M17 Conference Accepting Proposals

March 4, 2025The M17 Foundation is currently accepting proposals for talks and booths at the upcoming M17 Conference taking place September 6-7. The conference location will be in Poland at Garnizonowy Klub Oficerski.

The foundation asks that presenters consider the following topics:

• M17 Protocol
• Open-source hardware/software development and sustainability
• Reverse engineering and hacking
• GNU Radio
• Digital RF protocols for amateur radio
• Amateur satellite communications
• Amateur radio infrastructure
• Signal intelligence

Source: M17 Foundation open_in_new

Monday Overdrive for March 3rd, 2025

March 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 371 of Amateur Radio Weekly.

• QRV Digital email group
  This group is dedicated to being ready- locally, regionally and nationally to help pass traffic in an emergency.
  QRV Digital
• A Universal Unun? Not so fast!
  The animosity towards feeding a wire antenna at one of its ends approaches supernova intensity at times.
  Ham Radio Outside the Box
• Creating a Drone Based Synthetic Aperture Radar
  Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is a technique that can generate high-resolution imagery through the use of radar microwaves on a moving platform.
  TRL-SDR.com
• sBitx cooling woes solved!
  The HF Signals sBitx radio is designed to be a passive radio. That is, it is not cooled by fans at all.
  Ham Radio Today
• Using o3-mini to Set up a Log Book Transfer for use with QRZ.com
  New ham cleans up log book on QRZ with the help of o3-mini.
  Copasetic Flow

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Source: Amateur Radio Weekly open_in_new