Latest Worldwide Amateur Radio News For Ham Radio
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"Ground Control to Major Tom" (California)
Friday, 17 May 2013 20:27 |
| Students and faculty of Anacapa School are preparing for a rare event that will allow them to make contact with NASA Astronaut and former Navy SEAL Christopher J. Cassidy. Cassidy is a flight engineer on Expedition 35, the 35th and current long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS) and Cassidy's second spaceflight.NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy |
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FCC’s Robert McDowell reflects on how he left his mark
Friday, 17 May 2013 20:27 |
| As Federal Communications Commissioner Robert McDowell packs up his office after seven years anchoring the right side of the agency’s lineup, he hesitates over a photograph. |
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The K7RA Solar Update
Friday, 17 May 2013 14:10 |
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Since we are now at (or close to) the peak of Solar Cycle 24, it is no surprise that the solar indices are up. The latest forecast predicts Solar Cycle 24 to peak this fall, but that will be determined after the fact, and it will be based on a long running average of sunspot numbers. This past week, the average daily sunspot numbers increased by more than 34 points, rising to 156.1, while the a... |
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Surfin’: How Far Away Is the Horizon?
Friday, 17 May 2013 14:07 |
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By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Here are some online tools to help you answer that question. As a fan of VHF and UHF operating, I often seek out mountaintop locations so I can work some DX, unimpeded by manmade objects and Mother Nature’s higher hills. And while I appreciate the view, I often wonder how far away the horizon is. I discovered a great article about this topic years ago and... |
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CQ Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
Friday, 17 May 2013 11:38 |
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CQ ANNOUNCES 2013 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES (Dayton, OH - May 17, 2013) -- CQ magazine today announced its 2013 Hall of Fame inductees, adding two members each to the CQ DX and Contest Halls of Fame along with eight new members of the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors those individuals, whether licensed hams or not, who have made significant contributions to amateur radio; and those amateurs who have made significant contributions either to amateur radio, to their professional careers or to some other aspect of life on our planet. The 2013 inductees (listed alphabetically) are: * Evelyn Garrison, WS7A (SK) - amateur radio industry leader * Joel Kleinman, N1BKE (SK) - former Managing Editor of QST magazine * Laurie Margolis, G3UML/GPC3L - Longtime BBC correspondent and contributor to amateur radio magazines * Michael Owen, VK3KI (SK) - Longtime president of the Wireless Institute of Australia and chairman of IARU Region 3 * Harry Rubinstein (ex-9EEV) (SK) - Inventor of the printed circuit, the slider potentiometer and the combination potentiometer/on-off switch * Walker Tompkins, K6ATX - Journalist, author and historian, his three dozen books included several well-known ham radio-related novels * Joe Walsh, WB6ACU - Rock music performer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee * William G. (Bill) Welsh, W6DDB (SK) - CQ Novice Editor for 20 years; responsible for helping thousands to get their ham licenses CQ DX and Contest and DX Halls of Fame The CQ DX and Contest Halls of Fame honor those amateurs who not only excel in personal performance in these major areas of amateur radio but who also "give back" to the hobby in outstanding ways. The 2013 inductees to the CQ DX Hall of Fame are: * Vladimir Bykov, UA4WHX/AC4LN, has visited and operated from over 100 DX entities in the past ten years and operated from all six continents in 2012 alone. Has provided over 700,000 DX contacts for hams around the world (and QSLed them all). * Robert "Gary" Dixon, K4MQG, is a founding member of the Carolina DX Association and as Founding President of INDEXA, the International DX Association, which has helped support over 200 DXpeditions in the past 30 years. The 2013 inductees to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame are: * Dale Green, VE7SV, is a world-class contester who has been hosting teams of new and experienced contesters at his superstation for the past 20 years, and recently helped start a contest group in Chile. * Charles "Chas" Fulp, K3WW, also a multi-award winning contester and past president of the Frankford Radio Club (FRC), which saysChas "is our role model and sets the standard for other FRC members to strive to achieve." Formal inductions to the CQ Contest and DX Halls of Fame were scheduled for the Dayton Hamvention.® More detailed descriptions of inductees will appear in the official announcement in the July 2013 issue of CQ magazine. |
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Former QST Managing Editor Joel Kleinman, N1BKE (SK), Inducted into CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame
Friday, 17 May 2013 11:38 |
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CQ magazine announced its 2013 Hall of Fame inductees on May 17, welcoming eight new members into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, including former QST Managing Editor Joel Kleinman, N1BKE (SK), who helmed QST from 2001 until his untimely death in 2012. In addition, CQ named two new members to the CQ DX Hall of Fame and two new members to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame. Kleinman came to the Leagu... |
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ARRL Announces New Version of LoTW Software
Thursday, 16 May 2013 14:57 |
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After much testing, the ARRL will release a new version of Trusted QSL, the open-source development project responsible for developing and maintaining the three Logbook of the World (LoTW) client-side applications: TQSL, TQSLCert and the TrustedQSL library. After six weeks of public beta testing, version 1.14 is ready for official release and will be available for download from the ARRL website... |
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ARRL E-mail System Continuing to Experience Delays
Thursday, 16 May 2013 11:59 |
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The ARRL’s e-mail service provider is continuing to experience technical issues that are affecting timely delivery of e-mail messages sent via the arrl.net forwarding service, as well as e-mail sent to addresses in the arrl.org domain. This issue remains intermittent, but may result in delaying the delivery of some messages sent to both arrl.net and arrl.org addresses by hours. The ARRL’s e-mai... |
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FCC Fines Pennsylvania Man $18,000 for Failing to Allow Inspection of CB Station
Wednesday, 15 May 2013 16:43 |
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The FCC issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture and Order (NAL) on May 14 in the amount of $18,000 to Nathaniel Johnson of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for failing to make his Citizens Band (CB) station available for inspection by the FCC and for failing to comply with the restricted hours of CB station operation. The FCC first received complaints in January 2012 concerning interferenc... |
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Amateur Radio Quiz: Vintage Radios -- Such a Bargain!
Wednesday, 15 May 2013 12:24 |
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By H. Ward Silver, N0AX Who can resist taking a long look at the vintage veterans sitting along the aisles of the flea markets? Hey, I’m talking about the radios, not the attendees! “Big iron” is making its comeback with Johnsons and Hallicrafters and Swans shoulder-to-shoulder at the hamfests. Before you test your lumbar regions by lugging one home, you might want to exercise your ... |
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