ILLW 400th Entry

Right on schedule the 400th entry was received on the same date as last year and it was from GB2NPL at Nash Point Low Lighthouse in Wales, UK

Wednesday, 15th August 2018

ARISS contact planned for schools in Zwoenitz and Kaiserslautern, Germany

An International Space Station school contact has been planned for Alexander Gerst KF5ONO with Matthes-Enderlein-Gymnasium Zwoenitz, Zwoenitz, Germany and Hohenstaufen-Gymnasium Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany

FCC publish new Part 95 rules in Federal Register

The FCC has reorganized and updated FCC Personal Radio Services (PRS) Part 95 rules and published them in the The Federal Register

EMF Camp in Hackaday

Jenny G7CKF writes in Hackaday about the Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Camp taking place Aug 31 - Sept 2 at Eastnor Castle Deer Park in Herefordshire

Kerry Amateur Radio Group at Cromwell Point Lighthouse

The Kerry Amateur Radio Group will participate as a registered station in this year's International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend using the callsign EI1K

TestReach Ltd and UK ham radio exams

Dublin-based company TestReach Ltd have published an article about the work they do to provide the UK amateur radio exams

Spurn lighthouse calling

HFDXARC in cooperation with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust will be activating GB2SL (Spurn High Lighthouse) during the 'ILLW' Lighthouse Weekend, starting about 11:00 noon on 18th August 2018

BBC interview Radio 270 engineer

Offshore radio engineer Stephen Muir-field was interviewed on BBC Radio Guernsey on Tuesday, August 14 in the final hour of Tony Gilham's show

Two lighthouses in Panama Canal on-air for ILLW

Groups of amateur radio operators from Radio Club de Panama will be operating on the ILLW Aug 18/19, 2018 from two lighthouses in the Panama Canal

ILLW 400th Entry - Southgate Amateur Radio Club

ILLW 400th EntrySouthgate Amateur Radio Club... Two Ham Radio events conducted in Western India · LED lights jam shipping Automatic Identification System · Android Satellite Tracking Applications · New Datamodes programme on BC bands · Vanished airwoman Amelia Earhart's haunting final distress ...... [continue]

Caught in a Disaster? Your Rescuer Might Be an Amateur:

Napa County is part of the federal CERT program, begun 25 years ago by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency and administered in 2,800 localities across the country. CERT, which stands for Community Emergency Response Teams, has trained some 600,000 volunteers nationwide. It launched in response to the threat of earthquakes in cities like L... [continue]