Antennas/Multiband
This simple multiband antenna works on all HF bands from 3.5 to 30 MHz, including WARC bands other than 10.1 MHz.

Antennas/Windom
A marriage of the windom and slinky antennasm, article by NC4TC

Antennas/Multiband
Multiband wire antenna by M0UKD

The famous VU2RBI Bharathi Prasad ( YL ) is visiting Brisbane for a few days with her husband who is here on business.

Only a privileged few got to hear Brenda Porter's [ke5nel] voice on the air and talk with her. She was a bit shy but made friends with the all hams...

Antennas/4M
A compact 5 element LFA Yagi for 4M. easy build no matching needed as this is 50 Ohm and flat SWR. Excellent performance.

Ham Radio/Clubs/North America/USA/Illinois
The official website of the Red Covered Bridge Amateur Radio Club of Princeton, Illinois

Antennas/40M
A delta loop wire antenna for 7 Mhz quick to setup by KC4HW

Ham Radio/ARES RACES
Hall County ARES - The Hall County Amateur Radio Emergency Service has been organized to aid the public of Hall County and surrounding communities.

Internet and Radio/Live streaming
Scanner Covers Analog & Digital Law Enforcement/Fire/EMS/EMA/Schools/Utilities/Municipal/Highway Maintenance & Forestry Communications In Perry & Spencer Counties In Indiana & Hancock County In Kentucky

Ham Radio/Clubs/Europe
Chernihiv ham radio site

Antennas/40M
40 meters band Delta loop vertically polarised antenna by YO4DFT

On Friday, November 20, ARRL staff members started opening ballots for the Vice Director races in the Central and Roanoke Divisions. Southeastern Division Director Greg Sarratt, W4OZK; Rocky Mountain Division Director Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT, and ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ served as Tellers. A representative from an independent auditor was on hand, as well. Sarratt and Mileshosky are members of the League's Ethics and Elections Committee; Sarratt is Chairman of the committee. After all the ballots were counted, both the Central and Roanoke Divisions gained new Vice Directors, with their three-year terms beginning at noon on January 1, 2010.

Signal Makers

I have been interested in island chasing ever since I can remember. After moving to Canada, I operated as VE3LYC and contacted 947 IOTA stations from the 1021 on the air. Why chase islands? Some of them are located so remotely, and are so difficult to access, that hams only rarely get there and for only very short periods of time. Under these conditions, it is more challenging to break the pileups and more rewarding to get into the log.

ARRL Headquarters will be closed November 26 and 27 in observance of Thanksgiving. There will be no W1AW bulletins or code practice transmissions those days. The ARRL Letter will be published a day early on Wednesday, November 25, but there will be no ARRL Audio News on Thursday, November 26. ARRL Headquarters will reopen Monday, November 30 at 8 AM Eastern Standard Time. We wish everyone a safe and bountiful Thanksgiving holiday.

Sunspot 1029 made its trip around the Sun and has re-emerged as sunspot 1032. A new sunspot 1033 has come over the Sun's eastern limb. This steady appearance of sunspots has raised the MUF over many paths, and 15 meters is beginning to open regularly.

The following is a closed circuit advisory and is not necessarily for air. Ladies and gentlemen Here's Amateur Radio Newsline's Support Fund ...

This week, Surfin' revisits Radio Caroline and other pirate radio operations in the North Sea.

Antennas/VHF UHF
This article describes an application of Tucker's design which results in the most satisfactory two meter portable antenna this author has ever used.

Antennas/Baluns
This Magnetic Longwire Balun (MLB) makes it possible to efficiently use a coaxial lead-in cable with all forms of longwires, T-forms or other types of wire antennas, without the need for an antenna tuner.

Operating Modes/Internet Linking
The goal is sharing technical information regarding IRLP and EchoLink network inter-operability.

Antennas/Feed Lines/Choke
RF Choke to prevent hf currents on the feedline or...1:1 Choke Balun, sometimes called the "UGLY BALUN"

Antennas/VHF UHF
You can make your own 2-meter "rubber duckies" that will likely perform much better than many commercial units.

Link (http://www2.insidenova.com/isn/news/local/manassas/article/city_decides_to_shut_off_internet_service_by_june_30/47323/)

*George Milton Welles Badger, W6TC - SK

ARRL Audio News--OPEN--In this edition . . .; Is the End in Sight for “Third Battle of Bull Run”?; NCVEC to Release New Technician Question Pool in January; ARRL Audio News ID--Satellite Update--BREAK:; SKYWARN Recognition Day Set for December 5; Deadline Looming for Nominations for the Bill Leonard Professional Media Award and ARRL International Humanitarian Award; GAREC Returns to Region 2 for 2010; ARRL Audio News--News Briefs--CLOSE

