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07/29/2009 | Local Hams Aid Rescue Squad to Solve Public Safety Interference Issue

When you live on a remote island with numerous mountains and valleys, communications can be tricky. Add interference that blocks the main communications frequency used by the local emergency rescue squad and you've got a disaster waiting to happen. That's Read More
07/29/2009 | FUNcube Cubesat Project Announced

AMSAT-UK has announced a new amateur satellite project -- FUNcube -- an educational single cubesat project that features a 435-145 MHz linear transponder for SSB/CW operation. According to AMSAT-UK, FUNcube will "enthuse and educate" young peopl Read More
07/27/2009 | The Amateur Amateur: Field Day 0.9

The June 2009 event wasn't my first Field Day. Several years ago the members of the St Charles Amateur Radio Club invited me out to their site. I accepted and spent several hours wandering around taking pictures, poking my nose into tents, and tripping ov Read More
07/25/2009 | FCC Continues BPL Debate

On July 17, the FCC issued a Request for Further Comment and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), addressing the issues remanded to them by the US Court of Appeals. In October 2007, the ARRL took the Commission to court concerning Read More
07/24/2009 | Remembering “Nautilus 90 North”

America desperately needed heroes in the late 1950s. Our country was still trying to recover from the nonvictory in Korea. Our space program was literally blowing up on the launch pads down at Cape Canaveral. Then the Russians launched Sputnik. T Read More
07/24/2009 | Summary of Board Actions from the 2009 Second Meeting

The ARRL Board of Directors held its Second Meeting of 2009 July 17-18 in Windsor, Connecticut, under the chairmanship of President Joel Harrison, W5ZN. The Board considered and acted on a number of Read More
07/24/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update

No new sunspots yet, but a big surprise this week with aurora and a geomagnetic storm: Sunspot activity peaked around 0300-0900 UTC on Wednesday July 22, with K index as high as 6. The planetary A index for the day was 24. You can see the K index variatio Read More
07/23/2009 | Surfin': Getting Off The Grid

This week, Surfin' explores the possibilities of getting electricity from your own resources. Read More
07/21/2009 | Ham Radio Helps Out with Mountain Rescue

It was a quiet afternoon on July 11 and Rich Lippucci, KI6RRQ, of Vista, California, was monitoring the Catalina Amateur Radio Association (CARA) repeater on his base station. "I heard someone come over the repeater, calling, 'Is there anybody listen Read More
07/21/2009 | Passport to World Band Radio: In "Limbo"

The publisher of Passport to World Band Radio told readers that the future of the seminal SWL guide is in "limbo." Acknowledging on the Read More
07/21/2009 | Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD (SK)

Legendary CBS newsman Walter Cronkite, KB2GSD, who held the title of "Most Trusted Man in America," passed away Friday, July 17 after a long illness. He was 92. The avuncular Cronkite anchored CBS Evening News for 19 years until 1981 when Read More
07/20/2009 | Jim Mullin, W8KKK (SK)

Jim Mullin, W8KKK, of Mayfield Heights, Ohio, fell to his death from atop a 100 foot tower on June 6, reports Frank "Fritz" Hemrich, K8WLF. According to a post Hemr Read More
07/17/2009 | Space Shuttle Endeavour Set to Launch; Ham to be Delivered to ISS

After lightning strikes and thunderstorms delayed the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour (STS 127) this past weekend, the spacecraft is set to launch at 6:03 PM on Wednesday, July 15. Endeavour's 16 day mission to the International Space Read More
07/17/2009 | Companion Bill to Senate Radio Spectrum Inventory Act Introduced in House

In March, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) introduced the Radio Spectrum Inventory Act (S 649) in the Senate. Earlier this month, that bill passed the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Last week, Representative Henry Waxman (CA-30) in Read More
07/17/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update

We saw a nice run of eight days with a large sunspot, but none have emerged in the six days since. Unlike other recent spots, this one did not appear just for one or two days and then vanish. Sunspot numbers for July 9-15 were 15, 13, 0, 0, 0, 0 and 0 wit Read More
07/16/2009 | FCC Chairman Genachowski Announces Wireless Bureau Senior Staff

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced four members of the senior leadership of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) on July 16. Bureau Chief Ruth Milkman, Senior Deputy Chief James Schlichting, Deputy Chief Renee Roland Crittendon and Deputy C Read More