Digital Radio Mondiale DRM - Delivering Distance Education
Under the title of “Digital Radio Mondiale DRM – Delivering Distance Education,” the DRM Consortium in collaboration with Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) and Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) will host jointly an interactive webinar session on June
Ballooning
Liam Kennedy, KN6EQU, of Pasadena, California, has been declared the winner of a mid-altitude cross-continent educational challenge balloon race
The SARL Top Band QSO Party
The Top Band QSO Party, which runs from 00:00 UTC on Thursday 18 June to 00:00 UTC on Monday 22 June, gives you the opportunity to obtain the QSOs for the SARL Top Band Certificate and increase the number of grid squares you have worked on 160 meters
Two South African youth events coming up
The Hammies Sprint will be held from 14:00 to 15:00 UTC on Sunday 14 June 2020 and the SARL Youth Sprint will be run from 12:00 to 14:00 UTC on Tuesday 16 June
Amateur radio discussed at CEPT meeting
IARU Region 1 report the 96th meeting of the CEPT Frequency Management Working Group (WGFM), held virtually during June 8-12, dealt with several amateur radio matters
Netherland's national ham radio societies meet regulator
On April 30, the 101st Amateur Consultation took place under the leadership of the chairman Frans Hofsommer of the Telecom Agency (AT). Delegates from VERON, VRZA and DARU took part
Bob Heil talks at Denby Dale
Denby Dale Amateur Radio Club weekly meetings continue.
Our next meeting features a presentation from Bob Heil (of Heil sound, K9EID and Ham Nation)
ARRL Announces Updated Features on Contest Portal
The much-anticipated updated features at the ARRL Contest portal are here! These web-based tools provide an updated interface to contest data for all ARRL-sponsored contest events, including: - Contest Score viewer, including a searchable call history and records
- Submitted logs and raw scores for recent events
- Downloadable Comma Separated Values (CSV) files of contest results
- Club Competition scor...
Deadline is June 15 for 2020 McGan Silver Antenna Award Nominations
The deadline is Monday, June 15, to submit nominations for the 2020 Philip J. McGan Memorial Silver Antenna Award, presented annually to a radio amateur who has demonstrated success in public relations on behalf of amateur radio and who best exemplifies the volunteer spirit of Philip McGan, WA2MBQ (SK). “ARRL Public Information Officers (PIOs) and other volunteers are working hard every day to ...
The Latest Episode of the On the Air Podcast is Now Available!
Listen to the new episode of ARRL’s On the Air podcast. In Episode 6, we discuss ARRL Field Day and the new rules for 2020 concerning Class D (home) stations. Listen with your iOS or Android podcast app, or online at https://blubrry.com/arrlontheair/.
Volunteer Monitor Program Recognizes Good Operators
Volunteer Monitor Program Coordinator Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, said the program has recognized numerous radio amateurs with Good Operator Notices. “One facet of the ARRL and FCC agreement that set up the Volunteer Monitor Program calls for ARRL to recognize especially good amateur radio behavior, in order to encourage compliance with FCC rules and further the efficiency of the Amateur Radio ...
Cuyahoga Amateur Radio Society (CARS)
The Cuyahoga Amateur Radio Society (CARS) is a not-for-profit organization comprised
of Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) operators dedicated to furthering the art of Ham Radio
and to serving the public in times of disaster
Blackstone Vally Amateur Radio Club
Amateur Radio in the Blackstone Valley area
Indian ham radio enthusiast did not connect with SpaceX crew: NASA
The Quint reports: US space agency NASA has denied an Ahmedabad-based HAM radio enthusiast’s claim that its crew aboard spacecraft Crew Dragon spoke with him earlier this month
Amateur Radio Field Days proclaimed in Crossville
1057News report Crossville Tennessee Mayor James Mayberry presented a proclamation last night in the city council meeting for amateur radio field days
The teenage inventor on a mission
Freddie has won two prizes for his inventions designed to keep people safe at home
38th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting moving to virtual event
The 38th Annual AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting in- person event scheduled to be held in Bloomington, Minnesota has been canceled. The event will be shifted to a virtual, online platform.
