Matty, MD0MAN on the Isle of Man had a brief contact with the ISS. Listen to a recording of the qso

Patrick Stoddard WD9EWK/VA7EWK has released videos showing Amateur Radio satellite operation during his recent trip to Mexico

When the South African Radio League (SARL) convinced the authorities at the time that South Africa needed an introductory license to introduce teenagers into amateur radio it was with that understanding that the ZU license was introduced as a stepping stone into amateur radio for young people who had not yet reached the educational level to be able to study for the ZS or class A license

Listen-out for a couple of YB stations from Jakarta, Indonesia, transmitting CQ DX 10m on 28-29 August 2010 from 11:00 AM UTC to 14:00 PM UTC

Today, Saturday August 28, at approx 1500 GMT (10AM CST), a high altitude balloon will be launched from Ottumwa, Iowa, carrying an amateur radio QRP beacon transmitting on 14.066.6.MHz

The ever-popular RSGB SSB Field Day taking place on 4 and 5 September, starts the month’s HF contesting

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has requested that the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) temporarily suspend the issue of Certificates of Proficiency

The linkup between South Hobart Primary School and the ISS was a success, with astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC answering 7 of the 10 questions

There will be a lecture on deep space reception techniques covering the 2.2, 8.4 and 32GHz bands by Paul Marsh, M0EYT at the RSGB Convention

To help speed up the CubeSat design process, Clyde Space have published their full User Manuals online

The last two of three alleged killers of Gary Haas, N5VGH, and his wife Linda have been captured in Arizona

It is hoped that the Orkney Wireless Museum amateur radio station will be in operation from its premises at Kiln Corner, Kirkwall between Thursday 2 September and Wednesday 8 September during the 20th Orkney International Science Festival

As I was writing the bulletin overnight my desktop PC was hit by a drive-by virus that downloaded itself automatically when viewing sunspot images on an infected website

The policies of the ARRL are established by 15 Directors who are elected to the Board on a geographical basis, with elections for three-year terms held in five divisions each year. At the same time, Vice Directors are elected on the same basis. Responding to solicitations in the July and August issues of QST, ARRL members in the Pacific, Rocky Mountain, Southeastern, Southwestern and West Gulf ...

This week, we saw three days -- August 21-23 -- with no sunspots, and the average daily sunspot numbers for the week -- August 19-25 -- declined over 28 points to 8, compared to the previous week. The average daily solar flux was down more than 8 points to 75.3. The last period of three days or more without sunspots ended on May 20, 2010, about 100 days ago. Sunspot numbers for August 19-25 wer...

By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor

This week, Surfin’ visits the plans for the upcoming Digital Communications Conference (DCC).  

Next month, the folks on the cutting edge of ham radio hold their annual meet to show-and-tell what they are doing out there on that edge. The 29th annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) occurs on September 24-26, 2010 neear Portland, Oregon...

In this audio clip, The Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh WB6ACU talks about Ham Radio to a phone-in caller

During its time as a radar research centre and as an operational station for Chain Home radar, Bawdsey Manor was known by the acronym BRS – Bawdsey Research Station. Over the weekend of 11 and 12 September 2010, BRS will be activated for the final time, as GB70BRS, to commemorate the contribution of radar to success in the Battle of Britain

ICPO - Islands, Castles and Portable Operations. Probably the most comprehesive ham radio activity listings available anywhere on the internet

The UK Freeads website carries an advert for a vehicle remote control jammer that claims to block anti-theft alarm and remote locking functions that inexplicably operate, totally inappropriately, within the Amateur Radio 70cm band