On the search for Amelia Earhart’s plane this week, members of the Eustace Earhart Discovery Expedition team on board the Mermaid Vigilance, contacted Astronaut Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD, on the ISS using radio Tom Vinson, NY0V, made the contact from the ship.
News
The K7RA Solar Update
Two new sunspots emerged this week, with a one-day gap on Tuesday with no sunspot. Average daily sunspot numbers rose from 0 last week to 3.3 in this... Read more
LAST MINUTE BREAKING NEWS FROM THE FOLKS OF STAYHOME MOVEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE.05.2020, HELSINKI, FINLAND LAST MINUTE BREAKING NEWS FROM THE FOLKS OF STAYHOME MOVEMENT STAYHOME RADIO E... Read more
“June 2020 Festival of Frequency Measurement” Seeks Ham Radio Volunteers
Grad student Kristina Collins, KD8OXT, in Cleveland, Ohio, is looking for radio amateurs and shortwave listeners — particularly in Africa and Asia — t... Read more
Six Meters Recently Running Hot
In recent days, 6 meters has been living up to its name — “the Magic Band.” On May 30 at around 1200 UTC, Rich Zwirko, K1HTV, in Virginia, worked Nico... Read more
The Yasme Foundation Announces Grants, Excellence Award
The Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation has announced grants of $5,000 each to the Foundation for Amateur Radio (FAR) and to ARRL scholarship p... Read more
VHF
Amazing opening on 144 MHz from Cape Verde Islands to Poland
On Friday the 29th of May 2020, there was an extensive Sporadic-E opening across Europe which reached as high as 144 MHz allowing stations across the... Read more
RADIODDITY GS-5B ANALOG RADIO | 5W | DUAL PTT | BLUETOOTH PROGRAMMING | S-METER | USB CHARGING
Professional VHF UHF Radio: Dual band, dual watch, dual standby, up to 128 channels. Equipped with an 8.9-inch long antenna, this solid 5W radio can r... Read more
News from DARC — 50 MHz
The Federal Network Agency made a preliminary provisional implementation of the WRC-19 results for the 6‑m band in MItteilung 111 from Amtsblatt 08/20... Read more
Equipment
Rotator Genius – 4O3A
Rotator Genius is a smart rotator controller that uses a magnetic sensor for reading azimuth. It can be controlled by a Windows or Android app. Motor... Read more
Elecraft K4 Update
by Eric Swartz May 19, 2020 Hi Everyone, At Elecraft, like many of you, we are in our 9th week of shelter in place. This has been tough on all of us.... Read more
Review
RFinder B1 Manual Programming – RFinder Android Radio
B1 specification ◇ Radio 136-174, 400-470Mhz, FM Wide/Narrow, DMR Tier II ◇ Suitable industry: ◇ Industry Police/Security/Railway/Critical communicati... Read more
The Xiegu G90 (GSOC) remote head controller in development
Xiegu G90 (GSOC) remote head controller currently in development at the coding stage.. Read more
QCX+ the new QRP Labs 5W transceiver kit
QCX+: a feature-packed, high performance, single-band 5W CW transceiver kit, with WSPR beacon and built-in alignment/test equipment. Available for 80,... Read more
