Foundations of Amateur Radio
The diversity of our hobby is breathtaking
You’ve heard me say that amateur radio is a thousand hobbies in one. It’s not my idea, but it speaks to me in ways that are hard to articulate. Today I found a way that might give you an inkling just how vast this community is

Faith Hannah Lea, KD3Z, named 2021 Newsline Young Ham of the Year
Faith Hannah Lea, KD3Z, of Palm Coast, Florida, has been selected as the 2021 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year

40 MHz experimental station now active in USA
ARRL reports Experimental Station WL2XUP is transmitting WSPR on 40.662 MHz in the 8-meter band

Video of talk on UK amateur radio exams
On July 28, Steve Hartley G0FUW gave a talk that covered the history of Amateur Radio Exams in the UK, the 2019 Exam Syllabus and prospects for the future

Radio ham in BBC TV’s University Challenge on Monday
RSGB report the Chair of the Cambridge University Wireless Society Nikolas Thatte M0IPY is part of the Emmanuel College team on the TV show University Challenge

Nuclear bombs can cause geomagnetic storms
59 years ago this month, rainbow-colored auroras appeared over Hawaii. A solar storm? No. It was a high altitude nuclear test

93 presentations now scheduled at the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo
We have scheduled the 93 presentations at the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo coming August 14th and 15th

Propagation de K7RA
Solar activity slowed this week. Average daily sunspot number declined to 33.9 this week (July 22 to 28) from 48.9 in last week’s report. Wednesday July 28 had no sunspots at all

Wanted – Enthusiastic Radio Amateurs to participate in Advanced Distance Learning
The Strangford High Frequency Enthusiasts Group are now inviting enrolments for the next Advanced training cycle which will be commencing with a Google Meet sessions on Monday 13th September

HS18IARU now active for IARU conference
The special event call sign HS18IARU is now active on all bands to promote the upcoming online IARU Region 3 conference

Brazil’s radio hams discuss online exams with regulator
LABRE met again with ANATEL on July 2, 2021, to discuss issues related to online amateur radio exams

Preserving a Piece of History: Voice of America, Delano Relay DL-8
Preserving a Piece of History: Voice of America, Delano Relay DL-8 will be presented by Dennis Kidder W6DQ at the next QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo coming August 14th and 15th

Radioberry – HF SDR Transceiver PI Hat
Here we take a look at the Radioberry, a Radio PiHat for the Raspberry Pi design by Johan PA3GSB. The Radioberry is based on the successful Hermes Lite 2

DX News from the ARRL
The American Radio Relay League’s round-up of the forthcoming week’s DX activity on the amateur radio bands