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PACKET RADIO STATION - BUENOS AIRES (GF05OM)
PYTHON SCHEDULED NEWSLETTERS (PSN)
COPYRIGHT 2025 - EDUARDO A. CASTILLO
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AMATEUR RADIO WEEKLY ISSUE 406
HAMVENTION 2026 THEME AND LOGO OUR THEME FOR HAMVENTION 2026 IS
“RADIO ADVENTURE!” HAMVENTION HAMCLOCK PROJECT TO SUNSET
JUNE 2026 THE HAMCLOCK PROJECT WILL NO LONGER RECEIVE UPDATES. AMATEUR
RADIO DAILY HAM RADIO ISN’T GROWING AND IT’S ALL YOUR
FAULT HANG AROUND THE AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNITY FOR A FEW DECADES AND
ITS MANY PECCADILLOS WILL […]
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A SNAPSHOT OF U.S. POTA SITES, ACTIVATORS, AND ACTIVATIONS
WE OFTEN READ THAT POTA IS THE FASTEST-GROWING ACTIVITY IN U.S.
AMATEUR RADIO. IVE SAID IT, TOO. SEVERAL TIMES. I THINK SATELLITE
OPERATIONS ARE A DISTANT SECOND GROWTH ACTIVITY. BUT DO WE ACTUALLY
KNOW MUCH ABOUT POTA ACTIVITY GROWTH THROUGH EMPIRICAL DATA? MY
IMPRESSIONS ARE BASED ON GUESSTIMATES FROM DATA ON CANADA WHERE I
ANALYZED [...]
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ICQPODCAST EPISODE 475 EXPANDING PORTABLE OPS ON 70CM/2M
IN THIS EPISODE, WE JOIN MARTIN BUTLER M1MRB, DAN ROMANCHIK KB6NU,
CARYN EVE MURRAY KD2GUT, EDMUND SPICER M0MNG, AND ED DURRANT DD5LP TO
DISCUSS THE LATEST AMATEUR / HAM RADIO NEWS. COLIN BUTLER (M6BOY)
ROUNDS UP THE NEWS IN BRIEF, AND THE EPISODE'S FE...
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AMATEUR RADIO WEEKLY ISSUE 405
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS IN BELARUS ARRESTED, FACE THE DEATH PENALTY
THE ARRESTS ARE AN EXTREME ATTACK ON WHAT IS MOST OFTEN A WHOLESOME
HOBBY. 404 MEDIA WHAT DID BELARUSIAN AMATEUR RADIO SPIES ACTUALLY
INTERCEPT? ENTHUSIASTS WERE ABLE TO LISTEN IN ON BOTH THE MILITARY AND
LUKASHENKA’S SECURITY SERVICE. BELSAT WHATS NEW AT DIGITAL
LIBRARY OF […]
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HAM COLLEGE 133
HAM COLLEGE EPISODE 133 IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD. TECHNICIAN EXAM
QUESTIONS PART 20. T6C CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS: USE OF SCHEMATICS, BASIC
STRUCTURE, SCHEMATIC SYMBOLS OF BASIC COMPONENTS. T6D COMPONENT
FUNCTIONS: RECTIFIERS, RELAYS, VOLTAGE REGULATORS, METERS, INDICATORS,
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, TRANSFORMERS, RESONANT CIRCUIT, SHIELDING. THIS
EPISODE OF HAM COLLEGE (0:00-39:27) FOCUSES ON ELECTRICAL DIAGRAMS AND
... CONTINUE READING HAM COLLEGE 133
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MY YOU CAN THINK OF THE DARNDEST THINGS WHILE IN A HOSPITAL BED...
LISTENERS TO THE ICQ PODCAST WHERE I APPEAR MONTHLY AS A PRESENTER
PROBABLY HEARD ME SAY THAT I WAS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED FOR A HIGHLY
AGGRESSIVE PROSTATE CANCER (ADENOCARCINOMA, GLEASON 8) ALMOST TWO
YEARS AGO AT THE MAYO CLINIC. WHILE IN ROCHESTER FOR TWO WEEKS, I HAD
A LOT OF TIME IN BED RECOVERING FROM THE [...]
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HAVING BLOG ISSUES
WHILE TAKING PART OF MY MORNING BREW I NOTICED AN ISSUE
WITH MY BLOG. I HAVE A LIST OF THE BLOGS THAT I FOLLOW AND BLOGGER
CALLS IT A BLOG LIST GADGET. THE LITTLE SQUARES BESIDE EACH OF THE
BLOGS I FOLLOW IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SOLID COLOR AND...
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PYTHON SCRIPT SHUTTING DOWN THE STATION
NEXT UP IS MY PYTHON SCRIPT FOR SHUTTING DOWN MY CONTEST
STATION. THAT PROBABLY MAKES IT SOUND LIKE IM RUNNING SOME MASSIVE,
HIGH-END OPERATIONBUT IN REALITY, I JUST REALLY LIKE THINGS TO WORK
SMOOTHLY. I FIND IT INCREDIBLY HANDY TO SIMPLY DOUB...
