11/13/2015 A legislative effort is under way in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to reclaim Desecheo Island (KP5) and to include it within the municipality of Mayagüez. According to a report in El Nuevo Día, the Puerto Rico House of … Continue reading →
11/13/2015 It has been an active period for space weather. At 2240 UTC on November 11, the Australian Space Forecast Center issued a geomagnetic disturbance warning: “Combined CME and coronal hole effects are expected to become geo-effective on 12-Nov, resulting … Continue reading →
11/12/2015 At World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15), in Geneva, consensus continues to shape up around a new 15 kHz-wide global secondary 60 meter Amateur Radio allocation at 5351.5-5366.5 kHz. On November 12, Conference Working Group 4B agreed to the global … Continue reading →
11/11/2015 As World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) moves into its second week in Geneva, consensus is shaping up around a new, 15 kHz-wide secondary 60 meter allocation, at 5351.5-5366.5 kHz, with amateur stations limited to an effective isotropic radiated power … Continue reading →
11/11/2015 ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, has issued an urgent call for League Members to contact Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation members representing their states to urge their support of S. 1685, the US Senate version of the … Continue reading →
11/11/2015 The US departments of Energy (DOE) and the Interior have signed an agreement making the three sites of the Manhattan Project a National Historical Site — and the 409th official unit of the National Park Service. The Manhattan Project … Continue reading →
11/10/2015 A new contest to promote activity between stations in the UK and in Ireland (UK/EI) and the rest of the world will debut with an SSB event in December and a CW event in January. The SSB weekend will … Continue reading →
11/10/2015 The December 2015 Edition of Digital QST – Celebrating our 100th Anniversary! — is now available. As a special bonus, the very first issue of QST, December 1915, is also available digitally. Printed copies of the Commemorative Reissue of … Continue reading →
11/09/2015 Idiom Press of Merlin, Oregon, has announced the of its assets to Ham Supply of Elizabeth, Colorado. Owned by Wayne Ordakowski, N0UN, Ham Supply is a new business formed to manufacture and distribute the products previously offered by Idiom … Continue reading →
11/08/2015 AMSAT has announced that it will be conducting some tests on the new Fox-1A (AO-85) satellite while it is over North America during orbits 444, 448, and 449, and is requesting that users not uplink to the satellite during … Continue reading →