W5AMI Arkansas Airwaves
A website dedicated to the Arkansas Radio Amateur Community
Medina County Amateur Radio Corp
Central Alberta Ham Radio Club
NCAARS
North Central Arkansas Amateur Radio Service
Crow River Amateur Radio Club
Hutchinson, MN
MFSK16 APRS Tracker
Technical Reference/APRS
A homemade MFSK16 APRS HF tracker, worked pretty well for 1.5W on a Lipo supply with only 2 of the 3 BS170 FETs in the final
Fee free amateur radio licence proposed for VK
The Australian radio regulator (ACMA) released a consultation paper this week on proposed changes to the amateur radio service in Australia
British Columbia QSO Party 2021 -- UR invited!
There's never been a better time to collect some nice wallpaper for the shack wall. Even if BCQP is not your target contest of the weekend, if you hear a BC station calling “CQ BCQP”, contact him/her, find more VE7/VA7s, keep track of the QSOs and send in a log
Consultation on new ham radio licence for Australia
Australia's communications regulator ACMA, is consulting on a new Class Licence that would mean amateurs would no longer have to pay charges and taxes for licence application and renewals
Online Amateur Radio Courses in the UK
Essex Ham have produced a useful page giving brief details and links for online amateur radio training courses for the Foundation, Intermediate and Full exams
An introduction to SOTA
A video of the talk 'Getting started with Summits on The Air (SOTA)' given by Michael Sansom G0POT is now available on YouTube
MARS Announces Schedule of Dates for 60-Meter Interoperability
The Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) has announced dates in 2021 during which MARS members will operate on 60 meters for interoperability with the amateur radio community. Some dates coincide with quarterly Department of Defense Communications Exercises (COMEX). All exercises will begin on channel 1 as the initial calling channel and move to other 60-meter working channels as may be approp...
ARISS is Seeking Hosts for Ham Radio Contacts with the Space Station
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is seeking formal and informal educational institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host amateur radio contacts with an International Space Station (ISS) crew member. Contacts would likely be scheduled between January 1 and June 30, 2022. These voice radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes long and in a ques...
Fort Smith Area Amateur Radio Club
Web Page of the Fort Smith Amateur Radio Club
Mountain Amateur Radio Club, Inc (MARC)
Provider of supplemental emergency communications for the Greater Cumberland, Maryland tri-state area, and promoter of amateur radio in the community.
K7CSW - Saltlake Peaks Amateur Radio Club
SPARC The Saltlake Peaks Amateur Radio Club, founded by employees of L-3 Communications located in Salt Lake City, Utah at the Communications Systems West Division.
remoteRotator
Software/Antenna rotor control
remoteRotator is a command line application which makes your azimuth / elevation antenna rotators available on the network. It available for Linux/Windows/MacOS and written in the programing language Go.
WSJT-X 2.3.0 new version available to download
WSJT-X 2.3.0 has been officially released and it includes new FST4 FST4 modes along to improvements and fixes for all digital modes like FT8 FT4 JT4 JT66 WSPR
WSJT-X 2.4.0-RC1 Introduces new Q65 Mode
WSJT-X 2.4.0 RC1 has been officially released and it includes the new Q65 digital protocol.
Call for Proposals
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS
IARU agrees the first preliminary IARU positions for WRC-23
The Chair of IARU Region 1 Spectrum Affairs, Barry Lewis G4SJH, reports the IARU has agreed the first preliminary IARU positions for WRC-23
First QO-100 satellite contact from Indonesia
Indonesia’s national amateur radio society, ORARI, reports on the first contacts from Indonesia via the Qatar-Oscar-100 geostationary satellite transponder
OFCOM update on VP8 amateur radio licences in British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
You may be aware that there have recently been some amateur radio licencing difficulties experienced in the Falkland Islands due to new communications legislation being implemented
New G0KSC website
After the previous site being live for more than 10 years, I have updated the G0KSC website to a new platform which is fully responsive so now works well on mobile and tablet devices
Plans to Retrieve Titanic Wireless Equipment Put on Indefinite Hold
RMS Titanic, Inc., (RMST) the company that owns salvage rights to the Titanic shipwreck, has indefinitely put off its plans to retrieve the vessel’s radio equipment for exhibit. The company cited the coronavirus pandemic for the delay, according to a court filing the company made on January 29. The Atlanta-based company said its plans have faced “increasing difficulty associated with internatio...
A New Version of WSJT-X is Now Available
The WSJT Development Group has announced the general availability release of WSJT-X Version 2.3.0. A summary of new features can be found in the WSJT-X 2.3 User Guide. The Release Notes offer additional information, including a list of important program changes since the WSJT-X 2.2. Upgrading from earlier versions of WSJT-X should be seamless, and it’s not necessary to uninstall a previous vers...
How to build a Software Defined Radio
Technical Reference/Software Defined Radio
Experimental Methods in DSP design. The author explains how a software defined radio works to help other amateurs with their learning. This set of tutorials takes you from how to write a single component to a fully working SDR.
Ukraine Repeater Map
Operating Modes/Repeaters/Repeater maps
An interactive map for ham radio repeaters in Ukraine
Iodine Thruster could slow space junk accumulation
For the first time ever, a telecommunications satellite has used an iodine propellant to change its orbit around Earth
CQ magazine's VHF-Plus Editor
Trent Fleming, N4DTF, of Germantown, Tennessee, has been named CQ magazine's VHF-Plus Editor, CQ Editor Rich Moseson, W2VU announced today
Online Distance Learning Course for Full Exam
The popular Bath Based Distance Learning for the amateur radio Full exam is starting again in March. Bookings are being taken now
Pune’s Maharashtra Education Society launches WebSDR
The Hindustan Times reports radio amateur Vilas Rabde VU2VPR has created a Web-based Software Defined Radio (WebSDR) for school students
Turkish airline professional turns amateur radio buff
The Anadolu Agency reports Levent Tamay rediscovered amateur radio when he was suspended from his job due to the pandemic
ARRL Headquarters is Closed Today, February 1
Due to anticipated severe winter weather, ARRL Headquarters is closed today, Monday, February 1. This includes customer telephone service lines. W1AW will operate on its normal weekday schedule.
Upcoming NCJ CW and RTTY North American Sprints to Start 1 Hour Earlier
The February 6 NCJ-sponsored North American Sprint (CW) and the March 13 RTTY Sprint will begin 1 hour earlier, at 2300 UTC instead of 0000 UTC. Both contests will end at 0259 UTC. An earlier start time will give participants in the north and east a larger window for 20-meter activity. The new start time in February and March are provisional and will be evaluated after the contests. The Septemb...
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