Sligo 2m voice repeater

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Sligo Amateur Radio Club is pleased to announce that a new 2m voice repeater, EI2TKR, has been installed back on Truskmore Mountain in Co Sligo (IO54TI).

  • Channel RV56 (R4).
  • Output Frequency 145.700MHz
  • Input frequency 145.100MHz.
  • CTCSS only 77Hz.

As a new antenna location is being used, the Club would appreciate signal reports and these can be sent to either EI7CS or EI8BEB.

Antarctic radio ham now online

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Paride, IZ3SUS, is currently active as IA/IZ3SUS from Concordia Dome 'C' (WAP MNB-03), a French-Italian Multi-national Base on the Antarctic Plateau.

RTX is a Rhode & Schwartz XK2100L, 150 W HF transceiver with a frequency range 1.5 MHz to 30 MHz operated remotely via an integrated multi standard serial interface, managed from the Radio room.

Paride has registered an IRC channel on Freenode so that is now possible to chat with him when he is available even at the Radio Room or when working. To get connected you just have to follow a simple procedure:

  1. Go to https://webchat.freenode.net/
  2. Select a nickname (suggested to use your callsign) and type it on the window.
  3. On "Channel" site type: ##antarctica (with two ##)
  4. Insert the security code and click on "Connect"

When Paride is on (his id is "pl"), you can chat, talk about skeds, just say Hello or whatsoever else.

WAP Website - http://www.waponline.it

Philadelphia area Hams celebrate 4th July holiday with 13 Colonies Special Event

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Amateur radio stations operating from the 13 original U.S. colonies will be joined by members of several Philadelphia area amateur radio clubs to celebrate Independence Day from the city where independence was declared, Philadelphia, PA.

The six day event, 1-6 July 2014, allows amateur radio operators around the world to learn about the original 13 colonies and the city where Independence began. This will be the fourth year members of the Holmesburg Amateur Radio Club (HARC) will be participating. Also participating will be members of the Philmont Mobile, Drexel University, and University of Pennsylvania Amateur Radio Clubs. Joining for the first time will be members of the Philadelphia Digital Radio Association.

The theme for the 2014 event is the Colonial Currency. Each of the original 13 colonies will be represented by a special event amateur radio station, K2A-K2M. The Philadelphia group, using the call WM3PEN, will offer a special QSL card featuring the First Bank of the United States. Also this year W3FT will be on from Baltimore, MD celebrating the 100th anniversary of the writing of the Star Spangled Banner. In all you can collect 15 QSL cards during the 6 day event and earn a nice certificate.

There will be several new aspects to this year’s event. QRP or low power stations will be operating from each of the 13 Colonies. Thanks to members of the Philadelphia Digital Radio Association, WM3PEN will be on D-STAR. They will be on the air from 7PM – 11PM EDT. In the Philadelphia area they will be on the K3PDR repeater. Those out of the area can connect to REF 063 D. Both operators must use a radio for the contact to be valid for the event.

More information - http://www.13colonies.info