SD Hams Will Participate in Centennial QSO Party
Hams in South Dakota will be participating in the ARRL Centennial QSO Party during the 3rd week in May. If you’re a Ham in South Dakota and would like to participate, please use the...
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2013 ARRL Field Day Results Posted!
The results of the 2013 ARRL Field Day have been posted. Less-than-ideal conditions this past June likely accounted for a slight drop in participation from 2012. Nonetheless, there were more than 2500 entries, and...
Amateur Radio Aids Post-Typhoon Rescue and Recovery Effort
Officials in the Philippines are still assessing the extent of damage wrought by Typhoon Haiyan (locally called “Yolanda”), which hit the central Philippines November 8. The death toll is at least 100, with many...
Linked Ham Radio Repeater System Instrumental in Hiker Rescue
A hiker in distress in Nevada is thankful that he had his hand-held transceiver along when he found himself stranded in the hills near Henderson. Western Intertie Network (WIN http://www.winsystem.org/) System member Jim Frederick,...
Massive solar flare detected | National Monitor
Forget the obvious reference to Star Trek’s M-class planets, solar flares just got real. Late last week, two huge solar flares erupted off the surface of the sun on Friday morning. via Massive solar...
Radio Resource Magazine: Hams Fill Communications Gaps During Colorado Floods
By Kristen Beckman, Assistant Editor Public-safety communications networks in Colorado suffered minimal damage and outages during historic flooding in early September, and amateur radio operators made considerable contributions to the disaster’s communications efforts. Read More...
AMSAT-LU Ham Radio High-Altitude Balloon to fly FM Repeater and SSTV | AMSAT-UK
AMSAT Argentina is pleased to announce that on Saturday, June 29, 2013 from 1400 GMT, weather permitting, it is planned to launch an amateur radio high altitude balloon FM repeater ‘Betty II’ from Victorica,...
Ham radio: the original social network
Here’s an interesting article from the Lowell Sun Online. The Lowell Sun is in Lowell, MA. Yes, Ham Radio is a social network! CHELMSFORD — Andy Stewart and his friends could be considered revolutionary....
2013 Dayton Hamvention
The Dayton Hamvention ® — the largest gathering of radio amateurs in the US — is just around the corner, May 17-19. Held annually at the Hara Arena Conference and Exhibition Center in the...
Radio Amateurs Provide Communication Support in Boston Marathon Bombings
I was reading a discussion post on the Internet the other day and was wondering just how Hams helped out at the Boston Marathon. Here’s the answer: As has happened many times in years...
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