Guide to March 2026 Amateur Radio Contests—Spring is Almost Here Edition
Ah, spring, the season where our fancies turn to outdoor activities like POTA, SOTA, and scraping away the ice...
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W8TMI: POTA and SOTA Adventures in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
by Tim Johnson (W8TMI) It doesn’t take much to convince me to cross the Mackinac Bridge from Michigan’s Lower...
Amateur Radio Newsletter Round-up for March 2026
The March issue of SWR Magazine: HamCation J-Pole for 6 and 10 meters Female Frequency The SARC Communicator March-April...
Contesting 101: Giving Back to Amateur Radio Contesting
Contesting is one of those activities in life where you get out of it exactly what you put into...
Forty Meter Fun by the River
While out in central Pennsylvania over the weekend visiting family, I headed out early on a chilly Saturday morning...
HamClock lives on
With Elwood (the creator of HamClock) now SK, HamClock is set to stop functioning in June 2026. Fortunately, several...
Coffee-Fueled 40-Meter Pileup Insanity: POTA with the Penntek TR-25 and a 40M EFHW
by Thomas (K4SWL) On Monday, February 16, 2026, my wife and I were in Raleigh, NC, and that morning...
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1409 – Repeater Version
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1409 – Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release...
Ham College 135
Ham College episode 135 is now available for download. Technician Exam Questions Part 22. T7C – Antenna and transmission...
Inovato, N0LSR Design Endorse Open HamClock Backend Public Server
Editor’s Note: Amateur Radio Daily is a contributor to the Open HamClock Backend project and recommends their public server....
T31TTT Kanton Island Phoenix Islands. From DXNews.com
T31TTT Team will be active again from Kanton Island, Phoenix Islands, IOTA OC – 043, starting 25 March 2026....
It’s Time for a Field Kit Inspection!
by Thomas (K4SWL) For many of us here in North America, it’s been a pretty brutal winter–bitter cold temperatures,...
Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 410
Inovato and N0LSR Design support and promote the OHB project OHB public server keeps your HamClock running indefinitely. N0LSR...
Strategies Beyond Recruitment–a Plan to Engage Newly Licensed Hams
The ham radio community as a whole recognizes the urgent need for more young faces and youth operators to...
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2522 for Friday, February 27th, 2026
– GET READY FOR THE BOUVET ISLAND 3YØK DXPEDITION – REPAIRS DELAY ARTEMIS 2 LAUNCH FOR AT LEAST A...
British Science Week starts on Friday – what are your plans?
British Science Week starts on Friday, 6 March, and finishes on Sunday, 15 March. The annual event celebrates science,...
Listen out for the RSGB President operating as GB5CC
The RSGB President, Bob Beebe, GU4YOX, will be operating as GB5CC for this year’s Commonwealth Contest, which takes place...
Make the most of extended summer opening hours at the RSGB National Radio Centre
If you are planning your visit to the RSGB National Radio Centre, you will be pleased to hear that, in...
Hams Help Forecasters with Real-Time Data on Northeast Blizzard
A historic blizzard paralyzed much of the Northeast in late February, and amateur radio operators were on the air...
Second Edition of VHF, Summits, and More
Big news — I’m proud to announce that the Second Edition of my book VHF, Summits, and More is...
futureGEO Continues to be a Topic of Discussion
It’s been several months since we’ve heard movement regarding the futureGEO project, but events scheduled in 2026 appear to...
Bochum Space Day to Feature Live Contact with Antarctica
AMSAT-DL is hosting Bochum Space Day to coincide with Germany’s Space Day and Day of Astronomy. The event will...
Ham Radio and Morse Code in Popular Culture: From Zombies to Bringing Hope
Ham radio always seems to find its way into popular culture, and we here at OnAllBands love every single...
W8TMI: SOTA & POTA in the Bay Area with the Travel-Friendly Elecraft KH1
by Tim (W8TMI) I have been meaning to get to this write up for some time. Around Christmas 2024,...