09/16/2015 Orlando HamCation® will host the 2016 ARRL National Convention in February. The convention will mark the 70th anniversary of HamCation — second only in the US to Dayton Hamvention® in terms of attendance. Orlando HamCation is sponsored by the … Continue reading →
09/16/2015 AMSAT-NA has announced the results of its 2015 Board of Directors election. Barry Baines, WD4ASW; Jerry Buxton, N0JY; Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA; and Bob McGwier, N4HY, were elected to serve 2 year terms on the AMSAT-NA Board. The First Alternate … Continue reading →
09/14/2015 [UPDATED: 2015-09-14 @ 2045 UTC] Information is still incomplete on Amateur Radio’s response to the ongoing wildfire emergency in California, but ARES volunteers in Amador County supported communications at a Red Cross shelter that’s housing evacuees from the Butte wildfire … Continue reading →
09/14/2015 When Pope Francis visits the US in late September, Amateur Radio special event stations will mark the occasion. The Pope is scheduled to visit the US from September 22 until September 27. Six Papal Visit Amateur Radio special event … Continue reading →
09/14/2015 Despite adverse Antarctic winter weather, the VI0ANZAC special event made it on the air over the August 29-30 weekend. Poor propagation hampered the operation, but 56 contacts made it into the log. The operation was part of the WIA … Continue reading →
09/12/2015 [UPDATED 2015-09-10 @ 1353 UTC] Some ARRL servers will undergo routine maintenance from 0000 UTC until 0700 UTC on Sunday, September 13 (Saturday evening on September 12 into Sunday morning on September 13 in US time zones). Dates and times … Continue reading →
09/12/2015 Two radio amateurs — European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, KG5GCZ, Soyuz commander and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, RN3DT — plus Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov, arrived back on Earth on September 12 from the International Space Station (ISS). … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →09/11/2015 The new fall semester at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts, heralded not only the resumption of classes but a new antenna tower for the WPI Wireless Association (WPIWA), the home of W1YK. The new tower replaced an … Continue reading →