Inside Hamfest - Newark 2019

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Taking a wander around this years National Hamfest at Newark here in the UK....

International Space Station Contact 24/09/2019

International Space Station Contact 23/09/2019

International Space Station Contacts 23rd/24th September 2019

Two Amateur Radio contacts this week with the International Space Station:

OR4ISS (Nick Hague KG5TMV) - 89 deg - (TB) ON4ISS (NIH, Bethesda, MD)

WhenMon, September 23, 20:08 – 20:19 GMT (21:08 - 21:19 BST)

WhereThe Children’s Inn at NIH (National Institutes of Health), Bethesda, MD 

DescriptionAOS: 20:08:27 GMT
RX: 145.800 MHz - FM over Europe

OR4ISS (Nick Hague KG5TMV) - 86 deg - (TB) IK1SLD (Boulder, CO)

WhenTue, September 24, 17:43 – 17:54 GMT (18:43 - 18:54 BST)

WhereUniversity of Colorado Amateur Radio Club, Boulder, CO 

DescriptionAOS: 17:43:20 GMT
RX: 145.800 MHz - FM over Europe  

Retevis RT98 Mobile UHF Transceiver

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Lewis, M3HHY, takes a look at this tiny little radio from Retevis...

The North East Net 18/09/2019

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All of the action from The North East Net on 18/09/2019....

President Taylor IV @ Knights

Doug @ Knights here in the UK has announced that the new President Taylor IV is now in stock, priced at £159.00

LINK: CLICK HERE

Features

-  AM / FM
- Channel rotary switch
- Volume adjustment and ON/OFF
- Manual squelch and ASC
- Multi-function LCD display
- Frequency display
- Analogue S/RF vu-meter
- ANL / NB / HI-CUT filters
- Mode switch AM / FM
- Scan
- Public Address
- Talkback
- VOX
- 2 x Preset (emergency) Channels (EMG 1/2)
- Key beep
- Roger beep
- Mic type selection electret / dynamic
- F function key
- SWR (Power Reading /SWR)
- Front microphone socket
- External loudspeaker jack (3.5mm)
- USB 5V 2.1A

The Big Net 2019

AM QSO PARTY

News of an event to help promote the use of Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio bands:

AM QSO PARTY 2020

Operating Event on the HF Amateur Bands Using The AM Mode.

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Saturday 25th January 2020 - 06:00 UTC

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until

Sunday 26th January - 12:00 UTC

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Organised by the

AM Amateur Radio Europe Facebook Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/656582541370211/

Also: https://amqsoparty.wixsite.com/mysite

As we all know, AM is a very underused mode these days and it's great to see people promoting and encouraging it's use.

26CTX2500 Activation

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Some more UK hilltop DX action from The North West Net including a contact with 68PD116 in Belfast, and the President Grant 2 is sounding great!