New rules and two way radios when driving?
Watch this video - New rules and two way radios when driving?
AMSAT-LU WSPR beacon in Antarctica
AMSAT Argentina has prepared and donated to Cocoantar (Antarctic Joint Command), a beacon operating in WSPR mode
More Binar CubeSats to deploy from ISS
Australia's WIA News reports on the Binar Cubesats being developed by students at Curtin University, Perth
Radio Frequency Spectrum Licences
The Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (ICASA) issues licences for radio amateurs, NOT the South African Radio League (SARL)! Pay your licence fee to ICASA and NOT to the SARL!
Finland: Over 200 people start ham radio training
Finland's national amateur radio society the SRAL reports over 200 people have started training for an amateur radio license since the start of the year
Another year of growth for JARL
Japan's JARL has reported membership increased year-on-year for the second consecutive year
EDI Log Format
Operating Aids/Log Formats
EDI is a common electronic data file format required to submit contact logs. Very popular among contest logs formats.
The Thermosphere is heating up
Earth's upper atmosphere is feeling the heat of Solar Cycle 25
Ukraine war: BBC World Service granted extra funding
The BBC World Service will receive more than £4m in extra funding from the UK government to help counter disinformation about the Ukraine war
Ofcom consultation on indoor mobile repeaters
Ofcom are consulting on draft regulations that would revoke and replace the current licence exemption rules for mobile repeaters
Radio amateur interviewed about Ukraine situation
The Press Herald reports on the support being offered to victims of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and interviews radio amateur Bob Parsons KA1KSQ
Dutch PACCdigi Contest 2022
This year’s Dutch PACCdigi Contest, sponsored by the Dutch Radio Society VERON, will take place on SUNDAY the 17th of April from 07:00 UTC until 19:00 UTC
The QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo is still open in On-Demand mode
You can still see over 60 presentations with the Q and A that followed over the weekend. Our new Restream technology allowed us to very quickly put the presentations together with the Q and A for viewing now. vFairs extended our On-Demand period for a full month of presentations. Thank You and Great Show
Azores radio amateurs on standby for seismic activity
IARU Region 1 Emergency Communications Co-Ordinator Greg G0DUB reports radio amateurs in the Azores are on standby after a series of earthquakes
New Amateur Radio License Applications Fee To Become Effective April 19, 2022
A Public Notice released by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on March 23, 2022, in MD Docket No. 20-270, announced that new application fees for Wireless Telecommunications Bureau applications will become effective on April 19, 2022. The new fees, mandated by Congress, apply to applications for Amateur Radio licenses including those associated with filing Form 605, the Amateur Operat...
Ham Payload Going to the Chinese Space Station
The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) satellite frequency coordination panel reports that an application has been submitted for an amateur radio payload to be hosted on the Chinese Tiangong space station. The coordination request states:
"CSSARC is the amateur radio payload for Chinese Space Station, proposed by Chinese Radio Amateurs Club (CRAC), Aerospace System Engineering Research Ins...
K4GSO - Silver Springs Radio Club
The silver springs radio club is the oldest amateur radio club serving ocala
HDSCS Hospital Disaster Support Communications System
A group of ham operators in Orange County, California that has supported over 30 hospitals since 1980. Includes information on how hams can provide hospital support in their own areas.
The W5JGV Loop Antenna
Antennas/Loop
A Shielded Low Frequency Loop Antenna, allows Simultaneous Transmission and Reception at the Same Site.
Vintage Electronics: Principles of Radio Receivers 1949 Technical Training Film superheterodyne
Vintage Electronics: Radio Technology Training film of 1949 covers basic principles of RADIO RECEIVERS. Very technical but well-paced instructional film shows all the major components of RADIO and how they work, using a large wall-sized demonstration panel. Good information for beginner or intermediate level knowledge
International HEMA Day
'HEMA' is an interesting alternative to SOTA and is now 10 years old. Having been exclusively a UK and Eire only programme for many years; recently it has branched out and engaged other DXCCs around the world. It’s now active amongst our friends in Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, Czech Republic, and large parts of Australia
RSGB announce resignation of Board Director
The RSGB has announced that Board member David Hills G6PYF has resigned after just under 11 months in the job
Amateur radio in Belfast in the 1920's
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has published an article about Eric Megaw 6MU (GI6MU), a radio amateur in Belfast in the 1920's
RSGB 2022 AGM voting now open
There are three resolutions to vote for including the endorsement of two Nominated Board Directors. They have been put forward by the RSGB Nominations Committee but it is RSGB Members who choose whether or not to endorse them
Get on the Air on World Amateur Radio Day April 18, 2022
On Monday, April 18, 2022, Radio Amateurs of Canada is organizing a special on-air event to celebrate World Amateur Radio Day
FCC announce date when US radio hams will be charged for their license
On Wednesday, March 23, the FCC announced it would start charging for US amateur radio licenses on April 19, 2022
PhotoQSLs
Shopping and Services/QSL Printing
Purchase full color QSL cards at single color pricing. Quality and value in fully customized, full color, photo QSLs with discounted re orders!
Ham radio operators tune in to giant waves in the Earth's ionosphere
The very upper layer of our atmosphere is electrically charged and sometimes the electrons up there clump up and form giant waves larger than Texas that zip around the Earth faster than a jet plane!
Satellite snoopers pick up surprising tv broadcast
Imagine the surprise of satellite-watchers than when the Russian polar communications satellite Meridian 9 which has a highly elliptical orbit was seen transmitting old-style terrestrial analogue TV (ThreadReader Link). What on earth was happening?
Meet the amateur radio operators lending their ear in crises
Bharthi Prasad, a well-known ham (amateur radio) operator in India, has helped with several relief operations across the country during natural calamities. Testing times had come once again for her when she saved the lives of terrified Indian students in Ukraine at the beginning of the war, from her radio shack in Saidabad
NASA rolls out space launch system
NASA rolled the Space Launch System, a heavy-duty rocket designed to send astronauts to the moon, out of the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday evening
Owning a shortwave radio is once again a subversive activity
An abiding memory for a teen fascinated by electronics and radio in the 1970s and 1980s is the proliferation of propaganda stations that covered the shortwave spectrum
Australian document on VDSL2 interference problem
Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN) has produced a document that suggests radio amateurs cause interference to VDSL2 - reality is it's VDSL2 and the RF pollution it can produce that is the problem
Students get ham radio licenses for high altitude balloon launch
The Enterprise reports two students from the Nash Community College High-Altitude Balloon Team have successfully completed the requirements for their amateur radio technician license
Denmark's EDR takes action against Russia and Belarus
Denmark's national Amateur Radio society the EDR has joined others in banning radio amateurs in Russia and Belarus from participating in any EDF Contest or ARDF event
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