12/15/2016 ARRL and AMSAT — the US managing partners of the Amateur Radio of the International Space Station (ARISS) program — have announced that 11 schools or organizations submitting proposals have been selected to advance to the next stage of … Continue reading →
12/15/2016 FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has announced that he will step down in January, when President Barack Obama’s term ends. An Obama appointee, Wheeler has headed the Commission for 3 years. “Sitting in this chair has been the greatest privilege … Continue reading →
12/15/2016 The January edition of Digital QST on the new PageSuite platform is now available. The new viewing platform brings a number of changes, so members are advised to download and read the QST PageSuite Manual. If you view Digital … Continue reading →
12/15/2016 Apply for the ARRL Visa Signature® Card and, upon approval, enjoy a long list of great everyday benefits. Plus now, as a special gift, you’ll earn an additional 5,000 Bonus Points1 on your account after you make your first … Continue reading →
12/15/2016 From Santa’s Village in Finland comes word that Santa Claus is unhappy with the paltry percentage of North American contacts that OF9X (sponsored by Radio Arcala, OH8X) has logged to date — on the order of 3% of the … Continue reading →
12/14/2016 The IARU Region 1 (IARU-R1) Monitoring System newsletter reports that one of China’s HF Over-the-Horizon radars (OTH-R) has been transmitting on 6.999 MHz, impinging on the very low end of the 40-meter band. As the newsletter reported: “A jumping Chinese … Continue reading →
12/14/2016 Radio amateurs in the US and in Scotland have reenacted the first successful transatlantic reception of a shortwave Amateur Radio signal nearly a century earlier. Special event station N1BCG in Greenwich, Connecticut, and GB2ZE in Ardrossan, Scotland, completed contacts … Continue reading →
12/13/2016 This year marked the 110th anniversary of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio Regulations — the international treaty supporting mobile communication services including Amateur Radio. ITU paid tribute on December 12 to the international cooperation among member states that the Radio … Continue reading →
12/12/2016 Middle School Students’ Tancredo-1 “TubeSat” Set for Deployment from ISS: The cargo ship carrying the Tancredo-1 “TubeSat” — so called because of its cylindrical form factor — launched on schedule from Japan on December 9. Built by 10- to … Continue reading →
12/09/2016 The Amateur Radio Parity Act, H.R. 1301, died an unbefitting death as the 114th Congress of the United States drew to a close today. After having passed the House of Representatives on a unanimous vote, the bill stalled in … Continue reading →