The legendary Heathkit name might once again be appearing on new electronics kits, including amateur radio gear. Or maybe not. The possib...

Tom Wheeler has run two telecom lobbying groups, advised the FCC on emerging technology and written a book on telegraph history. Now, he has...

Should the federal government set specific interference rejection standards for receiver manufacturers? It's a question the FCC consi...

Shoppers at this year's Dayton Hamvention(R) noticed a fair number of empty indoor booths, but there were only 16 fewer commercial ve...

Well-known ham author Ward Silver, N0AX, has been elected President of the Yasme Foundation. He succeeds Wayne Mills, N7NG, who stepped dow...

A new version of the ARRL's software library for interacting with its Logbook of the World electronic confirmation system was release...

Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Courtesy CIA World Factbook) It took nearly 30 years, but the ARRL has finally granted DXCC credit for contact...

AMSAT's Fox-1 satellite has been scheduled for launch aboard NASA's ELaNa XII mission late next year, according to the AMSAT News S...

Plans continue for the addition of digital amateur television (DATV) capability aboard the International Space Station. The project is desi...

The AMSAT News Service reports on a proposal from Region 1 of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) for an additional 2-meter satell...

NASA photo A new world distance record for EME (Earth-Moon-Earth) communications has been claimed by Rex Moncour, VK7MO, in Australia, ...

Representatives of two national amateur radio associations in Europe teamed up with Tunisia's amateur radio society to make a pre...

"Last Man Standing," the ABC-TV comedy starring Tim Allen, has been renewed for a third season, according to the program...

CQ ANNOUNCES 2013 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES              (Dayton, OH - May 17, 2013) -- CQ magazine today announced its 2013 Hall of F...

We are saddened to report the passing of a good friend and colleague, Joe Schroeder, W9JUV. Joe was an accomplished DXer, Motorola engi...

Courtesy Minuteman Repeater Assn. When two bombs exploded near the finish line of April's Boston Marathon, the first thing ham radi...

A powerful earthquake - measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale - struck China's Sichuan province on the morning of April 20, resulting in n...

Courtesy CIA World Factbook Two DXing organizations used the forum provided by the 2013 International DX Convention in Visalia, Califor...

Over-the-horizon radar, whose rat-a-tat sounding signals got them dubbed "woodpeckers" back during the Cold War, appear to be b...

The FCC has issued a Notice of Inquiry seeking input on possible changes to its rules regarding exposure to RF radiation. Specifically m...