Radio amateurs stay connected during lockdown
Local radio amateurs have been keeping active during lockdown by meeting up on the air each morning, checking that everyone is in good health, and chatting about who else around the world they have been contacting
RSGB Director on national broadcaster Talk Radio
RSGB Board Director Mike Bruce M0ITI was interviewed by Darryl Morris about amateur radio and the RSGB on the nationwide broadcaster Talk Radio
GQRP Club online
The GQRP Club has decided to see what support there would be for an online QRP Convention this year to replace the event which would have been hold in England on September 5th and 6th
Astronauts Bob Behnken, KE5GGX, and Doug Hurley Settling in after Historic Flight
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken, KE5GGX, and Doug Hurley, are settling in on board the International Space Station (ISS) after arriving aboard the first commercially built and operated US spacecraft to transport humans into orbit. Behnken and Hurley headed into space on Saturday, May 30, in the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, powered by a Falcon 9 launcher from Cape Kennedy. They docked at the ISS Harm...
Dan Grady, N2SRK, Appointed as New Rocky Mountain Division Vice Director
ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, has appointed Dan Grady, N2SRK, of Aurora, Colorado, as the new Rocky Mountain Division Vice Director. Grady will succeed Robert Wareham, N0ESQ, who has stepped down from that post to accept appointment as Colorado Section Manager (SM), taking the reins from SM Jack Ciaccia, WM0G, who resigned effective on June 1 to relocate. “I am delighted to welcome Dan to ...
Elkhart County Radio Association
Elkhart, Indiana
GPS time sync for modern digital modes
Operating Aids/Time
As FT8, JT65 and JT9 are a time synchronized protocol, one soon discovers that an accurate PC clock is very important. If your workstation time is off it can cause you to send when no one is listening, or to listen when no one is sending.
Multiband J-Pole Antenna by IZ0UPS
Antennas/J-Pole
A multiband J-Pole antenna project that cover 144,220 and 430 MHz. The articles includes several pictures of this multi-band antenna, including handmade schematics and diagrams, project is mainly in Italian
Video of IARU-R2 'Satellite Communications 101' workshop
As I previously mentioned, IARU Region 2 (IARU-R2) is hosting workshops covering different facets of amateur radio.
EIDXG Summer Challenge
EIDXG members (who brought you 9N7EI, 7Q7EI, 5V7EI to name a few), are running a unique Summer Challenge as a fun event beginning June 1st through August 30th
LICW starts YL only CW class
May 23, 2020 marked the first YL only Morse Code (CW) class for Long Island's CW Club (LICW). The weekly class is hosted by Jennifer Moore KF4INA and Leanne Bulger W4LEA. Like all it's classes, instruction is done in a casual, friendly style and is hosted in virtual classrooms (Zoom)
ITV show features Barry Amateur Radio Society
RSGB report the ITV Wales show "Wonders of the Coast Path" to be broadcast at 8:30pm BST (1930 GMT) today, Monday, June 1, features the Barry Amateur Radio Society
QSO Today Amateur Radio Podcast - Tim Carter - W3ATB
Tim Carter, W3ATB, was the first home remodeling media personality, even before it was popular
Online talk: The joy of QRP operating
The Chair of the GQRP Club Steve Hartley G0FUW will be giving an online presentation on the joy of low-power operating on Wednesday, June 3, at 7:30 pm BST (1830 GMT)
Radio hams keep in touch through pandemic
In this video, the Voice of America's Mike O’Sullivan reports, there’s a resurgence in amateur or 'ham' radio, a hobby that connects people from all walks of life, wherever they are in the world.
