CRAC announces this year's first Class C exam
The Chinese Radio Amateurs Club (CRAC) say the first Class C Amateur Radio exam to be held in 2020 will take place on September 19
Radio hams assist teams on ground with contact tracing
The Times of India reports amateur radio operators have once again been roped in to fight Covid-19
ILLW imminent
The 23 rd International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend is almost here and the impact of Covid-19 has failed to dampen the enthusiasm of nearly 350 entrants in 43 countries. There have been some cancellations due to changes in lockdown rules but it is great to see so many weathering the storm
Rene Fonseca, NP3O, Elected as Puerto Rico Section Manager
Challenger Rene Fonseca, NP3O, has been elected as ARRL Puerto Rico Section Manager, defeating two other candidates including incumbent Oscar Resto, KP4RF. Fonseca, of Fajardo, received 85 votes, Juan Sepulveda Mercado, KP3CR, garnered 48 votes, and incumbent Section Manager Oscar Resto, KP4RF, got 31 votes. Resto has been Puerto Rico’s Section Manager since 2016. An ARRL Life Member, Fonseca i...
BRATS ATV society
BRATS amateur television, amateur radio, and public service, Baltimore Radio Amateur Television Society
Elmer Shack
Elmer Shack is the best place on the web to ask questions about amateur or ham radio.
New York City Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Service NYC-ARECS
New York City Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Service (NYC-ARECS) is a NYC based auxiliary communications service. The organization is made up of amateur radio operators who are trained and dedicated to providing radio communications for governments, civil-preparedness and relief agencies during periods of local, regional, or national civil emergencies. This may include situations such as power failures, explosions, fires, floods, earthquakes or terrorist activities. NYC-ARECS is a participant in the NYC Office of Emergency Management (OEM) Partners in Preparedness program and a member of DHS FEMA's National Preparedness Coalition.
LAN-IQ SDR
Radio Equipment/Receivers
Stand Alone Software Defined Radio, direct sampling receiver from 30 kHz to 1700.00MHz continuous frequency range, LAN interface for remote access
Past Puerto Rico Section Manager Victor Madera, KP4PQ (SK)
Victor Madera, KP4PQ, who served as Puerto Rico's Section Manager from 2000 until 2007, died on July 23. An ARRL Life Member, he was 90 years old
RSGB release Board Proceedings for July
The RSGB has released the proceedings for the July Board meeting where they decided to support the creation of practical videos for newly licensed radio amateurs
Success with a new Online Amateur Radio Club
In this video Francis Hennigan M0UKF explains how the new Online Amateur Radio Club works
JT9 activity days 'Make haste slowly' 22-23 August 2020
We invite fans of digital modes of radio communication to JT9 activity days 'Make haste slowly' which will take place from 00:00 UTC Saturday August 22 to 23:59 UTC Sunday August 23, 2020 on HF-bands from 160 to 10 meters. Repeated QSO can be made on different bands
A review of the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expoday
Veteran hams Quin ("Dr. Q") Schultze, K8QS, and Tom, WA9TDD, review the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo, suggesting what worked, what didn't, and how such online events will shape the future of amateur radio
New Contest for Portable Stations to Debut in October
WD5TYL Tyler County Amateur Radio Association
TCARA Tyler County Amateur Radio Association Woodville Texas
136 kHz QRP Transmitter
Technical Reference/QRP Projects
The Marathon is a low power transmitter for 136 kHz
A slow-motion solar flare and CME
A solar flare surprised forecasters yesterday when it slowly exploded from a spotless region in the sun's southern hemisphere
GB3LV IRLP and EchoLink nodes: Latest
IRLP node 5600 and EchoLink node 155403 attached to the GB3LV repeater in Enfield, UK have been subject to sporadic and occasionally long closure over the past two or 3 weeks. This is owing to a combination of ISP failure and irregular but persistent electrical storms
Blackhead Lighthouse on-the-air for ILLW
Members of Co. Antrim DX Group (Northern Ireland) will be active from Blackhead Lighthouse during ILLW using GB5BL on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd August 2020
Portable Operations Challenge
A new contest has been announced that will level the competitive playing field between the Big Guns and the Little Pistols who operate a portable station. It’s called the Fox Mike Hotel Portable Operations Challenge.
Past Puerto Rico Section Manager Victor Madera, KP4PQ, SK
Victor Madera, KP4PQ, who served as Puerto Rico’s Section Manager from 2000 until 2007, died on July 23. An ARRL Life Member, he was 90 years old. Madera was instrumental in translating amateur radio study guides and test materials into Spanish. Upon his retirement as Section Manager, Madera was awarded the Warren Knight Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his outstanding service as a...
Top 10 Reasons to Take Ham Radio Portable
Operating Modes/Portable Operations
Amateur radio portable operation has a lot to offer, even if you are a shack sloth and have an awesome setup.
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2018
Multiband J-Pole Antenna by IZ0UPS, CatBKT Universal CAT Control, PSKReporter Viewer, BktRemote, JTSync, NetTime for Windows, BktTimeSync, Time-Sync for Windows, GPS2Time , GPS time
ICQPodcast - Launch of Portable Operations Challenge
In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Leslie Butterfield G0CIB, Dan Romanchik KB6NU and Edmund Spicer M0MNG to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief and this episode’s feature is Launch Portable Operations Challenge
How Ria got into amateur radio
In this video ARRL Director Ria Jairam N2RJ talks about how she got started in amateur radio
AmateurLogic 15th Anniversary Contest
Announcing the AmateurLogic 15th Anniversary Contest!
IARU Region 1 Multi-operator contests September onwards
Multi-Operator Contests bring radio amateurs together and so can represent an environment where social distancing can be difficult to achieve. We must recognize that many radio amateurs are in the older, higher-risk age groups
VE1YAR Yarmouth Amateur Radio Club
Nova scotia amateur radio club.
URCAT
Ham radio club of Catalunya Spain
Portal de la Radioaficio de Catalunya
Decoding Russian Meteor-M2 satellite images in real time
Operating Modes/Satellites/Weather Satellite
The Meteor-M N2 is a polar orbiting Russian weather satellite that was launched on July 8, 2014. Its main missions are weather forecasting, climate change monitoring, sea water monitoring/forecasting and space weather analysis/prediction. Meteor-M N2 transmits images using the digital LRPT protocol at around 137.1 MHz with can be received with an RTL-SDR.
8J17CALL, 7-CALL 30th Anniversary Special station 3rd Shack opened
7-CALL Amateur Radio Club has started operation for 3rd Shack of 8J17CALL, 7-CALL 30th Anniversary Special station on 3rd August, 2020
RSGB release Board Proceedings for May and June
The RSGB has released the Board proceedings for May and June 2020
Hamfest goes silent
The Courier newspaper reports the Findlay Radio Club has canceled its upcoming Hamfest, which typically draws about 2,000 ham radio enthusiasts to Findlay, Ohio
Long delays as Australian Foundation hams swap call signs
It appears many Australian Foundation holders have taken advantage of the opportunity to swap their unwieldy 7 character call signs (VKnFxxx) for standard 6 character calls
Southeastern VHF society
The Southeastern VHF Society (SVHFS) is a not-for-profit organization incorporated to promote amateur radio operation on the bands above 50 MHz in the southeastern United States.
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