A big dangerous sunspot
One of the biggest sunspots in years has just rotated over the sun's northeastern limb
Tony's 10 metre band report
Conditions on Ten metres at the moment are phenomenal. There were over 3500 reported contacts on Saturday and 3600+ on Sunday
Australia's ACMA proposals on Class Licensing and high power – WIA working on response
A Working Group has hit the ground running to develop the Wireless Institute of Australia's response to the ACMA's proposal on Class Licensing and high power operation by Advanced amateurs
Doreen Bogdan-Martin, KD2JTX, is Elected as Next ITU Secretary General
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies, has announced the election of Doreen Bogdan-Martin of the United States of America as the next ITU Secretary-General. Bogdan-Martin will assume office on January 1, 2023. She is radio amateur; call sign KD2JTX. The election took place during ITU's Plenipotentiary...
Club Grant Application Period Open Until November 4
The ARRL Foundation Club Grant Program opened a second grant proposal period which began September 7, 2022, and runs until November 4, 2022, at 7 PM Eastern Time. Radio clubs can apply now, and information about the program can be found on the ARRL website at www.arrl.org/club-grant-program.
Following the first proposal period that ran earlier this year, 128 clubs applied for grants with a varie...
Satellite Frequency List
Operating Modes/Satellites
All Satellites Frequency List Update.
A complete list of satellite frequencies available in several formats, including info on Satellite Uplink and Downlink frequencies Beacon, operative Mode, Callsign and Weather sat functionality.
Port City ARC
Meets 1st Wednesday monthly Sept. thru June. 100+ members, repeater W1WQM 145.150 / PL 127.3
A Cobwebb antenna homebrew
Antennas/CobWeb
A homebrew cobwebb antenna for HF bands covering from 10 to 20 meters band.
World Time Zone
Operating Aids/Time
World Time Zone is an online quick reference chart that displays the world time zones in detail. DST is also indicated by yellow markers on the map. UTC difference is marked with different colors, and if you point and click will show up area details
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2232
ICOM IC 7300 mods, A simble Attic Antenna for HF bands, Pedestrian Mobile BackPack, HF Receive Antenna, Small HF RX Loop, A RemoteQth Cable Adapter for Prosistel Rotator, Kenwood TS-680S Mod
K2DSL Blog
David's blog dedicated to amateur radio operations
XE1KK Ramon
Ham radio satellites, XE1KK/B beacon on 50.023 MHz, and some other radio experiments.
Helical Antennas for 144 MHz
Antennas/Helical
This article is about two excellent small helical antennas for the two meters band.
With performance close to that of full sized antennas, these small helical antennas are low in profile but high in efficiency.
ARRL Audio News September 30, 2022
Morse Code Translator
Software/Morse Code Decoders
Convert text to morse code, dit-dah or create a midi file and translate morse code into text
Hurricane Watch Net Update for Ian
The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) has been in operation since the morning of September 27, 2022, as Hurricane Ian swept across Cuba and headed toward Florida’s Gulf Coast. The HWN continues to operate on both 14.325 and 7.268 MHz as propagation permits. The 20-meter net resumed at 8:00 AM Eastern Time on Thursday, September 29, and will continue until further discussion and conditions warrant closi...
Amateur Radio Operators Continue Response to Ian
As Hurricane Ian, now a tropical storm, makes its way across Florida, amateur radio operators continue to provide communications support for weather updates and requests for assistance. The hurricane made landfall at 3:00 PM Eastern Time on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, just south of Tampa, Florida, as a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 150 miles per hour. Millions of residents are without po...
Online voting for ARRL Southeastern Division Election
In the next couple of days, ARRL members in the Southeastern Division will receive an email message indicating that the online voting site for the 2022 ARRL Southeastern Division Election is now open. The message will include instructions to access candidate statements, the ballot, and to vote.
A third party was selected by the ARRL Ethics and Elections Committee to conduct the election: Electio...
VE3ORC Orilla Amateur Radio Club
W0CW Kansas City DX Club
Ham Radio/Clubs/North America/USA/Kansas
Established in the mid 1970's The Kansas City DX Club is an ARRL-affiliated amateur radio club open to anyone interested in DX or contesting. Our club callsign is W0CW. Many of our club members are from the Kansas City metropolitan area, on both sides of the Missouri/Kansas state line, but our roster also includes members from all over the United States.
Telecoms firms must better support customers as record number of households struggle to pay bills
Ofcom is today urging telecoms firms to do more to support their customers through the cost-of-living crisis, as new research reveals record numbers of households are struggling to afford their communications services
EURAO Party - Autumn 2022: CQ mobile
The European Radio Amateurs' Organization announces a new party on the air, this time with the motto: 'CQ mobile'
NASA is about to buzz Europa
For the first time in more than 20 years, NASA is about to buzz Europa
Ukraine amateur radio satellite may launch November
Students at the National Technical University of Ukraine 'Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute' have built an amateur radio CubeSat expected to launch soon
University students learn about Amateur Radio Satellites
In India on 15 Sep 2022, on the occasion of National Engineering Day, an excellent Workshop titled 'Fascinating World of Ham Radio and Amateur Radio Satellites' was conducted by AMSAT-INDIA's Regional Coordinator Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP at reputed Marwadi University Rajkot (Gujarat) INDIA
Amateur radio satellite from Zimbabwe
IOL reports Zimbabwe's first satellite ZimSat-1, carrying an amateur radio APRS digipeater is expected to be be launched to the ISS in October
FCC Grants an ARRL Emergency Request to Permit Higher Data Rate Transmissions for Hurricane Relief Communications
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted an ARRL emergency request for a 60-day temporary waiver intended to facilitate amateur radio emergency communications for hurricane relief. The waiver was adopted on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, and immediately permitted amateur radio operators supporting amateur data transmission for Hurricane Ian traffic to employ a higher symbol rate fo...
Using PSK Reporter as Propagation Tool
Propagation/Resources
PSK Reporter,is a powerful tool for monitoring your FT8, JT65 or PSK signals around the world. But, even if you are not transmitting on any of these modes it can still be a great propagation tool for determining which bands are open and to where in the world signals from your area are being heard.
Radio hams get ready as Hurricane Ian strengthens
The ARRL reports the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service groups and volunteers have ramped up preparations as the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that Hurricane Ian continues to quickly intensify
16 new radio amateurs in Cyprus
The Cyprus Amateur Radio Society (CARS) reports that for the second year in a row a record number of candidates took the HAREC exam
Dramatic ground-based images of DART's asteroid impact
Monday's NASA's DART spacecraft hit asteroid Dimorphos--a dramatic bullseye 11 million kilometers from Earth
The OTHR noise on 10 Meters
The 10 meters band is opening for the last 10 days as the sunspots are above 100. I am sure you all are Dxing on 10. I am logging more than 100 stations per opening, but the noise of 'Over The Horizon Radar' is disturbing/ blocking the QSO's
Radio hams in Central States Communications exercise
Wisconsin's Office of Emergency Communications reports radio amateurs participated in a national exercise designed to promote interoperable communications between local, state, tribal, and federal levels of government
IARU Welcomes New Member Society
The IARU member-societies have voted to admit the Sudan Amateur Radio Union (SARU) as its newest member society
WRC23: 23cm/RNSS study report
The Chair of IARU Region 1 Spectrum and Regulatory Liaison Committee, Barry Lewis G4SJH, reports ITU-R Study Group 4 has finalised the study report regarding the amateur radio 1240-1300 MHz band
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