Josh Tri 2025

September 9, 2025 Knut

5 days away from race time.

DMR mobile radios are dusted off for the team. Tuned mag-mount VHF antennas assembled.

APRS kit is totally redesigned with 5 roving IGates and. 7 APRS trackers programmed.

Primary goal is for Race Command to see us with a 1-minute update rate. Very challenging terrain and no permanent infrastructure requires this fairly complicated system to travel in the middle of the pack. Great hopes for huge improvements.

The ARRL Solar Update September 26, 2025
Solar activity reached moderate levels this past week. An impulsiveM1.0 flare was observed on September 24 from Region AR4217. Slightgrowth was observed in Region AR4226 with an increase in spots nearthe leader. New Regions AR4229 and AR4230 were numbered this period.All other regions were either stable or in decay. No Earth-directedCMEs were observed. Solar activity […]
ARRL Wants Every Ham to Help Us Pass The Bill September 26, 2025
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® needs every radio amateur in the United States to send letters to Washington as we continue our nationwide grassroots campaign to pass the Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act. The process is simple: click the button at www.arrl.org/HOA, put in your call sign, and press the red SEND MY […]
National Preparedness Month: Use Your Ham Radio for Public Service September 26, 2025
Amateur radio has long been a vital partner with served agencies in providing communications support, passing traffic, and performing other tasks, both in times of crisis and in times of community service. Through community events, hams help out before and When All Else Fails®. The best way to become a part of serving the greater […]
Hams Needed to Track NASA Moon Mission September 26, 2025
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is seeking volunteers to passively track the 2026 Artemis II Orion spacecraft as the crewed mission travels to the Moon and back to Earth. The Artemis II test flight will send NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, KF5LKT; Victor Glover, KI5BKC; and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut […]
NCVEC Question Pool Committee Removes Extra-Class Question E6D07 From Use September 25, 2025
The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) Question Pool Committee (QPC) has announced the immediate removal of Extra-Class question E6D07 from the Element 4 Extra-Class question pool and from use on examinations. The decision was made after it was determined that the question contained more than one correct answer.The current Element 4 Extra-Class pool, effective July […]