Ham Radio Update

May 24, 2013 04:33 PM - ARRL -- By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Contributing EditorThis week, Surfin' checks out a ham who is developing a handheld radio that's a cross between a smart phone and an SDR.The Dayton Hamvention(r) was last weekend and I drove 735 miles to attend the event for the 25th time. Kudos go out to my smart phone and its map apps for getting me to Hamvention and back without error, as well as getting me around those...

May 24, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- The ARRL reports after an EF5 tornado swept through Oklahoma on May 20, radio amateurs in that state assisted the American Red Cross with its communications efforts

May 24, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- The special event amateur radio stations GB70BOA and GB70WA are commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic

May 24, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- The Crystal Palace Radio and Electronics Club are holding an amateur radio Foundation licence training course in June

May 24, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- BBC News is reporting that at 0538 UT on Thursday, May 23 Ecuador's new NEE-01 Pegasus 910 MHz CubeSat collided with debris from a S14 Soviet rocket launched in 1985

May 24, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- The Grey Point Fort, Crawfordsburn, Co Down, Northern Ireland. A 48-hour special event starting at 1700hrs 31st May 2013 to 1700hrs 2nd June 2013

May 24, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- A radio that is able to change a broadcast depending on where you are and what you are doing, has been demonstrated by the BBC

May 24, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- Time magazine reports that inside the Oklahoma Weather Center the amateur radio was constantly crackling with reports from volunteer spotters in the field

May 24, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- 10 year-old Sierra Saylors has now got her amateur radio license KK4RJW and it is thought she is the youngest ham-radio operator in Northwest Georgia

May 24, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- News of two activations, both today and tomorrow, for the World Castles Award

May 24, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- The Dorset Echo reports Police are appealing for witness to an alleged incident involving a van with a large amateur radio aerial

May 24, 2013 07:33 AM - eHam.net News -- Students from Ralph McCall School and members of the Airdrie Space Science Club (ASSC) weren't the only ones excited to get the third flight of the Airdrie Balloon Experiment off the ground, May 18. Their Grade 6 science teacher, Brian Jackson, a self-professed "card-carrying space geek," could hardly contain his excitement as he prepared for the launch of the ABE 3 air balloon at the Beiseker Airport just after 8 a.m. With help from three volunteer Amateur Radio Operators (ARO), 10 students and a dozen parents, Jackson sent the five-foot helium-filled balloon towards space. A small homemade pay load was attached to the bottom and packed with a peanut butter sandwich, a Lego man and temperature sensors. Pictures of the Grade 6 science class and members of the Airdrie Space Science Club were attached to the edge. A video camera was installed inside the payload to record what happens to the contents when the balloon is in motion and to capture the kids' faces with space in the background.

May 24, 2013 07:33 AM - eHam.net News -- Amateur Radio Operator Ken Malgren with the Disaster Relief Network knows how quickly a storm can hit. He is a retired firefighter turned Ham Radio operator who monitored Monday's twister as it rolled though Oklahoma City. "I was prepared to respond that day if I needed to," he said. The EF-5 tornado took lives, homes and left behind rubble. It also took out communication for people in the area. Experts say during natural disasters, cell phones have a tendency to go down either from damage to towers or overload of the system. "When you try to jam all the people that are trying to make phone calls into a limited infrastructure, the system gets overloaded very quickly," Malgren said.

May 24, 2013 07:33 AM - eHam.net News -- True to tradition I joined thousands of radio nuts and computer geeks last weekend for my annual pilgrimage to southwest Ohio for the Dayton Amateur Radio Association's annual Hamfest, an event that passed the half-century mark a few years back.

