ARRL Foundation Announces the Frankford Radio Club Scholarship

The Frankford Radio Club Scholarship will join the growing list of scholarships administered by the ARRL Foundation. The Frankford Radio Club (FRC) is a very active contesting club centered in Alburtis, Pennsylvania, dedicated to increasing operating skill and technical expertise through radiosport. The club’s motto is “Proficiency Through Competition.”The scholarship will be $1,500, with the f...

SEA-PAC QSO Party Set after Convention is Canceled

Along with many other ham radio events, SEA-PAC 2020, which was to host the ARRL Northwestern Division Convention, fell victim to the COVID-19 pandemic. Standing in for this year’s live event will be the SEA-PAC QSO Party on Saturday, June 6, starting at 1600 UTC and continuing until June 7 at 0400 UTC. “We may not be able to be with our 2,000+ fellow amateur radio friends this year on this day...

Dan Grady, N2SRK, Appointed as New Rocky Mountain Division Vice Director

ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, has appointed Dan Grady, N2SRK, of Aurora, Colorado, as the new Rocky Mountain Division Vice Director. Grady will succeed Robert Wareham, N0ESQ, who has stepped down from that post to accept appointment as Colorado Section Manager (SM), taking the reins from SM Jack Ciaccia, WM0G, who resigned effective on June 1 to relocate.“I am delighted to welcome Dan to ...

Astronauts Bob Behnken, KE5GGX, and Doug Hurley Settling in after Historic Flight

NASA astronauts Bob Behnken, KE5GGX, and Doug Hurley, are settling in on board the International Space Station (ISS) after arriving aboard the first commercially built and operated US spacecraft to transport humans into orbit. Behnken and Hurley headed into space on Saturday, May 30, in the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, powered by a Falcon 9 launcher from Cape Kennedy. They docked at the ISS Harm...

Radio Amateur, Fellow Astronaut Headed to Space Station after Historic Launch

A radio amateur is one of two NASA astronauts headed to the International Space Station (ISS) following a May 30 launch of a SpaceX rocket that marked the return of human spaceflight to US soil for the first time in almost a decade. The Saturday launch from Cape Kennedy also marked the first time humans traveled aloft via a commercial spacecraft.Astronauts Bob Behnken, KE5GGX, and Doug Hurley h...

Balloons with APRS Payloads to Race Across North America in Educational Challenge

The Latest Episode of ARRL Audio News is Now Available

Listen to the new episode of ARRL Audio News on your iOS or Android podcast app, or online at http://www.blubrry.com/arrlaudionews/. Audio News is also retransmitted on a number of FM repeaters. Click here and then scroll down to see the list.

Social Distancing Exam Sessions Demonstrate Pent-Up Demand for Testing

A recent in-person “social-distancing” amateur radio exam session in Indiana and a “drive-in” session in California are representative of those that are relieving some of the pent-up demand for testing. As the COVID-19 pandemic lumbers on, in-person exam sessions have begun to resume across the US and elsewhere in the world.“With in-person sessions starting up again around the country, we are h...

WSJT-X Drops Windows XP

Beginning from version 2.2.0 WSJT-X will not run anymore on Windows XP and Windows Vista anymore.

Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2009

QFH antenna for NOAA Satellites, SDRGadgets, JSatTrak - Satellite tracking program, Google Earth Grid Square Locator, Folded Dipole Antennas, Online Morse Code Training, Taming the Quadrifilar Helical Antenna, World Grid Square Map PDF, RF Exposure Evaluating Your Station, Interactive Maidenhead Grid Square Locator Map

New FT8 Frequencies with WSJ-X 2.2.0-Rc2

WSJT-X development team has added a second set of suggested dial frequencies for FT8 on three HF bands and also on 6 meters.

CQ WW WPX CW Contest 2020

The WPX Contest is based on an award offered by CQ Magazine for working all prefixes. Held on the last weekend of May (CW), the contest draws thousands of entries from around the world.

Elecraft K4 Update

Elecraft K4 Update - High-Performance Direct Sampling SDR by Wayne Burdick, N6KR

ICOM IC-R20

IC-R20 by Icom. Wideband Receiver Professional radioreceiver, allow double receiver, from HF to Microwave, digital recorde, DTCS, Memories and 11 hours countinuous reception.

JTSync

Software/TimeJTSync is a simple utility that provides the ability to synchronize your computer clock over a network with world-wide NTP servers. When the Internet connection is not available, JTSync allows you to make time adjustments based on decoded QSOs within the WSJT-X application.

Multiband J-Pole Antenna by IZ0UPS

Antennas/J-PoleA multiband J-Pole antenna project that cover 144,220 and 430 MHz. The articles includes several pictures of this multi-band antenna, including handmade schematics and diagrams, project is mainly in Italian