This Week in Amateur Radio #1024 Release Date: October 13, 2018 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This week’s edition is anchored by: Will Rogers, K5WLR, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, George W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by W2XBS. Running Time: 1:07:36 Download here: […]
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via the RSGB: RSGB Past President GI3KYP SK
RSGB Past President Alexander Davidson Patterson OBE, FIEE, GI3KYP, died on October 10, 2018, peacefully, at home, surrounded by his family. Better known as Barney, he was RSGB President in 1967. Barney travelled widely during his Presidency and, among many other achievements, oversaw the purchase of 28 Little Russel Street, London, as the then-new RSGB […]
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1023
This Week in Amateur Radio #1023 Release Date: October 6, 2018 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This week’s edition is anchored by: Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Amy Jo Clarke, Fred Fitte, NF2F, George W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by W2XBS. Running Time: 1:19:58 Download here: […]
via the RSGB: Enigma Reloaded at NRC
The fifth Enigma Reloaded event will take place in two stages. Until 5 October 2018, Italian and other amateur radio stations registered as activator stations will be on the air to allow participants to obtain the points required for the Enigma Award. On 6 October 2018, the final day, the activator stations will exchange predefined […]
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1022
This Week in Amateur Radio #1022 Release Date: September 29, 2018 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This week’s edition is anchored by: Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Amy Jo Clarke, Fred Fitte, NF2F, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by W2XBS. Running Time: 1:26:23 Download here: […]
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1021
This Week in Amateur Radio #1021 Release Date: September 22, 2018 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This week’s edition is anchored by: Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, George W2XBS, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by W2XBS. Running Time: 1:13:30 […]
via the RSGB: Railways on the Air this weekend
This weekend is Railways on the Air and many clubs will be operating special event stations from railway related sites around the country. It celebrates the anniversary of the first steam-powered passenger railway that took place on 27 September 1825—the first passenger train ran on a line in the north-east of England from Darlington to […]
via the RSGB: IARU plan for WRC-19
The Administrative Council of the International Amateur Radio Union held its annual in-person meeting on 8 and 9 September 2018 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. With the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) of the ITU now little more than a year away, the efforts of two dozen IARU volunteers to defend amateur radio’s frequency allocations against commercial pressures and to seek […]
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1020
This Week in Amateur Radio #1020 Release Date: September 15, 2018 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This week’s edition is anchored by: Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, George W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by W2XBS. Running Time: 1:07:52 Download here: http://bit.ly/TWIAR1020 Trending stories […]
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1019
This Week in Amateur Radio #1019 Release Date: September 8, 2018 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This week’s edition is anchored by Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, George W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited (and a little anchoring too the week) by W2XBS. Running […]
via the ARRL: Islands on the Air Seeking Proposed Additions to List of Valid Island Groups
The Island on the Air (IOTA) program is reviewing its list of valid island groups, as it typically does every 5 years. “This time, IOTA management has decided to bring forward the review to give a chance for any new groups announced to be activated in 2019, the target year,” said Roger Balister, G3KMA, in […]
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1018
This Week in Amateur Radio #1018 Release Date: September 1, 2018 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This week’s edition is anchored by Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Fred Fitte, NF2F, George W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited (and a little anchoring too the week) by W2XBS. Running […]
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio #1017
This Week in Amateur Radio #1017 Release Date: August 25, 2018 Here is a summary of the news trending this week. This week’s edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Amy Jo Clarke, George W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited (and a little anchoring too the week) by W2XBS. Running […]
via the RSGB: Petition launched to save WWV
US National Institute of Standards and Technology station WWV and sister transmitting stations are among the oldest radio stations in the United States, having been in continuous operation since May 1920. WWV has transmitted the official US Time for nearly 100 years. The US government has been planning to close the NIST Radio Stations WWV, […]
via the RSGB: Norway gets 1kW on 6m and other bands
On 8 August 2018, Norway got an updated amateur licence, allowing all Norwegian amateurs access to 50 to 52MHz with a power of 1kW. Other new privileges include permission for non-amateurs to operate an amateur station, under supervision of a licenced amateur, for training and educational purposes. On higher bands, amateurs received permission to use […]