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Tuesday, April 13, 2021

FCC Gives Hams Partial Reprieve on 9-Centimeter Band

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The FCC will allow continued amateur operation of the 3.3-3.45 GHz portion of the 9-centimeter band until it takes final action in the futur...

Technical Glitches Mar Virtual Ham Expo

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What turned out to be an overly-ambitious attempt to bring more live video interaction to the second running of the QSO Today Virtual Ham Ex...

3, 2, 1, Oops…

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Display of missiles at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. (US Army photo) The ARRL, the FCC and the Department of Defense are work...

Schools Join Forces for Equinox Balloon Launches

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Fourteen medium-altitude balloons carrying amateur radio transmitters were launched from various schools around the world on the March equin...

Traffic Advisory Stations Used for Drive-In Vaccine Guidance

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TIS stations are most commonly used to alert travelers to traffic problems ahead (Photo via Wikimedia Commons) Low-power AM transmitters in ...
Wednesday, March 17, 2021

ISS Ham Station Fully Operational Again

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The International Space Station (NASA photo) The amateur radio station aboard the International Space Station is once again fully operationa...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Dayton Looks Skyward for 2021 Awards

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While there won't be an in-person Dayton Hamvention® this year, the Hamvention Awards Committee continued its tradition of honoring the ...

ARRL Tells FCC There Are Enough VECs

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Responding to an FCC Pubic Notice in January seeking comment on the possible expansion of the volunteer examining program to add new Volunte...

Temporary Field Day Rules to Continue for 2021

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The ARRL has extended its pandemic-induced changes to Field Day rules through the 2021 event, but has added power limits to certain home sta...

Spacewalk Planned to Try to Get ISS Ham Station Back on the Air

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One of the two amateur radio stations aboard the International Space Station has been off the air since late January, after the crew repla...

YOTA Groups Moving Ahead Cautiously on Events; YHOTY Nominations Open

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The American Youth on the Air (YOTA) group accepted applications for its Covid-delayed summer camp for a three-week period in March, but was...

Pandemic Prompts Surge in Ham Popularity in UK

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The social isolation brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic has apparently resulted in a record levels of interest in amateur radio in the Unit...

Israeli Hams Lose Microwave Spectrum

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Amateurs in Israel are losing access to many allocations between 1 and 6 GHz or having band size and/or power levels reduced. The ARRL repor...

RRI Schedules Spring EmComm Exercise

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Radio Relay International, an independent traffic-handling and emergency communications organization, has scheduled its first quarterly emer...

Hams Help in Earthquake Research

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  Hams in three western states, Hawaii and Mexico are being trained to use the Winlink radio e-mail platform to help the U.S. Geological S...

Milestones: Former ARRL Director, CQ Author, are Silent Keys

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  The ARRL reports that former Southwestern Division Director Art Goddard, W6XD, became a Silent Key on February 13 at age 78. Goddard was...
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