11/23/2016 The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) has announced tentative plans to activate on Thursday, November 24, at 1200 UTC on its primary frequency of 14.325 MHz. If propagation dictates, the net will operate on 7.268 MHz as well. Once activated, … Continue reading →
11/23/2016 According to the latest National Hurricane Center (NHC) advisory, Otto should regain hurricane strength prior to landfall, although this depends upon a number of varying factors. Hurricane Watch Net Manager (HWN) Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, reports that southeasterly shear has … Continue reading →
11/23/2016 ARISS-International delegates met November 15-18 at the International Space Center Conference Facility in Houston, Texas, to celebrate 20 years of Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) and to continue planning for the years ahead. More than 50 … Continue reading →
11/22/2016 Amateur Radio emergency nets on 40 and 75 meters have activated in anticipation that Tropical Storm Otto may make landfall in Central America. In Costa Rica a net is operational on 7080 kHz. In Nicaragua, National Emergency Net frequencies … Continue reading →
11/22/2016 The annual SKYWARN Recognition Day (SRD) on-the-air activity will take place Saturday, December 3, from 0000 until 2400 UTC (starts on the evening of Friday, December 2, in US time zones). SKYWARN Recognition Day was developed in 1999 by … Continue reading →
11/22/2016 The ARRL Centennial National Convention presentation, “The Origins of Silicon Valley: Roots in Ham Radio,” by Paul Wesling, KM6LH, has been edited into a video and is now available on YouTube. “It tells of the interesting events in the … Continue reading →
11/22/2016 According to a Mumbai Mirror report, radio amateurs who have been hearing mysterious signals on 2 meters for the past 5 months have tracked them down to a source somewhere off the Maharashtra-Gujarat coast in the Arabian Sea. Ankur … Continue reading →
11/22/2016 Members of ARRL Headquarters staff will be on the air as W1T, November 28-December 4, in honor of Mark Twain’s 181st birthday. On November 30, Twain’s actual birthday, the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Connecticut has granted … Continue reading →
11/21/2016 The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) is currently monitoring the progress of Tropical Storm Otto. “While November Hurricanes do occur, those that make landfall are rare,” said HWN Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV. “Over the past few days, the National Hurricane … Continue reading →
11/21/2016 New ISS crew members Peggy Whitson, KC5ZTD, Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG, and Cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy are settling in on board the International Space Station this week. The trio headed into space on November 17 for a 6-month stay. Welcoming the … Continue reading →