May 24, 2013 07:33 AM - eHam.net News -- U. LEEDS (UK) / U. CHICAGO (US) -- Researchers have discovered what drives the generation of astrophysical magnetic fields like the Sun's. Scientists have known since the 18th century that the Sun regularly oscillates between periods of high and low solar activity in an 11-year cycle, but have been unable to fully explain how this cycle is generated. It has become increasingly important to be able to understand the Sun's magnetic activity, as it is the changes in its magnetic field that are responsible for "space weather" phenomena, including solar flares and coronal mass ejections. When this weather heads in the direction of Earth it can damage satellites, endanger astronauts on the International Space Station, and cause power grid outages on the ground. The research, published in Nature, explains how the cyclical nature of these large-scale magnetic fields emerges, providing a solution to the mathematical equations governing fluids and electromagnetism for a large astrophysical body. The mechanism, known as a dynamo, builds on a solution to a reduced set of equations first proposed in the 1950s which could explain the regular oscillation but which appeared to break down when applied to objects with high electrical conductivity. The mechanism takes into account the "shear" effect of mass movement of the ionised gas, known as plasma, which makes up the Sun. More importantly it does so in the extreme parameter regime that is relevant to astrophysical bodies.

May 24, 2013 07:33 AM - eHam.net News -- The following is a Q-S-T. Ham radio joins
other services in responding to tornadoes in
the Great Plains; Israeli hams get limited
access to 5 MHz, a distracted driving law
that exempts ham radio is signed by Hawaii's
governor; a major DXpedition to Heard Island
is delayed and an in-depth look at Hamvention
2013. All this and more on Amateur Radio
Newsline report number 1867 coming your way
right now.

May 24, 2013 03:33 AM - eHam.net News -- This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by
HA0HW, K1SFA, NC1L, The Weekly DX, the OPDX Bulletin, 425 DX News,
The Daily DX, DXNL, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest
Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all.

May 24, 2013 03:33 AM - eHam.net News -- This Week in Radiosport:

May 24, 2013 03:33 AM - eHam.net News -- After an EF5 tornado swept through Oklahoma on May 20, radio
amateurs in that state assisted the American Red Cross with its
communications efforts. "Amateur Radio operators were asked to support
voice communications from the American Red Cross Oklahoma City Chapter
Headquarters to their feeding station at the Incident Command Post
located in Moore," explained ARRL Oklahoma Section Emergency
Coordinator Mark Conklin, N7XYO. Moore, located about halfway between
Norman and Oklahoma City, suffered the brunt of the tornado damage. As
of 8:30 CDT on May 22, all Amateur Radio operations in support of the
American Red Cross ceased.

May 24, 2013 03:33 AM - eHam.net News -- Hamvention 2013 began on a foggy May 17 morning in Dayton, Ohio. As
soon as the doors opened, it didn't take long for the streams of
humanity to fill the indoor aisles.

May 24, 2013 03:33 AM - eHam.net News -- CQ magazine announced its 2013 Hall of Fame inductees on May 17,
welcoming eight new members into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame,
including former QST Managing Editor Joel Kleinman, N1BKE (SK), who
helmed QST from 2001 until his untimely death in 2012. In addition, CQ
named two new members to the CQ DX Hall of Fame and two new members to
the CQ Contest Hall of Fame.

May 24, 2013 02:33 AM - eHam.net News -- The annual WX4NHC On-the-Air Station Test from the National
Hurricane Center in Miami will take place Saturday, June 1, 1300-2100
UTC (9 AM-5 PM EDT). "The purpose of this annual station test is to
test all of our radio equipment, computers and antennas using as many
modes and frequencies as possible in preparation for this year's
hurricane season," said WX4NHC Assistant Amateur Radio Volunteer
Coordinator Julio Ripoll, WD4R. "This is not a contest or simulated
hurricane exercise."

May 24, 2013 02:33 AM - eHam.net News -- With the departure of Chairman Julius Genachowski and Commissioner
Robert McDowell this past weekend, the FCC now only has three of its
full complement of five Commissioners.

May 24, 2013 02:33 AM - eHam.net News -- This spring, the ARRL held two balloted elections for Section
Manager. ARRL members in Nebraska elected a new Section Manager, while
members in Utah -- faced with a three-way race -- voted to keep their
Section Manager.

May 24, 2013 02:33 AM - eHam.net News -- On May 21 at approximately 9:40 PM EDT (0140 UTC on May 22), Logbook
of The World (LoTW) -- the
ARRL's online QSO confirmation system - reached a new record: 500
million QSOs. This milestone was reached as Gabor Horvath, VE7JH, of
Crofton, British Columbia, uploaded a log from 2011 for VC7M, the
Canadian Multi/Multi Team in the 2011 CQ WPX CW Contest.

