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CQ Desk — live map, spots & space weather
This is one of HamLike’s flagship tools: an interactive dashboard with a world map (PSK paths, greyline, POTA, SOTA, ISS), NOAA space weather, an HF band snapshot, sun & moon at your location, callsign lookup, live spots, and curated ham radio news — no app install.
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Winter Field
Event
Jan 24, 2026
8:00 AM -> Jan 25, 2026 9:00 AM
The upcoming Winter Field Day begins January 24 and ends January 25. Visit the WFD.com website for more details.
Patrick K6PFG
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2494 for Friday, August 15th, 2025
https://www.arnewsline.org/s/Report2494.mp3
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YSF and DMR final conclusion from an old poor ham
_**i started with a Yaeso FT70DR
I wanted to try C4FM and get into all those cool world wide talkgroups
well that turned into frustration because when you take the repeater, for a while the locals complain...
Then I thought...hey Tom try DMR that sounds like fun.
well pretty much the same end result. Its another mode for tal;king to locals on a repeater...
and if you want to try one of those fun talk groups well you get kicked off after a few minutes, the radio just goes quiet...you have to push the ptt to get back
#General
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moving on from YSF to DMR
well I tried YSF on my FT0DR for a while...
I just dont like it
too many dropped messages too hard to listen to
so Im going to try DMR
a friend is loaning me a DMR radio to try and learn on
I know its a whole new learning curve...
but I have no life, no family
and a lot of time
Ill keep you updated
Oh does anyone find it irratating that yaesu only has a handful of radios thaat do fusion and almost all are $400-$800...
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2025 ARRL Field Day: FAQ with the Contest Program Manager
Source:
https://www.arrl.org/news/2025-arrl-field-day-faq-with-the-contest-program-manager
The days are longer, the weather is warmer, and June is upon us! hat means we are in the countdown to 2025 ARRL Field Day! There’s a lot of excitement building around the theme of “Radio Connects” and hams across North America are preparing for the big weekend of June 28 – 29.
In their efforts to prepare for the activations, many radio amateurs are researching the finer points of Field Day rules. All the information is
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2483 for Friday, May 30th, 2025
https://www.arnewsline.org/s/Report2483.mp3
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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2482 for Friday, May 23rd, 2025
https://www.arnewsline.org/s/Report2482.mp3
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Just launched CQ Desk
Just launched CQ Desk. A new ham radio dashboard with live spots, map, space weather, callsign lookup, POTA/sats, and ham news in one place. It’s in beta, but it’s live now if you want to check it out!
