50th Anniversary Perth City of Light, John Glenn, ARISS contact

On the 20th of February 1962 a Mercury-Atlas 6 space craft called 'Friendship 7' was launched. In the hot-seat was Astronaut John Glenn

Saturday, 28th January 2012

British antenna company InnovAntennas appoints first American dealer

The full line of high performance HF, VHF and UHF amateur radio antennas from fast-growing British company InnovAntennas are now available to customers across the United States via Hamilton, Ohio’s RandL Electronics

New RadCom Band Plans show substantial changes

The latest edition of RadCom features the 2012 RSGB Band Plans and a background article on the substantial changes that have occurred

CCARC Field Day at Wyong

Who’s 55 years old and showing no sign of retiring? The CCARC Field Day at Wyong, that’s who!

Dayton Hamvention - Top Band Dinner

Dinner reservations and tickets are now available for the 23rd Annual Dayton TopBand Dinner on Friday evening, May 18th, at the Crowne Plaza - downtown Dayton, Ohio

Propagation de K7RA

This was another week in which average daily sunspot numbers declined, but average daily solar flux increased

TAPR and iQuadlabs announce agreement for SDR components

The Tucson Amateur Packet Radio and iQuadlabs have announced a sourcing agreement for High Performance Software Defined Radio (HPSDR) development boards

It's All About the Guns -- Battleship Firepower and Other Programs:

It's All About the Guns -- Firepower and other February Programs - Battleship NORTH CAROLINA February 18, 2012, 9:00 AM -- 5:30 PM. February 26 from noon until 10:00 PM, the Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club will operate from the Battleship North Carolina during the North Carolina QSO Party. This annual "HAM RADIO" event allows amateur radio operato... [continue]

Propagation Forecast Bulletin #04 de K7RA:

This was another week in which average daily sunspot numbers declined, but average daily solar flux increased. Predicted solar flux is 120 on January 27-30, 125 on January 31 through February 2, 120 on February 3, 140 on February 4-8, 145 and 150 on February 9-10, 155 on February 11-13, 150 on February 14-19, and 145 on February 20-23. That's rig... [continue]

FCC Sets Date for Medical Devices on 70 cm

In November 2011, FCC Commissioners unanimously agreed to allocate spectrum and adopt service and technical rules for the utilization of new implanted medical devices that operate on 413-457 MHz (70 cm). These devices will be used on a secondary basis as part of the Medical Device Radiocommunication (MedRadio) Service in Part 95 of the FCC rules. ... [continue]

Friday, 27th January 2012

Amateurs Asked to Listen for RS-39 Satellite

The Chibis-M microsatellite, also known as RS-39 (RadioSputnik 39), was jettisoned from the Progress M-13M cargo spacecraft Tuesday evening (UTC). The satellite is designed to study atmospheric phenomena such as Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes (TGFs) associated with lightning. RS-39 has CW beacons on 435.315 and 435.215 MHz and amateurs are aske... [continue]