03/08/2016 Coming up at the end of March is an opportunity to work the 6th most-wanted DXCC entity, according to the ClubLog DXCC Most Wanted List — Juan de Nova — a small island located between Mozambique and Madagascar. Last … Continue reading →
Sessions focusing on the role of Amateur Radio in major weather events will be a part of the 2016 National Hurricane Conference, set for later this month in Orlando, Florida. The goal of the annual conference is to improve hurricane … Continue reading →
03/07/2016 NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) reported strong (G3) geomagnetic storming at 2359 UTC on March 6 in response to above-average coronal hole high-speed stream effects. “The solar wind environment has tapered since the elevated activity, and as a … Continue reading →
03/05/2016 The 400 youngsters attending a suburban Washington, DC, parochial school are eagerly awaiting the day the CubeSat they constructed will be deployed from the International Space Station. The little STMSat-1 spacecraft — an educational project of pupils attending St … Continue reading →
03/04/2016 Average daily sunspot numbers over our reporting week (February 25 through March 2) were marginally higher than the previous seven days, going from 37.9 to 41.4, while average daily solar flux was down by just one point, to 92.9. … Continue reading →
03/03/2016 Having achieved its goals in the Azores, the Radio Arcala group (OH8X) will bid farewell to CR2X during the ARRL International DX Contest (SSB) over the March 5-6 weekend. An alliance of serious Finnish contesters and their partners, Radio … Continue reading →
03/03/2016 The Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) has announced a scholarship grant to the Falkland Island Elementary and Middle schools to acquire Amateur Radio equipment, antennas, electronics kits, and science curriculum materials. The NCDXF said David Collingham, K3LP, was instrumental … Continue reading →
03/03/2016 Renowned Earth-Moon-Earth (EME, moonbounce) enthusiast Doug McArthur, VK3UM, of Glenburn, Victoria, Australia, died on February 21, following a stroke. He was 74. Within the EME community, McArthur — a radio amateur for nearly 60 years — enjoyed a world-wide … Continue reading →
03/03/2016 A computer program issue that was preventing the ARRL VEC from managing and posting its schedule of future examination sessions and transmitting application data from completed sessions to the FCC has been resolved, and the backlog is being cleared. … Continue reading →
03/03/2016 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program coordinator will offer an online information session on March 10 at 7 PM ET for schools and organizations interested in hosting an Amateur Radio contact with a member of … Continue reading →