03/01/2017 A new QST QuickStats survey is now available for your viewing and voting pleasure. These poll results will be published in the June issue of QST, so the questions are all about ARRL Field Day! Check the QuickStats page … Continue reading →
03/01/2017 Britain (RSGB) has taken issue with assertions by telecoms regulator Ofcom that the agency “advises and assists spectrum users to help resolve harmful interference.” RSGB said that, while Ofcom does advise complainants from the amateur community and elsewhere, it … Continue reading →
03/01/2017 Members of the North Country DX Association (NCDXA) are on the air for the entire month of March from locations in Alaska, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Greenland using RST-suffix fixed-station call signs. Expected to be active are … Continue reading →
03/01/2017 Now-former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate, KK4INZ, told a US House subcommittee this week that the agency needs to have a new and experienced administrator soon, or it could lose its forward momentum. That sentiment was … Continue reading →
02/28/2017 The 43rd annual Eastern VHF/UHF/Microwave Conference will take place Friday through Sunday, April 21-23, at Baymont Inn and Suites, 20 Taylor Street, Manchester, Connecticut — just a few miles northeast of Hartford. Take Exit 63 off I-84. Registration before … Continue reading →
02/28/2017 Pointing out that World Radiosport Team Championship 2018 (WRTC 2018) in Germany is only about 500 days away, the event’s all-volunteer Organizing Committee reports that while many necessary tasks are out of the way, much more work remains. So … Continue reading →
02/28/2017 Xenia High School has announced that it will cancel classes on Friday, May 19, so students there can attend the opening day of Hamvention. The largest Amateur Radio gathering in the US will take place in Xenia for the … Continue reading →
02/28/2017 The 10th SpaceX International Space Station cargo resupply mission delivered investigations to study human health, Earth science, and weather patterns last Thursday. It also carried a new Ericsson 2-meter handheld radio to replace one that failed a few months … Continue reading →
02/26/2017 Past ARRL Midwest Division Director Lew Gordon, K4VX, of Hannibal, Missouri, died on February 25. He was 87. Although he had been suffering from cancer, Gordon had remained active on the air until his death. Licensed in 1947, Gordon … Continue reading →
02/24/2017 Two satellites with Amateur Radio transponder payloads have been selected for future NASA launches. AMSAT reports that the TJREVERB CubeSat, developed by students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, will carry a 435/145 … Continue reading →