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The ARRL Collegiate Amateur Radio Program (CARP) was established to support and promote Amateur Radio among students and ham radio clubs at colleges and universities. Connect with other students. Further your own interests in wireless communications. Meet professionals whose careers have been influenced by being a ham radio operator. ARRL is your place for access to the latest developments in radio electronics and Amateur Radio public service. First appearance of Andy & Tony - Episode 73 https://youtu.be/HnIta_AXTgACollegiate QSO Party Website https://collegiateqsoparty.com/ KD8RTT Satellite Book https://kd8rtt.com/2026/04/28/satellite-operating-for-amateur-radio-book/ Website: www.aj8b.comYoutube & Podcast TheDXMentorReal Time DX Info (DailyDX https://www.dailydx.com/Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.orgDaily DX https://www.dailydx.com/DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/Icom https://www.icomamerica.com/IC-7760 Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7760IC-PW2 Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-PW2IC-7300 MK2 Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300MK2/IC-9700 Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/IC-905 Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/IC-R8600 Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-R8600/IC-52A Plus Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/ID-52APLUS/

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1426 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: September 26, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:14:54 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1426 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Call for Presentations: 44th AMSAT Space Symposium 2. AMSAT: AO-7 - OSCAR-7 - Again Captures Attention 3. AMSAT: Satellite Headlines From All Over 4. WIA: Fuel Savings Double Potential Lifetime for NASAs Roman Mission 5. ARRL: FCC and HHS Initiate New Proceedings on RF Exposure 6. ARRL: Morse Code Detectives 7. ARRL: Remembering Four Silent Keys 8. ARRL: Will RADE Be the Next SSB? 9. ARRL: ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, Guest On Episode 103 of The DX Mentor Podcast 10. ARRL: Radio Shorts From All Over 11. Croatia Will Host World Radiosport Team Championships 12. Nationwide Emergency Alert System Test Date Set By The US Government 13. A Summit Activator Assists In Hiker Rescue In Hawaii 14. Disaster Response Veteran Tom Delaney, W8WTD - SK 15. Etiquette Is Not Trivial On This Net 16. Hindu Festival Concludes In Mumbai As Hams Ensure Safety 17. ARRL: W1AW/250 Upcoming Operations/Activations 18. ARRL: Upcoming Section Conventions 19. ARRL: Upcoming RadioSport Contests Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Australia's own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio will take us through an Emergency Response Reality Check * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with a brand new edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio" ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3 Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

ARRL Audio News September 25, 2026

Hello and welcome to episode 103 of The DX Mentor – a discussion with ARRL CEO NA2AA, David Minster. Joe, W8GEX, will be joining us. David will bring us the highlights of the July Board of Directors meeting and will update us on a few other ARRL activities. Although David will be using a Powerpoint slide deck, it is only for talking points. Youshould be able to easily follow the discussion via the podcast. However, you can watch the same discussion via the YouTube Channel.

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1425 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: September 19, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Ed Johnson, W2PH, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:36:54 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1425 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. ARRL: Candidates Named for ARRL Director and Vice Director Elections 2. ARRL: Hamvention Names First Woman as General Chair 3. ARRL: Former ARRL COO Harold Kramer, WJ1B, Silent Key 4. ARRL: Rich Moseson, W2VU, Named ARRL News Editor 5. ARRL: Entrepreneur and Amateur Radio Operator Invests in the Next Generation of Problem Solvers 6. ARRL: 10-Year-Old Receives Ham License and More 7. ARRL: ARISS Receives Challenger-7 Recognition 8. ARRL: FCC Cites GMRS Licensee for Illegal Linked Repeater Network 9. ARRL: New ARRL Maine Section Manager 10. ARRL: ARRL Board Reviews and Approves Potential Alabama Section Move to the Delta Division & More 11. ARRL: New ARRL 10-Band DXCC Award 12. ARRL: Upcoming: 2026 ARRL Simulated Emergency Test (SET) 13. ARRL: Florida's Space Coast Expands Digital Communications Infrastructures 14. ARRL: WRTC 2026 Organizers Honored by FOC 15. ARRL: Get Ready for Jamboree on the Air 16. ARRL: AMSAT Youth Initiative Course, ARISS Announces Schedule Deadline 17. Gibralter Amateurs Mark Milestones With New Stamps and Coins 18. 12,000 Year Old Archaeological Site Gets HF Radio 19. Amateur Radio Digital Communications Seeks Volunteers 20. FCC Vote Will Give High Speed Satellite More Spectrum 21. Indonesian Volcano Eruption Activates Emergency Net 22. A Tribute Transmission From Alaska To NYC On September 11th 23. Solar Power From Space To Be Delivered By LASER 24. AMSAT: World Amateur Radio Broadcasting & Send Your Name into Space Campaign 25. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over 26. ARRL: Upcoming Contest Listing and Regional Conventions Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Australia's own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, will cover Coronal Mass Ejections, Wind Flares, Solar Flux, and Geomagnetic Storms * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with Part One of a brand new edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio" ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3 Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

