08/06/2015 The Yasme Foundation Board of Directors has announced the recipients of the Yasme Excellence Award. The Award is presented to individuals who, through their own service, creativity, effort and dedication, have made a significant contribution to Amateur Radio. “The … Continue reading →
08/05/2015 Time and frequency standard station WWV’s resurrected 25 MHz signal — now back on the air for more than a year after going silent in 1977 — is once again transmitting on a vertical dipole from its original antenna … Continue reading →
08/05/2015 China’s Amateur Satellite Group CAMSAT said this week that nine satellites carrying Amateur Radio payloads have been delivered to the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Central China. CAMSAT CEO Alan Kung, BA1DU, said they’re expected to launch between September … Continue reading →
08/04/2015 ARRL has announced plans to significantly increase the availability of its publications as e-books. At the same time, the League introduced six more ARRL titles in the popular Amazon Kindle format. “I’m very pleased that members and readers will … Continue reading →
08/04/2015 This month’s QuickStats poll has been posted! Check the QuickStats page and answer these questions . . . • Have you ever repaired your primary transceiver? • Have you ever built your own QRP transceiver? • Did you assemble … Continue reading →
08/03/2015 AMSAT has reported that its Fox-1A CubeSat has been “mated” to the Centaur rocket in preparation for launch this fall from Vandenburg Air Force Base in California. The CubeSat completed its Mission Readiness Review at Cal Poly in February. … Continue reading →
07/31/2015 At 0132 UTC on July 30 the Australian Space Forecast Center issued a geomagnetic disturbance warning, saying a high speed solar wind from a recurring coronal hole is expected to raise geomagnetic activity levels to minor storms on July … Continue reading →
07/30/2015 Logbook of The World (LoTW), E-mail to and from ARRL Headquarters, and the ARRL Online Store will be down from Friday, July 31, at 8 PM EDT (0000 UTC on August 1) until 8 AM EDT (1200 UTC on … Continue reading →
07/29/2015 The focus will be on the bands 222 MHz and above when the ARRL August UHF Contest gets under way August 1-2. During this time of year in North America, there is a greater chance of enhanced tropospheric propagation … Continue reading →
07/29/2015 The Amateur Radio vanity call sign regulatory fee is set to disappear in the next few weeks. According to the best-available information from FCC sources, the first day that applicants will be able to file a vanity application without … Continue reading →