International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 2020
The International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (ILLW) usually takes place on the third weekend of August
Rocket motors for first NASA Artemis moon mission arrive at Spaceport
The rocket booster segments that will help power NASA’s first Artemis flight test mission around the Moon arrived at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday for launch preparations
Spanish special event
The URE section San Fernando (EA7URF) will be active with the special event callsign AM500ISJ
Podcast: Kids in Quarantine - 100 Years of Radio
Morse code, the MB7IDA Echolink Gateway and Marconi Veteran Peter Turrall feature in the latest Kids in Quarantine Podcast produced by Susie, daughter of Clive Ward G1EUC (SK)
How radio amateur helped after cyclone Nisarga
The Indian newspaper Mid-Day reports how visually impaired radio amateur Dilip Bapat VU3UEL assisted District Disaster Management communications in the aftermath of cyclone Nisarga
Mini.Mu Microbit Morse Code Radio
To mark the June 15 centenary of the first live UK entertainment broadcast by Dame Nellie Melba, one of the Essex Steamettes created a Morse Code transmitter
GLOBAL COVID-19 “STAYHOME” Campaign Deemed a Success
Russian-Ukrainian Radio War Continues
The International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS) May newsletter reports the Russian-Ukrainian radio war, which had been raging for years at 7055 kHz LSB (as well as on 7050 or 7060 kHz) reached a new escalation level in May. “Almost every day, one heard the most massive mutual insults and aggressive, provocative hate rap music in Russian,” newsletter editor and IARUMS Re...
Support ARRL as You Shop AmazonSmile for Father’s Day
Father’s Day is Sunday, June 21. If you’re looking for the perfect gift, we invite you to shop at AmazonSmile and choose American Radio Relay League Inc. (ARRL) as your charity of choice. With every purchase you make at AmazonSmile, Amazon will make a contribution that will help to extend ARRL’s reach in public service, advocacy, education, technology, and membership. So far in 2020, ARRL has r...
Visalia DX Convention to be Two Virtual Events in 2021
It will be a Virtual Visalia in 2021. Organizers announced this week that the newly renamed International DX and Contesting Convention (IDXCC) in Visalia, California, will span two weekends next April, providing a “choice of two Vs.” Each will be a “unique 3-day event” without duplication. Registration will begin early next year. The former International DX Convention was canceled in March due ...
Youth on the Air in the Americas Announces At-Home Bonus Summer Activities
The Off-Center-Fed Dipole Antenna
Antennas/OCF
The OCFD Off-Center-Fed Dipole Antenna is an excellent multiband antenna that is relatively simple to construct, yet gets quite decent performance.
Final call for papers for the IARU Region 1 General Conference
The Region 1 General Conference is scheduled for October in Novi Sad, Serbia
NASA to hold Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover launch briefing
NASA leadership and a panel of scientists and engineers will preview NASA's next mission to the Red Planet, the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover, at a media briefing at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 17. The live briefing will stream on Facebook, Ustream, YouTube, Twitter, NASA Television and the agency's website
Naked-eye comet NEOWISE?
Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) is plunging toward the sun, and it could become a naked-eye object in mid-July
The Final Bell
Global STAYHOME campaign reached its highpoint
On June 6th and 7th, over 6000 worldwide participants made the COVID-19 Radio Communication Event a great success
FT8DMC Anniversary Activity Days 2020
To commemorate the 3rd anniversary, several special event stations will be on air during the "FT8DMC Activity Days" between July 1-31st. All stations will bear the FTDMC or FTDM suffix, referring to the 3rd anniversary of the 'FT8 Digital Mode Club'
RSGB holds first live webinar
The first of RSGB's live webinars 'Tonight @ 8' featured Practical Wireless Data Modes columnist Mike Richards G4WNC who gave a talk on the Raspberry Pi computer board
Chelmsford celebrates centenary of Dame Nellie Melba radio broadcast
At 7:10pm on June 15, 1920 with sponsorship from the Daily Mail newspaper, the Marconi Company broadcast the world's first live recital by a professional musician - the legendary Australian diva, Dame Nellie Melba
NASA TV coverage of final space station spacewalk power upgrades
NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy, KF5KDR and Robert Behnken, KE5GGX are scheduled to go outside the International Space Station (ISS) Friday, June 26, and Wednesday, July 1, for spacewalks to begin the replacement of batteries for one of the power channels on the orbiting laboratory
Raspberry Pi FUNcube satellite telemetry decoder now available
The FUNcube Team has announced the availability of FUNcube CubeSat satellite telemetry decoder software for the popular Raspberry Pi computer board
Zadig Windows 10 RTL-SDR Driver
Software/Software Defined Radio
If you want to use an RTL SDR USB dongle with Windows 10 and you experience problems, you may find this free utility very useful
Ireland - Spirit Radio 549KHz
Mid April the main Tram 50 Transmitter failed on 549KHz, local engineer was unable to repair, so the standby Harris DX 25 had the covers removed and put back into service. I still think the Harris has a better sound than the Tram 50 unit
Visalia DX Convention
The challenge for 2021 - Should we plan for an in-person convention in Visalia or a Virtual meeting? Everyone wants to hold out hope for a face-to-face meeting next year, but we have to ask, "What will our 'new normal' lifestyle be like next April and can we guarantee a 'Covid-Free' environment for our attendees?"
KPH Coastal Radio Station
In this video Shannon Morse KM6FPP visits coastal radio station KPH which provided ship to shore communications using Morse code. Volunteers have preserved it and operate weekends
IRTS VHF/UHF Contest
Due to the continuing need for social distancing, the IRTS VHF/UHF Field Day, which normally takes place over the first weekend of July, will not take place this year
35,000 radio hams to take part in Field Day
The Perry News-Herald reports 35,000 radio amateurs will be taking part in Field Day June 27-28
LY2YR completes contact with S50B for another first on the new 40 MHz band
At the end of April 2020, LY2YR in Lithuania made a contact with EI4GNB in Ireland for the first LY-EI QSO on the new 40 MHz amateur band
Bob Heil K9EID online talk June 17
Bob Heil K9EID CEO of Heil Sounds and host of Ham Nation TV will be giving an online talk to radio amateurs in the UK on Wednesday, June 17, at 7:30pm (1830 GMT)
EA5RCI
Amateur Radio Club Elda Spain
A Reversible Beverage at ZL3IX
Antennas/Beverage
How do two-wire reversible direction Beverages work, an excellent document that explains fundamentals of beverage antennas.
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2010
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Hammies Sprint this afternoon
The Hammies Sprint will be held from 14:00 to 15:00 UTC this afternoon with phone activity on 40 meters
Radio Club Dominicano's 94th anniversary
IARU Region 2 reports June 12, 2020, marks the 94th anniversary of the founding of the Radio Club Dominicano, Inc. by Dr. Carlos Regus HI8CR
Practical Wireless 2m QRP Fun Contest takes place today
The Practical Wireless 2m Contest takes place today, Sunday 14th June from 09:00 to 16:00 UTC
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