ARRL Audio News September 18, 2026

ARRL Audio News September 11, 2026

Some of the products seen in QST Product Review, including transceivers, receivers, and amplifiers, are tested in the ARRL Lab to see how they stack up against the manufacturer's claims. Those test results are included in the published review to help you make more informed buying choices. ARRL's new online interactive Comparison Tool for ARRL Lab-Tested Devices makes it even easier to refer to, compare, and understand the test results. ARRL Digital RF Engineer John Jobin McAuliffe, W1DRF, visit the podcast to talk about what the tool does and how to use it to better inform your radio purchases.

ARRL Audio News September 4, 2026

ARRL Audio News August 28, 2026

In this edition: 01. Carlos Miranda 02. JAMX01 and BY70-4 03. IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination 04. Bangladesh Satellite-2 05. Huntsville Hamfest-ARRL National Convention 06. IARU report on Indonesian response 07. ARRL report on Indonesian response 08. Colombian Emergency Network 09. AMSAT-UK Colloquium 10. AMSAT UK Gala Dinner 11. OrbitDeck for iOS 12. KeplerSet 13. AMSAT-UK OSCAR News Editor Vacancy 14. HamSCI 15. Katalyst Space 16. 270 Orbital Rockets 17. SatNOGS v1.76 18. TinyGS firmware 19. 10-year old licensed 20. AMSAT Space Symposium Hotel Reservations 21. AMSAT Space Symposium Registration 22. AMSAT Space Symposium 23. Wyoming HamCon 24. Below are recurring links that normally do not change 25. AMSAT Awards 26. Donate to AMSAT 27. FO-29 Schedule 28. FO-99 Schedule 29. AMSAT Keps Link 30. AMSAT Distance Records 31. AMSAT Membership 32. AMSAT President Club 33. Satellite Status Page 34. Satellite Status Page 2 35. FM Satellite Frequencies 36. Linear Satellite Frequencies 37. ISS pass prediction times 38. AMSAT Ambassador Program 39. AMSAT News Service 40. AMSAT GOLF Program 41. AMSAT Hardware Store 42. AMSAT Gear on Zazzle 43. AMSAT Remove Before Flight Keychains 44. AMSAT on X (Twitter) 45. and more.

