Amateur News

- 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 [...]

- 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 [...]

- 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 [...]

- 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UK REGULATOR IMPLEMENTS MORE LICENSE CHANGES - HISTORIC TRANSMITTER'S MESSAGE OF PEACE - GRANT HELPS IDAHO HAMS UPGRADE OUTDATED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS - NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD FOR NORTH STAR RADIO CONVENTION - AMATEUR TRIO PLANS MALDIVES 'WET SQUARES' ACTIVATION - SUNDERBANS DXPEDITION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 [...]

- 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 [...]

- 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 [...]

- TARIFFS SPUR HALT IN RADIO EQUIPMENT DELIVERIES TO US - NEW ZEALAND HAMS EYE BAND PLAN CHANGES FOR 30M - SILENT KEY: BA-MA-TECH OWNER MARKUS BASELER, DL6YYM - NASA SEEKS VOLUNTEER TRACKERS FOR ORION SPACECRAFT - NASA DEPLOYS LARGEST ORBITING RADAR ANTENNA REFLECTOR - CANADIAN STRAIGHT KEY MONTH IS ON THE AIR - GAINS FOR JAPAN's OPEN-SOURCE MULTI-MODE LINEAR TRANSPONDER - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: SWEPT AWAY AT IOTA EXPEDITION TO PAJAROS ROCKS SCRIPTAUDIO [...]

- AST SPACEMOBILE EYES CELLULAR SATELLITE LAUNCH WINDOW - NASA TOLD TO END GREENHOUSE-GAS TRACKING SATELLITE MISSION - EMERGENCY-ALERT GRANTS TO EXCLUDE PUBLIC RADIO - YOUTH INVOLVEMENT A CORE PART OF SOUTH GEORGIA DXPEDITION - HAMCATION PLANNERS SEEK AWARD NOMINEES - CANADIAN STUDENT SATELLITE PROJECT MOVES AHEAD - INDIAN OFFICIALS ACT AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED HANDHELDS - RSGB AWARD INVITES WORLD TO WORK THE UK - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: FOR THIS EXPLORER, 15 WAS THE AGE OF DISCOVERYSCRIPTAUDIO [...]

- JOINT INDIA-US SATELLITE FOCUSES ON NATURAL DISASTERS - AST SPACEMOBILE DEFENDS PROPOSED AMATEUR-SPECTRUM USE - CREW-11 ARRIVES, BEGINS WORK ABOARD ISS - SPECIAL EVENT HONORS NAVAJO CODE TALKERS OF WW2 - PROJECT BY INDIAN STUDENTS, HAMS SEEKS PATENT - SILENT KEY: FORMER ARRL SE DIVISION DIRECTOR FRANK BUTLER, W4RH - ARRL'S RADIO ALPHA MUSEUM TRACKS HAM RADIO'S EVOLUTION - KATIE CAMPBELL, KE8LQR, PRESENTED WITH NEWSLINE'S YHOTY AWARD - ENIGMA MACHINE-STYLE EVENT CHALLENGES DECODING SKILLS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: STALKING SOME QSOS IN HIS FIELD OF DREAMSSCRIPTAUDIO [...]

- FCC EYES SPECTRUM AUCTION, EMERGENCY-ALERT OVERHAUL - ORGANIZERS CONDUCT FIELD TESTING AT WRTC SITE - SILENT KEY: DAVID COURT, EI3IO, INFLUENCED SHAPE OF AMATEUR SPECTRUM - SILENT KEY: JOSEPH ARCURE, W3HNK, RENOWNED QSL MANAGER - HAM RADIO PLAYS KEY ROLE IN MOTHER-SON RESCUE - CANADIAN TEST CANDIDATES FACE NEW QUESTION POOL - AMATEURS READY TO ACTIVATE BRITISH WATERWAYS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: THE HEIGHT OF ACHIEVEMENT, HIGH ABOVE SEA LEVELSCRIPTAUDIO [...]