Inclusivity in Amateur Radio
ARRL CEO David Minster responds to open letter from 45 Hams.
W0RMT

2024 Amateur Radio Booklet
A summary of all the needed data when you are operating. The booklet covers all the IARU regions.
NoelM

RSGB updates list of HF beacons [PDF]
Worldwide list of HF beacons updated January 2024.
RSGB

International Space Station targets 2030 for end of life
NASA requests funding for $1 Billion to deorbit the ISS.
SpaceRef

Carlos goes under the knife
Carlos has gone through several iterations since I got him. First I swapped out the 2, 5-pole filters for 5, 8-pole filters.
KK4Z

Chit in the Game
How low can we go before the large equipment manufacturers and dealers quit the hobby?
KE9V

Repairing a dead Kenwood TS-850S
They suffer from an ailment that has struck down many pieces of electronic gear from that same era: Capacitor Plague.
KA7OEI

Simple Arduino rotary tuning knob for SDR
Using an Arduino UNO R4 Minima.
Marxy’s musing on technology

Ham Radio tech: EchoLink & Broadcastify
You can access EchoLink with a radio, computer, or mobile device.
OnAllBands

Experiencing Knife Edge diffraction
In short, when radio waves hit an edge, it bends and goes all over the place.
Nuclearrambo

IndiaRocketGirl receives FengYun-2H S-VISSR satellite images
Build a satellite dish and feed to receive FengYun-2H S-VISSR signals and get beautiful full disk images of the earth.
RTL-SDR

Video

Alaska POTA fly-in
Activating a remote park via plane.
KL7EC

Announced DX operations
NG3K Amateur Radio Contest/DX Page.
NG3K

Differences and benefits of popular Ham Radio logging apps
Comparing Ham Radio Deluxe, N1MM Logger+, Log4OM, and QRZ Logbook.
N1JUR

The Amateur Radio operator who reconnected communities
As Cyclone Gabrielle ripped through the East Coast early last year, he too got swept up in the disaster.
1News

SpaceX to deorbit 100 Starlink satellites due to detected flaw
The removal of so many satellites at once is unprecedented.
Gizmodo

Inverter Talk
You didn’t know you needed one.
Off Grid Ham

POTA: A frozen activation
I operated both CW and FT8 today.
WK4DS

Spectrum analyzer buyer’s guide
There are some very inexpensive options out there.
Hackaday

Meet Ahmad, an Amateur Radio operator in Malaysia
Ahmad Husaini travels the airwaves to communicate with foreign radio operators.
FMT

Video

2024 Minnesota QSO Party 20 meter pile-up
Activating 27 counties in ten hours.
The Old Swedes Farm

POTA maritime mobile
Unseaworthy canoe.
HamJazz

US Senators introduce Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act
Legislation would prohibit HOA rules that prevent or ban Amateur Radio antennas.
Senator Roger Wicker

Skeptics question disappearance of Alabama radio tower
Commenters speculated that WJLX had failed to maintain its AM site over time.
RadioWorld

A venture into the world of Meshtastic
An Open Source, off-grid, decentralised mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices.
M0AWS

Nominate your favorite Open Source software for the Amateur Radio Software Award
Promoting software projects that enhance and adhere to the spirit of Amateur Radio.
Amateur Radio Software Award

Photos from Hamcation 2024
Mike (VE3MKX) shares photos from Hamcation 2024.
SWLing Post

Homebrew SBITX Receiver
Ground bounce, hallucinations, and wisdom.
KK4DAS

2023 Great Shakeout after action report
Highlighting the utility of the Winlink system for emergency management.
Winlink

A most unusual vertical antenna for 20m
One way to eliminate radials is to deploy an antenna that doesn’t need them
Ham Radio Outside the Box

Automating antenna rotator control with Cloudlog and Tampermonkey
The magic lies in the custom JavaScript injected into the Cloudlog webpage.
DK1MI

Video

A highland SOTA
A hike to a bare highlands SOTA in Western Norway.
LB4FH

The coolest mobile Ham Radio shack
This car is loaded down with several Ham Radios and antennas that Scott Farrell (KE4WMF) has managed to fit inside of his 2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI.
KI5IRE

The first Amateur Radio station on the Moon is now transmitting
The JAXA Ham Radio Club (JHRC), JQ1ZVI, secured Amateur Radio license JS1YMG for LEV-1, which has been transmitting Morse code on 437.41 MHz.
ARRL

Someone stole a Jasper radio station’s 200-foot tower
“We’re down here and the tower’s gone.”
AL.com

AMSAT CubeSatSim beta release
The official release of the new Beta CubeSatSim hardware and software is finally here.
AMSAT

Exploring SATNOG
A revolutionary approach to satellite ground stations.
N1JUR

Visiting VOA Site B
K4RLC tours the Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station.
QRPer

Common CW abbreviations
A list of common abbreviations used in CW communications.
VE3IPS

FOSDEM 2024 videos now available
Synthetic aperture WiFi RADAR, GPU DSP acceleration, and more.
RTL-SDR

Will large satellite constellations affect Earth’s magnetic field?
It will coat the stratosphere and ionosphere with metal aerosols at levels never seen before.
Hackaday

Magic Band Revealed
Jim Wilson K5ND recently completed the third edition of the book Magic Band Revealed.
K0NR

Taking the hiss out of QO-100
Even though the signals are mostly 59-59+15dB the background hiss is very pronounced and gets very tiring after a while.
M0AWS

