Category Archives: General

Articles about Amateur Radio and the Nashua Area Radio Society. This is a general category which includes most articles on our website.

Activities, Featured, General, Newsletter, Youth Activities

N1FD Foxes Run Wild At Picnic…

You really don’t have to dress like this or bring a horse to have fun doing a Fox Hunt at our annual picnic this month. Well, maybe the horse would help…

Fox Hunt at 2016 Picnic
Fox Hunters at 2016 Picnic

There will be two different N1FD Foxes on the loose at our picnic this year for double the fun. Also, Fox Hunting is a great activity for everyone. Furthermore, you don’t need a license and we will have a radio available for anyone who wants to give it a try.

Fox Hunting - 2m Foxes
2m Foxes

We have put together a new Fox Hunting Kit which includes two Fox small Fox Transmitters for 2m. One is a 10-15 mW unit and the other outputs 1/2 W. They operate on different Frequencies (146.535 Mhz and 146.565 Mhz FM). They each can be configured with a number of antennas depending upon the range and environment for the Fox Hunt. Both Foxes will be on the loose at our picnic!

Bring your 2m HT and plan to spend some time tracking down the N1FD Foxes at our picnic. Also, Gene, W3UA, will be bringing some 80m HF Fox Hunting gear for folks to play with at our picnic.

You can find more information on the picnic here. Finally don’t forget to drop Anita an email at [email protected] to let her know if you plan on coming so that we can plan for the proper amount of food, etc.

See you at the picnic!

Antennas, Featured, General, Newsletter

Shack and Station Videos

We have a new YouTube collection which features Ham Radio Station and Shack videos from around the world. Hams around the globe put these videos together as their “playlists” of favorite station photos and video. They are fun to watch! Also, they are a good source of ideas for your own station.

Ham Radio Station YouTube Feeds

You can check out the new collection on our YouTube feeds page.

Do you have a favorite station video or another video about Amateur Radio on YouTube? Send us a link at [email protected] so we can add it to our YouTube feeds.

 

Digital, Education and Training, Featured, General, Newsletter, Station Equipment

Icom IC-7300 USB for Radio Control + FSK Keying

There’s one thing that was annoying me about the new IC-7300, and that was that the USB connection to the computer did it all: radio control, soundcard codec, PTT/CW. That’s great, and …

Source: Icom IC-7300 USB for Radio Control + FSK Keying
By:  Cedrick Johnson

This is a great article for folks who want to do RTTY with an IC-7300 transceiver. FSK RTTY is much easier to use than the AFSK/Sound Card approach. You can read more articles about digital modes on our Blog.

Radio Amateurs Developing Skills Worldwide