Saturday and Sunday marked the 2022 edition of Museum Ships Weekend. Sponsored by the Battleship New Jersey Radio Station, it’s a great special event. This year, 89 ships were on the air, and I was fortunate to be able to participate from the Lightship Huron (LV-103, ARLHS USA-394), courtesy of the Eastern Michigan Amateur Radio Club.
Read MorePRESENTER OPINION : Hearing Too Much and Not Enough…of the Right Signal!→
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Field Day is once again happening later this month. Hearing everyone is a blast, no? Well, it might not be. Especially if it’s the ham at the table right next to you. The “sshh, sshh” sound of the CW op bleeding over into your SSB ban frequency or the nearby FT8 transmissions doing the same. But you’re forgetting the CW op hearing your voice signal peaks, too. Unless you’re listening to the monitor on FT8 (or other digital mode), you just might not reliably decode a QSO transmission. All in all, it’s just not the folks whom you want hear!
Read MorePRESENTER OPINION : ARRL Increasing Commission for Collecting Dues→
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The ARRL has paid a commission to clubs collecting ARRL dues for quite a while now, but as I pointed out in 2014, the commission ($2 for membership renewals) was too low for it to really be of interest. Well, according to the May 24, 2022 issue of ARRL Club News, the powers that be have raised this commission to $5, effective June 1, 2022. Hopefully, this increase will make it more attractive for clubs to both recruit new members and retain existing ones.
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