The ATOM is an Audible Transmitter Output Monitor that provides a changing pitch tone that corresponds to RF output from an amateur radio transmitter. It is used by blind ham radio operators to assess relative power output and to help the user flag unusual tuning conditions that might indicate an antenna or feedline fault.

A review of the Baofeng UV-3R dual-band amateur radio.

There will be a Live BlogTV discussion of the assignments after sunset (in Tennessee) on Saturdays to discuss items in this book, you will have to sign up for a free BlogTV account to be able to post to the chat rooms. Here is the link to the show page. www.blogtv.com Here is a link to amazon that sells the book for less than the ARRL does if they are in stock otherwise you will have to go to The ARRL website to get one. www.amazon.com Hay parents this is a project you may be able to do together as a family. Don’t forget your emergency supplies at the Ready Store Best Price Guarantee … www.thereadystore.com If you would like to become a ready store affiliate click this link www.thereadystore.com Don’t forget my weekly BlogTV show Wednesdays at 6pm CST www.blogtv.com

This is a video about how to call “CQ”. Visit www.n7tfp.com for more amateur radio videos and information.

Some positives on ham radio and more truths from K1OIK

I found this SLA battery at Academy Sporting Goods. It works perfect for QRP operating.

Continuing the theme of receiving the International Space Station in random car parks in Southern England, using various low-tech cheap equipment… This time was near Worthing (West Sussex) around 1020 GMT on Monday 9 January 2012. I am using my old camera again so hopefully the audio is not as overdriven as the Portsmouth video! The signal from the space-station I am receiving is on 145.800MHz, in narrow FM, at the top-end of the 2 meter amateur radio band. The signal going up to the space-station was coming from a school in France. Sadly I couldn’t receive that side of the conversation. The astronaut speaking is Dan Burbank, callsign KC5ZSX. The handheld is the Mark II version of the very cheap and cheerful (but excellent value for the money) Baofeng UV-3R, using just the supplied rubber duck as an antenna. The smallest step size on the radio is 5kHz, so I couldn’t do anything about the Doppler shift unfortunately! 145.800 was close enough though. There is slight breakthrough from pagers, which cannot be helped in a radio of this size and complexity. Using a bigger and better antenna might actually have made the breakthrough worse. For more information, see: www.southgatearc.org and www.southgatearc.org If I can receive the ISS, then *anybody* can! Go for it, however naff your receiving setup is!! Greetings to all ISS fans and radio enthusiasts of all kinds, everywhere. 73 from Edmund (2E0MDO)

Diana Eng scouts out mobile HAMs at Hamvention 2010 in Dayton, Ohio.

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Prepper ham radio guide for the WROL SHTF bugout – Ohms Law ham radio FEMA NDAA KBR SHTF prepper first aid apps to the rescue ows occupy oakland los angeles bugout bag bob splint shotgun gsw wound sucking chest firearm gun morningmayan pgre survival thetruthergirls barbarianrebellion dollar collapse 2012 doomsday believersunderground bawls wrol maxipedition SHTF prepper first aid apps to the rescue Paramedic ows occupy oakland los angeles bugout bag bob splint shotgun gsw