Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 358
25th annual SKYWARN Recognition Day December 7 SRD was established in 1999 by the National Weather Service and ARRL...
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Dead Electrical Dudes No. 8
KA4KOE’s look back at Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Join the final 2024 RSGB Tonight @ 8 live webinar
The final RSGB Tonight@8 webinar of 2024 is being broadcast tomorrow, Monday 2 December. Join Tim Hier, G5TM for...
Youngsters on the Air Month begins on Sunday
Youngsters on the Air Month begins on Sunday 1 December and Marlborough Scout Group will be the first team...
Update on the RSGB strategic priority of spectrum and licensing
The RSGB has taken the next steps to support its strategic focus on spectrum and licensing. The Society is...
E1458: Ham Radio VS Cell Phone Which is Better for EMERGENCY Situations?
Which device works more often? A Radio – any radio, including Ham Radio, GMRS, CD Radio, FRS, MURS, etc...
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2457 for Friday November 29th, 2024
– ONGOING ISS AIR LEAK MYSTIFIES SPACE AGENCIES – FCC EYES NEW RULES FOR VEHICLE SAFETY ALERTS ON 5.9...
RadCom Basics, November 2024, Edition 43
We are pleased to announce the November 2023 edition of RadCom Basics is now available for RSGB Members to...
Field Day Plans Really About Relaxation for Area Ham
WESTERVILLE, MD – Local amateur radio operator Mark Willets shared his elaborate field day plan but didn’t share his...
Programmer Shocked That Someone Bought API Key
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA — A local internet application developer was recently surprised by an automatic deposit in his PayPal...
Local Club Accidentally Invites People To Field Day
MADISON, TEXAS – A southern Texas amateur radio club is scrambling to figure out how to keep people away...
Nervous Ham Ready to Introduce Girlfriend to His Radios
SHINNSTOWN, WISCONSIN — A local amateur radio operator says he’s ready to introduce his girlfriend of eight months to...
NRRL Launches New Program To Convince Libraries to Purchase Mimeograph Machines
NEWINGSTEAD, VT – The National Radio Retransmission Legion (NRRL) is launching a new program designed to encourage young people...
Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 357
Drama, farce, a Radio Ham and the Baker Street bank heist A gang tunnelled into a secure vault while...
The CQ world wide DX CW contest
The conditions for contesting were both great solar weather-wise and local weather-wise. The solar weather was very favourable during...
Dip your toes in the waters
This coming weekend is the CQ Worldwide CW DX contest. You don’t have to be a contester to jump...
LHS Episode #562: A Little Hoarse
Hello and welcome to the 562nd installment of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this short topics episode, the...
Front USB ports on your PC.
The finished product. Once a year I take some time to open up my PC and give it a...
52 Week Ham Challenge Begins January 1
Fabian Kurz (DJ5CW), creator of Learn CW Online, recently announced the 2025 52 Week Ham Challenge. The challenge consists...
Repeater Roundabout this Weekend
The Repeater Roundabout event promotes local repeater use in Washington and Idaho November 23-24. The Repeater Roundabout is a...
Santa Net Runs Through Christmas Eve
The Santa Net will return to the airwaves beginning November 29th and remain active through Christmas Eve. The net...
Yaesu Releases New Mobile Radios
Yaesu quietly added three new mobile VHF/UHF transceivers to its website. The FT-3185RASP, FT-3165RASP, and FTM-150RASP all focus on...
Recently Launched ASRTU-1 CubeSat FM Transponder Active
ASRTU-1 is a 12U CubeSat designed through a collaboration between Chinese and Russian students from the Harbin Institute of...
RSGB HF Contests – what’s new for 2025?
We have made some changes to our HF contests for 2025, outlined here. The details are available in our...
This Saturday: YouTube Telethon to Support ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology
One final reminder about the YouTube telethon to raise money for the ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology that...