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09/18/2015 | California Radio Amateur is Wildfire Victim

A Calaveras County, California, radio amateur — Mark McCloud, K6YCV — fell victim to the Butte Fire on September 16. Read More
09/18/2015 | Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, to Keynote AMSAT Annual Symposium Banquet

AMSAT Vice-President for Human Spaceflight Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, will be the banquet speaker October 17 at the AMSAT Space Symposium in Dayton, Ohio. Read More
09/18/2015 | RSGB Takes Over Responsibility for UK Amateur Radio Examinations

The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) will assume overall management of Amateur Radio examinations in the UK, starting on October 1. Read More
09/18/2015 | The K7RA Solar Update

Solar activity perked up this week Read More
09/17/2015 | Ned Stearns, AA7A, Now Maintaining World Above 50 MHz Standings

Ned Stearns, AA7A, now is maintaining The World Above 50 MHz Standings on the ARRL website. Read More
09/17/2015 | Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite Launch Now Scheduled for September 18

Nine Amateur Radio satellites will be among 20 satellites set to launch on September 18 from China. Read More
09/16/2015 | Two Aussie Balloons Carrying Ham Radio Payloads Launched from California

Foil party pico balloon launcher Andy Nguyen, VK3YT, couldn’t resist the opportunity during a work assignment on the US West Coast to release a couple more balloons carrying Amateur Radio payloads. Working for a month at San Jose, Nguyen on September 1... Read More
09/16/2015 | Orlando HamCation to Host 2016 ARRL National Convention

Orlando HamCation® will host the 2016 ARRL National Convention in February. The convention will mark the 70th anniversary of HamCation — second only in the US to Dayton Hamvention® in terms of attendance. Orlando HamCation is sponsored by the Orlando A... Read More
09/16/2015 | ARRL VEC Manager Elected as NCVEC Vice Chair

ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, has been elected as the new vice chair of the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC). Read More
09/16/2015 | AMSAT Announces 2015 Board of Directors Election Results

AMSAT has announced the results of its 2015 Board of Directors election. Read More
09/14/2015 | ARES/RACES Volunteers Activate for California Wildfires

Information is incomplete on Amateur Radio’s response to the wildfire emergency in California, but ARES volunteers in Amador County supported communications at a Red Cross shelter that’s housing evacuees from the Butte wildfire in Northern California. Read More
09/14/2015 | Amateur Radio Special Event Stations to Mark Pope’s US Visit

When Pope Francis visits the US in late September, Amateur Radio special event stations will be on the air to mark the occasion. Read More
09/14/2015 | Antarctic VI0ANZAC Operation Faced Poor Weather and Propagation:

Despite adverse Antarctic winter weather, the VI0ANZAC special event made it on the air over the August 29-30 weekend. Read More
09/12/2015 | Three ISS Crew Members, Including Two Hams, Return Safely to Earth

Two radio amateurs — European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, KG5GCZ, Soyuz commander and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, RN3DT — plus Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov, arrived back on Earth on September 12 from the International Space... Read More
09/11/2015 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Wireless Association Welcomes New, High-Profile Tower

The new fall semester at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts, heralded not only the resumption of classes but a new antenna tower for the WPI Wireless Association (WPIWA), the home of W1YK. Read More
09/11/2015 | K1JT Advises WSJT-X Users Not to Use “Unauthorized” Builds of His Software

Nobel Laureate Joe Taylor, K1JT, the developer of the popular WSJT “weak-signal communication” software suite is advising users to avoid what he called “unauthorized” versions of his software. Read More