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Monday, August 28, 2023

Nets Ramp Up for Idalia

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Projected path for tropical cyclone Idalia as of 2100 UTC August 28. (National Hurricane Center map) As the first tropical system expected t...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

ARRL Raises Dues, Makes Print Magazines Added-Cost Options

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The ARRL Board of Directors approved a 20% dues increase and a major shift in member benefits at its July meeting. Starting next year, stand...

ARRL Files in Opposition to Commercial HF Petition

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The ARRL has filed comments with the FCC in opposition to a petition by the "Shortwave Modernization Coalition" to permit high-pow...

From Beanie Babies to Earth Orbit: 20 Years of CubeSats

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A typical CubeSat measures 10 centimeters on each side and weighs 1 kilogram or  less. (CQ Newsroom archive photo) This year marks the 20 th...

Fair Radio Sales Closing as Owner Retires

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An institution in the surplus electronics marketplace is closing its doors. Lima, Ohio-based Fair Radio Sales ( www.fairradio.com ) announce...

Hurricane Watch Net Recruiting Bilingual Net Controllers

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The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) is looking for hams who are fluent in both Spanish and English and/or in French Creole and English, to train t...

Three Hams to Fly to Space Station as Members of SpaceX Crew 8

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The four members of SpaceX Crew 8 include three licensed hams. (NASA photo by Bill Stafford) NASA announced the roster for the SpaceX Crew 8...

FCC Hiring Field Agents

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If you're an electrical engineer with experience in RF engineering and looking for a job, the FCC may be looking for you! The   ARRL Let...
Monday, July 17, 2023

Europeans Dominate WRTC Competition

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A long-standing knowledge of HF propagation from Europe seems to have been a major advantage in the delayed-until-2023 2022 World Radiosport...

FCC Considering Proposal for New Commercial Use of HF Bands

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As traditional users of the shortwave spectrum move their operations to satellites and the internet, a group of businesses in the financial ...

Bill to Pre-Empt HOA Antenna Restrictions Reintroduced in Congress

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    A Republican Congressman from Ohio and a Democrat from Connecticut have jointly introduced a bill to force homeowners' associations ...

Kees Van Oosbree, W0AAE, Named 2023 Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year

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2023 Newsline Young Ham of the Year Kees Van Oosbree, W0AAE (Photo courtesy AR Newsline) Nineteen-year-old  Kees Van Oosbree, W0AAE, of Mapl...

Young Hams in the Spotlight at Hamvention

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The young hams who made presentations at the 2023 Dayton Hamvention Youth Forum. From left: Lyle Strachan, KE0ZNV; Javan Miller, W8UA; Colli...
Friday, July 14, 2023

Attendance Up at Europe's Biggest Hamfest

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The annual "HAM RADIO" show in Friedrichshafen, Germany, drew a crowd of over 11,000 attendees this year, up 10% from 2022, accord...

JY1's Ham Station Donated to RSGB

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JY1 QSL card (Courtesy K8CX Ham Gallery) Jordan's Queen Noor has donated the ham station equipment of her late husband, King Hussein, JY...

Milestones: W5NYV Honored as a Woman of Influence in Engineering

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Michelle Thompson, W5NYV (Open Research Institute photo) Open Research Institute (ORI) co-founder and CEO Michelle Thompson, W5NYV, is among...

Milestones: Bouvet Puts NF7E at the Top of the Honor Roll … and in the Newspaper

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When Bob Wertz, NF7E, of Flagstaff, Arizona, received his confirmation for working the 3Y0J DXpedition to Bouvet earlier this year, it was h...

ARDC Grant Provides New Antennas and Satellite Capability for Museum Ham Station

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A grant from ARDC, the Amateur Radio Digital Communications foundation, has allowed the radio club of the Vintage Radio and Communications M...

A New "OTA" – Scout Camps On The Air

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There's a new "OTA" program joining islands, summits, parks, and lighthouses on the air … Scout Camps On The Air, or SCOTA.  A...

