New UK Record on 76 GHz

Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite Launches Delayed

September 29, 2020 No comments

CAMSAT says the CAS-7A launch has been postponed until next May, and CAS-5A until next June. “Because of COVID-19, many things have been delayed,” CAM... Read more

ARISS Space Station APRS Packet System Currently Off Line

January 26, 2018 No comments

The ARISS APRS packet system is not working at present. This is due to an as-yet unidentified anomaly involving the radio serving the system on board... Read more

Ham Radio Gaining New Support in Digital Era [ FOX News ]

September 21, 2016 No comments

Ham radio gaining new support in digital era _<span id=”mce_marker” data-mce-type=”bookmark” data-mce-fragment=”1... Read more

New Antennas Will Take CubeSats to Mars and Beyond

February 05, 2018 No comments

By packing big antennas into tiny satellites, JPL engineers are making space science cheap By Nacer E. Chahat One morning in November 2014, Kamal Oudr... Read more

The K7RA Solar Update

October 30, 2020 No comments

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Our sun is finally waking up. The average daily sunspot number rose this week from 15 to 17, which is nothing remark... Read more

Digital Cables and Connectors we see and use in the Ham Shack

September 13, 2019 No comments

“Ken, “Digital Dorsey”, KA8OAD talks about various types of USB, HDMI and DVI cables used around the radio shack.” Read more

EAntenna Systems Now Available at DX Engineering

May 03, 2016 No comments

Contesters have been clamoring for rugged, high performance antennas that won’t break the bank. EAntenna’s Yagi and dipole antenna designs deliver on... Read more

Can you hear SamSat-218D ?

May 06, 2016 No comments

Students of the Samara State Aerospace University are having trouble getting a signal from their satellite, SamSat-218D. They are now reaching out to... Read more

ARRL Calls on Members to Press for US Senate Passage of Amateur Radio Parity Act

November 16, 2016 No comments

ARRL once again is calling on its members to urge their US Senators to support the Amateur Radio Parity Act (H.R. 1301) when it comes up in the Senate... Read more

Radio amateurs in the quest for geostationary satellites

April 07, 2016 No comments

Radio amateurs have a long history in satellites: first it was medium sized satellites in low earth and Molniya orbits, but after the free launch oppo... Read more

Silent Key Memorial Event Commemorates Departed Radio Amateurs

October 31, 2018 No comments

The Silent Key Memorial Contest on November 1 will honor radio amateurs who have died in past years or more recently. The CW-only event gets under way... Read more

Three ELaNa CubeSats delivered to Space Station

August 16, 2017 No comments

NanoRacks reports on a delivery of payloads to the ISS including three CubeSats which are part of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa)... Read more

Learning Morse Code without Trying

November 02, 2016 No comments

Jason Maderer       National Media Relations maderer@gatech.edu New study demonstrates silent, eyes-free text entry Study participants tapped Morse Co... Read more

Radio Set up on a Pickup Truck

May 11, 2021 No comments

James Hollen, D25Y31, has a radio and antenna set up in the bed of his pickup truck and wants to know if his truck will cause interference. Read more

Yagi Ultrabeam 6-10-12-15-17-20-30 and 40M UB640 – VL1-3

September 15, 2015 No comments

  UB640 – VL1-3   Frequency range : 7 – 50 Mhz (50 Mhz it requires kit optional) 3 elements yagi : 6-10-12-15-17-20 meters 1 elements... Read more