Here are today’s top Amateur/Ham Radio News Stories compiled by “QRZ NOW.”
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Accessed on 28 November 2020, 2034 UTC, Post 1742.
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Retevis RT95 Budget Dual Band Mobile Transceiver
Specifications GENERALFrequency RangeVHF:144-148MHz UHF: 430~440MHzNumber of Channels200 channelsChannel Spacing25K (Wide Band) 20K(Middle Band) 12.5K… Read more
DXCommander Expedition Build & Review! Impressive Ham Radio Antenna!
Callum has created quite an impressive line of antennas that fit various ham radio use cases. Today we look at his portable offering The Expedition an… Read more
Solar Flux Hits New High & Big Flares Possible Now | Space Weather News 11.26.2020
Solar Flux Hits New High & Big Flares Possible Now | Space Weather News 11.26.2020 Read more
ARRL Asks FCC to Allow 3.4-GHz Operation until Spectrum is Occupied
In comments to the FCC, ARRL has argued that radio amateurs be allowed to continue shared operation in the 3.4 GHz band until 5G licensees who purchas… Read more
2020 Amateur Radio Holiday Gift Guide
2020 Amateur Radio Holiday Gift Guide Read more
Connecting the MX-P50 amplifier and LDG Z11 pro tuner to the IC-705
Connecting the MX-P50 amplifier and LDG Z11 pro tuner to the IC-705. Read more
Coast Guard Proposes to Discontinue HF Voice Watchkeeping
The US Coast Guard has invited comments by January 21, 2021, on a proposal to discontinue HF voice watchkeeping. The proposal appeared on No… Read more
Video demonstrating 3D propagation simulation
Chris from our Development Team gives an overview of Over-The-Horizon (OTH) High Frequency (HF) Analysis in Systems Tool Kit (STK) that is new in vers… Read more
Tips on Operating Linear Amateur Radio Satellites (Part 2)
Tips on Operating Linear Amateur Radio Satellites (Part 2) Read more
RadioShack to be reborn
RadioShack The good news is that as of today RadioShack has officially been purchased by Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV), giving the troubled company… Read more
Best Black Friday Deals for 2020 for HAM RADIO
Best Black Friday Deals for 2020 for HAM RADIO Read more
Airspy HF+ Discovery is the Most Refined HF/VHF SDR
The Airspy HF+ Discovery sets a new standard in terms of reception performance with extra pre-selectors for all the supported bands and a New DSP Core… Read more
Dayton Hamvention Announces its 2021 Theme — “The Gathering”
“The Gathering” will be the theme for the 2021 Dayton Hamvention®. Hamvention General Chair Rick Allnutt, WS8G, said the theme reflects what has been… Read more
Still Time to Apply for Foreign Service Information Management Technical Specialists-Radio Positions
The deadline to apply for US Department of State Foreign Service Information Management Technical Specialists-Radio (IMTS-R) positions is December 1,… Read more
Ham radio & 3D printing – A very portable table stand for the Icom IC-705.
Ham radio & 3D printing – A very portable table stand for the Icom IC-705. Read more
Moscow Aviation Institute plans SSTV event from ISS
Rodolfo Parisio, IW2BSF, reports that a Slow-Scan Television (SSTV) transmission event from the International Space Station is currently scheduled to… Read more
Universal Radio is closing shop
Dear Friends Of Universal Radio, Time waits for no one, and that includes Barbara and myself. We have decided to retire and our current location in Wo… Read more
Chameleon F-Loop TOTAL! Kit and CHA Single Loop
Chameleon F-Loop TOTAL! Kit and CHA Single Loop The CHA F-LOOP 2.0 was designed with portability, ease of use simplicity, ruggedness and high performa… Read more
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: As solar flux declined over the past week, I noticed less long-distance propagation on 10 meters reported on ps… Read more
Xiegu REVEALS the GSOC Controller for G90 and X5105
Xiegu REVEALS the GSOC Controller for G90 and X5105 Read more
New inductees to Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame
The Board of Trustees of the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame is pleased to announce that Maurice-André Vigneault, VE3VIG… Read more
ARRL Seeks Waiver of Proposed FCC Amateur Application Fees
ARRL has urged the FCC to waive its proposed $50 amateur radio application fee. The Commission proposal was made last month in a Notice of Propos… Read more
SpaceX Dragon Capsule Resilience Ferries Four Radio Amateurs to the ISS
SpaceX Dragon capsule Resilience, carrying four radio amateurs, autonomously docked on November 17 at 0401 UTC with the International S… Read more
Arizona Congresswoman Introduces National Amateur Radio Operators Day Resolution
US Representative Debbie Lesko of Arizona has introduced a resolution designating April 18, 2021, as National Amateur Radio Operators Day, t… Read more
Facing collapse, the famed Arecibo Observatory will be demolished
The failure of two main cables sealed the observatory’s fate By Loren Grush The world-famous Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, known for… Read more
Clear Frequencies Requested for Caribbean Hurricane Emergency Traffic
Stations handling emergency traffic during the response to Category 5 Hurricane Iota, just off the eastern coast of Nicaragua, are requesting clear fr… Read more
LZ DX Contest
Organized ByBulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs Date and periodThe weekend before the last full weekend of November (the weekend before CQWW CW con… Read more
CQ WPX Contests Add New “Multi-Transmitter Distributed” Category, Remove Single-Op Unassisted Categories
Sayville, NY – November 16, 2020) – A new “Multi-Transmitter Distributed” category is being added to the CQ World Wide WPX Contests to better accommod… Read more
YAESU FT-DX10 Update and SDR Chat
Here are some great photos of the new FT-DX10 plus a chat about SDR. ESTIMATED DECEMBER 2020 The New Yaesu Ftdx10 UK VERSION COVERS 4m ! T… Read more
