SARL Wednesday 80m Club Sprint
The fifth leg of the SARL Wednesday 80 m Club Sprint takes place from 17:30 to 18:30 UTC (19:30 to 20:30 CAT) on Wednesday 15 September
Groups added to DX Awards program
The WIA has added an exciting new feature to its DX Awards Program - Groups. A Group is similar to a leaderboard, but very much more flexible, and are available for all members of the Awards Program, not just VKs
Amateur radio association to conduct licensing class
Educational Committee Chairman for the Fort Herkimer Amateur Radio Association, Inc. (New York) Chris Bouck, amateur radio callsign KB4CMF, announces that the association will be teaching an entry-level Technician Class licensing course, from September 21st through December 15th, 2021
CW Pow Wow
The Peel Amateur Radio Group has been encouraging its newer members to learn the art of CW, and for us oldies, re-kindle whats probably a lost skill
SARL engages ICASA at spectrum public hearing
This past week the SARL presented amateur radio’s frequency requirements during the three days-long public hearing about the Draft National Radio Frequency Plan
Review of the Motorola 'MotoTrbo Ion'
The Motorola MotoTrbo Ion is a 'Solid Radio.' The build quality is superb. When holding it in your hand it feels heavy, solid, and unbreakable. The screen is bright and the colors are vivid
RSGB General Manager on YouTube
The Stockport Radio Society have released a video of a talk given to the club on September 7 by the RSGB General Manager Steve Thomas M1ACB
QSO Today - Augie, 'Gus' Hansen, KB0YH
Augie, 'Gus' Hansen, KB0YH, always had an interest in radio, but did not get his first ticket until he was in his mid-thirties
ARRL Audio News - September 10, 2021
ARRL Audio News - September 10, 2021
VoIP Hurricane Net to Activate
NRA - Nucleo de Radioamadores da Armada
CS5NRA - NRA Nucleo de Radioamadores da Armada - Portugal (Portuguese Navy Hamradio Club)
KY4WC
The WCARC is an organization of amateur radio operators in Woodford County.
Experiments with 160m antennas
Antennas/160M
Experimentin wire antennas on top band using several type of aerials.
This includes a 40 to 160 meters EndFed Half Wave kite antennas and 160m/80m loaded vertical antenna.
Amateur Radio at Ensor Park and Museum
The Kansas City Star reports on the amateur radio history at the former home of Marshall Ensor W9BSP and his sister Loretta Ensor W9UA
MacLoggerDX Version 6.35 released
Dog Park Software is pleased to announce that version 6.35 of MacLoggerDX has been released
Radio ham receives distress call from vessel
A Japanese radio amateur received a distress call from a vessel off the the coast of Niigata prefecture
AMSAT 2021 Symposium and Annual Meeting changes to virtual event
Due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, AMSAT has announced that its 39th Space Symposium scheduled for October 29-31, 2021 will now take place as a virtual event. The Symposium was originally planned to be held at the Crowne Plaza AiRE hotel in Bloomington, Minnesota
RSGB 2021 Online Convention trailer released
The Society has just launched a trailer for this year’s online Convention. It gives a whistle-stop tour of the programme that delighted 3,500 radio amateurs from 24 countries on the day last year, and a taste of what to expect from this year’s event
RSGB remote invigilation figures soar
This week, the RSGB passed the fantastic milestone of 4,000 candidates passing their Foundation licence via remote invigilation
Louisiana ARES Returning to Normal Status in Storm-Affected Parishes
Louisiana ARES Section Emergency Coordinator James Coleman, AI5B, said this week that Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) teams in his Section “should now be on normal status, with the affected parishes’ status as appropriate for local conditions.” Emergency Coordinators in some hard-hit parishes have activated volunteers for relief and recovery operations. More than 30 parishes were affec...
FCC Extends Filing Deadlines for Affected Louisiana Parishes and Mississippi Counties
In the wake of the disruption caused after Hurricane Ida struck the Gulf Coast of the US as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, August 29, the FCC has announced that it is extending certain filing deadlines for those in Louisiana and Mississippi unable to meet them due to the storm. President Joseph Biden issued an emergency declaration for Mississippi on August 28 and a major disaster declaration fo...
20th Anniversary of 9/11
ARRL The national association for Amateur Radio® honors the memories of those who died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, including these radio amateurs:Steven A. “Steve” Jacobson, N2SJ, 53, of New York City (WTC); William V. “Bill” Steckman, WA2ACW, 56, of West Hempstead, New York (WTC); Michael G. Jacobs, ...
August 2021 Volunteer Monitor Program Report
The Volunteer Monitor (VM) Program is a joint initiative between ARRL and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to enhance compliance in the Amateur Radio Service. This is the VM Program Report for August 2021. - Licensees in Pawcatuck, Connecticut; Wamego, Kansas; Valley Cottage, New York; Long Valley, New Jersey; Columbia, South Carolina, and Maryville, Tennessee, were sent Advisory Notic...
ARRL Board of Directors Bestows Awards
The ARRL Board granted several awards at its July 2021 meeting. - The ARRL Doug DeMaw, W1FB Technical Excellence Award went to Steve Franke, K9AN; Bill Somerville, G4WJS, and Joe Taylor, K1JT for their July/August 2020 QEX article, “The FT4 and FT8 Communications Protocols.” The DeMaw award honors the author of an article or article series judged to possess the highest degree of technical merit in...
HLARC - Highland Lakes Radio Club
Highland Lakes amateur radio club web-site
AA0MZ Jim
Amateur radio links providing information sources for DX, QSL, Clubs, etc.
How to Tune Dipole Antennas
Antennas/Dipole
This is a standard calculation method that can help you while tuning dipole antennas, by adjusting wire lengths. This method can be used also when you need to add lenght to your wires, and can be additionally used to quarter waves vertical antennas
HamSCI Founder Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, Awarded $481,260 NASA Research Grant
OZ9RH Web Site
Official web site of OZ9RH Robert
Palomar Amateur Radio Club
The Palomar Amateur Radio Club ("PARC"), in existence since 1936, serves the Amateur Radio community of San Diego County California with repeaters located on Palomar Mountain
W4RSC Silver Comet ARS
Silvercomet ARS is located in Paulding County Georgia. We are a ARRL Special Service Club. We hold Training Classes, do many Special Events Stations. We are also very involved in Digital Modes.
FCC Callsign Database Script
Software/Developer Resources
This is a Bourne Shell script that will automagically download the FCC Amateur Radio license database, parse it, and populate a MySQL database. The database can be searched using the command line and is very fast.
Oceania DX Contest
The WIA along with the NZART are the major sponsors to the Oceania DX Contest which is on again in about 5 weeks time
Saudi Amateur special event
Special event stations 7Z91ND, 8Z91ND and HZ91ND will be active to celebrate the 91st anniversary the 'Unification Day for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia' and 'Saudi National Day' (September 23rd)
SARL National Field Day
The second leg of the SARL National Field Day runs from 08:00 UTC (10:00 CAT) on Saturday 11 September to 06:00 UTC (08:00 CAT) on Sunday 12 September 2021
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