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Diversity in amateur radio
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Diversity in amateur radio

‘But that’s not real radio!’ It’s not a new cry directed at FT8, DMR or Network Radio, but much older than that and often made…

ARRL Petitions FCC to Incorporate Parity Act Provisions into its Amateur Radio Rules
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ARRL Petitions FCC to Incorporate Parity Act Provisions into its Amateur Radio Rules

The ARRL has filed a Petition for Rulemaking (PRM) asking the FCC to amend its Part 97 Amateur Service rules to incorporate the provisions of the Amateur…

New Amateur Radio Packet Gear Awaits Unpacking, Installation on Space Station
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New Amateur Radio Packet Gear Awaits Unpacking, Installation on Space Station

New Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) packet equipment awaits unpacking and installation on board the station after arriving in November as part…

DXMini Pi-Star Hotspot for Amateur Radio
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DXMini Pi-Star Hotspot for Amateur Radio

DXMINI is your gateway to digital HAM radio… Our devices enable your digital radio to communicate over the internet sending your communications across the world….

Neil Carleton, VE3NCE, Named to Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame
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Neil Carleton, VE3NCE, Named to Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame

Neil Carleton, VE3NCE, of Almonte, Ontario, has been named to the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) says the honor recognizes…

Broadcasters Intruding on Exclusive Amateur Radio Frequencies
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Broadcasters Intruding on Exclusive Amateur Radio Frequencies

The International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 (IARU-R1) Monitoring System (IARUMS) reports that Radio Hargeisa in Somaliland has returned to 7,120 kHz after a break…

AMSAT’s Fox-1Cliff Amateur Radio CubeSat Launched Successfully
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AMSAT’s Fox-1Cliff Amateur Radio CubeSat Launched Successfully

SpaceX has announced that the SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission carrying AMSAT’s Fox-1Cliff CubeSat has been deployed into orbit. A SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle carried Fox-1Cliff and…

Amateur Radio Christmas Holiday Gift Ideas
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Amateur Radio Christmas Holiday Gift Ideas

VHF TH-D74 – Kenwood – APRS & D-STAR August 08, 2016 No comments TH-D74  The long-awaited “APRS” & “D-STAR”. To the dictates of the sensibility,…

Additional amateur radio communication Cubesats to launch on SSO-A
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Additional amateur radio communication Cubesats to launch on SSO-A

JY1SAT is a one unit CubeSat, dedicated to the memory of His Majesty the late King Hussein, the first founder of the HAM Radio in Jordan…

California Radio Amateur Receives Notice of Unlicensed Operation from FCC
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California Radio Amateur Receives Notice of Unlicensed Operation from FCC

The FCC Enforcement Bureau on November 7 issued a Notice of Unlicensed Operation (NoUO) to Technician licensee Daryl Thomas, KE6MWS, of Carmichael, California, for allegedly operating an…

Repeaters, Amateur TV Play Communication Role in California Fire Emergency
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Repeaters, Amateur TV Play Communication Role in California Fire Emergency

Amateur Radio repeaters and TV (ATV) have helped to keep the broader community informed on the local status of widespread fires in Southern California, radio…

AMSAT Congratulates Qatar Amateur Radio Society, AMSAT-DL for Successful Es’hail-2 Launch
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AMSAT Congratulates Qatar Amateur Radio Society, AMSAT-DL for Successful Es’hail-2 Launch

Es’hail-2 AMSAT-NA has congratulated AMSAT-DL (Germany) and the Qatar Amateur Radio Society (QARS) for their roles in the successful launch on November 15 of the Es’hail-2 satellite,…

SSO-A mission with Amateur Radio satellites launches Nov. 19
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SSO-A mission with Amateur Radio satellites launches Nov. 19

SSO-A mission – credit Spaceflight Spaceflight’s SSO-A SmallSat Express mission, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, is currently scheduled for November…

Station Grounding for Amateur Radio
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Station Grounding for Amateur Radio

Station Grounding for Amateur Radio Antenna ICOM AH-710 Folded Dipole Antennas AH-710 April 16, 2015 No comments Wire Antenna, Assembled, Multi-Band, Non-resonant, 150 W, UHF…

Es’hail-2 geostationary amateur radio transponders talk
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Es’hail-2 geostationary amateur radio transponders talk

Es’hail-2 Graham Shirville (G3VZV) & Dave Crump (G8GKQ) update us on Es’hail-2 and its amateur radio payload at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium in Milton…

FCC Fines Amateur Radio Licensee ,000
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FCC Fines Amateur Radio Licensee $25,000

  FCC Fines Amateur Radio In an FCC Enforcement Bureau case going back to early 2015, a Paterson, New Jersey, Amateur Radio licensee has been…

FT8 is exploding! – No Nonsense Amateur Radio Podcast #6
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FT8 is exploding! – No Nonsense Amateur Radio Podcast #6

 FT8 is exploding! 1#popular HamRadio digital mode       In this episode of the No Nonsense Amateur Radio Podcast, Tom, KB5RF, and I explore the…

Ham College 44 – General Amateur Radio Exam part 15. Skywaves, MUF, more HF Antennas
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Ham College 44 – General Amateur Radio Exam part 15. Skywaves, MUF, more HF Antennas

Antenna Stealth Antennas [ PodCast ] – Everything Ham Radio January 27, 2017 No comments “Hello everybody and welcome back to the Everything Ham Radio…

Korean Postage Stamp Recognizes Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championships
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Korean Postage Stamp Recognizes Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championships

Korea Post has issued a postage stamp in recognition of the 19th Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) World Championships, being held September 2 – 8 in…

FCC Sticks by Prescribed Page Limit in Denying Request in Radio Amateur’s Appeal
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FCC Sticks by Prescribed Page Limit in Denying Request in Radio Amateur’s Appeal

In an August 24 Order, the FCC denied a request by William F. Crowell, W6WBJ (ex-N6AYH) of Diamond Springs, California, for permission to file an appeal…

UK Petition – Amateur/CB Antennas
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UK Petition – Amateur/CB Antennas

Reported on the QRZ forums is news of a petition to exempt Amateur Radio and CB antennas from planning permission which you may want to…

New Icom Amateur Products Including the IC-9700 to be Shown at Tokyo Hamfair 2018
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New Icom Amateur Products Including the IC-9700 to be Shown at Tokyo Hamfair 2018

IC-9700 As well as have three working demonstration units of the forthcoming IC-9700 VHF/UHF/1.2GHz transceiver, Icom Inc. will be unveiling other product innovations at the…

Concern Rising within Amateur Radio Community over WWV-WWVH Shut Down Proposal
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Concern Rising within Amateur Radio Community over WWV-WWVH Shut Down Proposal

ARRL members and Amateur Radio clubs are expressing increased concern over the inclusion of WWV and WWVH on a list of proposed cuts in the…

Chinese Amateur Radio Satellites Receive OSCAR Designations
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Chinese Amateur Radio Satellites Receive OSCAR Designations

AMSAT has announced that it has granted OSCAR designators for the Chinese DSLWP-A and DSLWP-B microsatellites, successfully launched on May 18 into a lunar transfer orbit…

New US Submarine Forces Commander is Radio Amateur
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New US Submarine Forces Commander is Radio Amateur

US Navy Vice Admiral Charles A. “Chas” Richard, W4HFZ, assumed command of US submarine forces during a change-of-command ceremony on August 4, held aboard the submarine USS Washington (SSN-787)….