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

Wildlife Outnumber Participants in Winter Yellowstone VHF Radio Rally

Wyoming and southern Montana hams belonging to the north Yellowstone Amateur Radio Club and Park County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) took to the wilderness in late January during heavy snow to take part in an emergency preparedness exercise. The groups have about 15 members in all; many more bison and elk roam the roads […]

ARRL Interview Explains Background of Ham Radio in Space Film Short

Josh Tanner, the Australian filmmaker who produced the thriller Decommissioned by Perception Pictures, has explained how he came up with the idea to develop the movie short. In the approximately 6-minute film, SuitSat returns in the future to haunt International Space Station commander “Diaz,” played by Joey Vieira, who spots SuitSat, the surplus Russian Orlan […]

Amateur Radio Helping to Fill Earthquake Report “Donut Holes”

An article describing how radio amateurs can help fill the information “donut hole” by providing post-earthquake “did you feel it” (DYFI) reports via Winlink HF radio email appeared on February 22 in the American Geophysical Union (AGU) magazine Eos. As the article points out, “Ham radio networks gear up to provide real-time, on-the-ground information about […]

“Whirlwind Boom” Emergency Communications Exercise Set in Northern Florida

The amateur radio communications team of the Florida Baptist Disaster Relief has created a multi-site radio communications exercise dubbed “Whirlwind Boom,” designed to bring together volunteers and local agencies across northern Florida and throughout the southeastern US. The 2-hour drill is set for Friday, March 19. Invitations have gone out to Amateur Radio Emergency Service […]

Southgate news

International Emergency Communication Registry of Operators (IECRO) 2021 Annual Membership

Its that time of year again. Every January IECRO runs its membership drive campaign

Radio Society of Christchurch (New Zealand) Centenary Award

The Christchurch ARC (NZART branch 05) is pleased to announce an informal award to celebrate the club’s centenary

ARISS contact is scheduled for students at Hisagi Junior High School, Zushi, Japan

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is the group that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS)

Australian radio hams keep same callsign when upgrading

In July 2020 Australia followed other countries and stopped forcing radio amateurs to change callsign every time they got a new qualification or moved to another part of the country

TV DETECTOR VANS ONCE PROWLED THE STREETS OF ENGLAND

The United Kingdom is somewhat unique in the world for requiring those households which view broadcast television to purchase a licence for the privilege

Germany dealt with over 3,500 radio interference complaints in 2020

Germany's Federal Network Agency BNetzA take radio interference seriously and in 2020 dealt with over 3,500 cases

Does price buy performance or satisfaction in an HF transceiver?

Frank Howell K4FMH of ICQ podcast is talking on this subject at the Denby Dale amateur radio club on Weds January 20th at 7.30pm (1930utc)

Radio hams comment on the draft BNetzA plans for 2021

Germany's amateur radio round table (RTA) has commented in a letter on the Federal Network Agency BNetzA draft plan for the year 2021