Are hams involved in any way in events in Minnesota?

My largest concern with the hobby is the amateurs commitment to be "apolitical." The ICE operation tests the limits of that.

On one hand, it's an unfolding disaster & people need help. Amateurs have the abilities & the tools to help.

On the other hand, taking a side in this conflict means expressing a political view (helping people is political. surprise surprise)

What are people choosing to do?

#hamradio #amateurradio #minnesota #ice

Are hams involved in any way in events in Minnesota?

My largest concern with the hobby is the amateurs commitment to be "apolitical." The ICE operation tests the limits of that.

On one hand, it's an unfolding disaster & people need help. Amateurs have the abilities & the tools to help.

On the other hand, taking a side in this conflict means expressing a political view (helping people is political. surprise surprise)

What are people choosing to do?

#hamradio #amateurradio #minnesota #ice

I was waiting for all of them to be on the Fediverse to tag them all, and mark this moment for posterity:

this is when we decided we would get a Ham Radio license. 19 Jan 2026, 13:59:14 CET.

We really must do it now, @martina @wlwni @sevgiiiii + me

#XPUB #RadioHam #HamRadio #RadioAmateur #AmateurRadio #radio

🚨 MAYDAY from Belarus 🚨

I am EU1AEY, and this is an SOS to the global amateur radio community. My heart is breaking. Today, in Belarus, a harmless technical hobby is being treated as high treason.

Help me amplify this signal before our keys are silenced forever. Show this to a journalist, relay it to your national radio associations, and don’t let this intellectual genocide happen in total silence.

https://medium.com/@steanlab/mayday-389f5713fee4

#hamradio #AmateurRadio #radio #DXing #hamr #swl #pota #sota

🚨 MAYDAY from Belarus 🚨

I am EU1AEY, and this is an SOS to the global amateur radio community. My heart is breaking. Today, in Belarus, a harmless technical hobby is being treated as high treason.

Help me amplify this signal before our keys are silenced forever. Show this to a journalist, relay it to your national radio associations, and don’t let this intellectual genocide happen in total silence.

https://medium.com/@steanlab/mayday-389f5713fee4

#hamradio #AmateurRadio #radio #DXing #hamr #swl #pota #sota

And #Samoyed now has no C left in its src! https://github.com/doismellburning/samoyed

Now to sort packaging for distribution and wider testing, start ripping out the cgo, and start making some actual improvements!

#AmateurRadio

And #Samoyed now has no C left in its src! https://github.com/doismellburning/samoyed

Now to sort packaging for distribution and wider testing, start ripping out the cgo, and start making some actual improvements!

#AmateurRadio

I got more FT8 contacts today. I like that it's a mode where I can get contacts without having to remember what to say and how to say it. However, it does seem to lack the spark of getting to talk to a human over long distances radio-to-radio.

It's interesting looking at the signal exchange and wondering if there's anything I can do to improve my antenna and my signal going out (hint: there always is)

I also almost got W1AW in the log, but the exchange broke down halfway through and they moved on.

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio

OK, so last post I talked about #hamradio and #ax25. I said more on NET/ROM. Well, I thought NET/ROM would let me connect to a distant station that my station couldn't hear through some routing protocol.

It looks like it doesn't work that way?

Does anyone actually use this? It appears I have to connect to a node, and try to find a path manually to where I want to connect, if that's even possible at all. No concept of default routes, etc...

#amateurradio #packetradio

OK, so last post I talked about #hamradio and #ax25. I said more on NET/ROM. Well, I thought NET/ROM would let me connect to a distant station that my station couldn't hear through some routing protocol.

It looks like it doesn't work that way?

Does anyone actually use this? It appears I have to connect to a node, and try to find a path manually to where I want to connect, if that's even possible at all. No concept of default routes, etc...

#amateurradio #packetradio

I managed to make a contact on FT8 today, but I still feel overwhelmed and confused by the QSO flow, and how to pick which contact to attempt, and when to even enable transmit.

Maybe attempting FT8 at lunch hour on 20m was the issue? There was a lot of activity out there.

#hamradio #amateurradio #ft8

I am thinking about taking a HAM radio certificate (the "standard" Swedish/European HAREC certificate)!

I have the Swedish book KonCEPT that SSA (https://www.ssa.se) has written. But it is quite info dense. I would love to alternate with lighter educational litterature, blog posts, videos, podcasts, etc.

Do you HAM radio people have any suggestions? Please boost :)

#Askfedi #hamradio #amateurradio #amatorradio

Contact the ISS

https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html

#HackerNews #ContactTheISS #ISSCommunication #SpaceExploration #AmateurRadio #NASA

A handy little site if you need a bespoke ¼λ ground plane antenna. Stumbled on this whilst trying to find a design for a simple 477MHz antenna for UHF CB use. The calculator lets you adjust for whatever frequency you need.

https://m0ukd.com/calculators/quarter-wave-ground-plane-antenna-calculator/

#AmateurRadio #CBRadio #Homebrew #Antennas

A handy little site if you need a bespoke ¼λ ground plane antenna. Stumbled on this whilst trying to find a design for a simple 477MHz antenna for UHF CB use. The calculator lets you adjust for whatever frequency you need.

https://m0ukd.com/calculators/quarter-wave-ground-plane-antenna-calculator/

#AmateurRadio #CBRadio #Homebrew #Antennas

Hey y'all 👋 I'm Emily, but friends call me Em — spelled like the dash! Guess it's time for an #intro post.

I'm a software engineer by day, and I lead a team working at the intersection of digital identity and usability.

Functionally, this means I grew up playing around in Macromedia Fireworks and learning to make websites with the middle school librarian, and nowadays I know far too much about #SAML, #MFA, #OIDC, #Passkeys, and go to lots of meetings 😮‍💨

I love music (playing or listening), photography, and getting outdoors! Teaching makes me incredibly happy.

I'm also a diehard #avgeek, licensed #amateurradio operator, uhhhh, I know a lot about transit busses? Tell me about your special interests plz!

Currently learning C++ because I'm insane, and learning to draw with #Krita because it makes me happy.

Hey y'all 👋 I'm Emily, but friends call me Em — spelled like the dash! Guess it's time for an #intro post.

I'm a software engineer by day, and I lead a team working at the intersection of digital identity and usability.

Functionally, this means I grew up playing around in Macromedia Fireworks and learning to make websites with the middle school librarian, and nowadays I know far too much about #SAML, #MFA, #OIDC, #Passkeys, and go to lots of meetings 😮‍💨

I love music (playing or listening), photography, and getting outdoors! Teaching makes me incredibly happy.

I'm also a diehard #avgeek, licensed #amateurradio operator, uhhhh, I know a lot about transit busses? Tell me about your special interests plz!

Currently learning C++ because I'm insane, and learning to draw with #Krita because it makes me happy.