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04/21/2016 | Amateur Radio Praised Following Participation in Washington Interoperability Exercise
Amateur Radio came in for high praise following its role in a March 30 to April 3 Washington National Guard interoperability communication exercise, sponsored by the US Northern Command.
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04/06/2016 | ARRL MW Experiment Coordinator Sees Ongoing Research Role After Hams Gain 472-479 kHz
he coordinator of the 600 Meter Experimental Group, Fritz Raab, W1FR, said this week that he sees an ongoing role for medium frequency (MF) experimentation, even after Amateur Radio gains access to the new 630 meter band.
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03/22/2016 | SBE Urges FCC to Improve Medium-Wave Noise Environment
The Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) has told the FCC that the regulatory agency needs to take another tack in its efforts to tackle AM revitalization. If the FCC takes the SBE’s advice, the result could be less noise in the MF and HF Amateur Radio...
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03/17/2016 | Russian “Inventors of Telecommunications” Stations on the Air
Special event stations in Russia will be on the air until June 16 as part of the international scientific-educational radio marathon called “Inventors of Telecommunications.
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03/01/2016 | ARES Groups, Individual Hams Support Army and Air Force MARS Communications Exercise
More than 300 Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) members and individual radio amateurs on February 12 participated in the first quarterly Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) US Department of Defense communications exercise of 2016 (COMEX 16-1).
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02/27/2016 | Vessel with Rich Ham History — the Bowdoin — Being Refurbished for Further Exploring
The schooner Bowdoin, which has a prominent place in early Amateur Radio history, will be relaunched this spring.
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02/24/2016 | FCC Seeks Comments on Petition to Grant Lifetime Amateur Radio Licenses
The FCC is seeking comments on a Petition for Rule Making (RM 11760) that asks the FCC to grant lifetime Amateur Radio licenses.
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02/10/2016 | Army and Air Force MARS Communications Exercise Set for February 12
The first quarterly Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) US Department of Defense communications exercise of 2016 (COMEX 16-1) is set for February 12. The scenario will be a loss of electrical power, landline telephone and cell service, and Internet....
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