3W4VE & 3W4VX – Vietnam

ISS SSTV activity planned for late Dec. 2015

December 17, 2015 No comments

The ARISS Russia team is making plans to support a couple of Slow Scan TV (SSTV) events in the next few months on 145.800 MHz FM. The first session is... Read more

Sergey 9 years old ! – CQ WPX CW 2017 R4WBF

May 29, 2017 No comments

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SSO-A mission with Amateur Radio satellites launches Nov. 19

November 14, 2018 No comments

SSO-A mission – credit Spaceflight Spaceflight’s SSO-A SmallSat Express mission, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, is currently sch... Read more

New 10-GHz Earth-Moon-Earth World Record Set

September 15, 2017 No comments

A new 10-GHz Earth-Moon-Earth (EME or moon bounce) world record has been set. On September 9, Rex Moncur, VK7MO, and Jim Malone, WA3LBI, completed a 1... Read more

KPA1500+ W Solid State Amplifier /160-6 meters – Elecraft

April 21, 2017 No comments

New KPA1500 solid-state amplifier won’t take over your entire desktop: it’s just 4.5 x 13.5 x 11.5” (HWD; 11.5 x 34 x 29 cm). The lightweight companio... Read more

ARRL Issues Urgent Last Call to Press for Senate Passage of Amateur Radio Parity Act

December 01, 2016 No comments

It’s now down to the wire: ARRL has issued a last call for members to urge their US Senators to support the Amateur Radio Parity Act (H.R. 1301) when... Read more

World Digital ATV QSO Party Marks 5th Year

August 17, 2015 No comments

The World Digital Amateur Television (DATV) QSO Party will celebrate its 5th year when it gets under way August 21-22. Organizer and anchor Peter Coss... Read more

Measuring Propagation Attenuation Using a Quadcopter

June 03, 2016 No comments

These tests show that the signal strength of a local station can be many tens of decibels weaker than from a DX station. For the last several years I... Read more

Radio Amateurs to Demonstrate Emergency Messaging Capabilities for Red Cross, FEMA

May 17, 2019 No comments

Just days ahead of the 2019 Hurricane Season, dozens of hams along the US East Coast will demonstrate Amateur Radio’s ability to deliver messages with... Read more

Montenegro, Lithuania Latest to Join the 60-Meter Band Community

November 14, 2018 No comments

60-Meter Band Montenegro and Lithuania are the latest countries to announce adoption of a new Amateur Radio band at 5 MHz. Both countries have authori... Read more

New Free School Club Roundup Logger Available! SCR Starts February 9

February 09, 2015 No comments

  “ Ready, set, roundup! School Club Roundup (SCR) gets under way on Monday, February 9, and continues until Friday, February 13. Scott Dav... Read more

Fake News: Belgian News Magazine Misrepresents Amateur Radio Numbers

February 20, 2019 No comments

The Belgian Dutch-language weekly The Sunday (de Zondag) recently reported incorrectly that just 153 Amateur Radio licensees existed in the country, d... Read more

The K7RA Solar Update 02/05/2016

February 05, 2016 No comments

Over the recent reporting week (January 28 through February 3) both sunspot and solar flux averages were down a negligible amount, and geomagnetic num... Read more

Amateur Radio Transponders on Planned Chinese Satellites to Include HF

May 23, 2018 No comments

China’s Amateur Radio Satellite organization, CAMSAT, has released some details of three new Amateur Radio satellites that could be launched as early... Read more

The Geochron World clock for Ham Radio

September 21, 2015 No comments

Long-time ham operators know what this is: the first mechanical geographic chronometer ever made.  It’s how they found Grey Line in real time before c... Read more