YOTA Camp On the Air July 16-21

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The Youth on the Air Americas summer camp station will be on the air from July 16-21 and will be looking to contact you! This year's YOT...

Youth DX Adventure Station W3Y to be QRV on July 29

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After being forced to cancel its planned trip to Curacao due to the extensive delays in processing passport applications, the Dave Kalter Yo...
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

FCC Universal Licensing System Back Online

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The FCC announced today that its Universal Licensing System (ULS), which has been offline since June 9 due to technical issues, is once agai...
Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Floods in Italy Cause Last-Minute Scramble for WRTC

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WRTC-2022, the World Radiosport Team Championship already delayed a year due to Covid travel restrictions, will go on despite major flooding...

Hamvention® Reports Record Attendance

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The Dayton Amateur Radio Association has released its official attendance figure for the 2023 Hamvention®, reported at 33,681.  This is an i...

Anna Gomez Nominated to FCC; Carr and Starks Renominated

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FCC Nominee Anna Gomez (NTIA photo) President Biden has nominated telecommunications attorney Anna Gomez to fill a vacant seat on the FCC an...

Passages… K7JA, DL6RAI, WB2D, Silent Keys

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Chip Margelli, K7JA, became a Silent Key in late May. (WB6NOA photo) The ham radio community lost three well-known amateurs in about as many...

ARRL Cements Relationship with Federal Emergency Response Network

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The ARRL has renewed a long-standing Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which keeps amateur ...

Cass Awards Go to SP9FIH and TY0RU

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Six-time individual Cass Award winner SP9FIH. (Photo from Cass Award website) In an effort to encourage DXpeditions to work as many differen...

California Ham Fined $24,000 for QRM

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A ham in California has been hit with a $24,000 fine by the FCC for alleged interference with a net on 75 meters and failure to identify his...

Australian Government Gets Back Into the Ham Licensing Business

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The Australian Communications and Media Authority – that country's telecommunications regulator – reportedly will resume direct licensin...

Take Your Own Photos From Space?

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A new satellite being developed by students at Stanford University will allow amateur radio operators to download specific photos taken by t...
Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Charles "Chip" Margelli, K7JA, SK

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Chip Margelli, K7JA, operating Field Day, one of his favorite ham radio activities. (Photos courtesy Gordon West, WB6NOA) One of the best-kn...
Friday, May 12, 2023

New RF Exposure Rules Take Full Effect – Station Evaluations Required

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The FCC's latest rules on RF exposure evaluations, which were announced two years ago, took full effect this May, meaning that all amate...

FCC Looks for Input on 60 Meters

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The FCC is asking the amateur community to weigh in on the future of the 60-mater band. In a proceeding more than seven years in the making,...

Tweaks Made to New General Class Question Pool

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The Question Pool Committee of the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators has made a few adjustments in the General Class (E...

Hams Heading to the Moon

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The crew of the Artemis 2 moon mission includes (L-R) Jeremy Hansen, KF5LKU; Victor Glover. KI5BKC; Commander Reid Wiseman, KF5LKT, and Chri...

2023 Dave Kalter Youth DX Adventure Trip Cancelled

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The widely-reported backlog in processing U.S. passport applications has apparently caused the cancellation of this year's David Kalter ...

YOTA Camp Program to Expand Thanks to ARDC Grant

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The Youth on the Air summer camp program is being funded through 2025 by a $125,000 grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications, the fou...

ARDC Funds Spectrum Education Program

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The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is using a grant from the Amateur Radio Digital Communications foundation to continue its "Exp...

USA-Made Vacuum Tubes Return

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Newsline  reports that vacuum tube manufacturing is making a comeback in the United States, and so is the Western Electric brand name.  Char...

"GridTracker" Wins Software Award

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GridTracker, described by the   ARRL Letter  as "a tool that visualizes WSJT-X amateur radio traffic, like FT8 and contacts from log fi...

Milestones: Awards for N1UL, VE3ZQW

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Dr. Ulrich Rohde, N1UL, needs to make space on his shelf for one more award – this one the 2023 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engi...
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