05/01/2015 A new 2 meter beacon that automatically listens for and logs responses is on the air from County Cork in Ireland. Operated on behalf of the Irish Radio Transmitters Society (IRTS) by Tony Baldwin, EI8JK, EI2DKH/b transmits JT65B on … Continue reading →
05/01/2015 “Adventures of a Hacker Turned Ham” will be the topic of Michael Ossmann, AD0NR, when he keynotes the ninth annual TAPR/AMSAT Banquet, Friday, May 15, at 6 PM, in association with the 2015 Dayton Hamvention that weekend. Ossmann grew … Continue reading →
05/01/2015 There were no new sunspots over the past week (April 23-29), even though in the previous seven days there were new sunspots every day, and one day, April 21 had two new ones. The day after the reporting week, … Continue reading →
04/30/2015 The Weather Channel’s “AMHQ” program today featured an interview with Kathmandu Amateur Radio operator Satish Kharel, 9N1AA. ARRL has reposted the interview on its Facebook page, with the permission of The Weather Channel. In the interview segment, Kharel talked … Continue reading →
04/30/2015 The 2015 edition of Getting Started with Amateur Satellites by Gould Smith, WA4SXM, will be available from AMSAT at Dayton Hamvention. This latest edition will discuss how to get ready for the Fox-1 satellites, set to launch later this … Continue reading →
04/30/2015 May 17, 2015, marks the 150th anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The Spanish Amateur Radio Association URE (Unión Radioaficionados Españoles), an IARU member-society, has announced … Continue reading →
04/30/2015 ARRL Contest Branch Manager, Matt Wilhelm, W1MSW, reports that the April SSB Rookie Roundup was a big success! The results and soapbox have been posted. “We received a record number of entries,” said Wilhelm, who received 180 entries — … Continue reading →
04/29/2015 The ARRL North Texas Section soon will have a new Section Manager. Nancy McCain, K5NLM, of Fort Worth, will take over the position on May 1, succeeding incumbent SM Chris Brewer, N5GMJ, who resigned due to increased work and … Continue reading →
04/29/2015 Several Amateur Radio special event stations will be on the air in early May to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Cunard Line’s RMS Lusitania — at one time the world’s largest ship — off the … Continue reading →
04/28/2015 Young radio amateurs attending the Youth Forum at Dayton Hamvention® on May 16 will have a chance to meet NASA astronaut and ham Mike Fincke, KE5AIT — one of the more “radio-active” International Space Station crew members. The Saturday … Continue reading →