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Get Ready for the 15th Annual ARRL Online Auction!

October 01, 2020 No comments

The 15th Annual ARRL Online Auction will open for an “early bird” preview and registration on Thursday, October 8, and will open for bidding at 10 AM... Read more

RSGB Islands on the Air (IOTA) Contest

July 29, 2016 No comments

Please note that there is no World Multi-Operator category, and that Island Multi-Operator stations must follow rules on band changes and Run/Multipli... Read more

G1 (MINOR) GEOMAGNETIC STORMS LIKELY ON 23 APRIL 2016

April 21, 2016 No comments

A WATCH for G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms has been issued for 23 April 2016 due to the anticipated influence of a positive polarity coronal hole high... Read more

Amateur radio operators provide assistance to Blaine Police Department

November 28, 2019 No comments

The Blaine Police Department’s Auxiliary Communications Service (ACS) radio room. PHOTO BY LT. RYAN KING ami Makan When Blaine’s annual Christmas tree... Read more

Martlesham FUNcube Development Workshop Report

May 31, 2015 No comments

Having two live projects underway is proving an enjoyable challenge for the AMSAT-UK teams involved. Both the Nayif-1 CubeSat and our payload on ESEO ... Read more

Big Island ARES Districts Activate to Support Possible Hurricane Response in Hawaii

August 31, 2016 No comments

ARRL Pacific Section Emergency Coordinator Clement Jung, KH7HO, has announced the activation of all four Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) distri... Read more

Overview of the Kenwood TH-D74A

September 26, 2018 No comments

Kenwood TH-D74A 144/220/430 MHz TRIBANDER. Triband Amateur radio packed with convenient features and the advantage of a digital transceiver with D-STA... Read more

Force 12 Antennas / AN Wireless Towers

February 01, 2016 No comments

When we – Force 12 and InnovAntennas America – needed towers for our antenna test range and club station W0LFA in Glade Park, Colorado, we... Read more

The Sun Celebrates Cinco de Mayo: Solar Storm Forecast 05-10-2018

May 10, 2018 No comments

“Space Weather begins to calm down this week as we move through the latter part of a fast solar wind stream. This fast wind brought us a moderat... Read more

Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA Wins the April 2021 QST Cover Plaque Award

April 28, 2021 No comments

The winning article for the April 2021 QST Cover Plaque award is “Solar Cycle 25 is Finally Here,” by Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA. The QST... Read more

Free HPM 150th Birthday Event Logging Software Now Available

July 31, 2019 No comments

Scott Davis, N3FJP, perhaps best known for the ARRL Field Day software that bears his call sign, has developed a free logging program for ARRL’s Happy... Read more

Over 50 km on 481 THz! Great news from SP

May 13, 2021 No comments

On May 8, 2021, the group of Polish radio amateurs: Marek SP4ELF, Jurek SP2GUB, Adam SQ2DOL, Piotr SQ4MIK, and Jarek SQ4IOB realized optical communica... Read more

Caution Urged in Using High Duty Cycle Digital Modes via Satellite

October 22, 2017 No comments

A report in ANS-288 discussed an experiment operating with the WSJT-X FT8 digital mode via satellite. Satellite operators have gained more experience... Read more

Types of Dummy Loads

September 01, 2021 No comments

Rod, VK4EZY, is setting up a dummy load that he has constructed but he doesn’t know for sure how to cool it down, or dissipate the heat? Dave he... Read more

SmartSDR for your Mac

August 17, 2020 No comments

SDR has never been easier! SmartSDR is now available for your Mac. It has never been easier to operate your FlexRadio 6xxx Radio. SmartSDR for Mac is... Read more