Austral and Marquesas Islands DXpedition postponed
Lance, W7GJ, informs OPDX of the following: Because of the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic, we regret that the W7GJ 6m EME DXpedition to FO/A and FO/M and the KB7Q 2m EME DXpedition to FO/M must be delayed until 2021
7-CALL 30th Anniversary special station
7-CALL Amateur Radio Club has started operation from a 2nd Shack of 8J17CALL, 7-CALL 30th Anniversary Special station on 11th July, 2020
The uncertain future of Ham Radio
Julianne Pepitone writes in the IEEE Spectrum magazine about the state of amateur radio in the USA
Getting publicity for Amateur Radio
Publicity can be magical and when it comes to ham radio, it's great magic. Jeremy Boot G4NJH tells WIA News how one amateur in the UK used newspaper publicity to boost ham radio's profile
WR7HLN Mac Pass Repeater Group
The Mac Pass Repeater Group is the Amateur Radio club associated with the Mac Pass Radio, LLC company
Exploring The J-Pole Antenna
Antennas/J-Pole
The J-Pole antenna is a common omnidirectional antenna used in amateur radio, particularly on the VHF and UHF bands. This article is an attempt to explore how the J-pole antenna transforms feed-line impedance to free-space impedance, all the while providing gain found only in the more expensive commercial products.
Eavesdropping video monitors with TempestSDR RTL-SDR
This is not new, but the software is getting better and better.
The super-sized nucleus of Comet NEOWISE
Now we know why Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) is so bright. It has an unusually large nucleus
LunART- Lunar Amateur Radio Transponder
The European Space Agency (ESA) website has published a proposal by radio amateurs from AMSAT-DL for LunART (Lunar Amateur Radio Transponder): a Communications Platform on the Large European Lander to support communication and payload experiments
ESA emits a guide to picking up ISS SSTV
The Register reports on the new ESA tutorials explaining how to pick up the amateur radio Slow Scan TV (SSTV) tutorials transmitted from the International Space Station
A SOTA wedding took place on 4th July 2020!
David Wise KM3A and Lizzette Rodriguez K6LZT are both keen SOTA activators, and their marriage actually took place on a summit and in conjunction with a SOTA activation!
ARRL Audio News - July 10, 2020
ARRL Audio News - July 10, 2020
Russian-Ukrainian "Radio War" Remains at a High Level
The June newsletter of the International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS) reports that what’s being called “the Russian-Ukrainian radio war” continues apace. “The Russian-Ukrainian radio war remained on a high escalation level also in June,” IARUMS Region 1 Coordinator Peter Jost, HB9CET, said. “Almost every day, we heard the massive spiteful and provocative broadcasts. In...
Meters Inc
Middle East Tennessee Emergency Radio Service
RCKARA
The Reno County Kansas Amateur Radio Assocation is based in Hutchinson, KS, providing Ham radio activites, repeaters, and training to local residents.
6 Meter Ladder Line J-Pole Antenna
Antennas/6M/6 meter J-Pole Antenna
6 Meter J-Pole from 450 Ohm Ladder Line a quickie project
Monitoring compliance with the EU Net Neutrality regulation – 2019/20 update
Ofcom has today published its fourth annual report to the European Commission on monitoring open internet access, also known as ‘net neutrality
Learn from 70+ speakers at the first ever Virtual Ham Expo
We are reaching out to let you know that despite the closure of all ham radio events, there is a great opportunity to join your fellow hams and us at the first ever QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo on Saturday and Sunday, August 8 - 9, 2020
LO-94 the first amateur radio spacecraft in lunar orbit
Nature carries an article about the spacecraft Longjiang-2/Lunar-OSCAR 94 (LO-94) which carried the first Amateur Radio communication system to operate in lunar orbit
Old QSL card collection
Jean Michel, F6AJA, wants to remind everyone to visit the Les Nouvelles DX (LNDX) Web page to see more than 18,000 old QSL cards in several different albums/galleries
Belgium: Amateur radio regs and exam consultations
Belgium's communications regulator the BIPT has published two consultations relating to radio amateurs
IARU HF World Championship
The amateur radio HF World Championship takes place this weekend July 11-12
ARRL Seeks Awards and Programs Assistant
ARRL has invited applications for the position of Awards and Programs Assistant at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut. This is a full-time, non-exempt opening in the Radiosport and Field Services Department. The pay range is from $16.08 to 19.30 per hour. The Awards and Programs Assistant assists with all Radiosport and Field Services Department activities, with an initial priority on L...
Introducing The ARRL Current
ARRL has a new way to let members know when the digital editions of QST and other publications are available. Distributed via email, The ARRL Current offers a monthly overview of ARRL publications and member benefits. The inaugural edition launched in June. Subscribe now to receive each issue going forward. Manage your email preferences from your ARRL account (members must first register on the ...
N9NT Tim S Dickerson
Ham Radio resources, aviation, linux and ham radio, music and recording.
LA6EIA Oles dx-blog
Shortwave listening dx blog from Norway
KG-UV6 Commander
Software/Radio Programming
Free programming software for the Wouxun KG-UV6D and KG-UV6X.
Software Defined Radio Academy goes virtual
They say every cloud has a silver lining. It’s hard to find a positive among all the bad news about the current global pandemic, but it has pushed more conferences and events to allow online participation either live or after the fact. A case in point: The Software Defined Radio Academy’s annual event is all on a YouTube channel so you can attend virtually
Publish your Grid Rover Activites with ease - tyQSL
Recently the Online Logbook tyQSL got a new Activity Function that allows Users to publish for example future GRID Activations or participation in Events
IARUMS June newsletter now available
The latest IARU-R1 Monitoring System newsletter reports on the continuing interference on various frequencies in the 7 MHz band from Russian language propaganda broadcasts
IARU Region 1 General Conference website
Information about the upcoming IARU Region 1 General Conference is available at a dedicated conference website
The number of HAMNET links continues to increase
In 2017 holders of Germany's lowest level of Amateur Radio licence, the Class E, were given access to the 2320–2450 MHz and 5650–5850 MHz since the number of HAMNET data links has grown significantly
ESA Lunar lander
Following our report "ESA invites proposals for lunar lander mission in late 2020's" (SARC News, 30 May 2020), the German Amateur satellite organisation, AMSAT-DL has submitted a major and comprehensive proposal to the European Space Agency for their Lunar Lander
The Rebirth of HF
In his latest blog post ICQ Podcast presenter Dan Romanchik KB6NU looks at a paper produced by Rohde and Schwartz - The Rebirth of HF
ESA promote amateur radio in ISS SSTV video
The ESA space agency has released a new video 'How to get pictures from the International Space Station via Amateur Radio'
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