Army MARS at the ARRL Convention:

Hartford, Conn.--The "test range" was a plain-vanilla office table inside the big exhibition hall. At the left end sat the PRC-150, one of some 10,000 or so backpack HF radios carried by U.S. troops, its whip antenna extended and ready for action. The other end was occupied by an innovative new commercial radio with the look and feel of a late-mod... [continue]

Monday, 28th July 2014

Skywarn Warriors: Radio Buffs Work Front Lines for National Weather Service

The National Weather Service has radar, satellites, Doppler, and double Doppler. But even with all of that high technology, it still needs boots on the ground to know how the weather is affecting people. So when the power is out, many of its 6,500 Skywarn weather watchers in southern New England go the traditional route, using ham radio to file re... [continue]

Amateur Radio Operators Descend on Civic Center for Annual Hamfest:

CULLMAN -- The nearly-full parking lot at the Cullman Civic Center was filled with cars Saturday, many of which were sporting multiple two- and three-foot-long antennas. The vehicles belonged to attendees of the 2014 Cullman Hamfest, an annual event for amateur radio enthusiasts, several of whom had custom license plates on their cars with their r... [continue]

Army MARS Demonstrates ALE, Courts Young Volunteers at ARRL National Centennial Convention

The “test range” was a plain-vanilla office table inside the big exhibition hall. At one end sat a PRC-150, one of some 10,000 or so back-pack HF radios carried by US soldiers, its whip antenna extended and ready for action. At the other end was an innovative commercial radio that had the look and feel of a late-model Amateur Radio. This odd pa... [continue]

Maritime Mobile Service Network Aids in Separate Land-Based Emergencies

While best known for its efforts to aid voyagers on the high seas, the Maritime Mobile Service Network (MMSN) occasionally helps out in land-based emergencies too. That was the case recently when MMSN net control stations received distress calls regarding motor vehicle incidents in Nevada and Texas. On July 24, MMSN Net Control Station Ken Porter, ... [continue]

Russell H Richardson, AE4NY, 23 July 2014

Russell Howard Richardson, born December 16, 1923 in Clarksville, Tennessee, (more…)

ICQPodcast - Programming with Chirp has been released (S7 E15)

Series Seven EpisodeFifteen of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast - Programming withChirp has been released. The latest news,Martin (M1MRB & W9ICQ) and Colin (M6BOY) discuss the joy ofworking and operating a special event station as GA214CG comes liveand Martin (M1MRB & W9ICQ) reviews Programming with Chirp. News storiesinclude:... [continue]

The Wireless Bridge

Wireless links are often used to bridge two halves of a computer network together in situations where physical cables cannot be used. Over the last weekend, members of North Humber Raynet and Yorkshire 4x4 Response have taken this idea one stage further, and have succeeded in joining together the two ends of one of the world’s longest suspension ... [continue]

EURAO Party - Summer 2014: give youth a chance

The European Radio Amateurs' Organization announces a new party on the air, this time with the motto: 'give youth a chance'

Austrian Special Event

Look for the special event station OE2WURZL14 (Boy Scout Club station of Club TeleScout) to be active between August 3-13th, from the international 'Camp of the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of Salzburg (PPÖ)' operating from the Gasteiner Valley (JN67NE)

NASA TV coverage of European cargo ship launch to space station

NASA Television will broadcast live the launch and docking of the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) fifth and final Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-5) cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station