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Radio Amateurs Track Major East Coast Winter Storm
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Radio Amateurs Track Major East Coast Winter Storm

WX1BOX, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Taunton, Massachusetts joined numerous SKYWARN nets across New England in activating for an early-January…

4U0R – The World Radio Day

The WORLD RADIO DAY (13 February 2018) From 13 to 20 February 2018 Special event station 4U0R will be active on HF by CW /…

Thomas Fire Response Also Demonstrates Amateur Radio’s Social Media Value
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Thomas Fire Response Also Demonstrates Amateur Radio’s Social Media Value

The remains of equipment used to help maintain communications and track the event after the fire overcame the position. (Photo: BENJAMIN KUO/CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Santa Barbara Amateur…

“Quantum Radio” May Offer New Twist on Communicating in Problematic Environments
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“Quantum Radio” May Offer New Twist on Communicating in Problematic Environments

Photo:NIST physicist Dave Howe aligns a laser beam to pass through a tiny glass cell of rubidium atoms inside the cylindrical magnetic shield. The atoms…

Radio Amateurs of Canada, Radioamateur du Québec to Collaborate
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Radio Amateurs of Canada, Radioamateur du Québec to Collaborate

Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) has announced a new partner with Radioamateur du Québec (RAQI). In October, RAC and RAQI representatives convened to consider how…

Young Washington Radio Amateur Debuts Her Call Sign on HF, Hands Out Her Grid Square on Opening Day
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Young Washington Radio Amateur Debuts Her Call Sign on HF, Hands Out Her Grid Square on Opening Day

January 1 was the opening day for the ARRL International Grid Chase 2018 (IGC), and newly minted General-class operator Katie Thompsen, KI7HCX, of Mt Vernon,…

All WX Solar Powered Amateur Radio Field Station Update 01
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All WX Solar Powered Amateur Radio Field Station Update 01

“Hello Operators. I’ve received so many questions about the solar powered Field Station, I thought It would be a good time to publish an update…

Radio Amateur Receives Patent for “Cloaking” Technology
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Radio Amateur Receives Patent for “Cloaking” Technology

Nathan “Chip” Cohen, W1YW, of Belmont, Massachusetts — the founder of Fractal Antenna Systems Inc and inventor of the fractal antenna — has been granted…

Radio Amateurs Continue to Plumb the Spectral Depths
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Radio Amateurs Continue to Plumb the Spectral Depths

David Bowman, G0MRF, reports that he and Dave Riley, AA1A, have completed what is believed to be the first transatlantic contact on 630 meters since…

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey Makes Ham Radio Debut with State’s Bicentennial Call Sign
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Alabama Governor Kay Ivey Makes Ham Radio Debut with State’s Bicentennial Call Sign

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey made her Amateur Radio debut on December 14 — the state’s 198th birthday — at the same time becoming the first…

Philippine Radio Amateurs Activate for Weather Emergencies
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Philippine Radio Amateurs Activate for Weather Emergencies

Philippines Amateur Radio Association’s (PARA) Ham Emergency Radio Operations (HERO) volunteers assisted with emergency communication support in the wake of two severe weather events. Tropical…

One of Oldest US Radio Stations to Go Dark

Fonte originale con articolo completo Articolo One of Oldest US Radio Stations to Go Dark su Etere Blog | Radioamatori | Amateur Radio | HamRadio…

Hospital in Tampa Talk to Santa Claus in North Pole Over Amateur Radio
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Hospital in Tampa Talk to Santa Claus in North Pole Over Amateur Radio

TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Patients at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Tampa had a direct link from their hospital room to Mr. and Mrs. Claus in the North…

ARRL Foundation Announces Ozaukee Radio Club, W9CQO, Scholarship
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ARRL Foundation Announces Ozaukee Radio Club, W9CQO, Scholarship

The ARRL Foundation has announced a new, annual scholarship that is funded through the generosity of the Ozaukee Radio Club in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. The Ozaukee Radio Club, W9CQO,…

Radio Anniversaries Abound in December
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Radio Anniversaries Abound in December

December is the month in which three notable events in radio history occurred — the first radio transmission heard across the Atlantic Ocean in 1901,…

Amateur Radio Volunteers Active in Latest Round of California Wildfires
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Amateur Radio Volunteers Active in Latest Round of California Wildfires

The massive and barely contained Thomas Fire in Southern California has consumed more than 230,500 acres, and the emergency has caused residents in fire-threatened areas…

Cresce la Radio, cresce ARS Italia

Lo sapete, siamo sempre in movimento, sempre a lavoro per proiettare un’immagine, la più positiva possibile, della nostra ARS Italia. Registriamo ogni giorno, nuove adesioni,…

Good News for Aurora Chasers & Radio Operators: Solar Storm Forecast 12-07-2017
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Good News for Aurora Chasers & Radio Operators: Solar Storm Forecast 12-07-2017

“We are coming down from the fast wind that gave us a minor solar storm, which was weaker than expected so aurora didnt last as…

Report from India: Ham Radio Aids Rescue of Two Fishermen
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Report from India: Ham Radio Aids Rescue of Two Fishermen

According to a December 6 report in the Deccan Chronicle newspaper in India, members of the Ham Radio and Emergency Communication Society in Idukki assisted in the rescue of…

Vietnam veteran’s last wish to broadcast on ham radio fulfilled

by Frank Abderholden For Vietnam veteran John Nugent, who served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, coming home to Newburgh, N.Y., meant some isolation, according to…

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2092 for Friday, December 1 , 2017

– SKYWARN RECOGNITION DAY WEATHERS THE STORMS– SANTA NET ARRIVES ON 80 METERS– IN COLORADO, A NEW SANTA IN TOWN– NETS OF NOTE: SOUTHCARS IS A NET ON THE…

Review of QRP Labs QCX QRP Radio
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Review of QRP Labs QCX QRP Radio

“Unboxing, building and using the QRP Labs QCX single-band, 5-watt QRP radio. This advanced technology radio borrows ideas from software-defined radios. The final amplifier is…

Amateur Radio-Carrying D-Star One CubeSat among Spacecraft Apparently Lost
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Amateur Radio-Carrying D-Star One CubeSat among Spacecraft Apparently Lost

The first Amateur Radio satellite to employ the D-Star digital voice and data format — D-Star One — was among about 20 secondary payloads lost…

FCC Dismisses Radio Amateur’s Petition to Revise Call Sign Rules

The FCC has dismissed a rule making petition filed last May by Thomas J. Alessi, K1TA, of Stamford, Connecticut, that sought to amend the Part…

Status Report: The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2017
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Status Report: The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2017

The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2017 – S. 1534is alive, but with legislative action slowed to a glacial pace on Capitol Hill in recent months,…