Final Preparations Under Way for Youth on the Air 2018 in South Africa

Monday, 16th July 2018

Kenwood ham radio transceiver in Die Hard movie

ARRL have made available an article on the vintage movie Die Hard that featured an amateur radio transceiver believed to be the Kenwood TH-41BT 144/220/440 MHz HT

BIRDS-2 constellation CubeSats transported to ISS for August deployment

The second generation of CubeSats in the BIRDS constellation now is on board the International Space Station (ISS) and set for deployment in early August using the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) module’s remote manipulator arm

Opening times at Bergen Broadcaster

Close to the city of Bergen in western Norway, the old MW broadcasting transmitter and building from 1938 forms the basis of a museum at Erdal, on Askøy

19th World ARDF Championships

The Korean Amateur Radio League (KARL) will be hosting the IARU World ARDF Championships this year (2018) in the beautiful mountainous and seaside surroundings of Sokcho City, Gangwon Province

IARU HF Championship logs

To help with log cross-checking, the organisers have asked everyone who has operated this weekend in the IARU HF Championship as a competitor to upload their Cabrillo log to the WRTC web site immediately after the contest

Nunavut operation

Mike will be active from Iqaluit, Nunavut as VY0BRR using all modes and all bands except 160m for several months, at least until Xmas 2018

ShakeMe

ARN has launched interactive advertising technology 'ShakeMe' across iHeartRadio, via an audio ad format launched in December last year by Californian tech company AdsWizz

Being a Skywarn Spotter Not for Everyone During a Storm they Help Everybody

OKEECHOBEE -- From a young age, humans become fascinated by the sky with its big bright yellow blob and endless clouds in which you can see everything your imagination tells you is there. Then, usually soon after our first storm scares us inside, most of us find more important things to focus on, and weather becomes something to plan around, endur... [continue]

RSGB: New Service to Replace AROS:

Following an extensive review of the Amateur Radio Observation Service, AROS, the RSGB has decided to create a new service to provide guidance to operators who experience misuse of the amateur bands by others. This service will be known as the Operating Advisory Service, or OAS, and will replace AROS. The change will come into effect over the next... [continue]

Sunday, 15th July 2018

New VHF Newsletter 78

New Band Plans for New Spectrum This is an urgent newsletter on behalf of our Irish friends. They have amazing news about additional space in the lower VHF bands. I cannot wait until there is ore news about our Interim meeting in Vienna, because it is important for IRTS that possible feedback needs to be giving before 31 July.   ... [continue]