Ham Club Provides Mobile-Radio Donation to Humanitarian Effort

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Ham Club Provides Mobile-Radio Donation to Humanitarian Effort

An example of amateur radio transcending politics - as well it should: A donation of 14 mobile radios and simple designs for homebrew antennas have gone the distance from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to a humanitarian organization providing social support and medical care to displaced families in Ukraine.

The radios and the plans for antenna construction are a project of the Bosque Amateur Radio Club, N5BRC. When Joseph Nichols,the founder of Care4Ukraine.org, asked his brother Art Nichols, KI5GOL, if the hams could assist with the volunteers' communication needs as they address the sheltering, educational and social concerns of the families, Art decided to approach the club for ideas. Bill Kent, N5UJC, Larry Elkin, NY5L, Terry Zipes, W4RCN and club president, Jerry Aceto, K6LIE, have since established BARCnetUA, the program by which the hams are providing assistance.

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QRP Self-Spotting Website

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QRP Cluster enables hams operating low power to self-spot for others to work them.

...low power is fun, but especially if we manage to make QSO's or contacts. QRP signals are usually weak and easily missed in noise and interference. That's why we came up with the idea of creating a QRP self spotting Cluster, where every QRP broadcasting enthusiast can announce on which frequency they are working, in which mode, or with what equipment and power they are working.

More Information - https://www.qrpcluster.com/

HAMSCI Workshop to Review Annular Eclipse Findings

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With October's eclipse behind us and April's eclipse ahead of us, the citizen scientists' group that has been studying both is inviting hams and researchers to its next workshop to discuss some findings.

Professional scientists and radio amateurs are being invited to HamSCI's sixth annual workshop, which will present findings yielded by ionospheric data collected during the annular solar eclipse last October. The workshop will be held on 22-23 March 2024 at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The citizen scientists' research group will also share how it is getting ready for the solar eclipse taking place on the 8th of April. This will be a total eclipse for the Cleveland area.

The program will also include a discussion about how a college curriculum can successfully integrate studies of amateur radio. Ham radio has been at the forefront in much of the research being done by HamSci, which is examining ionospheric disturbances, sporadic E, geomagnetic storms, solar flares and of course, eclipses.

For details about HamSCI, its work and the workshop - http://www.hamsci.org