GB2RS News Sunday the 23rd of August 2026   The news headlines: View the action-packed RSGB Convention programme  Find out more about Experimenters' Corner at Hamfest The RSGB continues to support young radio amateurs   The RSGB has released the full draft programme for its Convention, which takes place between the 9th and 11th of October at Kents Hill Park Conference Centre in Milton Keynes. The programme includes details of the inspiring lectures that have been lined up for your enjoyment. They have been organised into three engaging streams: Learn, Connect and Inspire. You'll also find three newly announced speakers. John Carter, N6YU will be talking about “The spec is the new schematic: Reproducible station software with spec-driven development” whilst Paul Marks, G8FVK will explain “A modular approach to construction”. Dr Tom Cheetham from Bletchley Park will give a fascinating historical presentation called “The Fox shall not escape: The RSGB and signals interception during WWII”. The Society has also announced that it has extended its early-bird pricing until 9am on Tuesday the 1st of September. This means you can snap up your weekend ticket for only £49, which gives you access not only to the programme, but also to the AMSAT-UK Colloquium, Special Interest Groups, a great social scene, and much more. View the programme and secure your ticket by going to rsgb.org/convention Do you enjoy amateur radio construction? Or perhaps you enjoy trying out new and emerging technology? Each month RSGB Board Director Mark Jones, G0MGX writes a column called ‘Experimenters' Corner' for RadCom, which focuses on a new aspect of experimenting within amateur radio. He has also been giving a brief introduction to each column in a monthly reel shared on the Society's social media channels. Mark covers topics ranging from home-brew construction techniques and 3D-printing to software development and cost-saving tips. You can speak to Mark and talk about his column at this year's Hamfest at the Newark Showground on the 25th and 26th of September. He will be in the RSGB village with a selection of interactive displays which you won't want to miss. You can find out more on Experimenters' Corner by going to rsgb.org/experimenters-corner The Youngsters On the Air Summer Camp 2026 took place in Wagrain [VAH-GRAIN], Austria earlier this month. If you missed out on the daily updates sent by the team of young radio amateurs who represented the RSGB, go to rsgb.org/yota-camp  The daily blogs, photos and some fantastic sketches will remain on the Society's website to view in your own time. If you are a young radio amateur looking to meet like-minded people, have you seen the youth activities being offered at this year's RSGB Convention? There will be a wide range of youth-specific activities to inspire you, including an update from the YOTA team. Go to rsgb.org/convention-youth  to find out more. You can also get involved with youth activities in December by taking part in YOTA Month. The RSGB will once again be taking part in this special IARU initiative, which encourages young amateur radio operators to get on the air, make contacts around the world, and promote the hobby among young people. Keep an eye out for announcements on how to get involved by going to the RSGB website at rsgb.org/yota-month  In the USA, the FCC has released a further proposal for new commercial satellite allocations that overlap existing amateur spectrum. This time the 900MHz, 2.4GHz and 5.7GHz bands are the topic. The ARRL has already made an initial response. Further information and links for this are available via rsgb.org/spectrum-forum  This follows the unwelcome FCC authorisation of 70cm last year for telemetry for a 248-satellite constellation. For more information on satellite challenges visit tinyurl.com/rsgbsf2026 This year's British Inland Waterways on the Air event will run from Saturday the 29th until Monday the 31st of August. The event is open to radio amateurs who use canals, towpaths, rivers, lakes or reservoirs for work or recreation. To find out more, visit Nunsfield House Amateur Radio Group's website at nharg.org.uk  and follow the ‘BIWOTA 2026' link. Please send details of all your news and events to radcom@rsgb.org.uk  The deadline for submissions is 10am on Thursdays before the Sunday broadcast each week.    And now for details of rallies and events On Sunday the 30th of August, Milton Keynes Amateur Radio Society Rally will take place at Heron's Lodge Guide Activity Centre, Bradwell Road, Loughton Lodge, Milton Keynes. The doors open to the public from 9am. The entrance fee is £3 and parking is free of charge. For more information visit mkars.org.uk/mkrally Also on Sunday the 30th of August, Torbay Amateur Radio Society Annual Rally will take place at The Courtenay Centre, Kingsteignton Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2QA. This new venue is a town centre site and is adjacent to a large car park. The entry fee is £3 and visitors are welcome from 10am. More details are available at torbayars.org On Monday the 31st of August, Huntingdonshire Amateur Radio Rally will take place at Ramsey Rural Museum, Wood Lane, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire. The doors will be open to traders from 7am and to visitors from 9am. Hot and cold refreshments will be available on site. For more information email harsrally2026@hotmail.com   Now the Special Event news The German DX Foundation is using special callsign DQ30GDXF until December to celebrate its 30th anniversary. QSL via OQRS and Logbook of the World. Contacts made between the 1st of July and the 30th of September count towards an award. