Tony's 10 Metre Band Report

Not a bad week except I had some data loss on Thursday and Friday. We are seeking a solution to the problem. EP6T (Kish Is) was easily top. Followed by C5X (Gambia), KP4AW (Puerto Rico), ZZ461SP (special from Brazil) and others

Wednesday, 28th January 2015

Aussie pico balloon lost

The small solar-powered pico balloon from Australia went down north-east of New Zealand, probably being hit by rain and ice in the area

WW1USA observes Centennial event from World War I, February 7th and 8th

As many of you know, WW1USA, the Amateur Radio Club of the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial at Kansas City is hosting a number of Special Radio Events, commemorating moments in history during the four year centennial of the Great War. On the weekend of February 7th and 8th, such a special event will be 'on the air' in observance of t... [continue]

Hamtech 2015 in VU4

It gives us great pleasure to invite you to HAMTECH 2015, International Conference on Amateur Radio Communications at Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar, India during 6 to 7 March 2015 followed by a Dxpedition till 18 March, 2015 being organised by NIAR

New Events Planner on RSGB site

Affiliated clubs can now enter details of upcoming radio events into the RSGB's new UK Events Planner

Scout Communicator Activity Badge

Passing the Amateur Radio Foundation exam is one of the ways scouts can gain their Communicator activity badge

Ham Radio Statistics and Maps

During the operation of the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society station GX0MWT for the RNLI SOS Radio Week the subject of statistics came up

FCC “Paperless” Amateur Radio License Policy Goes into Effect on February 17

Starting February 17, the FCC no longer will routinely issue paper license documents to Amateur Radio applicants and licensees. The Commission has maintained for some time now that the official Amateur Radio license authorization is the electronic record that exists in its Universal Licensing System (ULS), although the FCC has continued to print an... [continue]

ARES, SKYWARN Volunteers Stand Down in Wake of Massive East Coast Winter Storm

Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES) teams and SKYWARN weather observers along the US Eastern Seaboard went on alert Monday, January 26, as a winter storm began working its way into the Northeast. The storm, which brought blizzard conditions to some areas, shut down transportation and kept residents at home in several states. Eastern Massachuse... [continue]

ARRL Assistant Roanoke Division Director Anthony R. “Tony” Curtis, K3RXK, SK

RSGB Welcomes Proposed Crackdown on Interference-Producing Power Line Data Devices