MagPi Features Ham Radio

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The Raspberry Pi magazine MagPiissue 80 is an Amateur Radio Special that features articles by Dave Honess M6DNT and Rob Zwetsloot. The PDF is available Free

The amateur radio articles appear on pages 62-75:

  • Pictures from Space via Ham Radio - Have you ever wanted to receive a radio signal from space? It's fun and a lot easier than you might think!

  • What is Ham Radio?

  • Using Ham Radio with Raspberry Pi

  • Amazing Ham Radio Projects - 7 projects

Download the Free MagPi magazine issue 80 PDF - https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/issues/80/

Modified Digital QST App Now Available for Apple iOS Users

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Apple has released a new app for digital QST (version 5.1) readers that use that platform. A long-standing problem involved the inability of some Apple iOS app users to download digital QST issues to their devices. When they attempted to do so, the app crashed. The new app is now available on the Apple iTunes store. Apple also required ARRL to create a new version of the app that allows non-members to purchase individual issues of the QST digital edition.

“Members must update their digital QST apps for the changes to take effect. This entails tapping the App Store icon, and then tapping Updates from the store menu. They may have to log in the after the update, but should not have to log in after that.”
— QST Editor Steve Ford, WB8IMY

The updated app will be a so-called “in-app purchase” version, which Apple requires ARRL and other publishers to use.

“You might think of it as an electronic newsstand. It will allow non-members to purchase single issues of QST for $6.99.”
— QST Editor Steve Ford, WB8IMY

Android and Kindle users and those who view digital QST on desktop or laptop computers will not be affected by this change. Android and Kindle users do not need to update their apps.

QST App (Apple App Store) - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/qst/id531766442?mt=8

Spectrum Analyser Software

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Spectrum Analyser Software

Availability has been announced for v1.0a of the Spectrum Analyser software developed by Steve Andrew specifically for the RSP line of products.

This very-much upgraded version of the original alpha release, includes many new features as well as removing the limitations imposed on the previous version.

New features include multiple traces, a versatile marker system with maths, peak find and display functions, Zero or non-Zero IF options and an upgraded tracking generator system.

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