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AMATEUR RADIO "Ham Radio"
This page will provide a source of information and links of interest to serious Amateur Radio Operators. |
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Radio is antiquated but effective." NBC Newsperson, 12-29-00 |
 Left: The wavelength of radiation produced by an object is
usually related to its temperature. The human body is warm enough (about 30 degrees
Celsius) to generate infrared radiation, but it takes very high temperatures (millions of
degrees Celsius) to produce X-rays. So, how could x-rays come from a frigid comet? Note:
degrees Kelvin (K) = degrees Celsius (C) + 273. Credit: Harvard's Field Guide to X-ray Astronomy. |
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ISS REPEATER ON AGAIN The FM Repeater and BBS on board the International Space Station was again open for general ham radio contacts on September 27th and 28th. During that time voice contacts were available on by transmitting up to the I-S-S on 145.920 MHz with a 67 Hz CTCSS tone while listening for replies on 435.300 MHz. The Bulletin Board used an uplink of 145.860 F- M and a downlink at 435.150 MHz. This operation was followed by a PSK- 31 Experimenters Wednesday Test on September 29th. The system will be on periodically and ARISS will announce the dates and times in advance. Check with the I-S-S Fan Club web page at www.issfanclub.comto see what the latest status is. Also, keep in mind that the radios on board the space station are not able to correct for Doppler as the frequencies are channelized. It is up to the ground station to do the Doppler correction. For 2 meters, the Doppler shift is about +3kHz at the beginning and goes to about - 3kHz at the end. For 70 cm, the Doppler is about +10kHz at the beginning and goes to about -10kHz at the end. The 70cm Doppler is roughly 3 times the 2m Doppler. Many of the tracking programs have the ability to calculate the frequency shift. (ARISS) ** HAM RADIO IN SPACE: MIKE FINCKE ON THE AIR And as his time on board the I-S-S begins to wind down ham astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, has been on the air quite a bit. Not only to talk to school students in pre-scheduled contacts, but also to any ham who wants to chat a bit. One of those who had the opportunity to talk recently with the intrepid space traveler is Scott Avery, WA6LIE, in Salinas, California, who had had his recorder running: -- Contact audio here. Hear it at www.arnewsline.org -- Scott says that his QSO with KE5AIT space mobile took place at about O2:15 on September 28th. Needless to say that signals were 5 by 9 and full quieting both ways. Fincke and Commander Gennady Padalka, RN3DT will be finishing their tour of duty on the ISS in the middle of October. They will be replaced by Expedition 10 Astronaut Leroy Chiao, KE5BRW, and Cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov. WA6LIE's full contact with the I-S-S can be heard on line at www.qsl.net/wa6lie (WA6LIE) |
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Operational FrequenciesThe following are the announced frequencies for AO-51:
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| Amateur Exam Question Pools |
| QRZ's Practice Amateur Radio Exams |
| On-Line Practice Ham Exams |
| Super Morse - excellent code practice program |
| Ham Bands |
| Ham Band Plans -Text- |
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NEW 60-METER BAND The new five-channel 60-meter amateur allocation becomes available to US |
World Radiocommunication Conference |
| With the concusion of the World Radiocommunication Conference this weeks first item
has been updated to the following, plus the ARRL page http://www.iaru.org/rel030703att3.html
is very good at explaining the overall changes. Sunday 6th July 2003 - update The Mandatory International Morse Requirement is to Cease The mandatory international Morse requirement for access to the HF bands is to cease. Colin Thomas, G3PSM, an advisor to the UK delegation to the ITU World Radiocommunication Conference, reported on Monday the 30th of June that the mandatory Morse code requirement for HF access would disappear at the end of the conference. However, if any administration feels that it needs to keep the requirement, it has the right to do so. Here in the UK, the Radiocommunications Agency has already stated that it will bring in code-free HF licences as soon as practical to do so. An announcement will be made on GB2RS and on the RSGB website when Full and Intermediate Class B amateurs can start using the HF bands. World-wide 200kHz Allocation at 7MHz - but not Until 2009 Discussions on the 7MHz realignment agenda item at the World Radiocommunication Conference had been long and hard, with no agreement until the very last minute. However, in a last-minute compromise, it was agreed that broadcasters in ITU Regions 1 and 3 would move out of the 7100 to 7200kHz frequency range to make way for the amateur service. The new band will be allocated to the Amateur Service from the 29th of March 2009 - less than six years from now and considered to be a short timescale in ITU terms. Although the compromise solution falls short of the IARU's goal of a 300kHz world-wide exclusive band for amateurs, it will double the amount of spectrum available to amateurs at 7MHz in Regions 1 and 3. Amateurs in the Americas - Region 2 - will be unaffected and will continue to have 7000 to 7300kHz available to them. More detailed reports from Colin Thomas can be found on the RSGB website, while the IARU website carries reports from IARU Secretary David Sumner, K1ZZ. |
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| Ham Radio Operators ID Badge (03-25-03) Ham Radios in Space (08-21-00) FCC Amateur Radio Data Base FCC Compliance & Information Bureau ARRL ARRL License Search ARRL Code Practice Pacific Division ARRL Amateur Radio Newsline Listen via Real Audio Many Ham Links JARS K6UGS - Vern in Shady Cove, Oregon Southern Oregon Amateur Radio JARS/ORCA AAR0CAB/KC7SKR K-BAR-A Klamath Amateur Television KC7HEX - Klamath Falls, Oregon KC7VWW, Klamath County Schools ARC N7RBP, Klamath Falls, Oregon Keno ARC The Daily Triplicate-see clubs Mt. Vaca Radio Club W6TEE - Les' Home Page W4ADJ lots of information WB6YNM Varmint Al's YLRL (Young Ladies Radio League) Lost Traditions Repeater construction information Guide to Using and Building Packet Radio Networks Super Morse - excellent code practice program Amateur Radio RF safety calculator) Spread Spectrum SCARA Controller Manuals (RLC4 for 146.79, RLC1 for others)) Helsinki DX Club Radios Online The Atomic Clock Time World Clock, good Short-wave Listeners Guide |
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Ham Radio Links Amateur Radio Relay League Best source for all Ham radio information. QRZ.COM Look up callsigns here. paKet 6.2 Software for Amateur Radio and it is free! Calif Amateur Radio Users NetCARUN Also a Packet Network in the Bay Area on 145.05 MHz. Siskiyou County Amateur Radio Frank (N6MRX) has made a comprehensive web site for Ham Radio in North Eastern California. The Home of Packet Radio Networking Digital Communications Virtual Library Information on Packet Radio. Jack and Ione's Amateur Radio Page Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) Home Page Atomic Web Clock requires JAVA. Callsign Database WM7D has a web page for looking up Callsigns B. A. R. K. Home Page The Berryessa Amateur Radio Klub 146.970..PL-123.0 & 444.100..PL-71.9 on Berryessa Peak and covers North Central California. Gary Nations, N5KDA's Home page Fort Peck, Montana N7FSH & N7CTF  Martin Rath, FA1UKP in France. APRS Amateur Radio Packet Position Reporting. Ralph Fowler's Atlanta Ham Radio APRS GPS H. Daniel Goemmel KQ6AR |
Links to other UI-View and APRS sites |
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