Those darn wall-wart power supplies
It takes some of the legal liability burden off manufacturers if their product is powered by one of these adapters that isolates the somewhat dangerous 120 VAC from their equipment.
Radio World

Video

Radio Interface Board – Sneak peek
A pre-production sample of the DigiPi Hat from ELEKITSORPARTS. This is the first solder-less way to hookup your dual-band rig to a Raspberry Pi.
KM6LYW

Ham Radio Magic Tarp Antenna
As stealth as they come.
HamJazz

Neighborhood Watch utilizes GMRS
Sponsored by the Sand Canyon Volunteer Council and Tehachapi Valley CERT team in conjunction with the Tehachapi Amateur Radio Association.
Tehachapi News

DLARC preserves Ham Radio & More radio show
Ham Radio & More was a radio show about Amateur Radio that was broadcast from 1991 through 1997. More than 300 episodes of the program are now available online.
DLARC

FreeDV January update
Applying Machine Learning (ML) techniques to quantise Codec 2 features.
FreeDV

Radio Orienteering Cyber-Coach
The Cyber-Coach will answer any question related to Radio Orienteering.
Open ARDF

Amelia didn’t know radio
That Earhart and Fred Noonan failed to reach Howland Island on their 1937 around-the-world flight because of radio problems has been said before—but little has been written about the specifics.
U.S. Naval Institute

CATS Mobile Transceiver
70 cm CATS mobile transceiver, with integrated GPS.
cats.radio

114 digital voice nets (PDF)
Various nets taking place on EchoLink, AllStarLink, IRLP, and more.
ROC-HAM

YLISSB celebrates 61 years on the air
The YLISSB operates on 14.332 MHz every day of the year.
ARRL

Video

Quartzfest 2024
A comprehensive video playlist of events at Quartzfest 2024.
K7AGE

What went wrong when I elevated my fan dipole?
To my dismay, when I checked the fan dipole antenna again, the SWR had gone beyond the tunable range of my automatic antenna tuner.
Johnsons Techworld

The Origins of Silicon Valley: Roots in Ham Radio
This talk focuses on the contributions of Amateur Radio to the development of a climate of innovation and collaboration in what has become Silicon Valley.
KM6LH

Static on the airwaves
Understanding the drop in U.S. Amateur Radio operators.
KD0TLS

Ghostbusters fans warned of safety and legal risks with the use of Baofeng
Baofeng appears as prop along side proton pack in upcoming film, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
Ghostbusters News

Setting up your Ham Shack Hotline
Are you ready to take your Ham Radio game to the next level?
N1JUR

World of Receivers and Transceivers
A collection of SDR receivers from across the globe.
World of Receivers and Transceivers

How to make your Ham Radio club as unappealing as possible
My list of things a club needs to do to make it as unappealing as possible.
Random Wire

AMSAT responds to planned decommissioning of IO-117
AMSAT stands ready to leverage our 55 years of experience in managing Amateur Radio satellites.
AMSAT

Getting to know GNURadio
Make a working receiver and more on your computer.
The Communicator

lofi air traffic control
Lofi music paired with air traffic control radio.
lofi air traffic control

Retevis Ailunce HD1 GPS first impression
Leaving the radio out in the elements unprotected for 3 days in -33F temperatures.
OH8STN

FCC will add vehicles for pirate radio enforcement
FCC to conduct annual enforcement sweeps of pirate radio in the five markets with the most pirate operations.
Radio World

ARRL January VHF Contest — 2024 blockbuster
Sunday was exceptional, bringing my score to 17,296.
K5ND

Video

Building a simple, inexpensive 2 meter dipole antenna
Using Christmas lights wire.
KI5IRE

ARRL responds to FCC proposals
ARRL concluded that the FCC should also remove the bandwidth limits that apply uniquely to the data modes on the subject bands.
ARRL

In praise of old meters
There were two obviously burned resistors and a leaking battery—an easy repair to put this meter back into service.
Hackaday

SDU-X: Software defined data transmission with ultrasonic transducers
SDU-X uses two ultrasonic transducers mounted on 3D printed parabolic dishes.
RTL-SDR

open890
open890 is a web-based UI for the Kenwood TS-890S Amateur Radio, and features good usability, clean design, and high-speed bandscope/audio scope displays, among other features not available either on the radio itself, or in the ARCP remote control software.
N0RUA

144 MHz EME Newsletter
Since 2003 I’ve produced the monthly 144 MHz EME Newsletter focusing on 2m EME activity. The newsletter comes free of charge and is my personal courtesy to the Ham community.
DF2ZC

What’s new at DLARC January 2024
On January 1, 2024, content published in 1928 in the United States entered the public domain. But what about the Amateur Radio content?
Zero Retries

Investigating creeping ground fault
I decided to make a device that could monitor the residual current of my mains installation over time to see if the if it would uncover anything.
Dzl’s Evil Genius Lair

Top 5 Parks on the Air tips for activating a park
The top 5 tips to help you make the most of your park activations and ensure a successful and enjoyable experience.
N1JUR

Video

External meter display and tune button for Yaesu FT-991a
Build a Yaesu external meter display and tune button yourself with an Arduino NANO.
PA0LUX

Build a Ham transmitter with a Raspberry Pi Pico
Using only a few external components build a Ham Radio transmitter covering 0.5-30 MHz.
101 Things

Handheld spectrum analyzer review
The Jstvro spectrum analyzer covers 240-960 MHz on the first port and 15 – 2700 MHz on the second port.
Tech Minds

Meet the students using radio waves to contact the ISS
A high school club in Pennsylvania is making waves — radio waves, that is.
TODAY