ISS SSTV Reception Hints
Hams interested in receiving SSTV from the International Space Station (ISS) users may find the Spacecomms ISS SSTV Reception Hints and AMSAT-UK How to hear the ISS pages to be useful resources for getting started.
TECHNICAL Category
Content related to the activities of the RRRA Technical Committee and the equipment/systems they maintain, along with technical topics of general interest.
QRM.guru Can Help With Interference
Do you need help resolving Amateur Radio intereference issues? QRM.guru is here to help!
QRM.guru, sponsored by The Amateur Radio Society of Australia Inc., is an educational and reference resource developed to assist Amateur Radio operators mitigate RF noise issues. Although developed for VK hams, this resource contains information useful worldwide.
QRM.guru is a responsive (i.e. “mobile friendly”) and comprehensive resource intended to help hams with:
A harbinger of Solar Cycle 25?
On November 19, 2018, Dr. Tony Phillips reported in his A Sunspot from the Next Solar Cycle article that an ephemeral sunspot with a reversed magnetic field was detected by Nasa’s Solar Dynamics Observatory at 21:00 UT on November 17th, 2018. This sunspot matches two previously reported spots and suggests that the " slow transition between Solar Cycle 24 and Solar Cycle 25 appears to be underway."1
W0ILO Wheatland Repeater Out Of Service
The W0ILO Wheatland Repeater (formerly operating at 147.255) has been removed from service for relocation.
Please refer to KD0IOE’s announcement on the Club Announcement and Discussion mailing lists for more information.
Please contact the RRRA President, , if you can assist with a new location for this repeater.
Grounding, Lightning and RFI Resources
Grounding, lightning and RFI resources collected, and periodically posted, by MyrddinWyllt (a moderator for the Amateur Radio subreddit).
