Amateur radio news from around Colorado and the broader ham world — new gear, rule changes, contests, and what’s happening on the bands. Curated for the club; every item links to the original source.
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RMHAM University shifts to Denver church ahead of October 10 sessions
Rocky Mountain Ham Radio has moved its October 10 RMHAM University program to Wellshire Presbyterian Church, 2999 S. Colorado Blvd. in Denver, after construction made the previously planned Cherry Creek School facility unavailable. The organization announced the change October 4 and says the program is now less than a week away. The…
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Colorado Springs club demonstrates a Raspberry Pi path to a DMR hotspot
Garden of the Gods Amateur Radio Club reported that Mike Mennor, KF0UTU, returned for the second part of a September presentation on building DMR hotspots. The Colorado Springs-area club said the session focused on putting a low-power hotspot on the air with a Raspberry Pi: installing the software image, connecting the computer…
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EOSS Details Amateur-Radio Plan for October Student Balloon Flight
Edge of Space Sciences has scheduled EOSS-406, a high-altitude balloon flight carrying student experiments, for Saturday, October 17, from Deer Trail. The Rocky Mountain Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association is sponsoring the flight, which EOSS describes as a single 1,500-gram balloon payload. Sunday, October 18, is listed as the alternate…
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Limon DMR Site Restored to Full Network Service
Rocky Mountain Ham Radio reports that its Limon DMR site is back at full operation after volunteers replaced a Cat5 run with fiber, restoring the microwave link into the network. The site also retains backup connectivity through Bijou Telephone ISP service, an encouraging bit of infrastructure news for operators who use the…