Category Archives: HamRadio
Amateur Radio Blog Posts. Ham radio events, operations and local news
The Old Bridge Antenna
Florence Old Bridge This picture I’ve taken few days ago, reveals, what I’ve always considered, the symbol of amateur radio in Florence. This Yagi Antenna tower, erected very close to the old bridge several years ago I suppose belong to IK5JXR (I5BKO), now SK. Just wanted to share this piece of my city with you.
FT5ZM Log now Online!
FT5ZM clublog log db has been updated right now! So it means they have an internet connection Are you in the log ?
Google Glass Ham Radio app
Google glass are wearable computer, with a built-in Android OS on it, and in this movie N3WG Nick Garner show us a sample application of a ham radio related application written for the Google Glass platform. Practically Nick is able to remote control an Elecraft KX3 radio via the Pigremote connected via Wi-Fi, of
Ham Radio and Arduino
Looks like the Arduino platform is getting popular and popular among amateur radio community. I’ve been reading a lot’s of interesting projects based on the Arduino, from CW Players, to antenna tuners, beacons, keyers, and rotor controllers, magnetic loops controllers and more. The Arduino looks is so popular that the ARRL is also publishing a
QSL Query : App for Google Glass
David Young, AE5DY announced QSL Query the first Google Glass application associated with the hobby of amateur radio. It is basically used to look up FCC call sign information, primarily for use in filling out QSL cards. Currently, the information returned by QSL Query includes the name, address, and license class of the person associated
Scanning Osnabrueck
I’m in Osnabrueck north germany and playing with my RtlSdr dongle scanning VHF
SDR on your Android Galaxy S3
IW5EIJ Leonardo, yesterday night showed me a nice App running on Android, named SDR Touch. Connecting the Samsung Galaxy S3 to the RTLSDR dongle will turn your smartphone into a nice wide band receiver. Leonardo is however experiencing an unwanted and unexpected phone vibration during reception. Could not gave him any hint since, I don’t
IU – New Ham Radio Callsign Prefix in Italy
The Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico has run out of callsigns with the IZ prefix. A new IU prefix has been just announced. The new IU Prefix will be added to the already in use prefixes for ham radio operators, I IK IW and the IZ. In Italy, we have several other Ham Radio Callsign Prefixes
Micromix
Just added a new gadget for my Shack. the Behringer Micro Mix, an amplified audio mixer to optimize audio output management. With this 4 ways mixer I can connect up to 4 radios and use a single external speaker, can mix volumes, and with an Y cable I’ve also connected my new Yamaha CM500 headsets.