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Red River Radio Amateurs
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Simple HF Antennas for Field Day
https://rrra.org/post/2025/05/13/simple-hf-antennas-for-field-day/
Published: May 13, 2025 14:04
“ARRL Education Specialist Wayne Greene, KB4DSF, returns to the podcast to walk readers through his May/June 2025 On the Air article, Building Simple Antennas for 10 and 15 Meters.”1 Read More...
ARRL Reconsidered
https://rrra.org/post/2025/05/13/arrl-reconsidered/
Published: May 13, 2025 12:07
A friend of mine asked recently if perhaps our angst over ARRL was misguided. There is a segment of hams that will hate the ARRL for any reason, often stupid, irrelevant reasons. I still encounter people who are angry about incentive licensing or claim the…
Promote Your Club’s 2025 ARRL Field Day With Posters
https://rrra.org/post/2025/05/12/promote-your-clubs-2025-arrl-field-day-with-posters/
Published: May 12, 2025 15:23
2025 ARRL Field Day will be here before you know it! We’re just 7 weeks away from ham radio’s biggest event, held each year on the 4th full weekend of June (28 – 29 for 2025). The theme of “Radio Connects” highlights the many ways amateur radio makes…
Open Source in Amateur Radio
https://rrra.org/post/2025/05/12/open-source-in-amateur-radio/
Published: May 12, 2025 06:11
When I first got my Technician license in 2019, I heard people call amateur radio “the hobby of experimentation”. I was told I had received a “license to learn”. Indeed, 47 CFR Part 97, the section of the Code of Federal Regulations that governs amateur…
Communication Planning for Large Scale Events
https://rrra.org/post/2025/05/07/communication-planning-for-large-scale-events/
Published: May 7, 2025 22:31
In this RATPAC Amateur Radio video Travis Johnson, KE5FXC, an Emergency Communications Coordinator with the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)—speaking in an unofficial capacity as KE5SXC—addresses communications plans for large-scale…
Armed Forces Day Crossband Test
https://rrra.org/post/2025/05/06/armed-forces-day-crossband-test/
Published: May 7, 2025 00:09
The Department of Defense will host this year’s Armed Forces Day (AFD) Crossband Test, scheduled for May 10, 2025. This annual event is open to all licensed amateur radio operators and will not impact any public or private communications. For more than 50…
First 630 Meter Band Was Awards Issued
https://rrra.org/post/2025/05/03/first-630-meter-band-was-awards-issued/
Published: May 3, 2025 13:28
Eric Tichansky, NO3M, of Saegertown, Pennsylvania, has been issued the first Worked All States award from ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® for the 630-meter band. He picked up the award at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut, on…
Improve Your Club’s Message Fair Using the Radiogram Gateway!
https://rrra.org/post/2025/05/02/improve-your-clubs-message-fair-using-the-radiogram-gateway/
Published: May 2, 2025 06:47
The following story appeared in the March 18, 2025 issue of ARRL Club News: Your club is planning to staff a table at a local community fair or event. Offer to send radiograms. Recruit volunteers to explain what a radiogram is and, later, send the…
ARRL Establishes Virtual NTS Traffic Net
https://rrra.org/post/2025/05/01/arrl-establishes-virtual-nts-traffic-net/
Published: May 1, 2025 06:36
Many Technician class amateurs miss out on fun and skills learning of traffic handling because they reside in areas of the country where local traffic nets on VHF repeaters don’t exist. The Virtual NTS Training Net (VNTN) seeks to address this problem with…
2025 Skywarn Training Is Only Available Online
https://rrra.org/post/2025/04/30/2025-skywarn-training-is-only-available-online/
Published: April 30, 2025 13:16
First Responders, Amateur Radio Operators, and members of the public who are interested in becoming SKYWARN® storm spotters—and current spotters who wish to refresh their skills—must do so by watching the NWS WFO Grand Forks 2025 SKYWARN® Storm Spotter…
May 2025 ARES Meeting Agenda
https://rrra.org/post/2025/04/28/may-2025-ares-meeting-agenda/
Published: April 28, 2025 23:44
The May 2025 ARES Meeting will be dedicated to starting the process of reissuing the Salamander IDs held by RRRAES members and to updating I am Responding (IAR) user information. There will be a lot to do at this meeting so please arrive as early as…
Upcoming Events
Published: April 27, 2025 09:20
UHF/VHF Net 17 Sun, Apr 27, 2025 ARAC Hamfest Sat, May 3, 2025 ARES Meeting Tue, May 20, 2025 Business Meeting Tue, May 20, 2025 Field Day - West Fargo Sat, Jun 28, 2025 2025 Hamfest Sat, Sep 27, 2025 Jingle Bell Run Sat, Dec 6, 2025
All You Need to Receive SSTV Images From ISS
https://rrra.org/post/2025/04/23/all-you-need-to-receive-sstv-images-from-iss/
Published: April 24, 2025 02:25
This is a demonstration of the minimal setup to download SSTV images from the International Space Station ISS. I use a Quansheng UV-K5 set to 145.800 an sql at 0. It is then decoded on the fly using an android tablet with the Robot36 app. You may also…
Learn APRS at the April On the Air Live Session
https://rrra.org/post/2025/04/18/learn-aprs-at-the-april-on-the-air-live-session/
Published: April 18, 2025 23:10
“This month, ARRL Education Specialist Wayne Greene, KB4DSF, returns to the podcast to update us on ARRL’s new monthly livestream, On the Air Live. The April session of On the Air Live will be a tutorial on the Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS). A…