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10/29/2015 | World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 Starts on November 2
Amateur Radio’s interests will be well represented as the 2015 ITUWorld Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) convenes on November 2 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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10/28/2015 | UK to Auction Former Amateur Radio Spectrum
Spectrum at 2.3 and 3.4 GHz that once was allocated to Amateur Radio is going on the auction block in the UK.
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10/27/2015 | UKube-1, the UK Space Agency’s First National Spacecraft, Completes its Mission
UKube-1, the UK Space Agency’s first national spacecraft, has now completed its nominal mission following more than 14 months of operation. Although the USKA-supported mission phase has ended, discussions are underway with AMSAT-UK about the possibilit...
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10/26/2015 | Ofcom Poised to Cancel Unrenewed Amateur Licenses
UK telecommunications regulator Ofcom has announced that it’s set to start cancelling Amateur Radio licenses, possibly numbering into the thousands, that have not been “revalidated” by the holder. The effort appears to be, in part, an effort to clear d...
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10/22/2015 | AO-85 Enthusiasm Prevails at AMSAT 2015 Space Symposium and Annual Meeting
Excitement and enthusiasm over the recently launched Fox-1A CubeSat, now known as AO-85, permeated the just-concluded AMSAT 2015 Space Symposium and Annual Meeting.
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10/21/2015 | IARU Region 3 Conference Opens with a Gong, Adopts Recommendations
The 16th International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 3 triennial conference opened in Bali, Indonesia, on October 12 with some pomp and circumstance.
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10/19/2015 | Amateur Radio Was Part of Typhoon Koppu Response in the Philippines
Amateur Radio in the Philippines was part of the comprehensive response to the Category 4 Typhoon Koppu — known locally as Typhon Lando — which hit the islands over the weekend.
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10/19/2015 | ARES/RACES Teams Expected to Join MARS in Coronal Mass Ejection Disaster Exercise
Preparations are nearly in place for the previously announced Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) coronal mass ejection (CME) disaster communication exercise in early November.
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