May 24, 2013 02:33 AM - eHam.net News -- Last week, the ARRL announced that the introduction of the new TQSL 1.14 software for Logbook of The World (LoTW) would be
available on May 20.

May 24, 2013 02:33 AM - eHam.net News -- For the 5th consecutive year the "13 Colonies Special Event" will be on the air again! Special event calls are K2A thru K2M.

May 24, 2013 02:33 AM - eHam.net News -- CTARL (Taiwan) started for the 6-Meter band EME
and VHF QSO Party

May 23, 2013 08:34 PM - ARRL -- Now that the Morse code requirement no longer exists, those who held a Technician class license before March 21, 1987, having already passed the General theory exam, can upgrade to General class without further testing Read More

May 23, 2013 07:34 PM - Southgate ARC -- The Electronic Design magazine site discusses ways to inspire students in engineering and technology fields

May 23, 2013 07:34 PM - Southgate ARC -- The Daily Inter Lake reports that concern was expressed about an exemption in the ordinance for people who hold amateur radio operator licenses

May 23, 2013 07:34 PM - Southgate ARC -- The RCF has announced that Ofcom has supported its decision to disallow an Amateur Radio examination

May 23, 2013 07:34 PM - Southgate ARC -- Yet another bumper week ending of course with the CQWW CW contest. Not my favourite mode, CW. Lots of DX though for those who do enjoy it

May 23, 2013 07:34 PM - Southgate ARC -- Three Phonesats with amateur radio downlinks in 437 MHz are slated to launch December 17

May 23, 2013 07:34 PM - Southgate ARC -- The ZL9HR DXpedition ship was still sheltering from storms at Stewart Island off the south of New Zealand on Wednesday evening, but should be leaving today

May 23, 2013 07:34 PM - Southgate ARC -- The last VoIP Hurricane Prep Net for 2012 and the CANWARN 'Weather Radio Listeners' Net will be combined for Saturday December 1st, 2012 at 7 PM EST/0000 UTC immediately following SKYWARN Recognition Day (SRD) 2012

May 23, 2013 07:34 PM - Southgate ARC -- The Siskiyou Daily reports on Tuesday's public hearing to consider recommending amending a city zoning ordinance to allow amateur radio towers higher than 35 feet

May 23, 2013 07:34 PM - Southgate ARC -- InnovAntennas and the United Kingdom Six Metre Group (UKSMG), along with some group members such as EA8AK, have helped fund the antenna setup at Z81D in South Sudan

May 23, 2013 04:33 PM - ARRL --

May 23, 2013 01:33 PM - ARRL -- After an EF5 tornado swept through Oklahoma on May 20, radio amateurs in that state assisted the American Red Cross with its communications efforts. "Amateur Radio operators were asked to support voice communications from the American Red Cross Oklahoma City Chapter Headquarters to their feeding station at the Incident Command Post located in Moore," explained ARRL Oklahoma Section Emergency Co...

May 23, 2013 09:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- Tom, KC0W will be active from the extreme northern tip of Haiti (NA-096, WLOTA 0343, Grid Loc. FK39) as HH5/KC0W between 6-25 July 2013

May 23, 2013 09:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- An international team of 3 operators, led by Oliver, W6NV, plan to operate M/S from Ascension Island as ZD8W in the CQWW DX CW Contest

May 23, 2013 09:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- Over the years, some applicants have had TI9CCC for Cocos Island rejected in their DXCC application, mostly due to 'Incorrect Date Period'

May 23, 2013 09:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- A solar radiation storm was in progress on May 22nd following an M5-class solar flare on the sun's western limb

May 23, 2013 09:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- Grupo de Radioaficionados para Operaciones Satelitales (GROS) Coordinator Raydel Espinet CM2ESP comments on the use of amateur radio satellites for emergency communications and describes how an amateur satellite was used in a Civil Defense exercise on May 18-19, 2013

May 23, 2013 09:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- Lincoln Short Wave Club are activating GB2CWP from their permanent station in the Radio Room of the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre at Eask Kirkby

May 23, 2013 09:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- IARU Region 1 requests updates for the online database of VHF/UHF/SHF /EHF amateur radio DX contact records

