04/27/2016 A 10-year-old ARRL member from Snoqualmie, Washington, took first place in his grade and division for a magnetic loop antenna project he entered into the Washington State Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF). Dragan Tuip, KG7OQT, was among the more … Continue reading →
04/26/2016 The Minister of Communications in the Caribbean island nation of Anguilla has assured greater recognition for Amateur Radio operators and their work, according to an article this week in The Anguillan. Minister Curtis Richardson made the commitment during a … Continue reading →
04/26/2016 A co-leader of the recent VP8STI/VP8SGI “Intrepid DX Group” DXpedition, said this week that what he called “a surprising lack of support and lack of funding from some of the world’s paramount DX foundations” thwarted his group’s plans to … Continue reading →
04/26/2016 Three student-built CubeSats — including the first to carry a D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio) Amateur Radio payload into space — now are successfully in orbit following an April 25 launch from Guiana. Signals from all three … Continue reading →
04/25/2016 Hundreds of Amateur Radio operators, most from California, Nevada, and Arizona, turned out March 19-20 to support communication for the 2016 Baker to Vegas Relay Challenge Cup Relay (B2V). This year marked the 32nd anniversary of the event, sometimes … Continue reading →
04/25/2016 A new feature of ARRL EXPO at Dayton Hamvention®, May 20-22, 2016, will be “Discover the HF Experience“ — an exhibit and initiative for new operators and those inexperienced with ham radio on HF (also called shortwave). Similar HF … Continue reading →
04/25/2016 High Speed Multimedia for Amateur Radio by Glen Popiel, KW5GP, now is available from ARRL. The possible uses for these high-speed data networks in the Amateur Radio community are endless. Virtually any service that works on the regular Internet … Continue reading →
04/23/2016 Romania has tentatively joined the list of countries making a band at 5 MHz available to Amateur Radio. Romanian telecommunications regulator ANCOM has granted radio amateurs access to 5 MHz on a scheduled testing basis for approximately 1 year. … Continue reading →
04/23/2016 A new distance record of 5751 kilometers (3565.6 miles) has been claimed for an AO-85 (Fox-1A) satellite contact. Betrand Demarcq, FG8OJ, in Saint-Francois, Guadeloupe (FK96ig), worked Jose Elias Diaz Rodriguez, EB1FVQ, in Vigo, Spain (IN52pe), at 19:15 UTC on … Continue reading →
04/23/2016 The Collegiate Ham Radio Dinner will be held on Friday, May 20, the first day of Dayton Hamvention®, at Little York Tavern and Pizza, 4120 Little York Road, Vandalia, Ohio. It gets under way at 6:30 PM. Magda Moses, … Continue reading →