Sable Island CY0C DXpedition
Murray, WA4DAN, sent out the following on April 10th: The Sable Island CY0C DXpedition team was informed this week by the Parks Canada-Sable Island manager that our scheduled October 2021 Sable DXpedition would have to be postponed due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic
Madison DX Club presentation on Lightning Protection
Bob, W9EWZ, President of Madison DX Club,says: Please join us and our special guest speaker for the Madison DX Club program for Tuesday, April 13th. All are welcome
Updated Radio Frequency Exposure Rules become effective on May 3
The Amateur Service is no longer categorically excluded from certain aspects of the rules, as amended, and licensees can no longer avoid performing an exposure assessment simply because they are transmitting below a given power level
HF OTH Radar transmissions too numerous to count
The IARU Region 1 Monitoring System newsletter reports in March the ubiquitous Over The Horizon Radars made up about 60% of all interference observations, 'one cannot even count them anymore'
Build your own Windom Antenna
Antennas/Windom
Building a Windom HF Antenna. A PDF file presentation about homebrewing a windom antenna for the HF bands with formulas for 40 and 80 meters bands and step by step guide on making a 4:1 balun to feed the antenna.
Getting more youth into Amateur Radio
Are you a youth Coordinator for your club? Do you help run events aimed at Youth in Ham Radio? Do you have ideas for ways to get more youth into Radio
ICQPodcast - Kit Building Tips - Joe Eisenberg K0NEB
In this episode, Martin (M1MRB) is joined by Chris Howard (M0TCH), Ed Durrant (DD5LP) and Bill Barnes (WC3B) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and in this episode, we feature Kit Building Tips - Joe Eisenberg K0NEB
Mayham is coming
A reminder that 'Mayham' is coming up on Sunday the 30th of May 2021 at Wyong Racecourse. Also, on Saturday the 29th, there will be both pedestrian and mobile fox hunts
Online talk: Sustainable RF !
The Denby Dale ARS will be hosting an online talk on Zoom by John G8SEQ on Sustainable RF ! this Wednesday, April 14 at 7:30 pm (1830 GMT). All are welcome to join the meeting
$9.3m grant for HAARP HF research
University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute received a five-year, $9.3 million grant to expand activities at the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program in Gakona
Mars Helicopter flight delayed to no earlier than April 14
NASA reports that based on data from the Ingenuity Mars helicopter that arrived late Friday night, NASA has chosen to reschedule the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s first experimental flight to no earlier than April 14
After 27 years JARL returns to growth
The number of members of the Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) has increased from the previous year for the first time in 27 years
Radio ham receives Federal Cross of Merit
Radio amateur Prof. Dr.-Ing, Ulrich Rohde, DJ2LR, has been awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Interview with Dan Marler, K7REX, from RATPAC
Dan Marler, K7REX, owes much of his professional opportunities and success to his amateur radio background
Using WSPR data to detect MH370
Richard Godfrey suggests data from the amateur radio WSPR transmissions might provide clues to the location of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370
WebSDR Wismar
Internet and Radio/WebSDR
This WebSDR is located in Wismar in the north of Germany JO53RV and operated by Frank Goehling DO7AX
Czech Republic special event
Members of the Radioclub Chrudim will be active as OL75KCR from Chrudim to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the foundation of Radioclub Chrudim
Bolivia operation
Antonio, EA5RM, is once again be active as CP1XRM from Bolivia until April 27th, working as Solidaridad Medica and Radio amateurs Without Frontiers NGO volunteer
The ZS4 Sprint on 18 April
This is a fun activity to promote contacts between radio amateurs in the Free State and radio amateurs in Southern African countries
AMSAT SA call for papers
AMSAT SA has announced the date for the 2021 Space Symposium. In view of the continuing uncertainty about the Covid - 19 pandemic the conference will be a virtual event on the BlueJeans platform. The date is Saturday 10 July 2021 starting at 08:00 UTC
Amateur Radio Direction Finding
Radio direction finding has existed for nearly as long as radio itself (the late 19th century). The military uses it for practical reasons, utilizing it to 'triangulate,' or locate, hidden military bases, transmitters, and submarines that would otherwise be a secret
The SARL Virtual AGM next Saturday
Have you registered for the 2021 SARL Annual General Meeting which will be held next Saturday, Saturday 17 April, using the BlueJeans platform?
NASA's Mars helicopter to make first flight attempt today
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is just a few hours away from making humanity’s first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet
South West's Wessex Ham to close
Wessex Ham MX0WSX which aimed to provide a gateway to amateur radio, local clubs, activities and training in the South-West of England, is to close
ARRL Audio News - April 9, 2021
ARRL Audio News - April 9, 2021
DARC Contest Calendar
DX Resources/Contest Calendars
Yearly contest calendar compiled and manteined BY DARC with weekly and montly HF Contest calendar
New research doubles the odds of extreme geomagnetic storms
A new study just published in the research journal Space Weather finds that extreme geomagnetic storms happen twice as often as previously thought
Volunteer Monitor Program Report
The Volunteer Monitor (VM) Program is a joint initiative between ARRL and the FCC to enhance compliance in the Amateur Radio Service. This is the March 2021 Volunteer Monitor Program Report
Production delay for IC-7100 transceiver
Due to some key components being discontinued, the Icom IC-7100 may not be back in full production until August
Promoting amateur radio to the public
In the latest edition of QNews Geoff Emery VK4ZPP asks how much do we promote amateur radio? and if we do, what follow up is there?
Wickford crook tried to sell £2,000 of radio gear from amateur radio group
The Echo reports that a crook tried to sell off more than £2,000 worth of equipment stolen from an amateur radio society
RSGB Patron passed away peacefully Friday morning
The patron of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) His Royal Highness, The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, passed away on April 9, aged 99
YOTA Announces New Three-Times-a-Year Contest
“Team YOTA” of Youngsters on the Air in IARU Region 1 has announced it will sponsor a new contest, the YOTA Contest. Open to all radio amateurs, it takes place three times a year and runs just 12 hours. YOTA said the aim is to boost on-the-air activity by younger radio amateurs and to support YOTA. The contest will take place on different 12-hour windows on three Saturdays. The opening event wil...
Traditional Amateur Radio Contesting Faces a Demographic Cliff
Frank Howell, K4FMH, followed up his two-part National Contest Journal (NCJ) series, “The Demographics of Contesting,” with a post to his Social Circuits blog, called “Lemmings over a Demographic Cliff?” (His original articles appeared in the July/August and September/October 2020 issues of NCJ.) Howell points to data showing that radio contesters are older than the average ARRL member. Taking ...
ARISS USA Gets IRS 501(c)(3) Recognition
ARISS-USA, a Maryland nonprofit corporation, has earned recognition from the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a Section 501(c)(3) charitable, scientific, and educational organization. ARISS-USA is the US segment of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) international working group. With this IRS determination, donations to ARISS-USA become tax-deductible in the US, ret...
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