09/11/2015 Nobel Laureate Joe Taylor, K1JT, the developer of the popular WSJT “weak-signal communication” software suite is advising users to avoid what he called “unauthorized” versions of his software. He said problems could result by using these builds on the … Continue reading →
09/11/2015 Australia’s Amateur Radio Experimenters Group (AREG) has invited all radio amateurs interested in HF digital voice communication to take part in the FreeDV HF Digital Voice QSO Party over the September 12-13 weekend. The Wireless Institute of Australia’s VK100ANZAC … Continue reading →
09/11/2015 The winner of the September 2015 QST Cover Plaque award is Murray Greenman, ZL1BPU, for his article “FSQ: Fast, Simple QSO.” The QST Cover Plaque Award — given to the author or authors of the most popular article in … Continue reading →
09/11/2015 The October Edition of Digital QST – our annual DX issue — is now available! • Read about the incredibly popular 2015 Navassa Island DXpedition. • Take a look at Amateur Radio in Cuba. • Improve your DX skills … Continue reading →
09/10/2015 The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) at Green Bank, West, Virginia, has asked that hams notify the facility if they plan to operate within 10 miles of either the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) or the Sugar Grove Research Station … Continue reading →
09/10/2015 Scheduled FCC computer system upgrades took a couple of days longer than anticipated, but the Universal Licensing System (ULS) — the repository for Amateur Radio licensing data and portal for all applications — came back online early on September … Continue reading →
09/09/2015 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International delegates and representatives tackled a wide-ranging agenda when they met in late August in Tokyo. The August 20-23 gathering was held in conjunction with the Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) … Continue reading →
09/09/2015 Arkansas Amateur Radio satellite enthusiast Dave Swanson, KG5CCI, on September 5 topped the satellite contact distance record he had set just a few days earlier. Operating from an old US Forest Service fire tower atop Rich Mountain in extreme … Continue reading →
09/08/2015 The sale of a vintage Collins transmitter has made it possible for a Connecticut Amateur Radio club to fund a seat for a future ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology participant. The ARRL-affiliated Chippens Repeater Association/Bristol Radio Club (CRA/BRC) … Continue reading →
09/04/2015 The Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s Space Forecast Centre issued a geomagnetic warning at 0009 UTC on September 4: “The IMF Bz [Interplanetary Magnetic Field] has been strongly southward over the last 3 hours (2100 UTC on September 3 to … Continue reading →