Book helps Hams have fun with Morse Code Passing a Morse Code test is no longer required to get an amateur radio license, but there's still a mystique about Morse Code, and many hams are interested in acquiring this skill and getting on the air. That being the case, Dan Romanchik, KB6NU is excited to... More...

SSTV diploma Radio amateurs from Poland created a diploma commemorating the SSTV activity from the International Space Station on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's birthday. This homage to the first man in space coincides with the 85th anniversary of the Polish Amateur Radio Union... More...

As seen on the latest ARRL Contest Update bulletin, "The Reverse Beacon Network's unending stream of radio observations from around the world has been noticed by the geophysics community as described in this story by the Earth & Space Science News. The detailed paper, "Ionospheric Sounding Using Real-Time... More...

NOMINATING PERIOD OPEN FOR 2015 YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR AWARD Amateur Radio Newsline is seeking nominations for its 2015 Young Ham of the Year Award. For consideration, a nominee must have used amateur radio in some way that has benefited his or her community or encouraged technological development directly... More...

http://arvideonews.com/hrn/Ham_Radio_Now_300.png HAMRADIONOW.tv Episode 191: RV's and Hams - On the Road from Orlando Herb and Lois Maas, W0HM and KA0VBG, live in a very small house. And it has a steering wheel. Their "permanent address" is a mailbox in South Dakota that they visit once a year. Otherwise,... More...

Subscriber Rewards is our way of saying thanks our loyal subscribers upon whose support we humbly depend to keep the site running. Every week we are choosing a subscriber to win a free prize. All current QRZ subscribers are eligible, regardless of their subscription plan, and regardless of whether... More...

NASA has released a set of soundbites suitable for use as ringtones or computer notifications. http://www.nasa.gov/connect/sounds/#.VOujLC5d1mb One of them is one of the Morse code "HI" messages we picked up with our Juno instrument during the earth flyby in 2013. I converted the science telemetry back... More...

Amateur radio based group rescues released broadcast frequency When the 'Deutsche Welle' decided to close down one of their 500 KW short wave broadcast transmitters near Munich at the end of 2012, a group containing some German radio amateurs applied for and were allocated the then available short wave... More...