ANS-186 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

ANS-186 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: amsat.org — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale AMSAT News Service ANS-186July 5, 2026 In this edition: AMSAT President Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, Featured on Ham Radio Workbench Podcast MarmotSat: Student-Built Canadian CubeSat Brings Open-Source Amateur Experiments to VHF and 10 Meters OSCARLOCATOR Web Generator Turns Live Elements Into Printable Tracking Sheets Recent IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination Activity Amateur Radio Payloads Aboard SpaceX Transporter-17 AMSAT at Moon Day, Dallas – Saturday,…

Guide to July 2026 Ham Radio Contests: UK Edition

Guide to July 2026 Ham Radio Contests: UK Edition

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale July 2026 is a big month for the United Kingdom and amateur radio. Here are a few highlights to mark on your calendar. *** After more than three years of planning, significant support from the amateur radio community, and enough volunteers to fill all the holes in Albert Hall, the 2026 World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) is set to take place July 8-13…

New Products Spotlight: More Models of Comet No-Hole Fender Brackets for Mounting Mobile Antennas

New Products Spotlight: More Models of Comet No-Hole Fender Brackets for Mounting Mobile Antennas

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale June 2026 is busting out with fresh amateur radio gear at DX Engineering! Today, we’re featuring a product that makes it incredibly simple to securely mount a mobile antenna for all your on- and off-road communication needs. Comet Antennas No-Hole Fender Brackets (Image/Comet) (Image/Comet) DX Engineering offers nearly 30 of these vehicle-specific truck and SUV mobile antenna brackets that mount without drilling. Comet…

Amateur Radio EmComm Prep—A Look at What Equipment You’ll Need When the Worst Happens

Amateur Radio EmComm Prep—A Look at What Equipment You’ll Need When the Worst Happens

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale In previous articles, I’ve looked at necessary software to be used for EmComm. But really, what equipment do we need to have at the ready for when that “bad day” happens? Many operators are of the mindset that they will use their POTA setup as their EmComm setup. In some cases that will work, but EmComm requires a little different flair. With POTA,…

Special Event Station will Activate Barra Lighthouse

Special Event Station will Activate Barra Lighthouse

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: daily.hamweekly.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale The following is a message from the International Amateur Radio Association (AIRA): On July 18, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, AIRA will be activating the Barra Lighthouse in Ílhavo, Aveiro- Portugal. We warmly invite radio amateurs to join us in this special activation. The designated callsign will be CS5AIRA. The activity will operate across the 20 and 40-meter bands, as well…

Why I Won’t Be On 6 Meters This Weekend During Contest Hours

Why I Won’t Be On 6 Meters This Weekend During Contest Hours

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: worldwidedx.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale Heh ….. gonna lay my gripe here because I’d get snarked off the edge of the world on qrz 6 has been open good the last few weeks and I love making contacts and talking to the peeps on this band that’s only open for a number of weeks the whole year. June ARRL VHF Contest I get contesting. The contesters want to…

AI said it was Impossible: A Compact, Portable, 35 Watt Backpack Packet Station

AI said it was Impossible: A Compact, Portable, 35 Watt Backpack Packet Station

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: worldwidedx.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale Background I few months ago, I set out on a quest to put together a mid-power backpack VHF packet station using equipment I already had, but with one catch: I wanted the ability to deploy it with a self supporting vertical antenna for use in situations where suspending antennas from trees or structure was impossible. I knew what type of components were necessary…

Ham Radio: The Hobby of a Thousand Hobbies 

Ham Radio: The Hobby of a Thousand Hobbies 

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale At first glance, amateur radio seems simple: talk into a microphone, press a key, make contacts. That’s the doorway. But once people step through it, many discover that operating the radio is only one part of what keeps them interested. Ham radio is often called the hobby of a thousand hobbies because it’s not really one activity—it’s a sprawling group of interests that…

Yaesu FT-8500

Yaesu FT-8500

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: radioamatore.info — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale Il trasmettitore dual band Yaesu FT-8500FS10 ha una caratteristica davvero unica. Ogni caratteristica di questo dual-bander può essere controllata dal microfono intelligente FS10 in dotazione, all-in-one; anche volume e squelch. Altre caratteristiche includono: visualizzazione alfanumerica su entrambe le bande, ricezione estesa con aria, visualizzazione dello spettro, 9600 bps ready, visualizzazione della tensione digitale e silenziamento automatico. La potenza in uscita su 2 metri…

AOR AR-DV10

AOR AR-DV10

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: radioamatore.info — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale AOR AR-DV10 – Ricevitore SDR scanner palmare di segnali analogici e digitali – 9KHZ-1300MHZ – all mode Analogico / Dstar / DMR / C4FM / TETRA   Caratteristiche Generali: – Modalità analogiche e digitali da 100 kHz a 1300 MHz – 10 modi digitali: TETRA, P25 (fase 1 + 2), DMR, Mototrbo, dPMR, NXDN, D-STAR, Alinco, Yaesu – Rilevamento automatico delle modalità digitali…