BAOFENG CHANGES NAME TO POFUNG

RADIO BUSINESS:BAOFENG CHANGES NAME TO POFUNG

Radio supplier Baofeng has changed its product distribution name to Pofung for all sales outside China.  In an announcement on its website the company says that it feels it's time to adapt its brand to the global stage.  It notes that the current name Baofeng is a literal translation of it's Chinese character name, and as such it may be difficult for a hobbyist elsewhere in the world to pronounce.  The company say that its new product name of Pofung is easier to pronounce and more friendly to its customers, while maintaining the phonetic symbolism of its brand.  The company's official web domain www.baofengradio.com will remain unchanged.  (Baofeng)

Source: Amateur Radio Newsline

ARRL June VHF QSO Party June 14 - 16, 2014

Fun contesting from 50 mhz and up.

For amateurs in the US and Canada (and their possessions) to work as many amateur stations in as many different 2 degrees x 1 degree Maidenhead grid squares as possible using authorized frequencies above 50 MHz. Stations outside the US & Canada (and their possessions) may only work stations in the US (and its posessions) and Canada.

The second full weekend in June. Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, runs through 0259 UTC Monday (June 14-16, 2014).     

For more information go to: ARRL.org

Antenna Basics: Building an HF Dipole Antenna

Radio Ham Guy Larry Shaunce WD0AKX has a great video on how to build a dipole.

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Parts can be found at some of the following vendors:

Amateur Electronic Supply 

American Radio Supply

Ham Radio Outlet  

Gigaparts

DX-pedition to Gambia

I just heard an amazing story about a group of Hams who traveled to Gambia and set up a station to work a contest.  At the time they were no other Ham operators in the country so this made it a very unique experience.  Also this was an international effort. 

You can read the story at: http://www.contesting.com/articles/480

Special D-Day Ham Radio Events

Source : QRZ.com

ON THE AIR: SPECIAL AM NETS MARK D-DAY LANDINGS

Friday, June 6th marks the 70th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy, France. To commemorate this event the United Kingdom’s Vintage and Military Amateur Radio Society is organizing a series of full carrier amplitude modulation nets on 80, 60 and 40 metes for operators of vintage military wireless gear that would have been in use at that time.

These special AM nets will be open to all amateurs and joining stations are encouraged to undertake a little research beforehand, in order to provide a description of how their equipment type was used in Operation Overlord. The schedule times and frequencies for these net operations are 07.00 hours GMT on 3. 615 MHz, 11.00 UTC on 7.143 on MHz and 15.00 hours UTC on 5.317 MHz in those nations where operation on this 5 MHz frequency using full carrier AM is allowed. More about the sponsoring group is on the web at vmars.org.uk. (Southgate)



ON THE AIR: COMMEMORATING D DAY IN FRANCE

On the air, two stations in France plan to be operational to commemorate the 70th anniversary of "D day" during the month of June. From June 6th to the 20th listen out for TM7JUN on 160 through 6 meters using CW, SSB, PSK, RTTY and JT65. QSL via F4GAJ.

Also listen out for the special event callsign TM70BMC from June 5th to the 8th. This operation will be located atop Mont Canisy in France’s Normandy Province. If you make contact QSL to FF5ILL via the bureau. (Various)