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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Volcanic Eruption Prompts Call for Clear Frequencies

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Eruption of the La Soufriere volcano on St. Vincent (United Nations photo) The ongoing (at press time) eruption of the La Soufriere volcano ...

ARRL and American Red Cross Renew Agreement

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      The ARRL's Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and the American Red Cross have had a close working relationship for decades as ...

Friedrichshafen Goes Virtual

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Last month, we reported that the annual "Ham Radio" show in Friedrichshafen, Germany – Europe's largest hamfest – had once aga...

Youth on the Air Camp 2021 Scheduled to Proceed

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After being postponed in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the first Youth on the Air Camp in the Americas is on track for mid-July in Ohio...

Hara Arena Now Officially a Pile of Rubble

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Hara Arena ... after closing but before demolition. The former home of the Dayton Hamvention has been demolished to make way for redevelopme...

Milestones: More Work for N9JA, Honors for N1UL

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ICOM America has announced that Amateur Division Senior Sales Manager Ray Novak, N9JA, will now be responsible for overseeing the company...

HAARP Gets New Mission with NSF Grant

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Part of the antenna field at the HAARP facility in Alaska (U. of Alaska Fairbanks photo) The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program ...

Oregon Ham Group Gets Grant for Solar Powered Go-Kits

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A community emergency response group in coastal Oregon has received a $5000 grant from a local utility to build solar-powered "go-kits...

Woodpeckers Galore!

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There has apparently been a population explosion of over-the-horizon radar transmissions on the HF ham bands. (The first of these, back in t...

WIA Asks Australian Regulators for More HF Spectrum

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The Wireless Institute of Australia – that country's national ham radio organization – is asking its communication regulatory agency to ...

Registration Open for Contest University and Dayton Award Presentation May 20/21

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Registration is now open for a pair of Hamvention-related events – Contest University on Thursday, May 20 and the Hamvention award presentat...

Ham Astronauts Make History on Return to Earth

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Splashdown of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. It was NASA's first nighttime splashdown in 53 years. (NASA photo) Four ham astronauts ret...

VP8: Where a Lifetime License is Not a Lifetime License

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The Falkland Islands government is requiring all amateurs holding either a full or restricted lifetime license to revalidate that license be...
Tuesday, April 13, 2021

New FCC RF Exposure Rules Take Effect May 3

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Back in 2019, the FCC adopted new rules relating to radio frequency (RF) exposure levels which ended amateur radio's categorical exemp...
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