01/13/2017 Members of the North Country DX Association (NCDXA) will be on the air during March 2017 from locations in Alaska, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Greenland using RST-suffix fixed-station call signs. Expected to be active are KL7RST, VY1RST, … Continue reading →
01/12/2017 “Long Delayed Echoes” is the topic of the latest (January 12) episode of the “ARRL The Doctor is In” podcast. Listen…and learn! Sponsored by DX Engineering, “ARRL The Doctor is In” is an informative discussion of all things technical. … Continue reading →
01/12/2017 In what it calls an “extremely urgent complaint” to the FCC, ARRL has targeted the interference potential of a series of audio/video transmitters used on unmanned aircraft and marketed as Amateur Radio equipment. In a January 10 letter to … Continue reading →
01/11/2017 Registration is open for Four Days in May (FDIM), the QRP Amateur Radio Club International (QRP ARCI) annual convention held in conjunction with Hamvention. The hosting Holiday Inn in Fairborn, Ohio, has sold out, but other accommodations are available … Continue reading →
01/11/2017 Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) volunteers and emergency operations centers (EOCs) in Nevada are now standing down as the threat of additional widespread flooding damage diminishes. Over the weekend, ARES members in Nevada stood ready to support the disaster … Continue reading →
01/10/2017 UK Telecommunications regulator Ofcom no longer issues lists of unassigned — or unallocated — Amateur Radio call signs. This practice ended last fall. Replying to an inquiry, Ofcom’s Julia Snape explained, “We do not hold a list of call … Continue reading →
01/09/2017 If you’re feeling a chill in the air, it must be time for the January VHF Contest! Those in the northern tier of the US (or in a good part of the US this winter) are experiencing brisk winds, … Continue reading →
01/06/2017 Tickets are now available to the 2017 DX Dinner, Top Band Dinner, and Contest Dinner, and held in conjunction with Hamvention® in May. The 32nd annual DX Dinner, sponsored by the SouthWest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA), will be held … Continue reading →
01/06/2017 Norway is going forward with plans to replace its national FM broadcasting network with digital-mode outlets by the end of 2017 — the first nation to do so across the board. Norway’s Ministry of Culture first proposed the switch … Continue reading →
01/06/2017 The Sun was quieter this reporting week compared to the previous seven days. There were four zero-sunspot days, Thursday December 29, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday, plus a fifth on the following Thursday, January 5. Geomagnetic numbers were also lower. … Continue reading →