SDR lists – vk2rh

Via M1KTA’s blog a pointer to Christophe F4DAN’s exhaustive list of SDR projects.

What an amazing resource! It feels like the distillation of many hours of research and study.

Really valuable information in here. It was last updated at the end of March. Also available in ‘une version française‘.

ARRL news

The Latest Episode of ARRL Audio News is Now Available

Listen to the new episode of ARRL Audio News on your iOS or Android podcast app, or online at http://www.blubrry.com/arrlaudionews/. Audio News is also retransmitted on a number of FM repeaters. Click here and then scroll down to see the list.

International Space Station Resupply Mission to Carry New ARISS Ham Radio Gear

The scheduled March 7 SpaceX CRS-20 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will include the initial Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Interoperable Radio System (IORS) flight unit. The IORS is the foundation of the ARISS next-generation amateur radio system on the space station. The ARISS hardware team built four flight units, […]

UK Telecoms Regulator Ends Policy of Granting Two-Letter Call Sign Suffixes

UK telecommunications regulator Ofcom has said it no longer will issue two-letter suffix call signs to Full Licence holders. Since mid-2018, radio amateurs attaining the highest-class license have been able to apply for “short”call signs such as M5xx. The policy has provided a major incentive to upgrade. Ofcom said call signs with only two letters […]

The K7RA Solar Update

Still no sunspots through all of February, except for the first day of the month. I keep watching for possible sunspot activity over the solar horizon on https://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ . Recently I noticed a promising looking white area, and in the past few days at Spaceeweather.com they pointed out two new regions just over the horizon.As […]

Southgate news

Ofcom stops issuing short Full Calls

Since the middle of 2018 those passing the RSGB exam for the Full licence have been able to apply for short call signs such as M5xx, this has provided a major incentive to upgrade to Full

AMSAT cites need for adequate spectrum in opposing deletion of 3.4 GHz band

AMSAT has commented on the FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in WT Docket 19-348 that proposes to delete the 3.3 - 3.5 GHz (9 centimeter) amateur band and relocate incumbent non-federal operations

Can mobile networks connect first responders in remote areas?

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published an article that looks at the challanges of providing communications in remote areas

AM QSO PARTY in Europe, the results are in!

The results are in for last month's very first AM Europe QSO PARTY Congratulations to the winners of each section and thank you to those who submitted a log. There were over a 100 stations heard or worked in the event, but few logs submitted

Royal Netherlands Army's Belize operation

Look for the 11 Airmobile Brigade from the Royal Netherlands Army and Radiosquad to be active as V31FX

2020 National Convention Booklet

The SARL 2020 National Convention Booklet is available for download from the League web site. Click on the link on the front page or visit the AGM Documents page

PerthTech

PerthTech is a premiere annual Australian Amateur Radio event. The day of technical presentations is on Saturday 2nd May, with practical workshops on Sunday 3rd May

DX News from the ARRL

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