YOTA Month Continues to Expand into the Americas

December is YOTA Month, celebrating and encouraging Youth On the Air. Amateur radio operators who are 25 years old and younger will be on the air as special event stations around the world throughout December in celebration of youth in amateur radio. YOTA Month stations will be on all bands and modes at various times. In the US, the call signs will... [continue]

Tuesday, 30th November 2021

ARISS-USA Announces New Senior Leadership

The US segment of Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS-USA) has augmented its senior leadership team with five new members. In May 2020, ARISS-USA created a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization to enhance and expand ARISS initiatives in the US. ARISS says the new membership will support the variety of new functions and... [continue]

RSGB HQ phone outage

UPDATE 12:56 30/11/2021 The remaining phone issue with the automated options system has been resolved, so you now can use the main number 01234 832 700 to call us as normal. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this morning’s issue. ———————————– UPDATE 11:05 30/11... [continue]

ARISS contact scheduled for students in Nuremberg, Germany

This will be a direct contact via amateur radio between astronaut Matthias Maurer KI5KFH onboard the International Space Station and students at Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nurnberg, Nuremberg, Germany

Slow-scan TV transmissions from ISS set for December 1-2

Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) plan to transmit slow-scan TV (SSTV) images on December 1 – 2 on 145.800 MHz FM using SSTV mode PD120

ARRL author, QST Technical Editor Joel Hallas, W1ZR, SK

The ARRL report: Retired QST Technical Editor Joel R. Hallas, W1ZR, of Westport, Connecticut, died on November 25

Indonesian radio hams sign MoU with Defense University

The Defense University of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian Defense University - Military Training) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Amateur Radio Organization of the Republic of Indonesia (Orari)

ARISS contact scheduled for students at Wolfgang-Kubelka-Realschule (WKR), Schondorf am Ammersee, Germany

his will be a telebridge contact via amateur radio and students will take turns asking their questions of Matthias Maurer, amateur radio call sign KI5KFH ARISS team member Shane Lynd VK4KHZ will be the relay amateur radio station

AIS in China: Media misreporting can be threat to radio hams

CRAC reports on the security risk in China of collecting and distributing either shipping AIS data or aircraft ADS-B data and the threat to radio amateurs from media misreporting

Andromedid meteor outburst

Radars in Canada have just detected an outburst of Andromedid meteors. The unexpected outburst means that Earth has encountered a stream of debris from Biela's Comet, a source of meteor storms in the 19th century

Telecoms customers saving millions as Ofcom rules bed in

More broadband and mobile customers are shopping around and signing up to better deals - and saving themselves millions of pounds