As some of you may know, the ARRL is working on a Lifelong Learning program. They’ve gotten serious enough about it to hire some folks–like yours truly–to start developing classes. I’m currently working on the course “Introduction to Amateur Radio Communications.” This course is aimed at beginners and be a very basic introduction to amateur radio.
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On reddit, Wojciech, SP5WWP, just posted an item about his latest project, and open-hardware and open-software, DMR-like system called M17. He says that his goal is “create a fully functional, truly open-source and open-hardware system for digital radio communication. Something like DMR, but with open hardware too.” I have cobbled together the following from the FAQ and a post on his website.
M17 is a community-driven, truly open, free to use digital radio system. It’s a a DMR alternative, if you will. All schematics and source code is available for free on github.
Read MoreAmateur Radio Reaching an Inflection Point?→
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The ARRL recently reported on an IARU meeting held in late September. Here’s an excerpt:
Participants at the 45th meeting of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Administrative Council (AC) in late September discussed the organization’s role in advancing amateur radio going forward. The IARU released a summary record of the meeting this week. IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA, who chaired the AC meeting in Lima, Peru, observed that the IARU and amateur radio are reaching what he called “an inflection point.” He asserted that amateur radio is changing, but the IARU and its member-societies are not.
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