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EMF D-Day For UK Amateur Radio
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EMF D-Day For UK Amateur Radio

  The UK Amateur Licence now requires amateurs to check compliance with EMF exposure limits. Compliance is required from 18th November 2021 for frequencies above…

US and Region 2 Amateur Radio Direction-Finding Championships Results are In
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US and Region 2 Amateur Radio Direction-Finding Championships Results are In

The results are in for the 20th US ARDF Championships and 11th IARU Region 2 Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF). Four days of competitions were…

Blackpool CB & Amateur Radio Convoy 22/10/2021
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Blackpool CB & Amateur Radio Convoy 22/10/2021

  This sounds like a brilliant event, taking place on Friday 22nd October there will be a CB and Amateur Radio convoy taking place in the…

ARRL Continues Its Efforts to Preserve Amateur Radio Secondary Use of the 3 GHz Band
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ARRL Continues Its Efforts to Preserve Amateur Radio Secondary Use of the 3 GHz Band

ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, in a written statement on the newly filed H.R.5378 before the US House Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee on Wednesday, urged Congress…

Amateur Radio Volunteers Assist in Major US Cycling Event
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Amateur Radio Volunteers Assist in Major US Cycling Event

On September 11, some 115 amateur radio volunteers from five states provided communication support for LoToJa, the longest single-day USA Cycling (USAC)-sanctioned bicycle event in the…

ARRL Responds to Story of Radio Amateur Told to Remove His Antenna
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ARRL Responds to Story of Radio Amateur Told to Remove His Antenna

ARRL has responded to an Orlando, Florida, news story on August 23, 2021 by WFTV Channel 9 alleging a radio amateur was told to remove his antenna…

Amateur Radio Operator Banned! Insulin Pump “Interference” – Was it from Ham Radio?
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Amateur Radio Operator Banned! Insulin Pump “Interference” – Was it from Ham Radio?

An interesting article in the media claims a woman’s insulin pump is being “potentially” interfered with by an amateur radio operator down the street. Was…

Faith Hannah Lea, KD3Z, is Amateur Radio Newsline 2021 Young Ham of the Year
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Faith Hannah Lea, KD3Z, is Amateur Radio Newsline 2021 Young Ham of the Year

Faith Hannah Lea, KD3Z, of Palm Coast, Florida, has been selected as the 2021 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year. Faith…

Anytone AT-779 70MHz Amateur Radio Review
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Anytone AT-779 70MHz Amateur Radio Review

Video:YouTube/M0OGY Dave, M0OGY takes a look at the Anytone AT-779 and makes a few contacts on the 4m band…

Massachusetts Court Okays Amateur Radio Tower, Citing Board of Appeals’ Error
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Massachusetts Court Okays Amateur Radio Tower, Citing Board of Appeals’ Error

A judge in the Massachusetts Land Court has ruled that the Zoning Board of Appeals in the City of Framingham “erred” in revoking a building…

AO-109 (RadFxSat-2/AMSAT Fox-1E) Open for Amateur Use
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AO-109 (RadFxSat-2/AMSAT Fox-1E) Open for Amateur Use

AMSAT’s Engineering and Operations Teams have announced that AO-109 (RadFxSat-2/AMSAT Fox-1E) is now open for amateur use. AMSAT advises operators to use efficient modes for…

Amateur Radio Responds to Flooding in Western Europe
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Amateur Radio Responds to Flooding in Western Europe

International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 1 Emergency Communications Coordinator Greg Mossop, G0DUB, reported over the weekend that amateur radio volunteers have responded in the…

Spain’s URE makes amateur radio magazine archive available
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Spain’s URE makes amateur radio magazine archive available

Spain’s URE makes amateur radio magazine archive availableSpain’s national amateur radio society URE has digitized their old magazines from 1949 to 2020 and made the PDF’s available…

In recognition of Amateur Radio Operators [ VIDEO ]
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In recognition of Amateur Radio Operators [ VIDEO ]

In recognition of Amateur Radio Operators Antenna QST Announces 2017 Antenna Design Competition Winners September 13, 2017 No comments QST has announced the winners of its…

Radio Amateur’s Vintage Home Movie Film Sheds Light on Hindenburg Disaster
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Radio Amateur’s Vintage Home Movie Film Sheds Light on Hindenburg Disaster

Vintage home movie film provided by New Jersey radio amateur Bob Schenck, N2OO, was the highlight of a PBS documentary about the Hindenburg disaster. The film, shot…

Amateur Radio Gearing Up for Another Active Atlantic Hurricane Season
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Amateur Radio Gearing Up for Another Active Atlantic Hurricane Season

The Atlantic Hurricane Season, which starts on June 1, promises to be a busy time for radio amateurs who volunteer on the Hurricane Watch Net…

Amateur Radio Operators are still in high demand
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Amateur Radio Operators are still in high demand

Amateur radio operators are still in high demand Antenna R7AB’s 12 el 14 Mhz band yagi. Boom lenght 40m. Selfsupported tower 42 m high November…

Ultimate Motorcycling’s Ham on a Hog 3 Review of the Icom IC-705 Amateur Radio Transceiver and more
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Ultimate Motorcycling’s Ham on a Hog 3 Review of the Icom IC-705 Amateur Radio Transceiver and more

“We take Icom’s IC-705 transceiver on a ride with the Harley-Davidson Road King Limited and review it along with Icom’s AL-705 Magnetic Loop antenna and…

Amateur Radio Credited with Rescue of Back-Country Hiker in Tennessee
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Amateur Radio Credited with Rescue of Back-Country Hiker in Tennessee

A back-country hiker was rescued from Great Smoky Mountains National Park with assistance from amateur radio after she became exhausted on the trail and possibly…

Yasme Foundation Releases Chronicles of Amateur Radio DX History
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Yasme Foundation Releases Chronicles of Amateur Radio DX History

The Yasme Foundation has released two chronicles of amateur radio DX history that make for compelling reading — a downloadable edition ofYasme: The Danny Weil and Colvin…

Radio Amateur Helps Rescuers to Locate Lost Hiker
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Radio Amateur Helps Rescuers to Locate Lost Hiker

The keen and practiced eye of ARRL member Ben Kuo, AI6YR, helped to guide rescuers to a hiker stranded on a mountainside on April 12….

Home but never alone: Celebrating World Amateur Radio Day
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Home but never alone: Celebrating World Amateur Radio Day

Image credit: Otava Tuomi. Early last year, when the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) first pushed much of the world into lockdown, one traditional – some…

Traditional Amateur Radio Contesting Faces a Demographic Cliff
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Traditional Amateur Radio Contesting Faces a Demographic Cliff

Frank Howell, K4FMH, followed up his two-part National Contest Journal (NCJ) series, “The Demographics of Contesting,” with a post to his Social Circuits blog, called “Lemmings over a Demographic…

Amateur Radio Community Invited to Take Part in MARS Exercise on 60 Meters
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Amateur Radio Community Invited to Take Part in MARS Exercise on 60 Meters

Radio amateurs are invited to take part in the MARS exercise now under way until April 10 in support of the US Department of Defense….

Renewing Your Amateur Radio License thru FCC Universal Licensing System
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Renewing Your Amateur Radio License thru FCC Universal Licensing System

Renewing Your Amateur Radio License thru FCC Universal Licensing System Review Icom ID-51E PLUS2 Unboxing April 26, 2017 No comments The D-STAR Evolution continues with…