WARC—What Is It Good For?
For many amateurs, the WARC bands—30 meters (10.100-10.150 MHz), 17 meters (18.068-18.168 MHz), and 12 meters (24.890-24.990 MHz)—are like...
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Comment on Study Determines Top 5 Reasons for Attending Hamfests by Kevin
I’m organizing a variation to hamfests. the SPAM FEST. I’m “that guy” at a ham fests who reeks with...
Comment on New Ham Excited To Start Planning For Expenses Of His New Hobby by Kevin
In reply to Lou. When i discovered qrp cw radios , the most expensive piece of gear I had...
Comment on New Mode Helps Hams Look for Lovers by Anonymous
The first time I saw stickers that showed 147.420, I thought it was where hams that partake in bong...
Comment on Man Sends Slow Scan Image of His Housecat by Anonymous
Cats and Ham Radio. if we give cats the same treatment of treating them like gods, what could possibly...
Comment on FCC Establishes National QRM Frequency by Anonymous
This is genius. Imagine the audio samples musicians / dj’s would have fun with. Go to Source
My You Can Think of the Darndest Things While in a Hospital Bed…
Listeners to the ICQ Podcast where I appear monthly as a Presenter probably heard me say that I was...
Having Blog issues
While taking part of my morning brew I noticed an issue with my blog. I have a list of...
VP2M Montserrat Island. From DXNews.com
VP2M. Radio Amateurs members of the Montserrat Contest Station, VP2MAA will be active as VP2M from Olveston, Montserrat Island,...
A Coastal Finale: Pedestrian Mobile POTA at Fort Fisher State Historic Site!
by Thomas (K4SWL) You might recall that during my recent field reports, I was on the coast of North...
IP400 Project Chooses Modulation Method for Supernode
The following is a press release from the Alberta Digital Radio Society: Calgary, Alberta, Jan 23rd, 2026. The Alberta...
It is the last week to submit your nominations for the RSGB 2026 Elections
Time is running out to submit your candidate forms and nominations to become an RSGB Board Director or Regional...
The RSGB EMC Committee has published a Guide for Reporting Harmful Interference to Ofcom
The RSGB EMC Committee has recently published a new “Guide for Reporting Harmful Interference to Ofcom“. The leaflet contains...
Apply to be the Honorary Skills and Career Development Officer for the RSGB
The RSGB is looking for a volunteer to build a team that will engage with early career engineers, as...
Now Shipping: the 2026 edition of The ARRL Repeater Directory® powered by RepeaterBook
ARRL is excited to announce that the 2026 edition of The ARRL Repeater Directory® is once again powered by...
15 New Products at DX Engineering for January 2026
While DX Engineering’s 25th anniversary year is over, don’t think that’ll stop your favorite amateur radio provider from going...
WR7D: A Football Championship and Some POTA!
by Ken (WR7D) A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I had the chance to go to the...
ARRL Honorary Vice President John Cadwallader Kanode, N4MM, Silent Key
John Cadwallader Kanode, N4MM (SK), of Boyce, Virginia, passed away on January 13, 2026. He was 88 years old....
Ham Radio Contesting 101: Learn from Your Mistakes—Study Your Log Checking Reports
I mentioned previously the concept of writing a contest “post-mortem.” The idea is to write down what went well...
SpottedHam.com Launches Custom POTA and Keyword Email Alerts
The following is a press release from SpottedHam.com: SpottedHam.com Launches Real-Time Custom Keyword Alerts for Portable Operators A new...
Python script shutting down the station
Next up is my Python script for shutting down my contest station. That probably makes it sound like I’m...
RI1FJL Franz Josef Land. From DXNews.com
RI1FJL Team will be active from Heiss Island, IOTA EU – 014, Franz Josef Land, 15 days, August –...
FlexRadio’s Hayley, K5HMV, Discusses Innovations in SDR Ham Radio Technologies (Video)
Attention FlexRadio fans and anyone who wants an insider’s look into the present and future of SDR (software designed...
Vintage QRP with the Heathkit HW-8
by Matt (W6CSN) The Heathkit HW-8 has a certain mystique among QRP enthusiasts. This four-band direct conversion(D-C) solid-state transceiver,...
RESOLVED – RSGB HQ connectivity issue
UPDATE 12:53 20/01/2026 We can now report that internet service has been fully restored to RSGB HQ. Thank you...