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Tim N7KOM<p>What's everyone's favorite GMRS radios? Handy or mobile. <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/GMRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GMRS</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Prepping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prepping</span></a></p>
MW1CFN<p>Aha! ARRL has made a bit of a boo-boo in automatically assigning 'GBx' special calls to the DXCC entity of...England!</p><p>This seems to be a recent change because my QSOs uploaded fine under the Wales-assigned GB1MUU certificate until very recently.</p><p>Quite a faux-pas on the part of our American friends. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/arrl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arrl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a></p>
Timo<p>Und jetzt eine Premiere! Der erste Bausatz für <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/amateurfunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amateurfunk</span></a> bei uns im Shop :). Stolz zusammen entwickelt mit 1DLFLO und <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.darc.de/@AJW" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AJW</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://shop.blinkyparts.com/de/50Ohm-Dummy-Load-Bausatz-das-perfekte-Projekt-fuer-junge-Funkamateure/blink23150" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shop.blinkyparts.com/de/50Ohm-</span><span class="invisible">Dummy-Load-Bausatz-das-perfekte-Projekt-fuer-junge-Funkamateure/blink23150</span></a></p><p>Dazu gibt es auf der <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/HAMRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HAMRadio</span></a> übrigens einen Extra Workshop. Also gerne <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/weitersagen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weitersagen</span></a> 😍 </p><p>Weitere <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Funkamateur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Funkamateur</span></a> Bausätze werden folgen. Was sollte als nächstes in den Shop? :)</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a></p>
Dingo<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@jpm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jpm</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eigenmagic.net/@stilgherrian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stilgherrian</span></a></span> <br>May get more luck with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurRadio</span></a></p>
Lionel - KJ7OFH<p>Dr. Andrew Thornett <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/M6THO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>M6THO</span></a> - Making a 150cm <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/RadioTelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioTelescope</span></a> from a Solar Cooker</p><p>2025 <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/SARA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARA</span></a> Eastern Conference</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02GskF-4jbU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=02GskF-4jb</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/RadioAstronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioAstronomy</span></a></p>
Nick's world 🌎 👨‍🦯<p><a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurRadio</span></a> folks, I found an audio version of the ARRL manual for studying to pass the test but its the 4th edition, is that the latest edition? if not, what is? and if I use the 4th edition, will i fail the test? <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a></p>
Steve Stroh N8GNJ<p>Zero Retries 0206 - <br><a href="https://www.zeroretries.org/p/zero-retries-0206" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">zeroretries.org/p/zero-retries</span><span class="invisible">-0206</span></a></p><p>* What’s New at DLARC 2025-06<br>* M17 - N8GNJ’s Perspective as of June 2025<br>* Followup On Single Frequency Repeaters<br>* IP400 Press Release<br>* APRS Foundation Zoom Call<br>* Reasonably Priced UPS with USB and 12V<br>* Sorcerer - Building a Nervous System for the Atmosphere<br>* Packet Commander iOS app<br>* VP-Digi<br>* Skyroof Sat Track and SDR software<br>* Improving the CS7000 M17 PLUS</p><p>Zero Retries is an independent Amateur Radio newsletter.<br><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a></p>
Jim "Ham on a Bike"<p>Tough <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> Early Bird <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/parksontheair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parksontheair</span></a> CW <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/MorseCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MorseCode</span></a> activation today. <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Geomagneticstormc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geomagneticstormc</span></a> Severe Weather Alert Day, Mowing Crew. I was just waiting for Jason to jump off from the woods on this Friday The 13th.</p>
Kelvin n0mql EN35ld<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@rhonda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rhonda</span></a></span> <br>Fun coincidence. My wife gets her hair cut about every 6 weeks, but last Saturday I also had MY hair cut by him. "Number 1 all over." Simplest haircut ever, usually do myself.</p><p>But since I knew I was going to be in his chair, &amp; it being <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/PrideMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrideMonth</span></a>, I wore my proudest <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> T-shirt, &amp; gave him a fun magnet.</p><p>He got a chuckle out of 'em.</p>
Bob the Traveler<p>Oliver Lodge, born OTD in 1851, was involved in the development of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a>; he identified electromagnetic radiation independent of Hertz's proof and demonstrated a radio wave detector he named the "coherer" <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/radio/hfqrp.html?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/radio/hfqrp.</span><span class="invisible">html?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a></p>
cathos<p>I keep saying APRS when I mean to say ADS-B. And I keep getting confused between CW (continuous wave / morse) and cw (content warning). It does not help that all of my contexts have collapsed into fedi. <br><a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/FlightTracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlightTracking</span></a></p>
Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:<p><a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/ARRL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARRL</span></a> continues to be bad at technology in the most amusing ways. <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a></p>
Chris (W1YTQ)<p>Just activated Minute Man National Park with an unusual setup. My KH1 with a quarter wave vertical whip. </p><p>Worked fine.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.roundpond.net/tags/POTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roundpond.net/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a></p>
Gary @N8DMT<p>Made a few simple maximum volume level measurements for the family’s HT collection to see which are loudest and in what configuration (radio alone or radio + speaker microphone). Have a better understanding of what radios to use for different operating conditions after these tests. <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/AudioTest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AudioTest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HearingProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HearingProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/SDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SDR</span></a></p>
Jeremy (G1WVK)<p>Last night's <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/RSGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSGB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/70cm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>70cm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/FMAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FMAC</span></a> was fun. It was a lovely evening to be portable, but lots of flies were out too.<br><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurRadio</span></a></p>
Narwhal Amateur Radio Soc.<p>Narwhal Amateur Radio Society No-Host Round Robin in 1 Hour! (02:00utc) Allstar node 61672 <a href="https://nars.narwhal.be/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">nars.narwhal.be/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a></p>
Comrade Weez<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@SrRochardBunson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SrRochardBunson</span></a></span> NB: 'ham' is not an acronym nor initialism like 'CB' and should not be capitalised. You can make a sandwich with a ham but if you want to communicate wirelessly, you want a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a>. 73 es gud dx de VK2AAF/WD9GYO <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/redstateinsurgents" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>redstateinsurgents</span></a></span></p>
Gary @N8DMT<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> Encourage all to read the Communications Act of 1934, including portions concerning disclosure of communications with others. Not necessarily a fun read, but possibly an important one if you are radio active. <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Scanner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scanner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a></p>
Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson<p>From a friend regarding portable off-grid communications. </p><p>FRS is the kind specifically designed for families and no license required. </p><p>These 2 are cheap portable HAMs that can be "detuned" to work like a FRS but have way more capability. </p><p>"Quansheng UV-5R or UV-K8 are generally pretty cheap on AliExpress, I'd recommend the latter myself - not so much intended for family comms, but will absolutely do the job"</p><p>They're ~$30 each. Even with tariffs.<br>For example:<br><a href="https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805561063341.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aliexpress.us/item/32568055610</span><span class="invisible">63341.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LoRa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoRa</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meshtastic</span></a> is also worth looking into.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resilience</span></a> is an act of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/redstateinsurgents" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>redstateinsurgents</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HAMRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HAMRadio</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FRS</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a></p>
Jim "Ham on a Bike"<p>A break in the rain. Good morning all especially my <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/amateurradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amateurradio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/hamradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamradio</span></a> friends across the pond. <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/pota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pota</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/parksontheair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parksontheair</span></a> CW <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/morsecode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>morsecode</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/qrp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qrp</span></a></p>