SKYWARN RECOGNITION DAY OPERATOR REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE! SKYWARN Recognition Day was created in 1999 by the National Weather Service and the American Radio Relay League. Amateur radio operators comprise a large percentage of SKYWARN volunteers across the country, providing vital communication between the NWS and emergency management if normal communications become inoperative. During this special […]
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Ron, KX4DQ will be presenting an introduction to radio astronomy at the November Monthly Meeting, November 16th, 2019. Ron has provided a copy of his presentation document in advance of the meeting – you can download a PDF copy of that here: Radio Astronomy Intro. Check out the calendar for time and location of the […]
Dickson Co. Radio Club event – November 11 Dickson Co. AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Meeting Monday Nov. 11th. The Dickson Co. Amateur Radio Club will hold their monthly meeting at 7:00PM CT at the Dickson Co. EOC in the Training Room. The EOC is located at 284 Cowan Rd. in Dickson. Pizza will be served starting […]
In addition to accepting the award for their 2018 November Sweepstakes win, Tim, AD4CJ gave a presentation on VARA. VARA is a software modem using orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation. VARA is capable of HF speeds comparable with Pactor 3. It does this using 52 carriers limited to 42 bps thus satisfying the FCC symbol […]
Tim, AD4CJ and Carl, KB9DKR accepted the ARRL Award plaque on behalf of the entire N4FR team. They won the division for Multioperator, Single Transmitter, Low Power for CW with a score of 89,440. The team was AD4CJ, K3IE, KB9DKR and N4CCB. Congratulations all!
The second Saturday Morse Code Tutor build event was also well attended. This posting includes pictures from the second Morse Code Tutor build event along with Cliff, N4CCB’s video of Dave, KI4PSR demonstrating the steps involved in the build! Links to the schematics, parts information etc. are included as well. Check out the build video […]