03/23/2016 [UPDATED 2016-03-23 @1654 UTC] The VK0EK DXpedition began operation on 40 meters on March 23 and was expected to soon start on 30 meters. W5KUB’s “Amateur Radio Roundtable” webcast scored a live, audio-only interview on March 22 with the leader … Continue reading →
03/22/2016 The Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) has told the FCC that the regulatory agency needs to take another tack in its efforts to tackle AM revitalization. If the FCC takes the SBE’s advice, the result could be less noise … Continue reading →
03/22/2016 Contesting luminary Gary Senesac, AL9A, of Wasilla, Alaska, died suddenly on March 15 after suffering a pulmonary embolism while vacationing in Florida. An ARRL Life Member, he was 72. Senesac, an Illinois native, moved to Alaska in 2003 after … Continue reading →
03/21/2016 Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteers in Puerto Rico for the second year took part in the annual Caribe Wave exercise (formerly known as the Large Atlantic Tsunami Exercise — LANTEX), a tsunami-preparation communication drill undertaken on different dates … Continue reading →
03/21/2016 ARRL has introduced three new e-books to its growing digital library. The newest titles available in the popular Amazon Kindle format include Work the World with JT65 and JT9 by ARRL author Steve Ford, WB8IMY, ARRL’s Small Antennas for … Continue reading →
03/20/2016 AMSAT has announced its lineup of Dayton Hamvention® forum speakers. The AMSAT Forum will take place on Saturday, May 21, starting at 11:15 AM in Forum Room 5 of Hara Arena. Mark Hammond, N8MH, will serve as the forum … Continue reading →
03/19/2016 Ham radio-related courses taught at the University of California Berkeley Campus and a follow-on “Annual VE Mega-Session” may be one reason that California continues to lead the nation in the number of Amateur Radio licensees. A March 16 exam … Continue reading →
03/18/2016 The Expedition 47/48 crew increment of Astronaut Jeff Williams, KD5TVQ, and Cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka, RN3FU, and Alexey Ovchinin, is on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). Their Soyuz TMA-20M launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on … Continue reading →
03/18/2016 Arlene “Buddy” Clay, KL7OT, died on February 11. She was 103. An ARRL member, Clay was inducted into the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame in 2015 for her work in rural justice administration among the Yup’ik people. She became … Continue reading →
03/18/2016 Solar indicators were lower this week, while geomagnetic indicators were higher. Compared to the previous seven days, average daily sunspot numbers in our reporting week (March 10-16) were down 12.7 points to 51.7, and average daily solar flux was … Continue reading →