Thursday, November 18, 2021

Milestones: KX8GCS, K4ABT, Silent Keys

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    Greene County, Ohio, Sheriff Gene Fischer, KX8GCS (center), with Hamvention officials Jack Gerbs, WB8SCT (L) and Michael Kalter, W8CI. (...
Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Breaking the Glass Ceiling at the FCC

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Jessica Rosenworcel is the first woman nomina- ted to be FCC Chair. (FCC photo) Three major nominations by the White House may shape the f...

First Bouvet … and Now Crozet

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  The Crozet archipelago (circled) is part of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, shown in this regional map from the CIA World...

ARISS, Others, Benefit from ARDC Grants

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The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station program, ARISS, is one of several groups receiving grants recently from ARDC, the organ...

More Grants to More Groups…

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Not to be outdone, the Yasme Foundation has awarded a grant to the Seychelles Amateur Radio Association "to establish a facility for t...

ARRL Foundation Scholarship Application Window is Open

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Speaking of students and funding, the ARRL Foundation is currently accepting scholarship applications, with a submission deadline of Decembe...

WRTC Announces Team Leaders and Qualified Competitors

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  The organizing committee of the next World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) competition has released its list of team leaders and other...

Well-Known Contester/DXer Killed in Plane Crash

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William "Will" Roberts, AA4NC, of Apex, North Carolina, was killed October 21 when a small plane he was piloting crashed soon afte...

Milestones: Former CQ Publisher Dick Cowan, ex-WA2LRO, SK

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We recently learned of the passing last year of former CQ Publisher Richard A. "Dick" Cowan, formerly WA2LRO. The son of CQ 's...

Listen for Special Dutch Calls Around the Holidays

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Three hams from the Netherlands will be activating three special holiday-themed call signs during December and January. According to Southga...

New Version of WSJT-X Will Accommodate Non-Standard Call Signs

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Those of you who plan to contact the special event stations in the previous item using FT4 or FT8 may want to first download the latest rele...

New Group of CW Groups Formed

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Many hams around the world have formed groups to encourage and promote learning and using Morse code on the air. Now, according to Newsline ...

SKCC Membership Hits 25K

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One member of the new International CW Council is the Straight Key Century Club, or SKCC. That group recently reported the enrollment of its...

A Voice From Above

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Artist's conception of PSAT2 in orbit (Image courtesy aprs.org) Here is a very cool use of digital voice technology … the AMSAT News Ser...

40th Anniversary of UoSAT-1

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UoSAT-1 prior to launch (AMSAT-UK photo) The APRS2Voice feature on NO-104 is not the first use of digital voice transmitted by an amateur sa...

ARRL On Board With Two Draft FCC Positions for WRC-23

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  The ARRL is in agreement with two draft positions developed by the FCC's WRC Advisory Committee in advance of the next World Radiocomm...