Sometimes it takes a little inspiration to try different facets of our hobby… Here’s an Amateur Radio Challenges Checklist from RATPAC to expand your horizons.
How many tasks on the checklist can you complete in 2025?
George KJ6VU (from Sierra Radio Systems) and Josh KI6NAZ discuss the state of amateur radio repeaters.
On Christmas Eve morning, Tuesday December 24th 2024, SAQ Grimeton is scheduled1 to be on the air, to send out the traditional Christmas message to the whole World, using the 200kW Alexanderson alternator from 1924, on 17.2 kHz CW.
The local ham club in my home town is the Mile High Radio Club or MHRC. As a public service the MHRC recently committed to providing the entire local community with a GMRS repeater. This location is Idyllwild, California which is to say that we live relatively isolated in a very small mountain village high on Mt. San Jacinto in Southern California. Village elevation is 5200 ft. and is embedded in a forest of tall pine and cedar. Wildfires and earthquakes are a constant worry here because the infamous San Andreas fault is a few miles away. Also, Idyllwild has become a favorite tourist destination for hikers who use the countless wilderness trails and seem to create their own emergencies on a regular basis.
Continuation of a series begun in Zero Retries 0179 - Explaining the Use Case for Data Over Repeater - Part 1.
