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03/30/2016 | “Discover the HF Experience” Aims to Dazzle Technicians, Newcomers
Contesting clubs in Canada and New England have joined forces to invite non-hams, new hams, and even old timers to discover HF radio in the 21st century firsthand, by getting on the air and operating remote stations. Beta test “Discover the HF Experien...
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03/30/2016 | ARRL Okays P5/3Z9DX North Korea Operation for DXCC
The ARRL DXCC Department has approved for DXCC credit the unexpected P5/3Z9DX “demonstration” operation from North Korea last December.
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03/23/2016 | UK to Sell Off 750 MHz of Radio Spectrum
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced in the 2016 budget that 750 MHz of public sector radio spectrum would be “released” — that is, auctioned. The Amateur Service in the UK currently shares significant spectrum with the public sector...
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03/23/2016 | ARRL HF Band Planning Committee Seeks Suggestions on IARU Region 2 HF Band Plan
The ARRL Board of Directors’ HF Band Planning Committee is inviting input from the US Amateur Radio community regarding possible changes to the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 2 Band Plan.
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03/23/2016 | ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference Issues 2016 Call for Papers
Technical Papers are being solicited for presentation at the 35th Annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC), to be held September 16-18 in St Petersburg, Florida.
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03/22/2016 | SBE Urges FCC to Improve Medium-Wave Noise Environment
The Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) has told the FCC that the regulatory agency needs to take another tack in its efforts to tackle AM revitalization. If the FCC takes the SBE’s advice, the result could be less noise in the MF and HF Amateur Radio...
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03/22/2016 | Hamvention 2016 Award Winners Announced; Joe Taylor, K1JT, is Amateur of the Year
Nobel Laureate Joe Taylor, K1JT, of Princeton, New Jersey, has been named as the 2016 Dayton Hamvention® Amateur of the Year.
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03/21/2016 | Puerto Rico ARES Volunteers Take Part in Caribe Wave 2016 Exercise
Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteers in Puerto Rico for the second year took part in the annual Caribe Wave tsunami-preparation exercise.
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