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AMATEURLOGIC 213: RF BURNS
AMATEURLOGIC.TV EPISODE 213 IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD.
IN ANOTHER TALES FROM THE TRANSMITTER, GEORGE PRESENTS RF BURNS. EMILE
IS GETTING BACK ON THE AIR IN THE NEW SHACK. MIKE ASKS HEY
WHAT’S THAT, WISP?
DOWNLOAD
YOUTUBE
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AMATEUR RADIO WEEKLY ISSUE 404
NEW 60-METER FREQUENCIES AVAILABLE AS OF FEBRUARY 13 ITS A BIT
CONFUSING, AS DIFFERENT RULES APPLY TO DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE BAND.
ARRL USING VOCAP TO PREDICT HF PROPAGATION THIS POST GOES DEEP INTO
THE TECHNICAL CHOICES WE MADE TO BRING VOACAP A SERIOUS PROPAGATION
PREDICTION SYSTEM TO A SIMPLE WEB INTERFACE. DXLOOK […]
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HAM COLLEGE 132
HAM COLLEGE EPISODE 132 IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD. TECHNICIAN EXAM
QUESTIONS PART 19 T6A FIXED AND VARIABLE RESISTORS, CAPACITORS,
INDUCTORS, FUSES, SWITCHES, BATTERIES. T6B SEMICONDUCTORS: BASIC
PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF SOLID STATE DEVICES, DIODES AND
TRANSISTORS. HAM COLLEGE 132, TITLED TECHNICIAN EXAM QUESTIONS PART
19, FOCUSES ON TOPICS T6A (FIXED AND VARIABLE ... CONTINUE READING HAM
COLLEGE 132
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PYTHON SCRIPT ENERGIZES MY CONTESTING SETUP.
I
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SOME PYTHON SCRIPTS TO AUTOMATE TASKS THAT I
WOULD
RATHER NOT DO MANUALLY. THE VIDEO ABOVE SHOWS MY CONTEST STATION
POWERING UP FROM START TO FINISH.
WHY
DO THIS, YOU ASK? THE PART OF THE AMATEUR RADIO HOBBY THAT REALLY...
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2026 NAQP CONTEST
THE JANUARY NAQP IS ALWAYS A CONTEST I
LOOK FORWARD TO. IT STARTS AT 2:00 PM LOCAL TIME, AND MY PLAN WAS TO
OPERATE FOR ABOUT EIGHT HOURS OF THE TEN-HOUR EVENT. THIS CONTEST IS
ALWAYS WELL ATTENDED, AND WITH THE MAXIMUM POWER LIMITED TO 100 WA...
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ICQPODCAST EPISODE 474 NEW RADIO SHACK ADDITIONS
IN THIS EPISODE, WE JOIN MARTIN BUTLER M1MRB, CHRIS HOWARD (M0TCH),
FRANK HOWELL (K4FMH) AND LESLIE BUTTERFIELDS (G0CIB) TO DISCUSS THE
LATEST AMATEUR / HAM RADIO NEWS. COLIN BUTLER (M6BOY) ROUNDS UP THE
NEWS IN BRIEF, AND THE EPISODE'S FEATURE IS NEW RADIO SHACK ADDITIONS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR MONTHLY AND ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION DONORS FOR
KEEPING THE PODCAST ADVERT FREE. TO DONATE, PLEASE VISIT -
HTTP://WWW.ICQPODCAST.COM/DONATE EASING THE WAY FOR BLIND HAMS TO
USE DIGITAL MODES AMSAT YOUTH INITIATIVE TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT
CLIMATE CHANGE NEW ZEALAND HAMS USE "ZM" PREFIX FOR CENTENARY YEAR
STARLINK IS LOWERING THOUSANDS OF SATELLITES' ORBITS TO REDUCE THE
RISK OF COLLISIONS BROADCAST MARKS HISTORIC RADIO SITE'S 100TH YEAR
FCC REMINDS EXPERIMENTAL HF STATIONS TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES 2026 IS
ARRL'S YEAR OF THE CLUB -- A CELEBRATION OF AMATEUR RADIO CLUBS
HAMSCI SPEAKER SERIES EXPLORES WSPR SPECTRAL WIDTH FIRST DESECHEO
ISLAND ACTIVATION SINCE 2009
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AMATEUR RADIO WEEKLY ISSUE 403
DIGITAL MODES HAVE ALREADY WON WHATEVER YOUR OPINIONS ABOUT DIGITAL
MODES ON HF THE MIGRATION IS UNDENIABLE. PATTERN AND MATCH LINHT: A
LINUX-BASED EXPERIMENTAL SDR RADIO A BEGINNER-FRIENDLY EXPLANATION OF
WHAT LINHT IS, HOW IT WORKS, AND WHY HAMS ARE TALKING ABOUT IT. EVOHAM
THE 52 WEEK HAM RADIO CHALLENGE – 2026 THIS IS MEANT […]
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NO RCV PORT? NO PROBLEM DXE RTR-1A
THE SWEETNESS OF NOISE FREE COPYI HAVE BEEN USING MY RECEIVE ONLY
LOOP ON GROUND ANTENNA AT MY STATION FOR THE PAST FEW
WEEKS. IT WAS CONNECTED TO MY SDR THROUGH MY RECEIVER PROTECTION
SWITCH FROM OK1RP . THAT SWITCH PROTECTS...
