World Radio Day
World Radio Day 2024 will be on February 13, and this year’s theme is, “A Century Informing, Entertaining and...
Tag: amateur radio
Amateur Radio Goes to High School in New York City
Staten Island Technical High School is the first New York City school to receive a grant from ARRL. ARRL...
Radios To Take To A Hamfest + Alpha Antenna HexTenna Giveaway
Show Notes (contains affiliate links): Radios To Take To A Hamfest + Alpha Antenna HexTenna Giveaway On this...
VP6G Pitcairn Island. From DXNews.com
Gerben, PG5M will be active as VP6G from Pitcairn Island, IOTA OC – 044, 4 – 14 April 2024.
FR/F5PLC Reunion Island. From DXNews.com
F5PLC will be active as FR/F5PLC from Reunion Island, IOTA AF – 016, until 30 April 2024.
California Storms: Amateur Radio is Ready
Southern California continues to feel the effects of a significant rain event that began last week, bringing record rainfall,...
RSGB Spectrum and licensing update
A busy year has seen several online RSGB Spectrum Forum meetings. Two meetings held in January considered the Ofcom...
RSGB British Science Week Challenge
The theme of British Science Week this year is Time. Both time and the closely related concept of frequency,...
TY2AA Benin. From DXNews.com
Antonio, IK7WUL is currently active as TY2AA from Benin.
TX7W Raivavae Island Austral Islands. From DXNews.com
TX7W Team will be active from Raivavae Island, IOTA OC – 114, Austral Islands, 16 – 30 April 2024.
via HACKADAY: They Want To Put A Telescope In A Crater On The Moon
When we first developed telescopes, we started using them on the ground. Humanity was yet…
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2415 for Friday February 9th, 2024
– THIEVES DESTROY RADIO TOWER IN ALABAMA – SILENT KEY: TOP DXER, CONTESTER SLAVKO CELARC, S57DX – A BOOST...
The Joys of Being a General
The January/February 2024 issue of On the Air featured a story from Brian McSpadden Gardener, KE8JVX, about “The First-Year...
RSGB 2024 Board and Regional Team elections
The outcome of the 2024 Board and Regional Team election process has been announced by the RSGB Company Secretary...
How You Can Participate in Solar Eclipse Research
Humans are lucky to live on a planet whose sun and moon appear, from our…
Elon Musk’s satellites to amateur radio, China’s new spy tech tracks all
Chinese scientists have allegedly developed a new “game-changing” military surveillance technology that now means enemy…
TO5LA Mayotte. From DXNews.com
TO5LA Team will be active from Mayotte, IOTA AF – 027, 28 March – 2 April 2024.
via HACKADAY: Satellite Provides Detailed Data on Antarctic Ice
Ever since the first satellites started imaging the Earth, scientists have been using the data…
via the RSGB: An update on the amateur radio licence exams
As previously announced, the amateur radio licence examinations will need to change to reflect the…
Solar flare temporarily disrupts radio signals in Australia
An intense solar event occurred in the early hours of February 6, as a sunspot…
via the RSGB: 4 March – VHF NFD challenges and fun through the eyes of Lothians Radio Society
The presentation Have you wondered what happens at a VHF National Field Day (VHF NFD)?…
via HACKADAY: Decoding JS1YMG: First Ham Radio Station On The Moon After SLIM Mission
When Japan’s SLIM lunar lander made a rather unconventional touch-down on the lunar surface, it…
An update on the amateur radio licence exams
As previously announced, the amateur radio licence examinations will need to change to reflect the changes to the licence...
The First Amateur Radio Station on the Moon
Posted February 6, 2024 – The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully landed their Smart Lander for Investigating Moon...
HRWB 201 – Conversation with Eric Guth from the QSO Today Podcast and HRWBOTA Update
In this episode we talk with Eric Guth, 4Z1UG, the host of the QSO Today podcast and good freind...