15 Canadian CubeSats to launch from 2021
Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) report 15 CubeSat satellites are being built by students in Canada, all are expected to carry amateur radio payloads
US Air Force MARS Announces Broadcasts from MARS Chief
The 1st US Air Force MARS Special Operations Group (1AFMSOG) Military Support Network Squadron broadcasts a message on alternate weeks (Fridays in US time zones) from the Chief Air Force MARS. The broadcast addresses Air Force MARS members, but all amateur radio stations and shortwave listeners are invited to monitor the transmissions. The next transmissions will be on June 12, starting at 2300...
Youth Working Group in IARU Region 1 Inaugurates YOTA Online
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 1 Youth Working Group inaugurated YOTA (Youngsters on the Air) Online in late May. The program is an opportunity for young radio amateurs from Region 1 (Europe, Africa, and the Mideast) to gather online each month. For each session, a YOTA team will present various topics; the initial session focused on the Youth Contesting Program (YCP) in Re...
IARU Submits Paper on Increasing Noise from Digital Devices
International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) specialists Tore Worren, LA9QL, and Martin Sach, G8KDF, have submitted a paper to the International Special Committee on Radio Interference (CISPR) concerning the increasing impact of multiple digital devices on noise levels in the radio spectrum. The paper was considered at the CISPR Steering Committee in late May, and...
Wyoming Section of the ARRL
This web site is dedicated to the Wyoming Section of the ARRL
West Allis Radio Amateur Club, Inc
General interest club with a slant toward contesting. Sponsor of the Wisconsin QSO Party
King of Spain Contest
DX Resources/Contest
Official web site of URE contests including the King of Spain HF CW and SSB Contest
Make a Chirp Programming Cable
Technical Reference/Radio Programming Cable
How to make a custom cable to program your baofeng or kenwood radio. Includes a video on how make a Baofeng Programming Cable for Chirp on Mac OSX
Record cold in the mesosphere
New data from NASA satellites show that the mesosphere (a layer of Earth's atmosphere near the edge of space) is experiencing record cold
New Section Manager appointed in North Dakota
Richard Budd, W0TF, has been appointed as North Dakota ARRL Section Manager, succeeding Nancy Yoshida, K0YL, who resigned on June 2 after serving since January 2018
June GEO Newsletter available for download
The June PDF of the GEO Newsletter weather satellite publication produced by the Group for Earth Observation is now available for free download
IberRadio 2020 cancelled
A number of major amateur radio events planned for the autumn are being cancelled due to Coronavirus. The latest is Spain's IberRadio 2020 which had been planned for Sept 19-20
AMSAT President's statement on creation of ARISS-USA
Announced June 5, 2020, ARISS-USA has been formed as a non-profit corporation to operate independently of The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)
AO-73 now in full-time transponder mode
After some eight months in continuous sunlight, AO-73 (FUNcube-1) has now started to see some eclipses during each orbit
American Legion member receives ARRL award
The American Legion reports a North Carolina amateur radio member has received the ARRL Scouting award
IARUMS May newsletter now available
The latest IARU-R1 Monitoring System newsletter reports the Russian-Ukrainian radio war, which had been raging for years at 7055 kHz LSB (often also 7050 or 7060 kHz), reached a new escalation level in May
ARISS multi-point telebridge contact with school in Spain
An ARISS educational school contact is planned for Chris Cassidy KF5KDR with students at I.E.S. Pedro de Valdivia, Villanueva de la Serena, Spain
The contact is scheduled on Tuesday June 16, 2020 at approximately 12:25 UTC
New Section Manager Appointed in North Dakota in Wake of Resignation
Richard Budd, W0TF, has been appointed as North Dakota ARRL Section Manager, succeeding Nancy Yoshida, K0YL, who resigned on June 2 after serving since January 2018. Yoshida will become the vice president of the YL International Single Sideband System this year and felt she could not do justice to both leadership roles. Budd, who lives in York, will complete the remainder of Yoshida’s term, whic...
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