AMHERST, N.S. – Over a career spanning more than 40 years Ron Bickle has seen a lot of changes in radio. Bickle, whose first job was at CKDH under Fred Arenburg in 1977, was honoured by the Amherst Rotary Club Read more…
Month: March 2019
Geomagnetic storm warning for March 23….
NOAA forecasters say that moderate G2-class geomagnetic storms are possible on March 23 when a coronal mass ejection (CME) is expected to hit Earth’s magnetic field SpaceWeather reports the solar storm cloud was hurled in our direction by an explosion Read more…
RF Connectors-101….
RF Connectors-101 Within amateur radio we use many different types of RF connector or coax cable connector, whatever you want to call them. Everything from the familiar UHF connector through BNCs to N-types and many more. Many rigs using bands Read more…
FT8 growing as DX mode….
FT8 growing as DX mode in era of waning propagation ARRL report on a survey by Club Log’s Michael Wells G7VJR that shows significant growth in the use of WSJT FT8 during 2018 Wells reported that operators from some 270 DXCC entities Read more…