May 23, 2013 09:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- The annual WX4NHC On-the-Air Station Test from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami will take place Saturday, June 1, 1300-2100 UTC (9 AM-5 PM EDT)

May 23, 2013 09:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- This spring, the ARRL held two balloted elections for Section Manager

May 22, 2013 07:34 PM - Southgate ARC -- Not a bad week at all, Thursday and Friday drooped a bit, but as usual the weekend compensated. G100RSGB and GW100C are genuine calls to celebrate 100 years of the RSGB. VP8DOH, Andy, did get on the air and into the list. There were other VPs out there. SX5KL (Athens) was well sought-after with CX1AZ (Uruguay) dominating on the weekend

May 22, 2013 04:33 PM - ARRL -- This spring, the ARRL held two balloted elections for Section Manager. ARRL members in Nebraska elected a new Section Manager, while members in Utah -- faced with a three-way race -- voted to keep their Section Manager. In addition, ARRL members in New Hampshire and Wisconsin will each get a new Section Manager, and Section Managers in seven Sections ran unopposed and were declared elected for ...

May 22, 2013 02:33 PM - ARRL -- The annual WX4NHC On-the-Air Station Test from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami will take place Saturday, June 1, 1300-2100 UTC (9 AM-5 PM EDT). "The purpose of this annual station test is to test all of our radio equipment, computers and antennas using as many modes and frequencies as possible in preparation for this year's hurricane season," said WX4NHC Assistant Amateur Radio Vol...

May 22, 2013 09:38 AM - Southgate ARC -- The first picture taken by the amateur radio CubeSat ESTCube-1 in space has been released

May 22, 2013 09:38 AM - Southgate ARC -- The Thames Amateur Radio Group has returned from its five-day camping and radio trip to the Essex village of Downham, close to Billericay

May 22, 2013 09:38 AM - Southgate ARC -- The SEA-PAC Amateur Radio Convention takes place in Seaside, Oregon, May 31 to June 2

May 22, 2013 09:38 AM - Southgate ARC -- Could this famous name in ham radio be planning to make (another) comeback?

May 22, 2013 09:38 AM - Southgate ARC -- NASA is looking for far-out ideas. NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program is seeking Phase II proposals for continuation of promising studies selected during the first phase of the visionary program

May 22, 2013 09:38 AM - Southgate ARC -- The Buffalo (NY) office of the National Weather Service will conduct a Skywarn spotter training seminar May 29 at the Livingston County Fire Training Facility, 3360 Gypsy Lane, Mount Morris

May 22, 2013 07:35 AM - eHam.net News -- The Buffalo office of the National Weather Service will conduct a Skywarn spotter training seminar May 29 at the Livingston County Fire Training Facility, 3360 Gypsy Lane, Mount Morris. The training session, sponsored by the Genesee Valley Amateur Radio Association, begins at 7 p.m. will last about 2 hours. There is no cost for the training. Skywarn is a national effort to save lives during severe weather emergencies with an expanding network of trained volunteer weather spotters. Skywarn spotters support their local community and government by providing reports of severe weather directly to the National Weather Service in Buffalo through amateur radio or by phone using the the NWS spotter hotline. The basic training session provides an overview of the National Weather Service organization and its responsibilities, severe weather safety, and basic severe weather meteorology including how thunderstorms, severe thunderstorms and tornadoes form. The services performed by Skywarn spotters have saved many lives, according to the Weather Service.

May 21, 2013 07:35 PM - ARRL -- With the departure of Chairman Julius Genachowski and Commissioner Robert McDowell this past weekend, the FCC now only has three of its full complement of five Commissioners. Pending the Senate confirmation hearings for Tom Wheeler, President Obama's pick to head the FCC, Obama has named Mignon Clyburn, the FCC's ranking Democrat, to serve as Acting Chairwoman. The three remaining Commissioners...

