16 New England communities to host International Radiosport competition The World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) organizers have selected 16 New England communities as operating sites to host its 7th quadrennial radiosport competition, the first held in the United States since 1996. From July 9... More...

AM and CW on Anzac Day event The Tableland Radio Group come up with this idea about 4 years ago after a discussion with an ex Australian Coastwatcher who served in world war 2 - ex SGT Lionel Veale was talking about his use of the transceiver ATR4A which only put out a couple of watts on AM or CW but... More...

178673Young hams take up the RaDAR challenge On the 19th of April, Andries ZS6VL, Cliriska ZU6BV and Angelo ZU6M completed an 11km hiking trail near Heidelberg, Gauteng province (South Africa) and of course some HF equipment was also part of the package! A station was set up en-route and 40m contacts... More...

Today the Amateur Radio community on reddit won subreddit of the day on reddit.com, an award given to notably interesting subreddits with at least 100 subscribers, frequent posts, and active and friendly userbases. Today the community has over 9,000 subscribers and is constantly growing. Even if you... More...

Tampa, FL March 28, 2014 HRD Software, LLC announced today that they have extended the support hours for Ham Radio Deluxe from 10 AM ET to 9 PM ET Monday through Thursday and from 10 AM ET to 7 PM ET on Friday. Tim Browning, KB3NPH and Jason Boyer, N6EY are doing phone support for the Ham Radio Deluxe... More...

Ham radio a 'fascinating hobby,' enthusiasts say Denis Langlois, Owen Sound Sun Times "Today, people can also use the Internet, satellites and smart phones to enable their ham radios to reach operators even further afield, including at the International Space Station." http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/2014/04/13/ham-radio-a-fascinating-hobby-enthusiasts-say... More...

Series Seven Episode Eight of the ICQ Amateur / Ham Radio Podcast - Yaesu FT-252E Review has been released. The latest news, Martin (M1MRB) and Colin (M6BOY) discuss the recent Kempton Park Amateur / Ham Radio Rally and Martin (M1MRB) reviews the Yaesu FT-252E 2m Handheld Amateur / Ham Radio. News stories... More...

630m DX down under It seems perseverance has paid off for long-time 630m operator Murray ZL1BPU, who uses the special-purpose call sign ZL1EE. Over the last week, he has had numerous reception reports from VK6DZ (5047km) and many more from VK5ABN/8 (4155km). Using WSPR2, Murray has operated overnight... More...