Deadline is May 1 to Apply for ARRL Teachers Institute

The ARRL Education & Technology Program (ETP) is still accepting applications for all sessions of the ARRL Teachers Institute this summer. The application deadline is May 1. Admission decisions will be made by May 9.Learn how to integrate science and mathematics with engineering and technology by exploring wireless technology! Now in its 11th y... [continue]

Tuesday, 15th April 2014

World Amateur Radio Day is Friday, April 18

“Amateur Radio: Your Gateway to Wireless Communication” is the theme for World Amateur Radio Day 2014, Friday, April 18. Radio amateurs celebrate World Amateur Radio Day each year on April 18 to recognize the anniversary of the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) in Paris in 1925. ARRL Co-Founder Hiram Percy Maxim, 1AW, was... [continue]

W1AW/x Portable Operations, W100AW, and W1HQ Can QSL via Bureau

You may request that QSL cards be delivered via the ARRL QSL Bureau system for contacts with the W1AW/x portable operations, W100AW, and W1HQ, now underway during the ARRL Centennial. You must first have an account with the QSL Bureau that handles your cards and have sufficient postage or envelopes on file with that bureau. Any cards that cannot be... [continue]

World Amateur Radio Day 2014

WARD 2014 World Amateur Radio Day - “Amateur Radio: Your Gateway to Wireless Communication” This day is celebrated each year on 18 April in recognition of the anniversary of the founding of the IARU in Paris in 1925. The primary purpose of WARD, as stated in IARU Resolution 94-3, is the “need for an annual focus on Amateur Radio and the ben... [continue]

RSGB: Better Access to Interference Help:

All amateurs seeking advice on interference matters can now access the EMC Matters Forum via the main RSGB website. The forum permits the airing of EMC issues, discussion and suggestions for possible solutions. The EMC committee's local volunteer advisers can also access the forum and help RSGB Members solve interference cases. In addition the for... [continue]

Heart of Radio Keeps on Beating:

Dearly beloved, We are mistakenly gathered here today to mourn the loss of a dear friend. Our friend has certainly had a charmed life of ups and downs. So let's take this opportunity to review the life of our dear friend, radio. In its infancy, radio was the hobby of a "ham radio" operator speaking to others far across the globe. In its adolescenc... [continue]

Wheaton Community Radio Amateurs 'Ham' It Up Since 1948:

WHEATON -- In a world filled with phones that talk to us, headsets that let us surf the web while maintaining eye contact and GPS systems that speak in the voice of your favorite character, one local group is holding on to a form of communication from the past.

KickSat launch postponed until Friday

The SpaceX CRS-3 Dragon launch of five CubeSats and 104 Sprite satellites has been postponed until Friday

Video of ISS HamTV

The final configuration of the International Space Station HamVideo Digital TV system took place on Sunday, April 13. ISS commander Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA operated using the call sign OR4ISS

Tony Hancock 90th Birthday GB9TH

Like him or loath him for 'sending up' amateur radio, he was a comic genius

Amateur Radio Skills Workshop Danbury

The Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society will be holding a Skills Workshop on Monday, April 21 at Danbury in Essex. Newcomers are most welcome