May 21, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Klaus, DL7UXG of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

May 21, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- After a successful test phase certain DARC awards will become available as PDF for reduced fees, and payment via Paypal has been implemented too

May 21, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- Tango Mike Group member 26tm062 has released a video of the Dunstable Downs amateur radio boot sale held Sunday, May 19

May 21, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- A look at a few of the WWFF operations taking place in the coming days

May 21, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- For the Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Amateur Radio Society - M0OCT- June, July and August will be very busy months

May 21, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Anacapa School, Santa Barbara, CA on 22 May

May 21, 2013 07:35 AM - WA7BNM Contest Calendar -- 2300Z, May 27 to 0300Z, May 28

May 21, 2013 07:35 AM - eHam.net News -- The 2.3 and 3.4 GHz bands are the focus of the Public Sector Spectrum Release -- where government managed spectrum holdings are released/auctioned to the commercial sector, typically for wireless broadband.

May 20, 2013 06:34 PM - ARRL -- Last week, the ARRL announced that the introduction of the new TQSL 1.14 software for Logbook of The World (LoTW) would be available on May 20. Upon further testing, three defects -- now corrected -- were reported after that announcement. Before publicly releasing a corrected version of TQSL 1.14, the software must be thoroughly retested by the Trusted QSL Software Development Team. LoTW users ...

May 20, 2013 05:34 PM - ARRL -- ARRL Headquarters will be closed Monday, May 27 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. There will be no W1AW code practice or bulletin transmissions that day. ARRL Headquarters will reopen Tuesday, May 28 at 8 AM (EDT). We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend!

May 20, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- Major Tim Peake has been selected to fly on a five-month mission on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015

May 20, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- A special Digital Edition of the SolderSmoke amateur radio Podcast is now available

May 20, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- Andy, M0HLT, is expected to be active as VP8DOH possibly for 2 years. Andy, who is a regular contributor to Tony's 10-metre Band Report, is now based on the Falklands as an electrician

May 20, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- "After the successful DXpedition of October 2010 (10-10-10), and a third place finish in the 2011 ARRL CW DX Contest as a Multi-Single, it is time for a return to Saba," states Bob, K4UEE

May 20, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- On Sunday morning, approximately 3,500 runners took to the streets of Hull's historic city centre for the Jane Tomlinson Hull 10k

May 20, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- Ireland's EI3CLAN Challenge is designed to promote club activity on the bands

May 20, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- The first scientific paper based on observations performed with South Africa's new KAT-7 radio telescope, has been accepted for publication by the prestigious journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomy Society

May 20, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- A look back at events that made history this week - compiled by the Summerland Amateur Radio Club of Lismore, NSW

May 20, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- Harry, AC8G, is working with Gill, J39AL, to arrange a team for the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th) with time for individual DXing

May 20, 2013 08:34 AM - Southgate ARC -- The CQ WW WPX CW Contest will be the air this weekend from 00:01 UTC Saturday 25 May until 23:59 UTC on Sunday 26 May

May 20, 2013 07:33 AM - WA7BNM Contest Calendar -- 1300Z-1600Z, May 26

May 20, 2013 07:33 AM - eHam.net News -- Faraway as it is, anyone could mistake the Sun for a smooth, uniform, boring ball of gas but the reality could not be more different. Earlier this week, in the space of two days, the Sun emitted four massive blasts of radiation with Tuesday's solar flare being the strongest of the year so far. The Sun's activity changes in intensity periodically, with its main cycle taking an average of eleven years to complete. The present cycle, cycle 24, started in 2008 and is expected to peak later this year. This increase in solar activity leads to an increase in a number of a variety of solar phenomena, such as sunspots, solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Solar flares are extremely strong bursts of energy that occur when energy stored in the magnetic fields of the Sun's atmosphere is suddenly released. A related phenomenon, coronal mass ejections are massive eruptions in the solar atmosphere that release millions of tonnes of solar material into space. Flares can fall into one of five categories: A, B, C, M, or X, each category ten times stronger than the one before, with X-class flares being the strongest. Additionally, each category, except X-class, is further divided into nine subcategories, from 1 to 9. The most intense flare ever recorded went as high as X28. This week's flares ranged in intensity from X1 to X3.2.

May 20, 2013 12:32 AM - ARRL -- Hamvention Sunday saw the beginning of the exodus from Hara Arena, but for those who remained, there was still a lot to see. Of course, one of the major attractions was the traditional "last minute bargain." There were quite a few of these to be had in the fleamarket, but Sunday sales were prominent indoors as well. Early feedback from several vendors indicated that Hamvention 2013 was a success...

