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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2517 for Friday, January 23rd, 2026

- LEVEL S4 SOLAR RADIATION STORM DISRUPTS HF COMMUNICATION - US LAWMAKERS AGREE TO RESTORE VOA FUNDING - ARTEMIS 2 ROCKET ROLLS OUT ONTO LAUNCH PAD - CABLE DAMAGE SPURS MORE TAIWANESE TO BECOME HAMS - SILENT KEY'S RIG DONATED TO ASSIST AMERICAN RED CROSS - NOMINATION WINDOW CLOSES SOON FOR HAMVENTION AWARDS - INDIAN HAMS PROVIDE SAFETY NET AT HINDU PILGRIMAGE - ORGANIZERS SCOUTING FOR SITE FOR 2030 WRTC - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: MOTORISTS QUEUE UP FOR "Q" CODESSCRIPTAUDIO [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2516 for Friday, January 16th, 2026

- FINANCIAL TRADERS RENEW PLEA FOR USE OF HF BANDS - RADIO NOISE CANCELS, DIVERTS FLIGHTS IN GREECE - SILENT KEY: ADOLF SHEPHERD, VU2AF, HELPED GROW HAMFEST INDIA - SILENT KEY: "LINUX IN THE HAMSHACK" HOST RUSS WOODMAN, K5TUX - UK REGULATOR EYES FREQUENCY-SHARING BY DEVICES - FCC SET TO OK NEW UNLICENSED DEVICE CATEGORY ON 6 GHz - CALIFORNIA HAMS BROADEN WINTER FIELD DAY PARTICIPATION - APRS DIGIPEATER TO BE FEATURED AT HAMCATION - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: STUDENTS IN RURAL INDIA WITNESS QSOS VIA ISS REPEATERSCRIPTAUDIO [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2515 for Friday, January 9th, 2026

- FCC BANS IMPORT, SALE OF FOREIGN-MADE DRONES - SWEEPING REGULATION CHANGES FOR UK DRONES - MONTENEGRO LAUNCHES FIRST SATELLITE - NEW HOLLAND RADIO SHACK ACQUIRES QUICKSILVER RADIO - EXPERIMENTAL HF STATIONS LOSE CALLSIGN-ID WAIVER - HALL OF FAME NOMINATION PERIOD OPENS - NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR CONTEST HALL OF FAME - MINNESOTA AMATEURS HONOR WW2 MILITARY CHAPLAIN - GERMAN AMATEURS' ACCESS TO 70 MHz BAND IN LIMBO - UK TELEGRAPHY STATION MARKS 125th ANNIVERSARY - DX REBEL GROUP EXPEDITES CONWAY REEF PLANS - HAM CLUB CW ACTIVITY BUILDS NEWCOMERS' CONFIDENCE - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: WHEN HAMS CARE TO [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2514 for Friday, January 2nd, 2026

- TEXAS FIRM LAUNCHES LARGEST COMMERCIAL SATELLITE - FIRST DESECHEO ISLAND ACTIVATION SINCE 2009 - IT'S GROWING SEASON FOR NEW HAM CLUB IN MONTANA - LOCAL GOVT., CHILEAN HAMS SIGN EMCOMM CONTRACT - EASING THE WAY FOR BLIND HAMS TO USE DIGITAL MODES - AMSAT YOUTH INITIATIVE TAKES CLOSER LOOK AT CLIMATE CHANGE - NEW ZEALAND HAMS USE "ZM" PREFIX FOR CENTENARY YEAR - FCC READY TO ELIMINATE FOUR HAM-RELATED REGULATIONS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: WEATHERING A LONG LIFETIME OF STORMSSCRIPTAUDIO [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2513 for Friday, December 26th, 2025

- SUCCESS WITH STUDENT DMR PROJECT IN INDIA - UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONGRESS ENDS USE OF IRCS in 2026 - BOUVET DXPEDITIONER IS HAM RADIO UNIVERSITY FEATURED SPEAKER - SILENT KEY: JIM SHAFFER, KE5AL, ADVOCATE FOR BLIND HAMS - SILENT KEY: JIM HEATH, W6LG, NOTED YOUTUBE ELMER - MINNESOTA HAM TEAM KEEPS HOLIDAY FEST SAFE AND BRIGHT - RAY SOIFER W2RS/SK HONORED AGAIN IN AMSAT CW EVENT - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT ... MAYBESCRIPTAUDIO [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2512 for Friday, December 19th, 2025

