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Sometimes Redditors can be a force for good! Here's a glorious impassioned plea for kindness to potential new hams...
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New part coming soon for my #HamRadio Single-paddle #MorseCode key system. This is a base that you can glue magnets into, for using the key on a steel block like the commonly-used jeweler's blocks. Like the rest of my system, it is parametric, designed to be easily modified in FreeCAD. The…

Just finished my first session as a #HamRadio Volunteer Examiner, along with my wife, who is also a new VE. ❤️ About two dozen of the 20 people who had signed up showed up. Some upgrades, and a bunch of folks will get new licenses this next week or so.
It was great seeing some folks try exams that they weren't sure they were ready for, even if they didn't pass this time.
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I'm currently looking to expand my social network and would love to get in touch with anyone in the "global south" (especially African countries) involved in #hamradio, wireless community networks, #FOSS or #OSHW

This morning was my first experience of teaching a #HamRadio study course to prepare prospective hams to take the Technician test. Unlike @…, we don't fit it into one day; we are doing three successive Saturdays, with testi…

While Rob Sherwood is unlike to test the QRP-Labs QMX as far as I know, #HamRadio

In case you are wondering whether NCVEC listens to quality feedback on the #HamRadio question pool, this forum post shows that yes they definitely do!
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#DearLazyWeb ( #Nederland #HamRadio edition): I have small kids. My oldest is just turning 7. I have an idea of starting to introduce radios to them and some other parents are also interested.
I'm starting with walkie talkies and basic radio protocol. My thought is to try to play a few games of "keep talking and no one explodes" over walkie talkie, then trying to expand that out into an informal radio net or something. I have some other ideas for projects, like downloading weather satellite data or something (but I think this may be a bit too advanced, perhaps).
I've also been thinking about playing a bit with LoRa radios (meshcore or reticulum), but I haven't yet figured out an application that would be fun for kids.
One parent suggested a kids radio broadcast. In the US it's possible to get a local FM license (within about 2 kilometers) for community stations and educational use and such. Is there any similar program here in NL?
Extra question for #Ham operators: are there other simple kid friendly projects you can think of?
For parents (to gauge interest outside of my weird little circle): one goal here is getting kids into radio to build the next generation of disaster communication. Is this something you would be excited about for your kids? Is this something you would be interested in seeing as an after school program?

#HamRadio #MorseCode operators, get ready for #CW on ARRL/RAC Field Day! Use

As of today, I'm accredited by Laurel VEC as a Volunteer Examiner. I've been encouraging folks to try #HamRadio so much, it's only fair that I volunteer to help administer tests too. 😁

Today I learned about #HamRadio

I keep seeing #HamRadio antennas using all sort of huge devices to create links between band segments. Alligator clips. Wago blocks. Mueller clips. Mostly with the antenna wire tied to something stiff that makes it hard to roll up neatly, rather than using flexible cord. I keep looking for and not finding examples of my approach to linking.
My solution is so simple, neat, and tidy…

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I don't understand why people respond to me on bluesky (thanks to my allowing myself to be federated to bluesky), when they don't allow themselves to be federated from bluesky out to the Fediverse. How do they think I'm going to respond to them?
Almost every recent example has been a #HamRadio post, so — if you see this and have been wondering why I didn't respond to you, please a…

Anyone want to be first QSO for a new #HamRadio Technician trying 10m POTA? QSY to 28.367 and take KR4KZA's CQ. 😁

DX Engineering maybe should turn off their "upcoming" feed for... certain times of year 🤣
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One more #HamRadio operator in the family as of this evening, just waiting for a call sign to be assigned. 🎉

It's a great day for propagation on 10m from NC to Chile. I'm helping KR4KZA try for his first hopefully successful POTA activation. So far one AZ station and three Chilean stations. And just now Colombia too! Pretty cool for a new ham using his limited HF privileges while studying for general. 😎
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