November 13, 2024

This Week in Amateur Radio

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Via the ARRL: High School Marine Buoy Transmitter Now Active on 20-Meter WSPR

Phil Karn, KA9Q; Randy Standke, KQ6RS, and members of the Mount Carmel High School Amateur Radio Club (MCHSARC) in San Diego have constructed and deployed an amateur radio marine buoy in the Pacific. The buoy, which transmits WSPR on 14.0956 MHz USB, has already been heard around the continental US, Brazil, Hawaii, Japan, Costa Rica, Australia, and South Africa.

“Over the past year, Randy and I …

Read more – via American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources http://www.arrl.org/news/view/high-school-marine-buoy-transmitter-now-active-on-20-meter-wspr