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WB8VGE Wins the July QST Cover Plaque Award
The winning article for the July 2019 QST Cover Plaque award is “The Vibro-Debugger” by Mike Bryce, WB8VGE. The QST Cover Plaque Award — given t... Read more
Clear Frequencies Requested for Storm Emergency Traffic
Storm Emergency Traffic IARU HF Championship Contesters: The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) is active on 14.325 MHz and 7.268 MHz in response to Category 1... Read more
FAA Reauthorization Act Language Serves to Exclude Vast Majority of Amateur Radio Towers
Language in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2018 will exclude all but a small number of Amateur Radio towers from mar... Read more
HWN, WX4NHC at National Hurricane Center to Activate for Tropical Storm Barry
Responding to Tropical Storm Barry, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) and WX4NHC— the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miam... Read more
Hurricane Watch Net Keeping Close Watch on Tropical Storm Barry
Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, said the net is “keeping a very close eye” on Tropical Storm Barry, which could develop into a... Read more
IARU President Offers Assurances Regarding French 144 – 146 MHz Allocation Proposal
International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) President Tim Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA, said his organization empathizes with the concerns of radio amateurs worldw... Read more
Chinese CAS-7B Satellite Carrying an FM Transponder to Launch
Another Amateur Radio satellite is set to launch from China. CAMSAT CEO Alan Kung, BA1DU, reports that CAS-7B (BP-1B) is expected to launch on July 22... Read more
Excerpts from RSGB President’s letter to Ofcom regarding 144-146 MHz
After due consideration, and as reported in GB2RS news on Friday 5 July, RSGB President Dave Wilson, M0OBW wrote to Ofcom strongly expressing the RSGB... Read more
Report: California Earthquakes Disrupted HF Propagation on West Coast
British Columbia radio amateur Alex Schwarz, VE7DXW, said that an Independence Day magnitude 6.4 earthquake in California’s Mojave Desert and multiple... Read more
IARU Attends CEPT Meeting on Wireless Power Transmission
International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 (IARU R1) reports that a further meeting to address the topic of Wireless Power Transmission (WPT) took pla... Read more
TX Factor Show: Demonstration of QO-100 satellite operation
The TX Factor show visits the National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park where Noel Matthews G8GTZand Graham Shirville G3VZV demonstrate how to set up an... Read more
RSGB President writes to Ofcom about 144MHz
In our next step in an ongoing effort to protect the 144MHz band, the RSGB President has written to Ofcom regarding the recent World Radio Conference... Read more
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Scientist Cathryn Mitchell, M0IBG, Honored for Ionospheric Imaging Research
Cathryn Mitchell, M0IBG, the academic director of the University of Bath Doctoral College in the UK, has received the 2019 Edward Appleton Medal and P... Read more
Two Metres: Re-Allocation?
Radio Amateurs of Canada has received several requests for more information in response to reports on some websites and discussions on email lists of... Read more
Historic Amateur Radio Contact Reported via Moon-Orbiting Satellite
A contact between a radio amateur in Germany and China took place on July 1 via the moon-orbiting LO-4 satellite, DSLWP-B, launched in May 2018. The t... Read more
ARRL Announces “Happy 150!” Hiram Percy Maxim Birthday Celebration
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of ARRL’s first president and cofounder Hiram Percy Maxim (HPM), W1AW, born on September 2, 1869. A... Read more
Restraint Urged in Response to 2-Meter Reallocation Proposal
Representatives of International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) member-societies in Europe are advising restraint in the wake of a proposal to consider th... Read more
144 MHz and the WRC process
RSGB has been a key part of a joint International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) effort and are working hard on both national and international levels to... Read more
Latest News On the Current 2 m Band Allocation Discussion
“As most of you probably are aware, for example from the email by John, G4SWX, dated June 6th the French administration at short notice had hand... Read more
They’re Taking Away Our 2 Meter VHF Band 144-146MHz, HELP!!
“Sign the petition below. I was just made aware of the meetings in progress to repurpose 144-146MHz for Aeronautical use in ITU region 1. The li... Read more
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Latest news on VHF spectrum
The latest stage of our ongoing efforts to protect and develop VHF spectrum saw considerations for the future of 50MHz being concluded with the final... Read more