Issue 196 March 3rd, 2018

ARRL requests expanded HF privileges for Technician licensees
ARRL has asked the FCC to expand HF privileges for Technician licensees to include limited phone privileges on 75, 40, and 15 meters, plus RTTY and digital mode privileges on 80, 40, 15, and 10 meters.
ARRL

A KX2 to FT-818 comparison
In terms of form factor, the 818 is essentially unchanged from the 817. So it’s worth asking again: just how "ultra portable" can an HF radio be?
W2LJ QRP

N8RMA's 2018 State of Hobby
I'm hosting my own survey, to collect the opinions from the community on topics that I care about. 2017 Results.
N8RMA

UCF to manage Arecibo Observatory
A consortium led by the University of Central Florida will start formal transition activities to take on the management of the National Science Foundation’s Observatory.
University of Central Florida

Keep the faith, having fun with no sunspots
Keep the Faith. Go call CQ. I was glad I did.
AmateurRadio.com

Instant GNU Radio
A customizable, programmatically generated VM and live environment for GNU Radio.
bastibl.net

Finding noise with an antenna
The main culprit in K5ACL's house is the ceiling light that’s right there in the shack.
Hack A Day

Morse code shoes send toe tapping texts
A pair of smart shoes has been created to let industrial workers keep in touch via toe-typed coded messages.
BBC

Point to point networking line of sight in Google Earth
How to make straight lines to see if there’s a line of sight between our point to point 5Ghz nodes. The google earth 3D buildings and terrain are insanely accurate and useful for line of sight analysis.
N0SSC

Soldering 101
See all sorts of soldering devices and learn how it's done with lots of tips and techniques.
KE0OG

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