Monday Overdrive for February 3rd, 2025

February 3, 2025Each week so much compelling content is considered for Amateur Radio Weekly but there’s always a handful of great links that just can’t fit. These are the links that didn’t make it into issue 367 of Amateur Radio Weekly.

• Flight Over Snow-Covered Mount Rainier with Ham Radio Operations
  Flight from Gig Harbor, Washington around Mount Rainier with 2-meter FM ham radio Operations. The video includes ground footage from KG7EJT who was operating on Panorama Point on Mount Rainier.
  W7NY YouTube
• Charlestown ‘Hams’ Put Amateur Radio Club Back on The Air
  Charlestown’s Amateur Radio Club operates from a ham radio “shack” where they contact other hams around the world.
  Patch
• Taylorator Makes Mischief On The Airwaves
  Spamming the full FM broadcast band simultaneously.
  Hackaday
• Successful contact on the 1296 MHz band by bouncing signals off Geostationary satellites
  On the 22nd January 2025, the PI9RD station at the Dwingeloo radio telescope facility in the Netherlands managed to make a contact with HB9Q in Switzerland by bouncing signals off an INMARSAT satellite in geosynchronous orbit.
  EI7GL
• WPTF’s Transmitter Site Is Host to a Radio Time Capsule
  While the site is operational, its accompanying building has long been sealed off.
  RadioWorld

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ARRL Seeks Nominations for Awards

January 29, 2025

ARRL seeks your help in honoring the outstanding work done by hams, through the ARRL Service Awards. There are a host of different awards which are divided into four categories: Education Awards, Media/Public Relations Awards, Technical Awards, and Distinguished Service Awards.

Awards include:

• Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award
• ARRL Herb S. Brier Award for Instructors and Teachers
• ARRL Microwave Development Award
• ARRL Technical Service Award
• ARRL Technical Innovation Award
• ARRL Philip J. McGan Memorial Silver Antenna Award
• ARRL Bill Leonard Award
• Knight Distinguished Service Award
• George Hart Distinguished Service Award

Most nominations are due by March 31st and can be submitted through the ARRL.

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