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/DQ30GDXF   To celebrate its 15th anniversary, members of the Croatian Flora and Fauna Amateur Radio Club are active as 9A44FF and 9A44FF/P until December. For details of an award that is available for working the station, visit QRZ.com   Now the DX news Rafal, SQ4O is a member of the 50th Polish Antarctic Expedition to the Henryk Arctowski [ART-STOF-SKEE] Station on King George Island, South Shetland Islands, AN-010. In his spare time, he is operating as HF0PAS on the HF bands using CW and SSB, and on the 6m band using FT8. Tom, VK2TBC is active as VK0TBC from Casey Station, Antarctica until December. Look out for him using FT8 and SSB on the HF bands. For more information visit QRZ.com   Now the contest news Today, Sunday the 23rd of August, the UK Microwave Group High Band Contest runs from 0800 to 1700UTC. Using all modes on the 6 and 3cm bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Tuesday the 25th of August, the RSGB SHF UK Activity Contest runs from 1830 to 2130UTC. Using all modes on 2.3 to 10GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The World Wide Digi DX Contest starts at 1200UTC on Saturday the 29th and ends at 1200UTC on Sunday the 30th of August. Using FT4 and FT8 on the 160 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is your four-character locator.   Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on Thursday the 20th of August 2026. Last week was characterised by geomagnetic disturbances, due to high-speed solar wind streams from coronal holes, and a slightly increasing solar flux index. The Kp index hit 5 on the 18th and 19th of August reducing maximum useable frequencies, or MUFs, and generally being detrimental to HF propagation. We also had more than 50 C-class solar flares and one M-class event this past week, so nothing too severe. It was coronal holes that did the damage with two large areas on the Sun. A coronal hole is an area of the Sun with open magnetic field lines that allows solar plasma to escape.  HF conditions were relatively poor during International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend on Sunday the 16th, with little DX and heavy QSB or fading. The MUF struggled to get to 21MHz and most activity was on the 40 and 20m bands. Some transatlantic signals were logged, but they were weak and watery. That didn't stop people from enjoying the event though! DX to be worked this week includes 3B8/SQ9UM from Mauritius; RI8KR from Asiatic Russia; RI1FJL operating from Franz Josef Land; V47JA on St Kitts; and V51WH and V55Y active in Namibia. Good news this week as Propquest is back online, showing near real-time MUFs over various distances. Jim, G3YLA says this is a temporary fix pending further work. NOAA predicts that we will see a solar flux index around 100 to 120 next week, with relatively poor geomagnetic conditions forecast for today, the 23rd. The Kp index is predicted to be around 2 during the coming week.  At the time of writing, there are no coronal holes threatening HF propagation, but keep an eye on solarham.com for updates. We are still analysing the eclipse experiment data, but a video of the 80m WSPR contacts has been produced and can be found at tinyurl.com/80mWSPR   And now the VHF and up propagation news from G3YLA and G4BAO The return of unsettled weather last week pauses over this weekend, ending today the 23rd,  as a new high moves across the country from the Atlantic. This gives a good chance for some tropo and, if the land temperatures pick up again and drift offshore, it could produce some good conditions across sea paths like the North and Irish Seas.  Before mid-week, probably during Tuesday, low pressure will return and push a frontal system across the country followed by further fronts and showery periods for the rest of the week. This could be very good for rain scatter on the GHz bands, especially if the showers turn thundery. Meteor scatter will be largely random activity for most of the coming week. We will also see the end of the Delta Aquarids today, the 23rd , and the final trailing off from the Perseids, which end tomorrow, the 24th. The solar conditions are worth monitoring after recent activity saw the Kp index reach 5 on Tuesday and Wednesday last week. Ideally, we require something a little higher to start considering auroral propagation from the southern UK. Sporadic-E can last into the first week of September but tends to become harder to find and shorter in duration. There is no reason to stop checking though; anytime from mid-morning to late afternoon should cover it. For EME operators, the Moon was at apogee and at minimum declination yesterday, the 22nd. With minimum peak elevation and maximum path losses, it's a good excuse to check out the mechanics of your antenna. 144MHz sky noise is very high today, the 23rd, falling back to low as the week progresses. And that's all from the propagation team this week.