Global 'STAYHOME' event
An on-air gathering over the 6 and 7 June weekend will offer a further opportunity for stay-at-home stations and radio amateurs to share greetings in a contest-like framework
RAFAC Exercise Blue Ham 20-2
The Royal Air Force Air Cadets are pleased to announce that back by demand the next Exercise Blue Ham will be held on the MoD 5MHz (Shared) Band over the weekend of 6 and 7th June 20
Ham College 64
Extra Class Exam Questions – Part 3
Rules pertaining to automatic and remote control; band-specific regulations; operating in, and communicating with foreign countries; spurious emission standards; HF modulation index limit; bandwidth definition
New booking system for online amateur radio exams now available
The RSGB has announced that bookings for online Foundation exams, that people can take in their own homes, resumes today, Monday, June 1
IARU-R2 Workshop videos available
IARU Region 2 (IARU-R2) is hosting workshops covering different facets of amateur radio
Temporary rule waivers announced for 2020 ARRL/AMSAT Field Days
ARRL Programs and Services Committee (PSC) has adopted two temporary rule waivers for the 2020 ARRL Field Day to adjust for Covid-19 restrictions. An AMSAT parallel event is held at the same time, and the rules for that have been adjusted, as well
GB100MZX Dame Nellie Melba Centenary
Members of the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society will be on-the-air June 13-20 using the Special Event callsign GB100MZX to celebrate the centenary of the broadcast by Dame Nellie Melba
Submit your response to Ofcom EMF consultation Now
The new RSGB EMF consultation response guide notes the impacts of Ofcom's proposal upon Amateur Radio will be disproportionate to the related risks of harm
These people are in power!
For only £339 you too can shield yourself from "harmful" 5G "radiation", the BBC reports
Balloons with APRS Payloads to Race Across North America in Educational Challenge
Radio Amateur, Fellow Astronaut Headed to Space Station after Historic Launch
A radio amateur is one of two NASA astronauts headed to the International Space Station (ISS) following a May 30 launch of a SpaceX rocket that marked the return of human spaceflight to US soil for the first time in almost a decade. The Saturday launch from Cape Kennedy also marked the first time humans traveled aloft via a commercial spacecraft. Astronauts Bob Behnken, KE5GGX, and Doug Hurley h...
Drive-in ham radio exams in California
The ARRL reports that Volunteer Examiners (VE) in California have carried out a successful drive-in amateur radio exam session and more are planned
ATMega328 SSB SDR For Ham Radio
Danie Conradie writes for Hackaday about an amateur radio ATMega328 SSB SDR developed by Guido PE1NNZ
NHS supporting 'Get on the air to care' campaign
Pete Gordon, Head of Emergency Care Improvement in the Emergency Care Improvement Support Team (ECIST) explains how delighted the NHS is to be partnering with the RSGB in the successful 'Get on the air to care' #GOTA2C campaign
ESA invites proposals for lunar lander mission in late 2020's
Development of Europe’s first ever lunar lander was agreed upon by ESA Member States in 2019 and now ESA is seeking your ideas for science and robotic missions on the Moon, Andy, G0SFJ is going to propose an amateur radio mission, using low signal technology in an amateur band
New RSGB Online exam remote invigilation FAQ
The RSGB have released a new version of the Online exam remote invigilation FAQ PDF which covers the new automated exam booking system that will be available on Monday, June 1
Amazing opening on 144 MHz from Cape Verde Islands to Poland
On Friday the 29th of May 2020, there was an extensive Sporadic-E opening across Europe which reached as high as 144 MHz allowing stations across the continent to make many fine contacts
ARRL Audio News - May 29, 2020
ARRL Audio News - May 29, 2020
Social Distancing Exam Sessions Demonstrate Pent-Up Demand for Testing
A recent in-person “social-distancing” amateur radio exam session in Indiana and a “drive-in” session in California are representative of those that are relieving some of the pent-up demand for testing. As the COVID-19 pandemic lumbers on, in-person exam sessions have begun to resume across the US and elsewhere in the world. “With in-person sessions starting up again around the country, we are h...
OK1RR DX & Contesting Page
Almost a fresh QSL manager Database, Country Tables for YPLOG by VE6YP (updated monthly), Additional files for the TRLoog by N6TR. Technical topics for HF Contesting (mostly CW), software download (a huge collection)
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