FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEONE WEEK TO GO! SAVE THE DATE!!Monday, April 8TH!! HamSCI Presents the Solar Eclipse QSO Party – April 8, 2024 Join with thousands of your fellow amateurs as part of the largest crowd-sourced event for ham radio scientific exploration ever! The SEQP is part of The Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science and is […]
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World Amateur Radio Day is April
World Amateur Radio Day is April 18, 202403/29/2024 World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) is celebrated each year on April 18. The theme for 2024 is, “A Century of Connections: Celebrating 100 Years of Amateur Radio Innovation, Community, and Advocacy.” The global event covers all of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) regions and spans 2 […]
FCC to Require Two Factor Authentication for CORES Users
FCC to Require Two Factor Authentication for CORES Users03/22/2024 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced an upcoming change to the Commission Registration System (CORES) that licensees use to pay any application or regulatory fees, manage or reset a password on an existing FRN, or request a new FRN. Beginning March 29, 2024, multifactor authentication […]
2024 ARRL Field Day Theme: Be Radio Active
2024 ARRL Field Day Theme: Be Radio Active03/15/2024 The theme for 2024 ARRL Field Day is “Be Radio Active.” The event will run on June 22 – 23, and it will be one-part contest, one-part emergency communications exercise, and one-part open house — and a great time. The theme encourages radio amateurs to take advantage […]
Bob Vallio, W6RGG, Named ARRL Honorary Vice President
Bob Vallio, W6RGG, Named ARRL Honorary Vice President03/08/2024 Robert B. “Bob” Vallio, W6RGG, has been honored by the ARRL Board of Directors as an Honorary Vice President. In a motion that passed with an extended standing ovation, the Board awarded the honor at their Annual Meeting in January 2024. The motion honored Vallio’s lifetime of […]
ASVARO announces the Electronics Flea Market for 2024
Thanks to ASVARO for this broadcast message – ASVARO announces the Electronics Flea Market for 2024 at West Valley College in Saratoga on the second Sunday of the month. Our first event is on March 10, 2024 in parking lot 3 at the corner of Fruitvale and Allendale avenues, near I-280 in Saratoga. All these […]
Do you want to volunteer for Amateur Radio Support for the Big SurInternational Marathon?
Do you want to volunteer for Amateur Radio Support for the Big Sur International Marathon? If you do please email: Jeff Ackerman — KG6UYZat [email protected] for a volunteer form. Event: Big Sur International Marathon Area of operation: Big Sur, Ca to Carmel, CAEvent Date: 4-28-2024Race Start Time: 0645 hrs (Approximate)Race End Time: 1230 hrs (Approximate)Volunteer Start Time […]
WRC-23 Concludes with Wins for Amateur Radio and Agenda Items Designated for the Next Two Events
Recap, via ARRL — WRC-23 Concludes with Wins for Amateur Radio and Agenda Items Designated for the Next Two Events By International Amateur Radio Union Secretary Joel Harrison, W5ZN,12/18/2023 After 4 hectic weeks of the 2023 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-23), and a preceding week of Radiocommunication Assembly meetings, WRC-23 concluded on Friday, December 15. Amateur […]
HAARP Needs Ham Help
HAARP Needs Ham Help Amateur radio operators and radio astronomers are being asked to help monitor a new research project by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP).The project officially began on February 28, but it will run until March 3, 2024. Some examples of experiments planned for the project are the production of extremely […]
Senators Roger Wicker and Richard Blumenthal Introduce S.3690 to Eliminate Private Land Use Restrictions on Amateur Radio
Senators Roger Wicker and Richard Blumenthal Introduce S.3690 to Eliminate Private Land Use Restrictions on Amateur Radio 02/14/2024, via ARRL On January 30, 2024, US Senators Roger Wicker (MS) and Richard Blumenthal (CT) introduced S.3690, the Senate companion bill to H.R.4006, introduced last June. Both bills reflect the Congressional campaign efforts by ARRL The National […]