Palms West Amateur Radio Club – Serving the Western Communities of Palm Beach County Florida

Useful Information

To keep abreast of local ham news, join the PBCHAMS reflector at Groups.io

To listen to an hour of world-wide ham news, tune in to the AREC Repeater Group’s 146.670 repeater every Saturday at 7:30 PM.

ARES NET meets Wednesday’s at 7pm on the PWARC Repeater 147.045

Kenwood TS-590SG Desktop control panel for macOS and Linux
Source: DXZone: Amateur Radio daily Top 10 Date: 2026-10-20 By Source Author
Portable Satellite Antenna Build for Full Duplex Operation
Source: DXZone: Amateur Radio daily Top 10 Date: 2026-10-19 By Source Author
Build a 9 dB, 70cm Collinear Antenna from Coax
Source: DXZone: Amateur Radio daily Top 10 Date: 2026-10-19 By Source Author
Amateur Radio Clubs
Source: DXZone: Amateur Radio daily Top 10 Date: 2026-10-17 By Source Author
SatDump: Satellite Data Processing Software for SDRs
Source: DXZone: Amateur Radio daily Top 10 Date: 2026-10-17 By Source Author
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2641
Source: DXZone: Amateur Radio daily Top 10 Date: 2026-10-16 By Source Author
AB0PC Park County Radio Club
Source: DXZone: Amateur Radio daily Top 10 Date: 2026-10-15 By Source Author
HK4Q/0 San Andreas and Providencia 2026
Source: DXZone: Amateur Radio daily Top 10 Date: 2026-10-14 By Source Author
PJ4G Bonaire 2026
Source: DXZone: Amateur Radio daily Top 10 Date: 2026-10-14 By Source Author
Central Mississippi Amateur Radio Association
Source: DXZone: Amateur Radio daily Top 10 Date: 2026-10-14 By Source Author
The Morgain 40/80-Meter Antenna for Limited Space Installations
Source: DXZone: Amateur Radio daily Top 10 Date: 2026-10-13 By Source Author
KFPortal Polish Amateur Radio Community
Source: DXZone: Amateur Radio daily Top 10 Date: 2026-10-12 By Source Author
Simple Microwave Noise Source Construction for Receiver Testing
Source: DXZone: Amateur Radio daily Top 10 Date: 2026-10-11 By Source Author
DeepCW: Real-time Neural Network Morse Code Decoder
Source: DXZone: Amateur Radio daily Top 10 Date: 2026-10-11 By Source Author
Elecraft K2 as a 2m IF Transceiver for Microwave Transverters
Source: DXZone: Amateur Radio daily Top 10 Date: 2026-10-10 By Source Author

Learn how to Become a Member

Click Here to find out how to join this community of Amateur Radio Enthusiasts.

Renew Your Membership

Use the buttons below to RENEW as an Individual or Family Member. Click Here for our policy.

CLICK HERE for the PWARC Individual Membership -- $22 Includes $2 Fee

CLICK HERE for the PWARC Family Membership -- $32 Includes $2 Fee

Random Ham Stuff

A PTO Kit From Ken WA4MNT at QRPBuilder

A PTO Kit From Ken WA4MNT at QRPBuilder

The Soldersmoke Direct Conversion Receiver was the first time I had ever built anything with a permeability tuned oscillator (PTO for short). I had never previously been that interested in [...]

The QRP Labs QMX Transceiver

The QRP Labs QMX Transceiver

Note – A number of folk have mentioned experiencing difficulty leaving comments underneath posts on this blog. Unfortunately, I don’t how to remedy that, or even whether I could. It’s [...]

The NorCal 40A 25th Anniversary Edition

The NorCal 40A 25th Anniversary Edition

With many of the projects described in this blog, the idea to build them had been in my head for a while (often years) before it was finally acted on. [...]

The Wilderness Radio SST-20

The Wilderness Radio SST-20

NOTE: In the following post, I’ll be referencing component designators according to the original schematic, which is in the SST manual, available here, on Ken WA4MNT and Karen KF4EEL’s QRPBuilder [...]

The SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver

The SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver

Well gosh. About a month ago, it was feeling as if every builder in the homebrew community had built the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver, apart from me. That’s a slight [...]

Another GM3OXX OXO Transmitter

Another GM3OXX OXO Transmitter

After finishing the two-transistor “Jingy 40” regen, I was looking for a little transmitter to use with it. I cycled through a few different designs, before deciding to “play it [...]

A Daily-Use Vintage High Impedance Headset

A Daily-Use Vintage High Impedance Headset

I’m not a collector of vintage headsets. 2 years ago, I purchased a high impedance Western Electric headset for listening to crystal sets. I also bought a set of “Baldies”. [...]

For Part 15 Enthusiasts – Some Very Worthy SSTRAN AMT3000 and AMT5000 Mods

For Part 15 Enthusiasts – Some Very Worthy SSTRAN AMT3000 and AMT5000 Mods

Back in 2010, I became interested in legal micropower broadcasting under the FCC Part 15 regulations, and assembled an SSTRAN AMT3000 kit transmitter for the AM broadcast band. I had [...]

“The Jingy 40” – A Two-Transistor Regen

“The Jingy 40” – A Two-Transistor Regen

Or “The One-Transistor Regen That Turned Into A Two-Transistor Regen” with thanks to G3XBM and N0WVA. (Note – if reading this post on a computer, you can click on any [...]

A Near-Minty Vintage Headset and a Book on Building the “Ultimate Regen”

A Near-Minty Vintage Headset and a Book on Building the “Ultimate Regen”

No new construction projects here, I’m afraid, and none planned for the foreseeable future, though I have made some exciting and worthy acquisitions. A couple of years ago, I was [...]

ARRL News

eBay Restricts Listings of Radio Equipment, but Exempts Ham-Band-Only Gear

ImageOnline marketplace eBay has imposed new restrictions on listings of radio transmitting equipment in response to new FCC rules that took effect this week, but responded to ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® that [...]

Florida Hams Provide Communications Support During Hurricane Isaias

Amateur radio operators from Florida’s Santa Rosa, Nassau, Lake, Pinellas, and Leon Counties played an important role in supporting emergency communications efforts during and following Hurricane Isaias, helping ensure that [...]

The ARRL Solar Update

Look for improved propagation on the upper HF bands, as both thesunspot numbers and 10.7-centimeter radio flux remain near or above100. According to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC),the increase [...]

The 2026 ARRL Online Auction Is Now Open

The 21st annual ARRL Online Auction, sponsored by GigaParts, is open now through October 22. Browse more than 200 items and place your bids!This year’s selection includes gear from QST “Product Review” [...]

ARRL Headquarters Closing Early on Friday, October 9, 2026

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® will close our headquarters at 12 PM Eastern time on Friday, October 9, 2026, for a staff event.The ARRL Headquarters lobby and store, [...]