QSL Update

Between celebrating the 50th anniversary of the JSCARC with a special event and with the ongoing NASA On The Air operating our mailbox certainly has been consistently full with QSL cards over the last 6 months.

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T-Hunt Overview Part 2 (Handi-Finder)

AB5SS will kickoff a T-Hunting event for the club on May 12. He’s found a very useful Direction Finder project kit, called the HANDI-Finder, which utilizes a simple CMOS oscillator to continuously switch your Handheld FM radio between two small wire loop antennas made from wire coat hangers.  Due to this phase-difference detection scheme, by adding a small handle and turning it,  a very sharp positional null can used to help one locate a signal’s direction.   It’s a perfect small project for T-Hunting.  The current pricing is $27.95 +$6 shipping which is a nice sweet spot for a DIY project.

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T-Hunt Overview Part 1

The club will soon embrace the T-Hunting bug.  T-hunting is a term for Transmitter-hunting or “Fox Hunting”.  A secret transmitter(s) is/are hidden at an undisclosed location, and participants use their HT or other exotic devices to hunt it down. 

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