- REPORT: COOLING IONOSPHERE COULD DISRUPT, RESHAPE RADIO COMMUNICATION - ISS EXPEDITION 73 CREW RETURNS TO EARTH - NEW NASA VIDEO GIVES A WINDOW INTO ARISS EXPERIENCE - 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS EVENT IN ITS 7TH YEAR - SABLE ISLAND DXPEDITION GETS $25,000 GRANT - SILENT KEY: BOB WHELAN, G3PJT, FORMER RSGB PRESIDENT - ARRL TO HOST HAMSCI WORKSHOP AT NEARBY COLLEGE - VERMONT MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS WELCOMES FORMER RACES HAMS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HAM RADIO STYLESCRIPTAUDIO [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2511 for Friday, December 12th, 2025

- VERMONT ENDS AMATEUR RADIO RACES SERVICE - FCC GRANTS HAMS NON-CHANNELIZED USE ON 60M - JORDANIAN AMATEURS APPROVED FOR NEW CLUB STATION - APPLICATION PERIOD OPENS FOR YOUTH ON THE AIR CAMP - BELGIAN EVENT MARKS BATTLE OF THE BULGE ANNIVERSARY - SILENT KEY: QSL.NET/QTH.NET FOUNDER ALAN L. WALLER, K3TKJ - UK SMARTPHONES OK'D FOR "DIRECT TO DEVICE" SATELLITE SERVICE - HISTORIC STATION TO SEND CHRISTMAS EVE MESSAGE IN CW - DUTCH RADIO GROUP PUTS SIX "SANTA" STATIONS ON AIR - HAMCATION ANNOUNCES 3 TO RECEIVE HONORS - WORLD OF DX - AN "ANTENNA RACING" EVENT THAT'S ALL IN [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2510 for Friday, December 5th, 2025

- LINK CONFIRMED BETWEEN RADIO EMISSIONS, AURORAS - INDIAN SPECIAL EVENT IS A TRIBUTE AND AN EXPERIMENT - NEW RESTRICTIONS FOR SHORT-RANGE UHF RADIOS IN GERMANY - SILENT KEY: EDITOR, AUTHOR, EDUCATOR JOHN WALKER, ZL3IB - SILENT KEY: GANESH SUBRAMANIAM, VU2TS - UNIVERSITY STUDENTS LAUNCH 'LIGHT SAIL CHIPSATS' - COMPUTING IN SPACE? STUDENTS FACE THE CHALLENGE - MARATHON QSO PARTY ENDING FOR SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE - INDIAN AMATEURS HELP WOMAN LOST IN BANGLADESH - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: REDESIGNED WEATHER WEBSITE DRAWS STORM OF PROTESTSCRIPTAUDIO [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2509 for Friday, November 28th, 2025

- PIRATE RADIO BROADCASTER AGREES TO $7,200 PAYMENT - PROBE INTO COLLISION BETWEEN AIRLINER, WEATHER BALLOON - YASME GRANT BOOSTS BANGLADESH AMATEURS' CAMPUS OUTREACH - FCC EYES REALLOCATION OF UPPER C-BAND - FUNCUBE, SATELLITE AO-73, MARKS 12 YEARS IN SPACE - ENSURING DISABLED AMATEURS ARE NOT EXCLUDED IN THE UK - ARRL SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE APPROACHES - ANNUAL 'AM NIGHT' REKINDLES HISTORY FOR CINCINNATI HAMS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: NEWS FROM A VERY JOLLY NET CONTROL STATIONSCRIPTAUDIO [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2508 for Friday, November 21st, 2025

- FCC REOPENS AFTER HISTORIC US GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN - HUNGARIAN AMATEURS CELEBRATE BROADCAST CENTENNIAL - INDIAN AMATEURS STUDY IMPACT OF SEASON'S TRANSITION - NEURAL CODEC CALLED 'MILESTONE' FOR DIGITAL VOICE - NASA STUDIES DISABLED DEEP-SPACE NETWORK ANTENNA - HAMS PREP FOR PERSEIDS METEOR SCATTER EXPERIMENTS - 2 NEW REPEATERS CREATE CRUCIAL NETWORK IN KANSAS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: FOR GOOGLE, A RAY OF AI HOPE FROM THE SUNSCRIPTAUDIO [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2507 for Friday, November 14th, 2025

