Day: October 5, 2020

• ARISS
• ARRL
• Newsreel
• Space

Via the ARRL: ARISS to Celebrate 20 Years of Ham Radio on the International Space Station

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) will soon celebrate 20 years of continuous ham radio operations on the...

• ARRL
• Newsreel
• Public Service

Via the ARRL: Hams Help Find Kids by Monitoring FRS Radios

Late on the afternoon of September 16, the police department in Post Falls, Idaho, received a 911 call that two...

• ARRL
• Follow-up
• Hamfest
• Newsreel

Via the ARRL: ARRL National Convention and Orlando Hamcation® Postponed to February 2022

ARRL and the Orlando Amateur Radio Club (OARC) have announced that the ARRL National Convention and Orlando HamCation® — which was...

• ARRL
• IARU
• Newsreel

Via the ARRL: IARU Region 2 Releases 2020 Revision of its Band Plan

International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 (IARU R2) — the Americas — has released the September 2020 revision of its Band...

• ARRL
• Newsreel
• Special Event

Via the ARRL: MARS Communications Exercise will Involve Amateur Radio Community

Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) volunteers will take part in the Department of Defense (DOD) Communications Exercise 20-4, starting on...

• AMSAT
• ARRL
• Newsreel
• Space

Via the ARRL: Venerable AO-7 Satellite Approaching a Return to Full Solar Illumination

AMSAT-OSCAR 7 (AO-7), the oldest amateur radio satellite still in operation, is nearing a return to full illumination by the...

• ARRL
• Education
• Newsreel

Via the ARRL: ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program Now Accepting Applications

Applications for the 2021 ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program will be accepted between October 1 and December 31, 2020. All applicants...

• Hackaday
• Makers

Via HACKADAY: M17 Aims to Replace Proprietary Ham Radio Protocols

While M17 might sound like a new kind of automatic rifle (as actually, it is), we were referring to an...