Here are the latest Amateur Radio news and features compiled by HQ ARRL.
Views expressed in this Amateur/Ham Radio News update are those of the reporters and correspondents.
Accessed on 22 March 2022, 0546 UTC.
Content supplied by HQ ARRL, Newington, CT, 06111.
Source: https://www.arrl.org/news-features
News & Features
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03/21/2022 | Friedrichshafen HAM RADIO 2022 Will Welcome Worldwide Visitors
Organizers look forward to HAM RADIO 2022 exhibition in Friedrichshafen, Germany, June 24 – 26.Read More
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03/21/2022 | Hamvention 2022 Announces Award Winners
2022 Dayton Hamvention award winners announcedRead More
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03/21/2022 | AMSAT Receives a Grant From ARDC
AMSAT has received a generous grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications for the development of a 3U spaceframe with deployable solar panels.Read More
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03/21/2022 | The K7RA Solar Update
Plenty of sunspot activity this week, along with numerous solar flares.Read More
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03/11/2022 | The K7RA Solar Update
The K7RA Solar Update Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: On March 11 at 0431 UTC, Australia’s Space Forecast Centre issued this warning: “A slow coronal mass ejection has been observed late on 10 March, and event modeling suggests arrival at the Earth l…Read More
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03/10/2022 | AMSAT Pioneer Ray Soifer, W2RS, SK
AMSAT Pioneer Ray Soifer, W2RS, SKRead More
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03/10/2022 | ARRL Teachers Institute to Offer Four Sessions this Summer
ARRL Teachers Institute to Offer Four Sessions this SummerRead More
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03/10/2022 | Annual Armed Forces Day Cross-Band Exercise Set for May 14
Annual Armed Forces Day Cross-Band Exercise Set for May 14Read More
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03/09/2022 | Study: Rapid Development of Satellite Mega-Constellations Risks Tragedies of the Commons
A study reported inNature, “Satellite mega-constellations create risks in Low Earth Orbit, the atmosphere and on Earth,” in Scientific Reports (May 2021) by Aaron C. Boley and Michael Byers, says the rapid development of mega-constellations risks mult…Read More
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03/08/2022 | Former ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania SM, Traffic Handler Joe Ames, W3JY, SK
Former ARRL Eastern Pennsylvania SM, Traffic Handler Joe Ames, W3JY, SKRead More
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03/07/2022 | Axiom Private Astronaut Mission Crew Will Conduct ARISS School Contacts
The astronauts aboard the Ax-1 private space mission will conduct ARISS school contacts.Read More
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03/04/2022 | The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Solar activity was weaker over the February 24 – March 2 reporting week, with the average daily sunspot number weakening from 54.3 to 44, but average daily solar flux rising slightly from 95.4 to 98.5. Geomagnetic num…Read More
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03/03/2022 | Ukraine Maintains Ham Radio Silence in State of Emergency
Radio amateurs in Ukraine appear to be diligently maintaining radio silence as the state of emergency declared there just prior to the Russian military invasion remains in effect. A February 24 decree from President Volodymyr Zelensky included “a ban o…Read More
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03/03/2022 | Registration is Open for USA ARDF Championships
Registrationis now open for the 21st USA Championships of Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF), set for April 7 – 10, 2022. The competition will take place in Prince William Forest Park near Quantico, Virginia. “Radio orienteers from all over the …Read More
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03/03/2022 | HamXposition to Host ARRL New England and Hudson Division Conventions
In what may be a “first,” theNortheast HamXpositionwill host both the ARRL New England and Hudson Division conventions this year. HamXposition takes place August 26 – 28, 2022, in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and tickets will become available May 1. F…Read More
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03/03/2022 | Volunteer Monitor Program Cautions against Operating Beyond License Privileges
Many of the Advisory Notices sent out each month by the ARRLVolunteer Monitor Programgo to stations heard operating outside the operator’s license privileges. Typical cases often involve operators holding Technician- or General-class amateur licenses…Read More
