12/30/2016 The Australian Space Forecast Centre issued a Geomagnetic Disturbance Warning on December 29 at 0010 UTC. “A recurrent equatorial coronal hole will soon reach geoeffective location on the solar disk. The size of the current coronal hole is relatively … Continue reading →
12/30/2016 ARRL Headquarters will be closed for the New Year’s Day holiday on Monday, January 2. There will be no W1AW code practice or bulletin transmissions on that day. The ARRL Letter and ARRL Audio News will return from holiday … Continue reading →
12/29/2016 The BY70-1 CubeSat launched on December 28 from the Taiyuan Space Launch Center in China, but in a lower orbit than intended. The satellite carries an Amateur Radio FM transponder. BY70-1 was intended to go into a 530-kilometer (approximately … Continue reading →
12/29/2016 Radio amateurs on the International Space Station (ISS) crew will conduct two extra-vehicular activities — EVAs, or spacewalks — in January to upgrade the orbiting outpost’s electrical power system. Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD, and Flight Engineer Peggy … Continue reading →
12/29/2016 “Restoring Old Radios” is the topic of the latest (December 29) 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 →
12/29/2016 Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) has secured permission for all Canadian radio amateurs to use special call sign prefixes to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation during 2017. Starting on January 1, radio amateurs and clubs with VA-prefix … Continue reading →
12/28/2016 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has announced a “notable contribution” from the Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA) to help support the development and certification of new radio hardware for the International Space Station. ARISS-International Chair Frank … Continue reading →
12/28/2016 Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI) scientists were among those taking part in the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco earlier this month. The December 11-17 gathering, which attracted some 24,000 geoscientists, offered an … Continue reading →
12/28/2016 Super Typhoon Nock-Ten (locally “Nina”) interrupted Christmas for radio amateurs in the Philippines, who responded to provide communication for the disaster. The category 4 storm claimed six lives, and more than 380,000 residents were evacuated as the storm cut … Continue reading →
12/28/2016 Former Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) President William James “Bill” Gillis, VE1WG, of Moncton, New Brunswick, died December 26. He was 87. Gillis spent his career in the technical and management fields of the telecommunications industry. He was a … Continue reading →