You can now order pizza with Morse Code
For the first time ever, popular pizza delivery chain Papa John’s is offering its customers the chance to order pizza via Morse code to celebrate its partnership with Call of Duty® and the new World War II game, Vanguard
Significant X-class solar flare
There was a global eruption on the sun today. It started with a powerful X1-class solar flare from sunspot AR2887
BACAR due to fly tomorrow
The Secunda Amateur Radio Club will launch a Balloon Carrying Amateur Radio (known as the BACAR project) on Saturday 30 October
This evening is the AM ARS Online Club Night!
Tonight, Friday 29th October is our monthly online club night of the recently formed Amplitude Modulation Amateur Radio Society!
History of the Ham Radio Callsign
In this video Mike Ritz W7VO looks at the history of amateur radio call signs in the United States
Amateur Radio Emergency Service and SKYWARN respond to major nor’easter
The ARRL report a major nor’easter struck eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island this week, with ferocious winds stronger than those that Tropical Storm Henri brought to the region in August
ARRL Concurs with Two FCC World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee Draft Positions
ARRL has told the FCC that it agrees with two World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) Advisory Committee (WAC) draft positions on WRC-23 agenda items, but with conditions. ARRL based its support on provisions that amateur radio allocations are protected and amateur operations are not constrained. The two items consider spectrum requirements for the Earth Exploration-Satellite Service (Active)...
President Names Rosenworcel FCC Chair, Announces Planned Nominations to FCC, NTIA
President Joe Biden this week designated FCC acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel as Chair and announced that he intends to re-nominate her and nominate another to fill the open seats on the Commission. Rosenworcel, a Democrat, is the first woman to head the Commission. She has served on the FCC since 2012. Prior to joining the FCC, Chairwoman Rosenworcel served as Senior Communications Counsel...
East Coast Amateur Radio Service Offers Support for Amateur Radio-Related Initiatives
US and Region 2 Amateur Radio Direction-Finding Championships Results are In
3Y0J DXpedition to Bouvet Island Confirms November 2022 Activation
The 3Y0J Bouvet Island DXpedition team says that with its first deposit on its contract to have the SS Marama provide transportation to Bouvet, it has confirmed its plans to activate the second most-wanted DXCC entity in November 2022. “It is a huge task and undertaking to go to Bouvet, and we still critically need additional upfront support to close the budget,” said the amateur radio DXpediti...
WSJT-X Version 2.5.1 has been Released
The WSJT-X development team has announced the general availability release of WSJT-X version 2.5.1. This release mainly contains improvements and repairs defects related to Q65 and JT65 when used with nonstandard and compound call signs. Those planning to use Q65 or JT65 to make weak-signal contacts involving a nonstandard call sign should upgrade to this version. Also included is a new feature...
HD8R Log Online
DX Resources/Logs
On-line Log for HD8R Galapagos 2021 DX pedition
IARU Region 1 announces G2BVN Memorial Trophy winners
At the final plenary meeting of the IARU Region 1 Conference and Workshop, which closed October 24, Ole Garpestad, LA2RR and Hans Blondeel Timmerman, PB2T were announced as recipients of the Roy Stevens, G2BVN, Memorial Trophy
Well-known amateur radio contester and DXer Will Roberts, AA4NC, SK
The ARRL report that an experienced and successful member of the amateur radio contesting and DX community lost his life on October 21 as the result of a small plane crash
What does SOS actually mean?
The Nairobi Wire looks at the meaning of the distress call SOS
EMC: BNetzA removes three products from the market
The German communications regulator BNetzA has excluded three products that do not comply with the European EMC Directive 2014/30/EU from the German market
Hams Support Chicago Marathon
A team of 135 radio amateurs from four states supported medical teams volunteering for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 10. The Chicago Marathon is the third largest marathon in the world. This marked the 13th year that amateur radio volunteers have partnered with the marathon medical team to help coordinate responses, arrange for deployment of medical supplies, and provide situa...
Australian Telecoms Regulator Reports High Interest in New 2 × 1 Contest Call Signs
Straight Key Century Club Achieves Membership Milestone
HLA 300 Amplifier Review
Radio Equipment/HF Amplifiers
In this survey some practical experiences were written down, that might become handy in case you are contemplating purchasing such an amplifier.
WA3RNC Electronic Kits
Manufacturers/QRP Kits
Electronic Kits manufacturer, produce the Penntek TR-45L QRP Transceiver and the TR-25 CW Transceiver Kit
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2141
Loading of Short Antennas, CW morse code course by I4CQO, Modified harpin antenna for 40m, TangerineSDR Project, DXFile, NEC-Win Plus+, ADIF to KML converter
How your phone, laptop, or watch can be tracked by their Bluetooth transmissions
Over the past few years, mobile devices have become increasingly chatty over the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) protocol and this turns out to be a somewhat significant privacy risk
New museum to recognize Warsaw radio station that was second biggest in the world
In memory of what was once the second tallest radio transmission station in the world, scientists are looking to set up a museum to commemorate its history
ICQPodcast - ARDC supporting Amateur Radio
In this episode, Martin Butler (M1MRB) is joined by Chris Howard (M0TCH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), Frank Howell (K4FMH) and Bill Barnes (WC3B) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and in the episode we feature is ARDC supporting Amateur Radio
NRSI Radio News for Sunday the 24th of October
National Radio Society of Ireland news broadcast
Scouts jamboree fun covers radio skills to Morse Code
The Dunmow Broadcast carries a report on the Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) activities of the 1st Dunmow Scout Group in Essex
Swedish report on IARU-R1 workshop
Sweden's SSA reports on the IARU Region 1 'Shaping the Future' workshop which took place October 15-24
Austrian Telecomms Act passed
Austria's amateur radio society ÖVSV report on October 13, the Telecommunications Act 2021 was passed in the country's National Council
ARISS contact with students at Tarwater Elementary School
Amateur radio operators using the club call sign W7MRF in Chandler, AZ will serve as the relay amateur radio station for this ARISS contact
MorseExpert for Android
Software/Android
Morse Code Decoder for Android based on the algorithms implemented in CW Skimmer. Morse Expert decodes Morse Code audio to text. It is optimized for decoding weak, fading signals in the presence of interference, especially on the Amateur Radio bands. The input audio might come either from the built-in microphone or from another device, such as a radio receiver.
Voskhod
On Saturday, we published a link to a video which appeared to show a defunct Russian satellite making a fiery return to earth. This reminded me of the opening scenes of a short sci-fi film about ham radio that we published in April last year
WIA announces new Club Coordinator
Peter Schrader, WIA Director VK4EA writing on WIA Front Page News tells how Angelo Giuffre VK2NWT is our new WIA Club Coordinator
Radio industry calls for government protection from smart assistants
The Guardian newspaper asks: Could Alexa kill the radio star? The government is considering introducing legislation to ensure that Amazon and other tech companies do not abuse their growing power over UK airwaves
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