May 19, 2013 08:33 AM - ICQ Podcast -- Series Six Episode Ten of the ICQ Podcast has been released. News Stories include :-

British Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society Change
Help Hurricane Net Control Stations
Cambodia and possible Myanmar op
VK9 now SOTA classified
New 24 GHz EME world record
South Africa allocates two 5 MHz channels
VO-52 satellite completes eight years in orbit
VK hams invited to use VI 103 WIA
Raising the public profile of Amateur Radio
Isle of Man special callsign
SSB using a Raspberry Pi
HamTV from the International Space Station

North American report from Frank Howell (K4FMH) and Martin Butler (M1MRB & W9ICQ) discusses Squelch Systems

May 19, 2013 08:33 AM - Southgate ARC -- As part of the April 2, 2013, visit to South Sudan by a delegation headed by the Foreign Minister of Finland, several supporting elements were discussed. Just three weeks later, there was a high-level presentation, with relevant endorsements, made to the South Sudan government

May 19, 2013 08:33 AM - Southgate ARC -- Members of the PJ4G club station will be active from the 'Radio House' on Bonaire (SA-006, WLOTA LH-1279) during the CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 25-26th)

May 19, 2013 08:33 AM - Southgate ARC -- Dan, HM2DMR, plans to activate the following Honduran IOTA Islands between late May to July (dates depend on Navy permission)

May 19, 2013 08:33 AM - Southgate ARC -- Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at moderate levels. The sun is peppered with several large sunspots but only AR1748 has a delta class magnetic field that harbours enough energy for X-class flares

May 19, 2013 08:33 AM - Southgate ARC -- NASA announced on May 13, 2013 that AMSAT's Fox-1 spacecraft has been assigned for launch in 2014 on the ELaNa XII mission. The expected orbit is 470 x 780 km at 64 degrees inclination. This orbit has a lifetime of about 11 years

May 19, 2013 08:33 AM - Southgate ARC -- The Wireless Institute of Australia has lodged a submission to the ACMA, Australia's regulator, concerning the High Power Trial

May 19, 2013 08:33 AM - Southgate ARC -- The planned DXpedition to Heard Island has been rescheduled for January, 2015. The primary reason for this decision was the cost of using the preferred vessel, the Marion Dufresne to put the team on Heard Island for the required time

May 19, 2013 08:33 AM - Southgate ARC -- A large number of South African Radio League members have already registered to operate on the 5MHz band

May 19, 2013 08:33 AM - Southgate ARC -- A six session presentation sponsored by NIDXA and DX-u, in conjunction with the 61st W9DXCC DX Convention

May 19, 2013 07:32 AM - WA7BNM Contest Calendar -- 0800Z-2000Z, May 25

May 19, 2013 07:32 AM - WA7BNM Contest Calendar -- 2000 local - 2359 local, May 25

May 19, 2013 07:32 AM - WA7BNM Contest Calendar -- 0000Z, May 25 to 2359Z, May 26

May 19, 2013 07:32 AM - eHam.net News -- The Israeli radio regulator has decided to grant 5 MHz temporary permissions on an individual application basis. Eight channels are available to General and Extra Class license holders.

May 19, 2013 12:34 AM - ARRL -- Hamvention Saturday got off to a rousing start. By late morning the aisles in the indoor exhibitor areas were crowded to the point where movement was difficult at best. ARRL Member Forum Among the first forums of the morning, the ARRL Member forum was filled to capacity. After an introduction by Great Lakes Division Vice Director Dale Williams, WA8EFK, Ohio Section Manager Frank Piper, KI8GW, dis...

May 18, 2013 11:34 PM - ARRL -- Hamvention Saturday got off to a rousing start. By late morning the aisles in the indoor exhibitor areas were crowded to the point where movement was difficult at best. ARRL Member Forum Among the first forums of the morning, the ARRL Member forum was filled to capacity. After an introduction by Great Lakes Division Vice Director Dale Williams, WA8EFK, Ohio Section Manager Frank Piper, KI8GW, dis...