Issue 361 December 21, 2024

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SAQ to air on Christmas Eve Morning, Dec 24th 2024
On the air to send out the traditional Christmas message to the whole world using the 200kW Alexanderson alternator from 1924 on 17.2 kHz CW.
The Alexander association

Holiday SSTV experiment from the International Space Station
Event runs December 25th through January 5th.
Amateur Radio Daily

Send a Radiogram via the web
ARRL asks Hams to utilize the NTS Radiogram system.
ARRL

What's New at DLARC — December 2024
In 2024 DLARC has scanned 1.1 million pages of radio manuals, journals and magazines, newsletters, books, and catalogs. All of it is online and full-text searchable.
K6KJN

It takes all kinds to have a successful Amateur Radio club
One of the keys to our success is offering a wide variety of activities.
KB6NU

In praise of radio geekdom
Ham Radio saved my life.
The Signal

Virgo meteor sky view
Virgo is designed to serve for meteorscatter propagation purposes in Amateur Radio.
DB1BM, DL8AAU

CQ Magazine legacy
Despite the loss of an excellent publication, volunteers maintain the most popular awards and contests.
KE9V

Saltwater activation
Always wanted to try this.
QRPer

My QMX+ adventure
Building a QRP Labs QMX+ transceiver.
KC8JC

CLEFHW antenna: Ready for action
Coil Loaded End-Fed Half-Wave antenna for backpack portable operation.
Ham Radio Outside the Box

A Ham's Night Before Christmas
KN4AQ's classic Christmas poem.
HamRadioNow

Video

KI1P POTA activation
Live remote broadcast truck converted into a mobile POTA station.
LostNationRadio

Easy Ham Radio networking
Let's use an Amateur Radio and a Raspberry Pi to create an AX.25 radio network node, then send email over-the-horizon to a Winlink gateway.
KM6LYW

1943: Crystals go to war
A story in pictures of the preparation and manufacture of quartz crystals for radio communication.
DLARC