07/09/2015 A small group of Amateur Radio operators and volunteers supported the Oklahoma Freewheel — a cross-state bicycle tour — June 7-13. Kenneth Baucum, KG5CBM, led the Amateur Radio contingent. “This year, Freewheel started in Hollis, Oklahoma, and finished in … Continue reading →
07/08/2015 At just a few months shy of turning 2 years old, the $50SAT Amateur Radio “PocketQube” microsatellite — also known as Eagle 2 (MO-76) — is still operating, although it’s not entirely well either. The satellite, which transmits on … Continue reading →
07/08/2015 APRS Developer Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, has invited radio amateurs to take part in the annual Golden Packet Event on Saturday, July 18. Begun in 2009, the event is a demonstration of the ability to relay text messages via the … Continue reading →
07/08/2015 The 34th annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) invites technical papers for presentation at this year’s conference. The 2015 DCC will take place October 9-11 in Chicago. Technical papers are solicited for presentation at DCC and publication in the … Continue reading →
07/07/2015 Amateur Radio will be upgraded on August 6 from secondary to primary in the 1900-2000 kHz segment of 160 meters in the US. That’s the effective date of the WRC-07 implementation Report and Order and WRC-12 Order portions of … Continue reading →
07/07/2015 This month’s QuickStats poll has been posted! Check the QuickStats page at www.arrl.org/quickstats and answer these questions . . . • Have you ever purchased something at a hamfest fleamarket that you knew you’d probably never use? • Have … Continue reading →
07/06/2015 Most encyclopedias say that the first transatlantic television transmissions took place via the Telstar I satellite in 1962, but TV images actually crossed the Atlantic in the late 1920s via an Amateur Radio transmitter, according to historical accounts. An … Continue reading →
07/05/2015 The summer’s most popular HF contest — The 2015 International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) HF World Championship — gets under way on July 11 at 1200 UTC and continues for 24 hours. The object of the contest is to … Continue reading →
07/03/2015 Conditions over Field Day weekend turned out to be not bad at all. The expected geomagnetic upset never happened. On June 25-26, the Thursday and Friday before Field Day, the predicted planetary A index for the June 27-28 was … Continue reading →
07/02/2015 The FCC is inviting comments on its recent proposals to authorize Amateur Radio operation on two new bands — an LF allocation at 135.7 to 137.8 kHz (2200 meters), and an MF allocation at 472-479 kHz (630 meters). Amateur … Continue reading →