The 2022 version of the Technician Class question pool is out. The National Council of Voluteer Examiner Coordinators have really made quite a few changes to the question pool this time. They removed 64 questions, added 51 new questions, and updated 136 questions. There are now a total of 412 questions total. This means that close to half of the questions are different from the last question pool.
Read MorePRESENTER OPINION : Hamvention Accepting Nominations→
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t appears that Hamvention 2022 is a go, and it is time to get your awards nominations in.
If you know an individual or club that deserves recognition for their efforts on behalf of amateur radio and want to nominate them for a 2022 Hamvention award don’t delay. Nominations for the Technical Achievement, Special Achievement, Amateur of the Year and Club of the Year close Feb. 15.
The Technical Achievement Award will be given to a selected amateur radio operator who has achieved technical excellence in the world of amateur radio. Examples are inventions, processes, discoveries, experiments and other technical accomplishments or any other outstanding technical achievement that contributed to amateur radio.
Read MorePresenter Opinion - W8SRC Repeater Features Unique IDs and Announcements→
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The W8SRC UHF repeater in Dexter, MI may not have the best coverage in the world (although it does well for its terrain), but it can be a lot of fun to use for those in the area. It has a number of features including Yaesu System Fusion, a NOAA Weather Radio alert receiver, and an HF/VHF/UHF remote base. However, one of the most interesting features of this repeater, in my opinion, is its vast number of IDs and announcements. In fact, you can ragchew for many hours on the system and not hear the same ID twice!
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