Bob K0NR

Slow Death for Broadband Over Power Line (BPL)

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The ham radio community has been rightly concerned about the radio frequency interference potential from most Broadband Over Power Line (BPL) systems. The ARRL continues to do battle with the BPL providers and the FCC over specific RFI issues. Most recently, the ARRL faced the FCC in the US Court of Appeals, challenging the FCC’s … Read more

ARRL Snags QST.org

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From the Big News From Newington Department: Long-time ham and ARRL member David Lien, W6OVP, of Battle Ground, Washington, has transferred the Web address www.QST.org to the ARRL. If you head to that URL, you’ll now find yourself in the QST section of the ARRLWeb. “I bought the rights to it about nine years ago,” … Read more

K9JY’s 30 Ham Radio Contesting Tips

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Scot K9JY took it upon himself to write up a ham radio contesting tip every day in September. He ended up with a great list of 30 tips for improving your contesting experience. Scot writes from an HF contester’s point of view but most of the tips work well for VHF contests, too. Whether you … Read more

Jay Maynard K5ZC on D-STAR Repeaters

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The Radio Amateur Information Network (RAIN) Report has an interview with Jay Maynard, K5ZC, from the National Frequency Coordinators Council concerning the use of digital repeaters. Jay discusses the issues around the alledged FCC statement that “D-STAR systems are not repeaters” and gives a good overview of the challenges of adopting digital repeater technology. The … Read more

Religion and Ham Radio

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We need to get the religion out of ham radio. No, I am not talking about the HF nets that support missionaries or similar activities. (Those people might actually be doing something good for the world.) I am talking about the religious debates concerning new technology…this technology is better than that technology. Amateur radio is … Read more

HamLinks Toolbar for IE and Firefox

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I just came across the NØHR Toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox. I just installed the HamLinks toolbar into Internet Explorer. (I had previously given up on Firefox.) HamLinks: The Ham Radio Toolbar for Firefox and IE HamLinks is a free ham radio toolbar that extends your (Internet Explorer or Firefox) web browser to give … Read more