Issue 2 March 22nd, 2014

Amateur nets formed to aid in search for missing Malaysia aircraft
The Malaysian Amateur Radio Emergency Service Society has encouraged hams from multiple countries to report information to daily nets occurring on HF.
MARES

New software to decode CubeSAT telemetry data
DK3WN has released software that will decode signals from LitSat-1, LituanicaSat-1 and more.
DK3WN

ARRL files formal complaint to FCC over ballasts found in "grow lights"
Ballasts from common grow lights have been found to excessively interfere with HF communications, sometimes spewing RFI across an entire neighborhood.
ARRL

2m band in UK to expand by 1MHz
Hams in the UK will soon be able to enjoy an extra 1Mhz of spectrum in the 2m band, pushing that band out to 147Mhz.
Southgate

New moon bounce distance record recorded
The distance of 17,405.6 kms was recorded as a new EME record on 24GHz.
Southgate

Voice of Russia to end shortwave broadcasts
Voice of Russia will cease shortwave broadcasts on April 1st.
The SWLing Post

Getting started with SOTA
A quick read detailing Summits On The Air (SOTA), encouraging radio amateurs to go portable and work from high places.
Essex Ham

Cutting down a CB whip for 10 meter use
Excellent video showing how to trim and tune an inexpensive CB mag-mount whip for 10 meters.
KD8RTT

New Ham Radio video series debuts
TX Factor is a brand new series of high definition videos covering all aspects of Amateur Radio.
TX Factor

Intro to receiving signals via GNURadio
Hak5 has released a series of shows demonstrating GNURadio paried with SDR dongles decoding various wireless signals.
Hak5

Receiving imagery from NOAA weather satellites
Video showing how to receive NOAA satellite images using a homemade QFH antenna and a RTL-SDR commonly found on eBay.
themrworf1701

The Wall Street Journal profiles FCC agents tracking down radio interference
WSJ wrote an interesting piece featuring FCC agents tracking down RFI as well as the offenders behind the noise.
Wall Street Journal

Hand curated by KK4HSX. 73!