ARRL Audio News August 21, 2026

Hello and welcome to episode 100 of TheDX Mentor – a look under the hood of the ARRL's Logbook of the World program. My guests are George, K1IG, and Joe, W8GEX.If you like what you find, please subscribe to always be notified about upcoming episodes!     If you have a comment or a question, please drop me a note at thedxmentor@gmail.comBelow are the links that we alluded to:K1IG QRZ page: https://www.qrz.com/db/K1IG K1IG QSO Today Interview https://www.qsotoday.com/podcasts/K1IG K1IG local ham club https://wb1gof.org/ Grid Tracker Software https://gridtracker.org/ TQSL Page: https://www.arrl.org/tqsl-downloadLoTW Status Page: https://www.arrl.org/logbook-queue-statusDXCC Standings: https://www.arrl.org/dxcc-standingsReal Time DX Info (DailyDX https://www.dailydx.com/Southwest Ohio DX Assoc. https://www.swodxa.orgDaily DX https://www.dailydx.com/DX Engineering https://www.dxengineering.com/Icom: https://www.icomamerica.com/IC-7760 Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7760IC-PW2 Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-PW2IC-7300 MK2 Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-7300MK2/IC-9700 Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-9700/IC-905 Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-905/IC-R8600 Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/IC-R8600/IC-52A Plus Product Page: https://www.icomamerica.com/lineup/products/ID-52APLUS/

A weekly podcast of current news and events in the world of amateur radio, prepared by ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® in the US. This podcasts contains no music, so it can be aired over amateur radio repeaters.

Foundations of Amateur Radio Recently I explored the nature of amateur radio emergency response. I received a few replies providing an insight into the on the ground reality and it encouraged me to dig into this a little more. I'll start with some context. Early in my amateur adventures I became aware of the Wireless Institute of Australia's efforts in encouraging people to become familiar with emergency procedures. It introduced a course titled "Introduction to Public Safety Training for Radio Amateurs", specifically to achieve a Certificate II in Public Safety. I dutifully downloaded the materials, went to my local office supply store and had the documents printed out. The bill was hundreds of dollars as I recall, as much as I paid for my new FT-857d, because the dozens of PDF documents had little colour logos scattered throughout, because of course they did. After getting over the bill shock, I discovered that you could only do this course if you had an advanced amateur license. Not that this requirement makes any sense, since you're not operating on amateur radio frequencies or using amateur radio equipment, but I digress. To add insult to injury, today I dug up that 2011 manual, well, one of the four volumes sitting on my shelf, and discovered that for example, the module for "Communication in the Workplace" is actually a standard training module offered throughout Australia. In other words, the Wireless Institute's attempt at linking amateur radio to emergency response was a set of training modules that made you into an Emergency Communications Officer with, I might add, no guarantee of engagement by your local emergency service. As far as I can tell, this is no longer offered but the evidence shows that it continues to shape amateur radio emergency policy a decade and a half later. I set out to discover if things had improved, starting with a search for "WICEN procedures", WICEN being the Wireless Institute Civil Emergency Network, the equivalent of ARES, the Amateur Radio Emergency Service in the United States, RAYNET, Radio Amateurs Emergency Network in the United Kingdom, DARES, Dutch Amateur Radio Emergency Service and many others. I was pleasantly surprised to find many pages with results. Less pleasant was to discover that many, if not most of them, hadn't been updated since 2011, that's if they were dated at all. As an aside, dating this kind of information is in my opinion crucial. A list of repeater frequencies is absolutely irrelevant if it's more than a year old, but if the information has no date, you have no idea if you're dealing with a current list or one written when Netscape was still in business. For example, the WICEN Tasmania (South) website has lots of information, but there's absolutely no indication of how old it is, unless you take the "Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported" in the header as a sign that it was last updated before 2017 when Flash was depreciated. Their "Equine Endurance Ride Tracking" has a version number, but no indication of when it was updated. I did find a Voice Procedure Training Module dated 16 June 2011, so that's something. Lest you think I'm picking on Tasmania, WICEN Victoria has plenty of information, all dated 2011, well, apart from the 1994 and 1998 manuals. WICEN Bundaberg has information, at least some of it dated, but published in August 2012. WICEN WA has a snazzy website which contains the outlines of something, but it's unclear where it's at and their homepage states that it's in a "rebuilding phase". I'll note that the main wicen.org.au domain links to eight WICEN organisations, but the list is nascent at best and while it serves