| | By M6KSH,on December 13th,2011%  In presenting Echolink and IRLP as technologies of amateur radio,as something which is a part of the advancement of the hobby,it is useful to have a better understanding of what it actually is,and to also open the discussion as to why Radio Amateurs should use it.
Both Echolink and IRLP are systems that use voice over internet protocols (VOIP). They were actually here with us in use at least for the last ten years and well before the onset of programs such as Skype and ovoo. It is important to appreciate that Echolink and IRLP are in essence,innovative advancements in amateur radio. D-Star . . . →Read More:Echolink –is it REAL radio? By peterg3pho,on October 20th,2011% David,M0EQD and myself spent this morning at the club HQ and finally got rid of the TVI problem that has prevented us from using the shack for over a year. In the end it turned out to be an old terrestrial antenna that was still plugged into the Sports Club DVD player and then looped into the Sky box. We tried filters on all coax leads at first and reduced the TVI a little but not enough to satisfy us. Taking out the TV antenna downlead solved the problem as it was the culprit that was picking up our RF and carrying it down to the Sky Box a couple of hundred feet away. The TV antenna is not . . . →Read More:TVI at the Club …cured! By peterg3pho,on August 30th,2011% 
Kirimati (Christmas Island) in the Central Pacific SARC members were kind enough to support CDXC in their efforts to raise money for the forthcomingT32C DXpedition to East Kiribati by making individual purchases of raffle tickets through the club secretary (himself a member of CDXC) and the club as a body purchasing some 20 tickets, all in the hope of winning the excellent FT950 transceiver prize! However, with some 4000 tickets sold in total, anyone’s chances were sure to be much less than it raining on Field Day! At the foot of this post is the result of the draw made . . . →Read More:SARC HELPS MAJOR DXPEDITION By M6KSH,on September 15th,2010%  Congratulations goes to Peter ZS2ABF for becoming the new holder of the South African Record for 2Mts long distance on SSB tropo DX.
Peter made contact with Phil FR2DN from Reunion Island which is a stunning distance of 1879 Miles. This is not bad going for being on 144.401 Mhz using 10 watts. Well done,good effort Peter,thanks to Steve M1ERS for being at the other end to receive this good news! | |
