Full licence mock exam papers updated
The RSGB’s Examinations and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG) has just updated the two Full licence mock exam papers
German radio amateurs face 34 Euro charge for 2017/18
The RSGB’s Examinations and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG) has just updated the two Full licence mock exam papers
RSGB launches new video: 2020 – a year like no other
2020 was a 'year like no other' for everyone around the world. In the UK, the Radio Society of Great Britain and radio amateurs rose to the challenge
Intrepid-DX Group Adds a Second Physician to Bouvet Island DXpedition Team
“Bouvet is like the Mount Everest of DXCC entities,” 3Y0J DXpedition co-leader Paul Ewing, N6PSE, said. “It is among the most challenging entities to activate due to significant transportation costs and personal sacrifices required by the team to make the 42-day round trip. Fortunately, Bouvet is not our first mountain.” Ewing reports that Mike Crownover, AB5EB, a veteran emergency room physicia...
Members of the Potomac Valley Radio Club to Activate NSS for Armed Forces Day
Very High Speed Club Special Event is Active During May
Special event call sign OZ60VHSC will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Very High Speed Club (VHSC) on May 1, 1961. Leading the group at its founding were PA0LXL, DL1XA, and DJ4KW, who sought operators who could copy at 40 WPM solid for at least 30 minutes, encouraging CW traffic in general and QRQ (high-speed) traffic in particular. Members sponsor new membership candidat...
F6KEH Emetteurs Biterrois
Le Club radio-amateur Beziers
Short vertical for 6 meters
Antennas/6M
A 30 cm antenna for the six meters band in japanese
IRTS Amateur Radio Survey
The IRTS, along with all the other member societies in Region 1 is being asked to carry out a Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, Threat (SWOT) analysis on the position of amateur radio in our modern environment
DRCF response to DCMS on the future digital regulatory landscape
The Digital Regulatory Cooperation Forum (DRCF) has submitted its response to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the future of the digital regulatory landscape and how to achieve coherence in regulatory approaches across digital services
Ham radio on Austrian TV
Austria's DORF TV looks at how radio amateur Reinhard Kühn DK5LA from Sörup, Schleswig-Holstein, become a team member of the Chinese Longjiang-2 lunar mission?
Quakes led radio hams to form disaster relief network
The Ashi Shimbun reports Japan's 2016 quakes lead to disaster relief network of amateur radio operators
Veteran radio amateur Ted Trowell G2HKU SK
Kent Online reports Ted Trowell G2HKU, one of the UK's oldest and longest-serving radio amateurs, has died only weeks after celebrating his 98th birthday
BBC looks at Chelmsford's early radio history
In Series 12 episode 7 of BBC TV's Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo visits Chelmsford, home of Marconi's first wireless factory, and interviews Tim Wander G6GUX
QSO Today - Roland Smith K7OJL
Roland Smith, K7OJL, entered ham radio almost 60 years ago after the launch of the Sputnik satellite
'Stockport Radio Society, Celebrating 100 Years of Amateur Radio' The Book
The year just gone for many was a year to forget, but for us 2020 was a momentous one with the society clocking up 100 years of existence
Russian Robinson Club Announces Activation of Rare IOTA Islands in the Aleutians
The Russian Robinson Club (RRC) has resumed its plans to activate rare Kiska Island (IOTA NA-070) and Adak Island (IOTA NA-039) in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain in July for Islands on the Air (IOTA) enthusiasts. Plans to activate these islands in 2020 were called off because of COVID-19 concerns. The uninhabited Kiska Island (52.06° N, 177.57° E) lies in the North Pacific’s treacherous Bering...
Nationwide Spring Drill Set for May 8, World Red Cross Day
The Red Cross Emergency Communication Training Group is holding its nationwide Spring Drill on World Red Cross Day, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Individuals are invited to participate. Last year, more than 1,000 participated in the initial spring drill. The bar has been raised to Winlink proficiency for this year’s drill. Red Cross forms are integrated as templates in Winlink Express, and hams using W...
QSL management in the 21st Century
DX Resources/QSLing
Article on the OQRS M0URX service and demands by dxpeditioners with examples and features of this original QSL service
UKEICC 80m CW Contest on Wednesday last April 28th - results
The final UKEICC monthly 80 metres CW contest was held on Wednesday last, April 28th
US investigating possible mysterious directed energy attack near White House
Federal agencies are investigating at least two possible incidents on US soil, including one near the White House in November of last year, that appear similar to mysterious, invisible attacks that have led to debilitating symptoms for dozens of US personnel abroad
Elderly couple uses military Morse Code training to escape Tennessee assisted living facility
A husband and wife briefly escaped from a secure memory unit at an assisted living facility in Lebanon last month by using military experience with Morse code to decipher and memorize the code to an electronic door lock
ARRL and the American Red Cross have renewed their long-standing Memorandum of Understanding for another 5 years
The MOU spells out how ARRL and the American Red Cross will work cooperatively during a disaster response. It calls on both parties to maintain open lines of communication and to share information, situation, and operation reports, as allowed to maintain confidentiality
Danny Weil Memorial DXpedition recognised
The 2020 VP2VB Danny Weil Memorial DXpedition was organized to bring the Danny Weil story to today's amateur radio community
EIØHQ in the 2021 IARU HF Championship
The IARU HF Championship is a 24-hour worldwide contest under the auspices of the International Amateur Radio Union, held on the second full weekend of July every year. The ARRL manages this contest on behalf of IARU
German online ham radio training so popular the server crashes
Germany's national amateur radio society DARC started a nationwide online amateur radio training course and were amazed at the response
F5MSU Bruno
Personal pages of Bruno, F5MSU Ham Radio, Genealogy, Moto, In french
RTL SDR with Active Antennas for HF
Technical Reference/Software Defined Radio/RTLSDR
Experiences with software defined radios SDR and active antennas using the RTL SDR dongle and Spyverter HF up-converter
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2116
What does 73 mean, G7FEK antenna revisited, Quad Band Inverted V Antenna, ICOM IC-R9500 Review, Arduino si5351 VFO sketch , A QRP Transmatch ATU, Bridgerland Amateur Radio Club
Recognition for Young Operators in ham radio contests
IARU Region 2 reports on a welcome move in North America to encourage young radio amateurs to participate in contests
HF radios make a comeback and enable global command and control
New advancements in HF radio and digital signal processing technology for terrestrial-based, long-range communications offers a cost-effective alternative to SATCOM
Online Talk: Setting up the Zumspot digital hotspot
On Wednesday, May 5 at 7:30 pm the Denby Dale Amateur Radio Society will be hosting an online talk on Zoom by Mike Richards G4WNC about the ZumSpot and how to use your VHF/UHF radio to connect to the digital networks
More ham radio spectrum in 3-12 MHz needed
The WIA Spectrum Strategy Committee has released their response to the ACMA Five Year Spectrum Outlook 2021, they highlight the need for more amateur radio spectrum in 3-12 MHz
IARU asks what do YOU think is the future of Amateur Radio?
Radio amateurs everywhere are encouraged to engage with IARU Region 1 national Member Societies on the early stages of the Region 1 Workshop program about the future of Amateur Radio
F4FVW Ham page
Ham radio personal site by F4FVW
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