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Wednesday, 3rd June 2020

AMSAT Spells Out its GOLF Program Objectives

AMSAT says the aim of its developing “Greater Orbit, Larger Footprint” (GOLF) satellite program is to place amateur radio transponders in low-Earth orbit (LEO), medium-Earth orbit (MEO), and eventually high-Earth orbit (HEO).“The goal of the GOLF program is to work by steps through a series of increasingly capable spacecraft to learn skills a... [continue]

The Yasme Foundation Announces Grants, Excellence Award

The Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation has announced grants of $5,000 each to the Foundation for Amateur Radio (FAR) and to ARRL scholarship programs for 2020. The Board also named Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB, as a recipient of the Yasme Excellence Award. This honor recognizes individuals and groups who, through their own service, creativity, effo... [continue]

Register ASAP for Free online amateur radio training course

Know someone who wants to get their UK Foundation Amateur Radio licence? A Free online course starts this Sunday, June 7, but you need to register soon

GB0MZX on air in June to celebrate the world's first advertised wireless broadcast

Dragon Amateur Radio Club would like to introduce their next special event station GB0MZX (Marconi Zulu Xray)

Kangaroo Island IOTA expedition re-scheduled

Grant, VK5GR, reports: I am very pleased to announce that the VK5KI Expedition to Kangaroo Island (IOTA OC-139) has been rescheduled, although it has also been scaled down

Amateur radio on BBC Somerset

On May 31, RSGB Region 11 Representative Dean Brice G0UIL was interviewed by Mel Everett on BBC Somerset about amateur radio

The Radio Collector

On his Soldersmoke blog Bill Meara M0HBR / N2CQR highlights a vintage video of a 1985 TV show The Radio Collector from the California Historical Radio Society

Credit card chip used to make crystal radio

Hackaday report Billy Cheung decided to build a crystal radio using a rather unconventional detector – the smart chip in a common credit card

Ofcom updates licence-exemption regulations including 24 GHz

Ofcom has confirmed technical changes for use of spectrum in 874 to 874.4 MHz and 915 to 919.4 MHz bands to support use of short-range wireless devices and licenced use of 24.100-24.350 GHz at railway level crossings

Dan Grady, N2SRK, appointed as new Rocky Mountain Division Vice Director

ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, has appointed Dan Grady, N2SRK, of Aurora, Colorado, as the new Rocky Mountain Division Vice Director