CQ Announces 2021 Hall of Fame Inductees
CQ has announced six new members to its Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, and two new members each to the DX Hall of Fame and the Contest Hall of Fame. This year’s inductions were conducted online due to event cancellations resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors individuals who have made significant contributions to amateur radio and radio amateurs who have made...
June 2021 Eclipse Festival Seeks Ham Participants
HamSCI is looking for ham radio operators to make recordings of time-standard stations during the June 2021 annular solar eclipse across the Arctic Circle as part of a citizen science experiment. Researchers will use the crowd-sourced data to investigate the superimposed effects of auroral particle precipitation and the eclipse on HF Doppler shift. Participants would collect data using an HF rad...
SQ1BHQ blog
A blog from poland about VHF and Satellite operations, including D-Star. Many pictures and movies from this active vhf dxer
US Band Plan by ICOM
ICOM USA Amateur Radio HF VHF/UHF band plan updated to 2008, include a Common Country prefixes in PDF Format
Del City Amateur Radio Club
Amateur Club using VoIP from Del City, Oklahoma
Del City Radio Club - W5DEL
UMS Union Metropolitaine des Sans-filistes de Montreal
Ham Radio Club Montreal Canada
The Kenwood TS-590 Series Transceivers
Radio Equipment/HF Transceivers/Kenwood TS-590S
A web page dedicated to the Kenwood TS-590S and TS-590SG transceivers with technical specifications, and ham radio software remote control connection configurations.
Intrepid Spirit Award
From the International DX Convention: The Intrepid-DX Group is pleased to announce the recipient of the annual 'Intrepid Spirit Award'. We are pleased to have received so many worthy nominations to consider
Christmas Island
VK9XX will be active from the 28th May for between two and three weeks, but I'll be working on the island so not on 24/7. I will be taking a Yaesu FT-857D and a simple Sotabeams antennas plus an ATAS mobile vertical. I will also be barefoot. This will also be mostly outside working hours and focused on the night time bands and mainly FT8
CTU and Hamvention Forums 2021 now on YouTube
In case you missed the Contest University 2021 on May 20th, and the Hamvention Forums on May 21st, they are now available online
East Bay SM Jim Siemons, W6LK, stepping down; Mike Patterson, N6JGA, appointed
ARRL East Bay Section Manager Jim Siemons, W6LK, is stepping down because he is relocating to Wyoming. Siemons has served as East Bay SM since July 2018. Mike Patterson, N6JGA, has been appointed to succeed him, effective June 1
Field Day June 26-27
The Madison Messenger reports the Madison County Amateur Radio Club will participate in a national emergency communications preparedness exercise on June 26-27
Switzerland's radio hams meet with OFCOM
Switzerland's national amateur radio society USKA met with the communications regulator OFCOM on April 20, 2021, to discuss issues of concern to radio amateurs such as interference and 70 MHz operation
As China Spacecraft Lands on Mars, Ham Notes Lander and Rover Separation
Youngsters On the Air - Facebook Group
YOTA Youngsters On the Air Facebook public group
G50 Contest Group Blog
The contesting arm of Stockport Radio Society
The Bromley and District Amateur Radio Society
Friendly Club that offers club nights, full licence training and social events for Radiop fans in the South London area
60m Mods for the Icom IC-756
Radio Equipment/HF Transceivers/ICOM IC-756
Modifying the ICOM IC-756 Standard (non-Pro model) for 60m takes a little work, but it is worth the effort.
Mid Ulster ARC Tuesday Night Lecture on zoom
We are back again this Tuesday at the Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club Tuesday Night Lecture Series on zoom, and it would be so good to see you all!
Macclesfield and District Amateur Radio Society
The Macclesfield and District Amateur Radio Society has changed it's meeting night to Tuesday
ARRL releases Executive Committee minutes
The ARRL has released the minutes of the Executive Committee meeting held on May 3, 2021
Ham radio in the Boston Globe
The UK's RSGB and the NHS get a brief mention in a Boston Globe article that covers the role played by Amateur Radio during pandemic
Eire: HAREC training nearing completion
The National Shortwave Listener Club has been running classes on line for the HAREC compatible Amateur Station Licensing Examination since early November
IARU continues engagement in the WRC-23 preparations
The Chair of IARU Region 1 Spectrum Affairs, Barry Lewis G4SJH, reports on the work being done in defending the interests of the Amateur Services during the CEPT preparations for ITU-R WRC-23
A CubeSat that produces visible light on the ground to be launched in NASA initiative
NASA has selected a CubeSat that when in orbit can be commanded by anyone with an amateur radio license and a ham radio to set off a xenon flash from the spacecraft which will be visible from the ground
100 Watts and a Wire
Internet and Radio/Podcast
100 Watts and a Wire is a ham radio talk show was originally launched as an audio podcast on June 22, 2015. Today, you can see the show on YouTube. It features topical conversation, interviews and ham radio news. You can listen anytime by subscribing wherever you get podcasts.
Solar flare frenzy and CME
On Saturday, the sun produced a sequence of solar flares unlike anything we've seen in years
Next Generation Beacon installed at Bethlehem
On Wednesday 19 May, Brian, ZS6YZ and Danie, ZR6AGB travelled to Bethlehem and with the assistance of Rickus, ZS4A, replaced the current CW beacon with the new generation beacon
CubeSatSim PCB's Version 1.0 available at AMSAT Store
The first release Version 1.0 of the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator printed circuit boards (PCBs) are now available for a donation at the AMSAT Store
Announcing: 2021 Inductees to the CQ Amateur Radio, Contesting and DX Halls of Fame
CQ magazine is pleased to announce its 2021 Hall of Fame inductees, including two new members each for the CQ DX Hall of Fame and the CQ Contest Hall of Fame, along with six inductees to the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. This year's inductions are again being conducted online due to event cancellations resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic
County supervisors shine spotlight on Ramona radio hams
The Ramona Sentinel reports amateur radio operators in Ramona are being recognized for their dedication to emergency communications
ARISS contact with school in Valdivia, Chile
An ARISS educational school contact is planned for Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP with students at Windsor School and Liceo Industrial de Valdivia High School, Valdivia, Chile
Changes to the RSGB 50MHz awards
The RSGB Awards Manager has reviewed the current 50MHz awards offered by the Society and concluded that the existing 50MHz 2-Way Countries and 50MHz DX Countries awards are significantly duplicating each other
AMSAT Invites Nominations for 2021 Board of Directors Election
AMSAT has put out a call for nominations for the 2021 AMSAT Board of Directors election, which will be held in the third quarter of the year. The seats of four incumbent Directors expire in 2021: Jerry Buxton, N0JY; Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA; Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK, and Michelle Thompson, W5NYV. Up to two Alternate Directors may be elected for 1-year terms. A valid nomination for Director must b...
Spring ARRL Section Manager Election Results Announced
In the only contested election this spring, Utah ARRL members elected Pat Malan, N7PAT, as their new Section Manager (SM) for a 2-year term commencing July 1. Malan, of South Jordan, received 419 votes, while incumbent Mel Parkes, NM7P, garnered 339 votes. Parkes had served as Utah Section Manager for 22 years. ARRL Headquarters counted and verified the ballots on May 18.In New Hampshire, Pete ...
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