ARRL Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH reports that the ARRL has raised $126,828 toward the goal $310,000 for the 2009 Spectrum Defense Fund. "The messages I receive from the ARRL members and hams who contribute to this much needed fund are heartening," she said, "expressing appreciation for all the work ARRL does for the Amateur Radio community to protect our frequencies. And we can all be proud of the successes that have come from the work of ARRL leadership -- the Board and staff here at HQ. But there is always more to do." Hobart said that year after year, ARRL members tell her that the League's representation of radio operators -- both in Washington and on the international stage -- is one of, if not the most important activities that the ARRL does. "The cost of that representation at meetings in Washington, at IARU gatherings and working party meetings to prepare for world telecommunications conferences is the key to the continued success of our defense efforts," she said. "Spectrum Defense is one of those areas that is not covered completely by member dues. So we ask ARRL members to do what they can to help cover those expenses." Amateurs wishing to make a contribution may do so easily online, via postal mail or by calling the ARRL Development Office at (860) 594-0397.

ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, once termed the battle of Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) in Manassas, Virginia as the "Third Battle of Bull Run." While the war against harmful interference to Amateur Radio via BPL is not yet over, the battle in Manassas might soon be coming to an end.

*Posted Thursday November 19, 2009 at **http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o4.htm* (http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o4.htm)

For those who like to read Google News I added an Amateur Radio Section you can add to your daily read. Just look on the upper right and click add...

George Badger, W6TC, of Portola Valley, California, passed away on Sunday, November 15. He was 84. Originally licensed in 1939 as W6RXW when he was 14, Badger was a member of the ARRL for 67 of his 69 year amateur career. After World War II service with the 89th Infantry Signal Company in Europe, he graduated from the University of California with a degree in electrical engineering. Badger held seven patents on microwave tube and circuit design and was Marketing Director for EIMAC, was President of Svetlana and consulted for CPII Econco. Badger published many technical articles professionally and in the amateur press. First published in QST in 1981, Badger's most recent article, "The Pileup Buster," was published in October 2008; his next article, "Easy to Make Four-to-One Coreless Baluns," is scheduled to be published for a spring 2010 issue. Badger was a Fellow in the Radio Club of America. His Amateur Radio interests included building equipment, antennas and working DX. Badger held DXCC Top of Honor Roll (Mixed), DXCC Honor Roll (both Phone and CW), 5BDXCC (with endorsements on 160, 30, 17 and 12 meters), DXCC on all bands (160-10) and 5BWAZ. He also exceeded 2500 points on the DXCC Challenge. Contributions in memory of Badger can be made to the Stanford University Medical Center, Department of Immunology, 2700 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Funeral arrangements are pending.

The Question Pool Committee (QPC) of the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) is due to release the new Technician class (Element 2) question pool to the 14 VECs on December 1, 2009; it will be released to the public in January 2010. Each question pool for the three Amateur Radio license classes -- Technician, General and Amateur Extra -- is reviewed on a four-year rotation. This new Technician class pool will become effective on July 1, 2010.

Technical Reference/Beacon keyers
The VersaBeacon is a frequency agile, modulation agile RF source using a DDS chip and minimal support circuitry. It covers a frequency span of 1MHz to 150MHz in 1 Hz steps and provides a variety of modulations

Antennas/Towers
Pictures of K7HC SteppIR and tower setup project

Software/Signal Generator
Signal generator using the PC soundcard to output continuous tone, CW, SSTV, AO-40 telemetry, and PSK31 test signals with variable AWGN. The program will also output to a RIFF .wav file by AE4JY

Operating Modes/Morse code/Learning Morse Code
At LCWO you can learn Morse telegraphy (CW) online in your browser, use Koch Method, compare your results with others, speed practice and more

I started a small webserver that I want to share with a few lucky hams. First come first serve. Your website will be at yourcall.ham-radio-op.net...

After a long bout with cancer, Harry Helms, W5HLH (ex-AA6FW), passed away Sunday, November 15. He was 57. Known for his witticism and geniality, Helms was known for his many books -- such as Shortwave Listening Guidebook: The Complete Guide to Hearing the World, All About Ham Radio, How to Tune the Secret Short Wave Spectrum and Handbook of Radio Communications Servicing and Maintenance -- and his monthly column "You Should Know: Interesting Thoughts and Ideas for Enjoying the Hobby" in Popular Communications.

The 2010 meeting of the Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference ( GAREC ) will take place October 11-12 on the Dutch island of Curacao in the Caribbean. The theme of the conference will be Learning through Practicing. According to GAREC 2010 Organizing Committee Chairman Seppo Sisatto, PhD, OH1VR, GAREC's mission is two-fold: To help Amateur Radio operators be better prepared for emergency communications and to create emergency communications exercises at both the national and international levels. Exchanging information and experiences among all Amateur Radio operators and groups that are interested in emergency communications helps to promote GAREC's vision of having regular worldwide cooperation and understanding between governments and the Amateur Radio Service in the field of emergency communications. GAREC 2010 is organized in cooperation with the Dutch Amateur Radio Emergency Service ( DARES ) and Club for Experimental Radio Examination Netherland Antilles ( VERONA ). Sisatto said that details on the upcoming conference will be announced as they become available.