2018 Hurricane Season: Some Nets to Know
Caribbean Emergency and Weather Net – Meets daily at 1030Z and 2230Z on 3815 kHz. The Caribbean Emergency and Weather Net was established in 1958 by Colonel Henry Frew, KV4BZ, for the…
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System Fusion Podcast – HamRadioLive
This Thursday (7/5) on Ham Talk Live!, Cory Sickles, WA3UVV will take your questions about System Fusion! We’ll talk about how it works, and how it compares to other digital voice modes.…
Meet your new antenna’s
Here is Steel City big plans for summer. We are going to need several work parties to get all the work done, but to get you excited about the antenna improvements at…
Our Other Bands – 12 meter
The 12 meter band is one of the three WARC bands. The 12 meters (24.890–24.990 MHz) were named after the World Administrative Radio Conference, which in 1979 created a worldwide allocation of…
Ham Nets @ WiresX network
Here are some of the nets I have found on the web that can be found on the Yaesu WiresX network. Which you can now connect to on the Steel City 444.45…
How to use the WireX @ SCARC UHF Repeater
We are currently testing our WireX connection to the Internet on our UHF repeater. WireX is a way to inter connection radio to other radios/repeater around the whole world. Each station or…
WireX Steel City Node Online @ 444.45 Mhz
Final testing is now taking place! Karl KA3VXJ and myself have been working hard on getting a computer to load the WireX software and getting it hooked up to the 440 machine.…
Like us on Facebook
Did you know that Steel City has a Facebook page. Any license radio operator can sign to be able to post to the page, and the public are invited to view the…
Our other bands – 60 Meters
Amateurs are permitted to operate on five frequency channels, each having an effective bandwidth of 2.8 kHz. Amateurs may transmit with an effective radiated power of 100 W or less, relative to…
FYI: The new VLF bands
There was a lot of talk at our last meeting about the two new VLF ham band and what it will take to get on the air. I found this while surfing…
Icom 7300 vs. Icom 7610 comparison
No Nonsense Icom 7300 vs. Icom 7610 Comparison BY: Rich, K0PIR It’s time I did the Icom 7300 vs. Icom 7610 comparison. I’m not going to list my personal likes and dislikes.…
Geostationary “Phase 4” Satellite
Es’HailSat-2 with two geostationary “Phase 4” amateur radio transponders The Qatar Amateur Radio Society has presented to Es’ Hailsat, the Qatar Satellite Company, a concept and specification for an amateur radio payload…