North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine
via Amateur Radio Daily: 2025 HamCation Awards Winners Announced
via Hackaday: Carnarvon’s Decommissioned NASA Satellite Dish Back In Service After 40 Years
via the ARRL: DXCC Application Processing Caught Up
via Hackaday: AA Battery Performances Tested, So Get The Most For Your Money
via Hackaday: Is a Cheap Frequency Standard Worth It?
A ham radio pileup is when one station is calling CQ and many stations are answering them. This makes it difficult for the calling station to pick individual stations out to work. Several techniques are used to improve the working conditions.
A pileup usually happens when a station is a rare DX station or during an expedition, special event, or contest. This makes them a highly desired contact, causing the other operators to keep trying to work this station.
Read more – TurboFuture:
More Stories
via the ARRL: DXCC Application Processing Caught Up
via the ARRL: Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV, Silent Key
Handie-Talkie or Walkie-Talkie?