Between World War II and Y2K, shortwave listening was quite an education. With a simple receiver, you could listen to...
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Among the 8-bit home micro boom from the late 1970s through early 1980s, the introduction to computing for many wasn’t...
In this edition: * TEVEL Satellites Begin Atmospheric Reentry and Decommissioning * Ariane 6 Launches PariSat: Young Engineers Test Heat...
Release Date: July 27, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's...
This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please...
Unless you hold a First Degree RF Wizard rating, chances are good that coax stubs seem a bit baffling to...
The Vice Director of the ARRL Southeastern Division, Jeffrey J. “Jeff” Beals, WA4AW, has become a Silent Key. He died...
The ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology continues to bring educators from around the country to ARRL Headquarters in Newington,...
had a Unelco shortwave receiver as a kid. This was a typical simple radio for the 1960s using germanium and silicon transistors....
HamCon: Zion 2024, hosting the ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention, the Young Ladies Radio League 85th Convention, and the RV...
VHF contesting season is in full swing! Summer weather brings with it enhanced propagation. With good conditions, stations hundreds of...
“Partners: Integrated and Prepared” is the theme for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, the world’s largest international military maritime exercise,...
Big increase in solar activity this week, with average daily sunspot number rising from 129 to 215.9, and solar flux...
Randall Carlson, WB0JJX, has become a Silent Key. He passed away June 7, 2024. Carlson was the Section Manager of...
For a long time, a Morse code proficiency was required to obtain an amateur radio license in many jurisdictions around...
You might think of the smartwatch era as beginning with Apple, relatively recently. Or, you might think back to those...
Navigating aircraft today isn’t like the old days. No more arrows painted on a barn roof or rotating airway beacons....
had a project in mind: replacing a common vacuum tube with a solid-state equivalent. The tube in question was an EABC80...
If amateur radio has a problem, it’s that shaking off an image of being the exclusive preserve of old men...
International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend (ILLW) is coming up soon. The event is usually held on the third weekend of...
ARRL Director Nomar Vizcarrondo, NP4H, who has represented the Hudson Division since March 2023, has stepped down, effective July 12, 2024, at...
The good old fashioned game of football used to be a simple affair. Two teams of eleven, plus a few...
AMSAT News Service ANS-203 July 18, 2024 In this edition: AMSAT Board of Directors Election Underway AMSAT Mail Alias Service...
ICQ Podcast has released episode 434 of their podcast, which includes a report from Ham Radio Friedrichshafen. The team chatted with RSGB General Manager,...
Release Date: July 20, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's...