Radio Hams To The Rescue:

Many northern Wisconsin counties want amateur radio operators to provide information during emergency situations when phone lines fail and power lines are down. Laura Podgornik reports from Superior. NorWesCo Amateur Radio Club President Lee McMahon is native of Webb Lake in Burnett County. As a "radio ham" McMahon works with the National Weather ... [continue]

Friday, 30th July 2010

'Time Capsule' Opens In Chatham:

CHATHAM -- For decades, few people really knew much about the work inside the red brick buildings near Ryder's Cove. Workers at the former RCA buildings had signed confidentiality agreements about the ship-to-shore radio transmissions from around the world and, during World War II, German transmissions that, when decoded, helped save American conv... [continue]

Hamming It Up:

IOWA CITY- In a disaster, communications are vital. But often, phone lines are down or overloaded, cell phones fail and electricity is out. "When all else fails, there's Amateur Radio" So says David Christ, president of the Iowa City Amateur Radio Club (ICARC). Amateur radio operators- more commonly known as "hams," the explanations for which are... [continue]

This weekend's AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium to be webstreamed

The 2010 Space Colloquium - the 25th held by AMSAT-UK, is taking place this Saturday and Sunday, July 31 and August 1, at the Holiday Inn in Guildford, England. You can watch it live on the web!

Smart Metering Implementation Programme Consultation

The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is holding a consultation on Smart Meters. There are fears the meters could use polluting Power Line Communications (PLT/PLC)

Vanuatu DXpedition gets YJ0VK callsign

This DXpedition, with a team of four Australian radio amateurs, will be operating for six days, 0001 UTC on 27 August through to 0100 UTC on 2 September

Dave Raycroft's ICPO Bulletin

ICPO - Islands, Castles and Portable Operations. Probably the most comprehesive ham radio activity listings available anywhere on the internet

DX News from the ARRL

The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity

Ofcom update: Providing spectrum information

The UK regulator Ofcom has published a statement setting out its policy on making Wireless Telegraphy licence information available to the public

GB2VET special event station

Special event station GB2VET is operating on 31 July and 1 August, 2010 celebrating the army, navy and air force reunion at East Park, Holderness Rd, Hull, East Yorks

DIY satellites let you find your own space

National Public Radio (NPR) has broadcast an item on DIY satellites in which Audie Cornish interviewers one of the early purchasers of these $8000 TubeSat kits