- HAMS ASSIST GOVT. RESPONDERS DURING PHILIPPINE SUPER TYPHOON - SIMULATED TSUNAMI TESTS READINESS OF HAMS IN SRI LANKA - SILENT KEY: POPULAR BANGALORE NET CONTROl OP SUBBU, VU2ZUB - INTREPID-DX LAUNCHES 'AMATEUR RADIO FOR THE GREATER GOOD' - ARDC GRANTS SUPPORT STUDENTS' SATELLITE COURSES - BRISBANE HAMS HOST INAUGURAL QTECH CONFERENCE - COLLEGE DONATES LAPTOPS WISCONSIN HAM CLUB - INSIGHTS INTO LOSS OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY - STUDENTS' SATELLITE HAS NEWEST MICROWAVE LINEAR TRANSPONDER - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: ROYAL TREATMENT FOR YL WHO'S A TOP SOTA OPSCRIPTAUDIO [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2506 for Friday, November 7th, 2025

- PROPOSED SATELLITE WOULD PROVIDE 'SUNLIGHT ON DEMAND' - AUSTRALIAN BAND PLAN GETS SWEEPING REVIEW - SILENT KEY: ORIGINAL SOTA ENTHUSIAST, ROBERT JOHN HANNAN, G4RQJ - SILENT KEY: QUICKSILVER RADIO PRODUCTS' JOHN BARTSCHERER, N1GNV - 2 RECEIVE YASME EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR WORK WITH YOUNG HAMS - ISS MARKS 25 YEARS with SSTV TRANSMISSIONS - MOUNTAIN RADIO CHALLENGE TESTS SKILLS, PROPAGATION - SILENT KEY'S GIFT ENDOWS LIBRARY DEAN CHAIR AT ALMA MATER - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: PRIEST'S OTHER FAITH WAS IN RADIO WAVESSCRIPTAUDIO [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2505 for Friday, October 31st, 2025

- HURRICANE MELISSA SPURS HAM ACTIVATIONS - REPORT: LITTLE OR NO SECURITY FOR SATELLITES' SENSITIVE TRANSMISSIONS - LATVIAN HAMS CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF BROADCAST RADIO - HAM TO CHAIR COLLEGE'S NEW ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT - RSGB TEAM HONORED BY BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY - 'WAR OF THE WORLDS' SPECIAL EVENT REMEMBERS MARTIAN 'INVASION' - EVENT MARKS 50 YEARS SINCE LAKE SUPERIOR SHIP TRAGEDY - ASTRONOMY TRADE FAIR TO DEBUT AT HAM RADIO FRIEDRICHSHAFEN - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: WHY HAVE A QSO WHEN YOU CAN HAVE A CONCERTO?SCRIPTAUDIO [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2504 for Friday, October 24th, 2025

- HAMTV MAKES 1ST ARISS CONTACT IN 7 YEARS - SILENT KEY: NOTED DXER, COMMUNICATIONS SCHOLAR CHARLES HARPOLE K4VUD/HSØZCW - SILENT KEY: AMATEUR RADIO HISTORIAN JOHN DILKS III, K2TQN - CANADA ELIMINATES EXPIRATION DATES FOR BROADCAST RADIO LICENSES - 'PUMPKIN PATROL' IN ITS 4TH DECADE TO ENSURE DRIVER SAFETY - ARDC PREPARES FOR NEW ROUND OF GRANT APPLICANTS - YOUNG AMATEURS LEARN NEW MODES FOR EMCOMM - SCOTTISH MICROWAVE ENTHUSIASTS PREPARE FOR ROUNDTABLE - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: ON DXPEDITION, A PILEUP OF THINGS GOING WRONGSCRIPTAUDIO [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2503 for Friday, October 17th, 2025

- IARU URGES MORE INCLUSION OF HAMS WITH DISABILITIES - AFTER DELAYS, SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF PROJECT KUIPER SATELLITES - FCC COMMISSIONER PUSHES FOR ACTION AGAINST COPPER THEFTS - SILENT KEY: ED HARE, W1RFI, MAINSTAY OF ARRL LABORATORY - UK REGULATOR IMPLEMENTS MORE LICENSE CHANGES - HISTORIC TRANSMITTER'S MESSAGE OF PEACE - GRANT HELPS IDAHO HAMS UPGRADE OUTDATED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS - NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD FOR NORTH STAR RADIO CONVENTION - AMATEUR TRIO PLANS MALDIVES 'WET SQUARES' ACTIVATION - SUNDERBANS DXPEDITION TO FEATURE YOUTH OPERATORS - KICKER: WHEN ZOMBIES COME TO LIFE - AT LEAST, ON THE AIRSCRIPTAUDIO [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2502 for Friday, October 10th, 2025

