07/14/2015 If you worked VY1AAA in Yukon Territory (Northern Territories or NT Section) during Field Day 2015 or Canada Day, the operator was actually in the US. VY1AAA is a Canadian club station call sign for the station of J … Continue reading →
07/13/2015 A live video feed is planned of an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact Wednesday, July 15, with members of the Vail Vaqueros 4H Club in Pima County, Arizona. The event will get under way in … Continue reading →
07/13/2015 International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) member-societies are taking a second vote on whether to admit Kosovo’s national Amateur Radio association, Shoqata e Radio Amatoreve te Kosoves (SHRAK). IARU Proposal 254 is a revote on whether or not to admit … Continue reading →
07/13/2015 ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, said in the July ARRL Legislative Update Newsletter that Washington politicians are paying attention to League members who have contacted lawmakers to urge their cosponsorship of the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015. Essentially … Continue reading →
07/10/2015 AMSAT has issued its first call for papers for its Annual Meeting and Space Symposium, set for October 16-18 in Dayton, Ohio. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the … Continue reading →
07/10/2015 Sweden’s Alexanderson alternator station SAQ said this week that a feed-line fire may have adversely affected the tally of listener reports from the station’s June 28 “Alexanderson Day” transmissions. Lars Kalland, SM6NM, at the SAQ World Heritage Grimeton site … Continue reading →
07/10/2015 The August Edition of Digital QST is Now Available at http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/arrl/qst_201508/ • Control your station remotely from your tablet or smartphone • Build an audio notch filter and clipper • Learn how to avoid “dirty digital.” • See some … Continue reading →
07/10/2015 Solar activity perked up over the July 2-8 period, with average daily sunspot numbers increasing from 35.9 to 109.1, compared to the previous seven days. Likewise, average daily solar flux increased from 100.7 to 123.2. Daily sunspot numbers were … Continue reading →
07/09/2015 Ham-Astronaut Chris Cassidy, KF5KDR, has been appointed chief of NASA’s Astronaut Office. Cassidy, who conducted several Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contacts as part of the Expedition 35/36 crew onboard the ISS in 2013, is a … Continue reading →
07/09/2015 The just-ended HAM RADIO 2015 in Friedrichshafen, Germany hosted an international gathering of Amateur Radio youth. HAM RADIO sponsors reported that more than 17,000 visitors attended the combined HAM RADIO and the Maker World 2015 events — about the … Continue reading →