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Sparks from the Spa Newsletter – October 2006

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31 July 2020
The Latest Episode of ARRL Audio News is Now Available
Listen to the new episode of ARRL Audio News on your iOS or Android podcast app, or online at http://www.blubrry.com/arrlaudionews/. Audio News is also retransmitted on a number of FM repeaters. Click here and then scroll down to see the list.
31 July 2020
Hurricane Watch Net Activating as Hurricane Isaias Approaches US East Coast
The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) activated on 14.325 MHz on July 31 at 1500 UTC as Hurricane Isaias [pronounced: ees-ah-EE-ahs] heads toward the US on an uncertain trajectory. The Volusia County, Florida, and State emergency operations centers were reported at a Level 3 (Monitoring) status.
“For years I’ve said, ‘Just when you think you have Mother Nature figured out, she changes her mind,’” HWN M...
31 July 2020
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Finally, sunspots have returned! Two sunspots now are visible, both from new Solar Cycle 25. The daily sunspot number was 11 for July 21-27, rising to 22 for July 28-30.
Recently, we have noticed an improvement in propagation due to seasonal sporadic-E activity.
Average daily sunspot numbers rose from 3.1 to 14.1 this week, and average daily solar flux edged up f...
30 July 2020
ARRL Foundation Awards Grant to The University of Alabama Huntsville
The ARRL Foundation has awarded $510 to the University of Alabama Huntsville's Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education. The grant will be used to get university students licensed, and then integrate amateur radio communication protocols into extant models used for cybersecurity testing for industrial system controls. Analysis will be done on how well these protocols operate in this sett...
30 July 2020
Nomination Signatures Sent via Email or Mail May Be Submitted for ARRL Offices
The ARRL Ethics & Elections Committee has announced that it will be acceptable in pending and future ARRL Director/Vice Director and Section Manager (SM) elections to submit nomination signatures that have been sent via email or mail, under these guidelines:
Petition copies must be made from the original form supplied by ARRL.
Forms must be exactly the same on both sides (i.e, autobiographical ...

26 June 2019 – n2rj
Long Island CW Club/LIMARC Build-A-Thon
By Howard Bernstein, WB2UZE Local members:Bud, W2BUDJim, W2KFV (ARRL section manager)Ed, N2GSL John, AC2KZ Bob, KD2NFSNeil, W2NDGHoward, WB2UZE Peter, AA2VG Nick, KF2P Hal, WA2AKV Russ, N2FRBJohn, W2ABO Gary, KE2YKRob, AC2KQBob, W2OSR LIMARC: (Long Island Mobile …
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3 June 2019 – n2rj
Museum Ships Weekend with the Long Island CW Club, aboard the Fire Fighter
By Howard Bernstein, WB2UZEVP, Long Island CW Club The Long Island CW club (LICW) supports and operates from the historic museum ship Fire Fighter which is a living and fully …
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28 April 2019 – n2rj
International Marconi Day April 27 2019 Special event stations W2LCW and W2GSB
Report by Howard, WB2UZE, VP, Long Island CW Club What a fun event the Long Island CW Club (LICW) in partnership with the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club (GSBARC) …
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16 April 2019 – n2rj
Guest Editorial – CW: What’s the attraction in today’s high tech world and how does one learn it?
by Howard Bernstein, WB2UZE VP, Long Island CW Club NOTE: Occasionally we feature guest editorials like this one. The opinions expressed are those of the author and are not those …
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8 April 2019 – n2rj
W2BEJ, SK
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Tony Pazzola, W2BEJ. Tony was one of the more active hams in the Eastern New York section and famous …
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3 August 2020 – Thomas
Rob Sherwood’s presentation: “Transceiver performance fo the HF/DX operator”
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul, who shares the following video of a recent presentation by Rob Sherwood (NC0B) for Ham Holiday Oklahoma. I love Rob’s presentations because not only is he an authority on testing receivers and transceivers, but he also has a very pragmatic approach to operating radios. Rob speaks to the […]
3 August 2020 – Thomas
New Dragonfly wide band SDR with 32 MHz bandwidth
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Franco (K4VZ), who writes: Last night I came across a new SDR receiver from China called ‘RX-666’. On paper its specs are interesting: 16bit ADC, max sample rate 32MHz (in theory one could sample the whole LW+MW+SW bands at the same time), USB 3 interface, and tunable from 1kHz […]
2 August 2020 – Thomas
Which would you choose as a first radio–the Icom IC-7300 or Xiegu G90?
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul, who writes: This came to me from a friend; he is curious about choosing between the Xiegu G90 and the Icom IC-7300 for his first rig. He has money to buy the Icom which is $999 right now after rebates, but wants to know if he is really […]
2 August 2020 – Bill Tilford
Revised August 7 Test Tx Times for FTIOM & UBMP
The August 7 test transmission times for From the Isle of Music and Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot on 9670 kHz, the new frequency on Channel 292, have been changed to From the Isle of Music: 1600-1700 UTC Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot 1700-1800 UTC Reception reports will be appreciated. There will be additional tests throughout August, […]
31 July 2020 – Thomas
Covid-19: Popular Yaesu and Alinco rigs meet early demise
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