Air Force MARS Special Event Begins Today

November 5, 2024Air Force MARS will hold a special event from November 5 to November 11 celebrating 76 years of operation.

14 callsigns will make up the event operating SSB, CW, and digital modes across the General portion of the 80 through 6 meter bands. Certificates will be available.

Source: Air Force MARS open_in_new

Interviews From the spectrum24 Conference

November 4, 2024The initial spectrum24 conference took place in Rambouillet, France on the 14th and 15th of September 2024. Hacker Public Radio was there and recently published several interviews from presenters and sponsors.

Audio of interviews from day 1 is available here and includes:

• Sylvain Azarian (F4GKR) president of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 1
• François-Xavier Hugo and Jules Benkemoun (F4IEY) speaking about the Club RadioAmateur F4KLO’s radio telescope
• Anthony Le Cren (F4GOH) and his effort to set up an amateur radio station at a technical school
• Michael Zwingl (OE3MZC) president of the Institute of Citizen Science for Space and Wireless Communication talks about MeshCom 4.0

Audio of interviews from day 2 is available here and includes:

• Morgan Dieport (ON4MOD) of the M17 Project
• Silvano Seva (IU2KWO) of OpenRTX
• Sebastien Dudek of RF Swift, a toolbox for your RF & HW assessments
• Thierry Alves (F4EOB) and VLF reception
• trx-control

Source: Hacker Public Radio open_in_new