“Helene aftermath:  Aid, community resilience, and egress/ingress.”

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Issue 350 October 5th, 2024 Top links Helene Aftermath: Aid, community resilience, and egress/ingress We are still using a simplex frequency (147.55 MHz) for communications in the neighborhood and another (146.52 MHz) for the Swannanoa area on the VHF calling frequency. QRPer Ham Radio and the aftermath of Helene Traditional media reports are beginning to pop up, highlighting the ability for Amateur Radio to help during natural disasters. Amateur Radio Daily Space Station Slow Scan TV transmissions ARISS is planning a Slow Scan Television (SSTV) experiment from the International Space Station, scheduled to start on Tuesday, October 8, and running until Monday, October 14. AMSAT UK Tiny4FSK – The lightweight Horus Binary Tracker Tiny4FSK aims to be an ultra-tiny high-altitude tracking system. It runs on 1 AA battery that lasts for 10-17 hours. New England Weather Balloon Society Strongest solar flare of Solar Cycle 25 Two CMEs are now heading for Earth following consecutive X-flares. SpaceWeather.com Tinkering with an antenna As this was going to be an experimental antenna, I didn’t care too much how kludgey the thing looked. KB6NU Making your first QSOs on 10 GHz using the Icom IC-905 KI8R, with help from the active community of microwave operators and assistance provided by rain scatter propagation, makes two QSOs on 10 GHz. OnAllBands Python code to generate WSPR audio tones This works both on my Mac and on a Raspberry Pi with no modification. marxys musing on technology How to take backpack portable radio to the next level Field trials – including a couple of successful POTA activations – with this arrangement verified that the backpack has sufficient stability to support a 20m quarter wave whip. Ham Radio Outside the Box Voice of America will get a new headquarters For 70 years it has been based at its current location, almost in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol. Radio World The 1924 Martian Signal: A cosmic curiosity The U.S. Navy imposed a nationwide radio silence for five minutes each hour to allow observatories to listen for signals from Mars. Hackaday Video AWA AM QSO Party Operating a rare Collins KW1 at the Antique Wireless Association during their annual AM QSO Party. N2MAK Did you receive this email as a forward? Sign-up here Amateur Radio Weekly is curated by K4HCK. Do you have an interesting item to share? Email us! Thank you for reading. 73 Friends of the Newsletter | View the archive | Follow on Mastodon Explore the Ham Weekly Network Amateur Radio Weekly | NetFinder | Amateur Radio Daily

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