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...
Thursday, April 13, 2023

Special Prefixes for Israel ARC 75th Anniversary April 14-30

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Attention WPX fans: The Israel Amateur Radio Club is happy to announce a special "75" callsign prefix in honor of the 75th anniver...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

HamCation Reports Attendance of Nearly 22,000

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Post-Covid hamfest attendance continues to rebound, with the Orlando HamCation reporting a 2023 attendance of 21,830, its third-largest numb...

FreeDV Project Gets Major ARDC Grant

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The FreeDV Project has received a grant of $420,000 from ARDC, the Amateur Radio Digital Communications foundation, to further develop FreeD...

Amateur Radio Included in FEMA Emergency Guide

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The latest functional guidance document from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) includes amateur radio as part of the web of pub...

Amateur Radio Gets a Full Morning at National Hurricane Conference

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The value of amateur radio in hurricane preparedness and response was on full display at this year’s National Hurricane Conference, held in-...

Milestones: WD9HBA Named Chief of Air Force MARS

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Air Force MARS (Military Auxiliary Radio System) has a new Chief, David Antry, Jr., WD9HBA.  A ham since 1977 and a retired Air Force Master...

Milestones: Hamvention Leader Ron Cramer, KD8ENJ, SK

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Past Dayton Hamvention® General Chairman Ron Cramer, KD8ENJ, became a Silent Key on March 11. Among other things, Cramer oversaw the Hamvent...

Two RIBs on a Boat … For Two Years

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George Wallner, AA7JV, and Michael Snow, KN4EEI, with a RIB, or Radio in a Box. (From Dateline DX Assn. website) Two hams from the U.S. have...

Oklahoma Repeater Destroyed by Fire

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A “controlled burn” that got out of control was apparently responsible for the destruction of the W5BLW repeater in southern Oklahoma.   New...

The OMIK POTA Challenge

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For the rest of this year, the OMIK Amateur Radio Association is encouraging its members to activate Parks on the Air (POTA) program sites w...