This Week in Amateur Radio

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Views expressed in this Amateur/Ham Radio News update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 22 April 2024, 1340 UTC.

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via HACKADAY: Crystal Radio Kit from the 1970s

If you read the December 1970 issue of Mechanix Illustrated, you’d be treated to ’s crystal radio build. He called out...

via the RSGB: Sharing your stories of amateur radio

Nigel Limb, M7FFU, had a motorbike accident in 2015 that left him with permanent brain damage and partially blind in...

Council denies ham radio tower extension (Arizona)

A Cottonwood man wanted to build a radio tower in the Sawmill housing development with a telescoping design that allows...

Why Ham radio is still important (Philippines)

Are amateur radios, also called ham radios, still important these days? Apparently so! When cell phones, regular phones, the internet...

via the RSGB: RSGB Board appoints its Chair

The RSGB Board has met for the first time since the Society’s AGM, where three Directors were endorsed to serve...

Via AMSAT: ANS-112 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

In this edition: Nine US Schools Moved Forward in ARISS Selection Process AMSAT Thanks First Quarter 2024 President’s Club Members...

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1312 – Full Version

Release Date: April 20, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's...

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1312 – Truncated 1-hour version

This is a 1-hour version of the weekly podcast for This Week in Amateur Radio. For the full version please...

World Amateur Radio Day 2024: Date, Theme, History, and Significance

World Amateur Radio Day, also known as International Amateur Radio Day is celebrated on 18 April, every year. The day...

Bill Continelli, W2XOY of This Week in Amateur Radio, SK

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of one of our longtime contributors. William L. Continelli, W2XOY,...

via HACKADAY: Voice Control for a Vintage Heathkit Radio

Most modern ham rigs have a voice activated transmission (VOX) mode, although we don’t know many people who use it...

Amateur radio club collaborates to help during emergencies (Montana)

Each month a group of dedicated Ham radio operators with the Clark Fork Valley Amateur Radio Club meet at Church...

AM car radios seem quaint. But when the twister comes, you’ll want that dial (Kansas)

When I read the Kansas House had overwhelmingly voted in favor of a nonbinding resolution urging Congress to require automakers...

Case Amateur Radio Club gains national attention for eclipse research (Ohio)

It’s not every day that a Case Western Reserve University student organization gets interviewed for News 5 Cleveland or Smithsonian Magazine. But for...

The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz, A Physics Connoisseur? Who Knew?

As part of my reporting for a story last week about the new NJR Media Group podcast, “MOVIES WITH…,” I...

Via AMSAT: 2024 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet at Hamvention to be Held Friday May 17th

AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin ANS-103 April 12, 2024 In this edition: 2024 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet at Hamvention to be Held...

via the RSGB: PSC member Gwyn Griffiths, G3ZIL interviewed by the BBC

On Monday 8 April 2024, a total solar eclipse gripped North America as radio amateurs worldwide looked on to see...

A Stroudsburg teens’ passion for radio (Pennsylvania)

In this week’s Here’s to You Kid segment, 28/22 News met a young ham radio operator. It’s not only his...

Going the extra mile: the radio operators who connect all 26.2 miles of the Boston Marathon (Massachusetts)

Early in the morning April 15, thousands of volunteers and athletes began to check-in and start the race that constitutes...

via HACKADAY: WSPR To The Wind With A Pi Pico High Altitiude Balloon

They say that if you love something, you should set it free. That doesn’t mean that you should spend any...

AO-109 to Reenter Atmosphere in Coming Weeks

AMSAT's AO-109 (Fox-1E) CubeSat is scheduled to reenter Earth's atmosphere in the weeks ahead. The fifth generation Fox 1U CubeSat...

via HACKADAY: M17 Digital Communications Go From Strength To Strength

The world of amateur radio is like many other fields in that there has been a move underway from analogue...

via the RSGB: World Amateur Radio Day is coming up

World Amateur Radio Day is celebrated each year on the 18 April. The theme for 2024 is A Century of Connections:...

via the RSGB: RSGB call for radio amateurs enjoying the new licence conditions

During May, the RSGB Photo Friday feature on social media will highlight radio amateurs who are taking advantage of the new...

via the RSGB: RSGB President interviewed by BBC

On 11 April, BBC Radio 4 Feedback presenter Andrea Catherwood looked at why the Long Wave frequency is being shut...

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