Here are this week’s top Amateur/Ham Radio news stories compiled by HQ ARRL in Newington, CT, 06111.
Views expressed in this post are those of the reporters and correspondents.
Content provided by HQ ARRL.
Accessed on 30 December 2020, 1514 UTC, Post 1792.
Source: http://www.arrl.org/news-features
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News & Features
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12/30/2020 | Finland Radio Amateurs Seek Replacement Spectrum for 1240 – 1300 MHz
Finnish International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) member-society SRAL is asking for amateur radio privileges on 220 – 225 MHz as a replacement for the 1240 – 1300 MHz band.Read More
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12/30/2020 | New Zealand Adds Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) as Unlicensed Systems
New Zealand is putting wireless power transfer (WPT) systems using 148.5 kHz to 30 MHz into the General User Radio Licence for Short Range Devices (GURL-SRD) category.Read More
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12/29/2020 | AMSAT CW Activity Day 2021 Takes Place On New Year’s Day (UTC)
AMSAT has announced that its CW Activity Day 2021 will take place all day on Friday, January 1, 2021.Read More
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12/29/2020 | The ARRL RTTY Roundup is on January 2 – 3
The 2021 ARRL RTTY Roundup on January 2 – 3 features two new multioperator categories.Read More
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12/29/2020 | Texas’ Biggest Ham Radio Show — Ham-Com — is Closing
Ham-Com has decided to close its doors due to the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the rising costs of putting on a show.Read More
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12/29/2020 | ARRL Staffers to be On the Air from W1AW for Straight Key Night
Members of the ARRL Headquarters staff will put W1AW on the air for Straight Key Night (SKN).Read More
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12/28/2020 | December YOTA Month Participants Hoping to Top Last Year’s Contact Total
The December Youth/Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) Month (#DYM20) activity has already exceeded its goal of making 100,000 contacts.Read More
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12/26/2020 | ARRL ARES Volunteers Standing By to Assist if Needed in Wake of Nashville Blast
ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteers remain ready to deploy in Williamson County, Tennessee, in the aftermath of an apparently intentional explosion.Read More
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12/25/2020 | The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports.Read More
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12/23/2020 | ARRL Headquarters Announces Holiday Closures
ARRL Headquarters Announces Holiday Closures.Read More
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12/23/2020 | Registration Is Open for Online Ham Radio University on January 9
The 22nd annual Ham Radio University (HRU) educational conference will be held as a virtual event on Saturday, January 9, 2021, from 8 AM to 4 PM EST (1300 – 2100 UTC).Read More
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12/23/2020 | Virginia Radio Amateur will Commemorate 1906 Fessenden Christmas Eve Broadcast
As he has done each December for the past few years, Brian Justin, WA1ZMS, of Forest, Virginia, will commemorate the accomplishments of wireless pioneer Reginald Fessenden on 486 kHz.Read More
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12/22/2020 | Bob Fontana, AK3Y, Wins the December 2020 QST Cover Plaque Award
The winning article for the December 2020 QST Cover Plaque award is “The Tuna Tin S — A Bare-Bones Synthesized QRPp Transmitter,” by Bob Fontana, AK3Y.Read More
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12/21/2020 | FCC Posts Email Address Reminder On ULS Landing Page
The FCC is encouraging users of the Universal Licensing Service (ULS) to have an email address on file with the FCC.Read More
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12/21/2020 | Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, Awarded National Science Foundation CAREER Grant
Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, an assistant professor of physics and electrical engineering at Scranton University, has won a highly competitive National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant.Read More
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12/21/2020 | Tom Sly, WB8LCD, Appointed as Ohio Section Manager
Tom Sly, WB8LCD, of Kent, has been appointed as the Ohio Section Manager.Read More
Retired News director of Pacific Radio Group Radio Stations on Hawaii-the Big Island. I have more than 40 years of broadcast experience, including positons at KTUH-FM (UH-Manoa), KPOI-FM (Honolulu). KHLO-AM (Hilo), KKBG-FM (KBIG-FM)(Hilo/Kona), KAPA-FM (Hilo-Kona). Native-FM (Hilo-Kona), and ESPN Hawaii (Hilo-Kona). Former University of Hawaii-Hilo librarian. Retired Air Force Officer. Amateur (Ham) Radio operator since 1977 (currently holds the Amateur Extra Class License from the FCC-KH6JRM).... Can read, write, and speak Russian. Retired on 30 September 2011, but still maintains a Hawaii Island News Blog.
