10/12/2015 A new entity — the IOTA Foundation — will assume management of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) Islands on the Air (IOTA) Program. Last year the RSGB Board identified a number of challenges facing the program, including … Continue reading →
10/12/2015 The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Administrative Council (AC) has adopted a resolution calling on IARU member societies to encourage governments to recognize the importance of the Amateur Radio Service and of Amateur Radio antennas. The AC met for … Continue reading →
10/09/2015 With just 3 more days to go until it shuts down, poor weather has been literally putting a damper on the Perseverance DX Group’s Chesterfield Island TX3X DXpedition. The team’s 12 operators have been having a time of it, … Continue reading →
10/09/2015 The November Edition of Digital QST – our Product Review issue — is now available! Read reviews of the Yaesu FT-991 HF/VHF/UHF transceiver; Icom IC-2730A dual-band FM transceiver; LNR Precision LD-5 QRP transceiver; Elecraft KSYN3A synthesizer upgrade for the … Continue reading →
10/09/2015 In what might have been record speed, AMSAT’s new Fox-1A satellite received its OSCAR designation on the day of its launch, and its FM transponder has been activated temporarily until 0000 UTC on October 10. AMSAT OSCAR Number Administrator … Continue reading →
10/09/2015 Sunspot numbers and solar flux softened over the past week, with average daily sunspot numbers declining from 120.9 to just 37, and average daily solar flux down from 122.7 to 93.8. These numbers compare the October 1-7 activity against … Continue reading →
10/08/2015 Right on schedule at 1249 UTC on October 8, the Atlas rocket carrying the AMSAT Fox-1A Amateur Radio CubeSat and 12 others lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) NROL-55 mission. … Continue reading →
10/08/2015 In August, the ARRL acted to address objections and concerns being raised by representatives of community and neighborhood associations regarding the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015 — H.R. 1301 and S. 1685. “Clarity on Amateur Radio Parity” made … Continue reading →
10/07/2015 On behalf of the League, ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, has congratulated the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) on the 50th anniversary of its founding by Jerry Murphy, K8YUW. “Thanks to the efforts of the Net’s dedicated and knowledgeable volunteers … Continue reading →
10/07/2015 Through the generosity of Alan G. Thorpe, K1TMW (SK), and the Stratford [CT] Amateur Radio Club (SARC), the ARRL Foundation has established the Alan G. Thorpe, K1TMW, Memorial Scholarship Fund. The fund will award $1000 each year to an … Continue reading →