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AMATEUR RADIO WEEKLY ISSUE 402
RM NOISE: AI NOISE FILTERING LIVE FILTERING OF VOICE AND CW. RM NOISE
RUN HAMCLOCK ON YOUR ALLSTARLINK NODE THERE IS A SCRIPT WRITTEN TO DO
THIS AND IT IS EASY TO USE. ETHERHAM POTA OPERATORS NEED TO BE MORE
RESPECTFUL INTERACTIONS CAN BE DOWNRIGHT STRESSFUL, ESPECIALLY DURING
THE LATER HOURS OF THE DAY WHEN […]
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THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND THEN LOOKING AHEAD
LOOKING
BACK ON 2025, MY TOTAL CONTACTS WERE DOWN FEWER THAN IN THE PAST TWO
YEARS. AS ALWAYS, THEY WERE 100% CW, AND MY DXCC COUNT FOR THE YEAR
WAS
THE LOWEST SINCE 2022 AT 91 (2022 HAD 90).
CHALLENGES FACED
LIMITED
TIME IN THE RADIO CHAIR P...
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THE COMMUNICATOR: JANUARY FEBRUARY 2026
THE COMMUNICATOR FIRST ISSUE OF 2026HAPPY NEW YEAR! THIS FIRST ISSUE
OF 2026 SPANS 110 PAGES AND
OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE EXPLORATION OF AMATEUR RADIO. READERS WILL FIND
A
DIVERSE MIX OF CONTENT, INCLUDING TECHNICAL PROJECTS, THE LATEST
OPERATING
NEWS, A...
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THE NEW YEARS HAM BABY
MIDNIGHT STRUCK! THE CALENDAR FLIPPED,A BRAND-NEW BABY BOY BORN FULLY
EQUIPPED. BUT THIS WAS NO ORDINARY, COOING TYKE, HE BURST
OUT SCREAMING... "CQ! Q-R-Z! GIMME A MIC!"HIS PARENTS, BOTH VETERAN
2-LETTER HAMS, WERE THRILLEDNOT ONLY BY ...
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LICENSED AMATEURS BY STATE
HOW EXTRA IS YOUR STATE?MY AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE WAS SET TO
EXPIRE EARLY IN 2026, SO I SAT DOWN TO NAVIGATE THE FCCS RENEWAL
PROCESS. I DONT RECALL A SEPARATE PAYMENT SYSTEM (CORES) NEEDING TO BE
TETHERED TO AN FRN A DECADE AGO, BUT ITS THERE ...
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ICQPODCAST EPISODE 473 IS AI ABOUT TO KILL HAM RADIO?
IN THIS EPISODE, WE JOIN MARTIN BUTLER M1MRB, DAN ROMANCHIK KB6NU,
CARYN EVE MURRAY KD2GUT, EDMUND SPICER M0MNG, AND ED DURRANT DD5LP TO
DISCUSS THE LATEST AMATEUR / HAM RADIO NEWS. COLIN BUTLER (M6BOY)
ROUNDS UP THE NEWS IN BRIEF, AND THE EPISODE'S FE...
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GETTING COMFORTABLE
AS MUCH AS IT IS HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE, THIS PAST YEAR I
OFFICIALLY BECAME A SENIOR CITIZEN IN CANADATHATS 65 YEARS OLD. DO I
FEEL OLDER? NOT REALLY AT ALL, BUT ONE THING I HAVE NOTICED IS THAT MY
LONG PERIODS OF CONTESTING HAVE REQUIRED ME TO...
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AMATEUR RADIO WEEKLY ISSUE 401
THE TOP LINKS OF 2025 AT THE END OF EACH YEAR, I TAKE A LOOK BACK AT
ALL THE PREVIOUS ISSUES OF AMATEUR RADIO WEEKLY, COUNT UP ALL THE
CLICKS, AND SEE WHICH LINKS WERE MOST POPULAR AMONG AMATEUR RADIO
WEEKLY READERS. IT’S A FUN WAY TO LOOK BACK AT 2025 AND I HOPE
YOU […]
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CQ WORKED ALL ZONES
I ALWAYS HAVE AN OPERATING GOAL IN SIGHT TO MOTIVATE ME TO GET ON THE
AIR. ON THE HF BANDS, I FOLLOWED THE TYPICAL PROGRESSION OF GETTING
WORKED ALL STATES (WAS), WORKED ALL CONTINENTS (WAC), AND DX CENTURY
CLUB (DXCC). IT SEEMS THAT DXCC RECEIVES ALL THE GLORY AND ATTENTION,
WITH MANY DXERS PURSUING THE GOALS OF WORKING ALL COUNTRIES, CONTINUE
READING CQ WORKED ALL ZONES
THE POST CQ WORKED ALL ZONES APPEARED FIRST ON THE KNR RADIO SITE.
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