014 07:33 PM PST
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We just got a new AnyTone AT-3318UV HT radio from Ed Griffin at Import
Communications. The first thing my son Elijah did was take it all apart,
which is typical for everything he gets. I suggested that he test it
first, but he wanted to see how it well it was made and the quality control.





The AT-3318UV HT appears to be a good radio with a real nice feel to it.
It fits in your hand very well and is easy to operate. It has all the
features that you would want in a HT. The only thing missing on this radio
is the flashlight that we have become accustom to using. When we got our
first Chinese HT three years ago, I thought the flashlight was strange on
a HT. But since then we have used it often.





My son and I have had several makes of Hand-held radios from Motorola to
Wouxun, with some Baofengs thrown into our list. So I have a little
experience with Amateur as well as Part 90 LMR and Broadcast FM Radio and
Television transmitters. As a reference I am not a radio dealer, I am a
Broadcast Engineer with forty years of experience,





The AT-3318UV HT comes with all the basic accessories like the battery
(1500 mAh Li-ion), battery charger (nice charger that uses a wall wart),
very solid battery clip, antenna (OEM style Rubber Duck) and lanyard.







This is a dual band 136/174 MHz and 400/520 MHz radio. It has a little
more than the four watts UHF and five watts VHF RF listed output power.
All very standard on most Chinese HT radios. The manual is better than
most Chinese radio manuals.





Receiver sensitivity is excellent and audio output is better that most.





Now for a few extra goodies that we really appreciate, the FM radio audio
sounds great. But here are the real nice ones.





This radio really programs nicely from the computer . “NO” error codes
all the time while programing. This is a very pleasant surprise. Nice
software, I wonder if Commander is working on one for this radio?





DTMF Storage. This is a real nice feature. Its saves time and my own
personal organic memory.





Repeater Offset Function on-the-fly which is easier than our other Chinese
radios.





Battery Voltage: You can constantly monitor your battery voltage if you
wish, even during transmit.





Frequency Skip and added during Scanning. You can use the keypad to
skip over the frequencies that you don't want in the scan lineup, plus new
frequencies can be added to the list with this function too.





Here is one other great item about the Scan Skip feature. The radio can
be programmed to skip frequencies that don't have the proper CTCSS.





Auto-off. This is a great feature and it will save your battery once you
fall asleep after a Hamfest.





There are also some of the same other favorites like, Stop watch, CTCSS
scan.





And how does it operate? Fine, just fine. We can open almost all the
2m/440 repeaters here in the Southern California basin on the duckie. If
you want more specs, buy one yourself and do your own tests. If you want
waveforms and other data you will have to wait for it.





It's a real good radio, and for the price its a great bargain.





73,





Elijah WA6EMD and David NA6DB