- WORLD'S LARGEST RADIO TELESCOPE GAINS RFI PROTECTION - SRI LANKA'S BIRDS-X CUBESAT IS IN ORBIT - FCC DENIES APPROVAL OF 4 CHINESE-OWNED ELECTRONICS LABS - SILENT KEY: KEN VILLONE, KU2US, FOUNDER OF 13 COLONIES SPECIAL EVENT - FLORIDA BAPTIST CHURCHES GROW EMERGENCY RADIO NETWORK - FCC CHARGES HAM WITH ILLEGAL 40M OPERATION - IARU FORUM HOSTS TOP DX CONTESTER, OFFERING TIPS - HURRICANE WATCH NET LAUNCHES PODCAST - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: A TRIBUTE TO THE HELPING HAMSSCRIPTAUDIO [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2501 for Friday, October 3rd, 2025

- US GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN HALTS FCC OPERATIONS - FCC VOTES TO ALLOW CELL PHONE JAMMING NEAR PRISONS - NUCLEAR-CLEANUP DRILL INCORPORATES HAM RADIO FOR 1ST TIME - LIGHTNING DESTROYS MAJOR NEW ZEALAND RADAR DOME - SILENT KEY: TOP CONTESTER, WRTC REFEREE FLAVIO PRECISVALLE IK1SPR - PA QSO PARTY OFFERS NEW INCENTIVES TO CHASERS - FCC CHARGES NEWLY LICENSED HAM WITH UNAUTHORIZED OPERATION - SSTV TRANSMISSIONS PLANNED FOR WORLD SPACE WEEK - WRTC RELEASES COMPETITORS' NAMES - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: NEXT-GENERATION DXPEDITIONER JOINS ANDAMAN ISLAND TEAMSCRIPTAUDIO [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2500 for Friday, September 26th, 2025

- SPECIAL REPORT: AMATEUR RADIO PREPS TO DEFEND ANTENNA LEGISLATION - WEATHERING THE STRUGGLE OF PROGRAMMING EMERGENCY RADIOS - HAMS IN SWEDEN PRESS FOR DUPLEX FM HANDHELDS - CALIFORNIA CLUB HELPS AREA HAMS REPLACE WILDFIRE LOSSES - SABLE ISLAND CYØS TEAM ANNOUNCES DXPEDITION DATES - OFCOM REVIEWS LICENSE PROCEDURES FOR SOME SATELLITES - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: KEEPING HIS WIFE'S MEMORY CLOSE IN HIS HEARTSCRIPTAUDIO [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2499 for Friday, September 19th, 2025

- EQUATORIAL GUINEA SUSPENDS HAM RADIO LICENSES - SILENT KEY AMONG THOSE IN RADIO HALL OF FAME - WRTC ANNOUNCES HQ SITE IN ENGLAND - CRYPTOLOGY, SPACE OFFER SIDE TRIPS AT TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM - FCC LEVIES $920,000 PIRACY PENALTY AGAINST FM STATION - ARDC SEEKS VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE MEMBERS - MINNESOTA'S STATEWIDE POTA GROUP GROWS AMONG THE TREES - AUSTRALIAN REGULATOR MAKES CHANGES TO CB RULES - RSGB'S DMR PROJECT BEGINS AGAIN IN UK SCHOOLS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: GETTING A READ ON AMATEUR RADIO IN NEW ZEALANDSCRIPTAUDIO [...]

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2498 for Friday, September 12th, 2025

- FCC GRANTS LIMITED USE OF AMATEUR BANDS TO AST SPACEMOBILE - FCC EYES GIVING OK TO MOBILE PHONE JAMMING AT PRISONS - MANDATE FOR INDIAN HAMS TO CONVERT TO DIGITAL LICENSES - DOUBTS ABOUT SOLAR CYCLE PREDICTION METHODOLOGY - UK REGULATOR MULLS SATELLITE-TO-CELL PHONE SERVICE - PORTABLE-OP CELEBRATION ACTIVATES NY'S ERIE CANAL - WILD CARD TEAM MEMBERS CHOSEN FOR WRTC 2026 - SIX RECIPIENTS SELECTED FOR YLRL SCHOLARSHIPS - WORLD OF DX - LETTING YOUNG READERS SEE A NEW DIMENSION TO RADIOSCRIPTAUDIO [...]