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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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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SkyHubLink Adds Crook UHF Repeater to Its Colorado Network
A new UHF repeater has joined the SkyHubLink system in northeastern Colorado. SkyHubLink reports that N2SKY at Crook is now on the air and linked, adding a new access point for the network between Sterling and Julesburg along Interstate 76. The repeater uses 449.575 MHz with a 103.5 Hz CTCSS access tone.…
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CLARA Sets September Meeting, Colorado QSO Party and Fox Hunt
Chaffee Lake Amateur Radio Association has scheduled three September activities for central Colorado operators: a technical club meeting on Tuesday, September 8, the Colorado QSO Party on Saturday, September 12, and a fox hunt on Saturday, September 26. The meeting begins with a 6 p.m. social hour followed by the 7 p.m.…
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FreeDV 2.4.0 Adds Decoder Startup and Radio-Control Refinements
The FreeDV project has released FreeDV 2.4.0, an update to its open-source HF digital-voice software for amateur radio. The release is a practical maintenance update rather than a new codec or on-air mode, but it improves several pieces of the operating workflow that matter when a station is set up for regular…
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Xiegu X6200 Update Restores CW Macros and Fixes Keyer Speed
AI-curated Ham Radio News for Arkansas Valley Radio Club. Xiegu X6200 owners have a useful new firmware update to consider, especially if they use the compact HF radio for CW. Firmware 1.0.8 restores the rig’s CW keyer-macro function and corrects a keying-speed problem in which the transmitted speed could fail to match…