| Jul 28 | The Bands “Heat Up” for the 2010 ARRL UHF Contest VHF/UHF weak-signal operators across North America are making the final tests on their stations in preparation for the ARRL UHF Contest, coming up the weekend of August 7-8. Most VHF+ weak-signal operation takes place on the two lowest bands of the .. |
| Jul 28 | Government Agencies Introduce User-Friendly Federal Register While the Federal Register may be the ultimate record of the business of the USA’s Executive Branch, it can be a difficult document to navigate. The Register publishes approximately 80,000 pages of documents each year in the form of Notices, Propose.. |
| Jul 27 | FCC Launches Consumer Help Center Beginning July 28, those who have dealings with the FCC will have a new tool that the FCC claims will put them “within one click of all the information they want” from the Commission: a new “easy-to-use” Consumer Help Center. “Our new Consumer Help .. |
| Jul 27 | Coming Soon: More ARRL 2010 Field Day Pins After a higher than expected run on pins for Field Day this year, the ARRL has ordered more and expects them to arrive next month. “The pins were in stock until just before Field Day, but due to some exceptionally high interest, we were unable to fu.. |
| Jul 26 | The Amateur Amateur Fills-In By Gary Hoffman, KB0H ARRL Contributing Editor My efforts to set up an APRS station (Automatic Packet Reporting System) had come to a standstill. I had installed a program called UI-View32 . It was pretty slick, with volumes of data in its Help file.. |
| Jul 26 | John Robert Stratton, KE5ISX, Appointed West Gulf Division Vice Direct.. After review of eligibility by the ARRL Ethics and Elections Committee, President Kay Craigie, N3KN, has appointed John Robert Stratton, KE5ISX, of Austin Texas, to serve as Vice Director of the ARRL’s West Gulf Division for the remainder of the cur.. |
| Jul 26 | Ubuntu Linux for Hams This free operating system provides your PC with all of the usual features, including lots of ham radio applications. Read More |
| Jul 25 | D-STAR illegal in France - update French Amateur Radio groups are working together to get the digital prohibition in France lifted. |
| Jul 25 | The 6th Borneo Amateur Radio Festival (Brunei) The Brunei Darussalam Amateur Radio Federation, BDARA is host to about 300 amateur radio enthusiasts from Borneo Island at the 6th Borneo Amateur Radio Festival. The three day festival took place this morning. |
| Jul 25 | Radio Days: One man\'s collection lives on (Connecticut) Radios were the late George Helmer\'s passion. The older the better. Taking in his radio collection in the Riverside home where his widow lives transports one back to those early radio days when families gathered around to listen to the Ozzie and Harr.. |
| Jul 25 | UK: TV series invites amateur radio enthusiasts RSGB News reports that the producers of a forthcoming TV series are inviting amateur radio enthusiasts and others to take part. The show revolves around a souped-up double decker bus which is touring cities around Britain. |
| Jul 25 | Wicked weather watcher (Manitoba) Dark skies, strong winds and heavy rains are usually a clue to take cover, but for Bill Simm of Portage la Prairie, they are a signal to get to work. Simm is an amateur radio operator - ham - and one of Environment Canada\'s many volunteer severe weat.. |
| Jul 24 | Aircraft \'black box\' inventor dies in Australia A pioneering Australian inventor whose \"black box\" flight data recorder revolutionised the safety of air travel and aided countless crash investigations has died aged 85, officials said Wednesday. David Warren, whose own father died in a plane crash,.. |
| Jul 24 | Independent radio operators trade gadgets (California) More than 120 ham radio enthusiasts gathered in Burson Saturday to browse through rare equipment, talk radio and share smoked chicken in the barrel. |
| Jul 24 | Amateur radio club ready to be called on in case of emergency (Florida.. The Lake Monroe Amateur Radio Society does more than just help plan Christmas parades and hold community education meetings. A new system has been developed by Seminole County\'s ham radio enthusiasts that could mean quicker responses from the authori.. |
| Jul 24 | FCC: Vanity Call Sign Fees to Decrease August 17 On July 19, the FCC announced via the Federal Register that the cost of an Amateur Radio vanity call sign will decrease 10 cents, from to $13.40 to $13.30. The new fees take effect 30 days after publication, making August 17, 2010, the first day the .. |
| Jul 24 | ARRL Argues that Oklahoma Town’s RFI Ordinance is \"Null and Void\" Saying that only the Federal Communications Commission is empowered to regulate radio frequency interference (RFI), the ARRL has notified Midwest City, Oklahoma, that its local ordinance 27-3(9), seeking to regulate radio transmissions and RFI, is \"n.. |
| Jul 24 | ARDF Update: Radio Foxhunters Find Their Champions in Ohio By Joe Moell, K0OV, Contributing Editor ARRL Amateur Radio Direction Finding Coordinator k0ov@homingin.com No shack potatoes here! These radio-orienteering enthusiasts took to the beautiful woods of the Buckeye State in pursuit of transmitters and m.. |
| Jul 23 | ARRL Argues that Oklahoma Town’s RFI Ordinance is “Null and Void”.. Saying that only the Federal Communications Commission is empowered to regulate radio frequency interference (RFI), the ARRL has notified Midwest City, Oklahoma, that its local ordinance 27-3(9), seeking to regulate radio transmissions and RFI, is “.. |
| Jul 23 | The K7RA Solar Update Sunspot activity increased recently, although it is foolish to call this a trend, since solar activity has great variability. Sunspot group 1087 was visible for 13 days over July 9-21. In millionths of a solar hemisphere, its size was 30, 100, 120, .. |