as the Australian WICEN landing page, it has no other information. Not even the Wireless Institute itself provides a full list of its own WICEN affiliated clubs and associations. Age and accuracy aside, one thing all these results appear to have in common is the unstated burning desire to become official Emergency Communications Officers, with instructions on pro-words, standard phrases, voice procedures and integration with the rest of the official Emergency Communication community. While I get that this was the Wireless Institute aim back in 2011, is that still relevant today? Is being a radio amateur the starting point for becoming an operator in an emergency radio bunker, or is that a parallel path that radio amateurs might take? Let me be explicit here. Are we as radio amateurs best suited to train other radio amateurs to become certified State Emergency Service volunteers, or should we join the local SES and participate in their training? It goes back to the underlying premise and its current implementation, such as it is, amateur radio's attempt at claiming an emergency communications role in order to justify its use of radio spectrum. Don't get me wrong. I have no beef with providing emergency communications, but effectiveness is important. Volunteer hours are a strictly limited resource and it seems to me that the path we've been on since at least 2011 is attempting to duplicate an existing system with, I suspect, very limited real world application. So, what should we do about it? Although it's incomplete, undated and without version numbers, the WICEN WA website has a list of how emergency communications are activated, who does what and when and in which order. That's the only place I've ever seen such a list. It's a start. It appears that some parts of WICEN are attempting to roll out a permanent HF data network. The choice of band is curious, 80m, a band not known for local communications, daytime communications, or small and easily deployable antennas, ask any portable operator. In contrast, the Philippine Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network, PAREDN or DX1PRD, uses 2m and 70cm for most of its network which also has an active status dashboard, something which I have yet to discover anywhere in Australia. Within the various emergency systems across the globe, two proprietary tools seem to have taken hold, Winlink and VARA. The first providing a mechanism for message exchange with an associated global network of receivers, the latter a way of transmitting it across radio. Together they claim to provide the basics of a parallel Internet for "when the Internet goes down, mobile phone networks fail or natural disasters isolate communities". Frankly, bandwidth considerations alone will reveal that it's the same kind of absurd claim that the ARRL made famous: "When all else fails" The tools, Winlink and VARA, are claimed to be cross-platform, but all links supplied by WICEN sites I found are for Windows only, closed source, or worse, stuck behind a user account login. There are efforts underway for open source replacements for both VARA and Winlink, according to GitHub both replacement projects started in 2023, but this software is in active development and I see little evidence of wide adoption of either at this stage, that's not to say it won't be, just that it isn't yet. As soon as the proprietary tools change protocol, these projects will stop working until the new protocol has been reverse engineered. Hardly a recipe for robustness. In case you think this is a new effort, the WICEN Victoria website has Winlink presentations as recent as 2012. I'll leave you to contemplate if any of this makes sense. Unrelated, I'm recovering from a cold and some wondered recently if I was experimenting with voice cloning. It's a question that's been put to me in other forms as well, several people over the years articulating that they thought I was a bot. Let me point out that the whole point of my contribution here is to learn, document and share it with you. If I used Assumed Intelligence, or AI, and Unsupervised Text Extruders, or LLMs to do that, there's no learning for me and subsequently no reason for spending time with you. As an aside, I tend to use "my cat" as a phrase to replace any instance of OpenAI, Anthropic, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Co-pilot and based on the growing list of companies focused on this, I find it helps retain my sanity. I'll leave you with a question. While the WIA claims that WICEN is "totally independent from the WIA", even though it obviously has its fingerprints all over it, who is running this show and perhaps more importantly, who is helping? I'm Onno VK6FLAB

ARRL Audio News August 7, 2026

ハムのラジオ第709回の配信です。 (2026/8/2 ラジオ成田から放送) 特集はリスナーの皆様に英語に親しんでいただく企画「ハムハムイングリッシュ」です。 今月は The ARRL Letter、Amateur Radio Daily から話題をピックアップしました。 ★ 以下のURLで、英語スピーチの原文をご覧いただくことができます。参考にしてください。 (1)YOTAアメリカキャンプ成功 https://www.arrl.org/arrlletterissue?issue=2026-07-02#Bookmark_AEE8B1D0E (2)16歳のARRL会員が、学生コーディングコンテストに優勝 https://www.arrl.org/arrlletterissue?issue=2026-07-09#Bookmark_AC6EC9458 (3)フロリダスペースコーストでデジタル通信網の拡充 https://www.arrl.org/arrlletterissue?issue=2026-07-09#Bookmark_A01778CD5 (4)aprs.world, フリーで使え、11か国語に対応した、APRSマップのご紹介 https://daily.hamweekly.com/2026/07/aprs-world-modern-live-aprs-map-11-languages/ 番組では、皆様からのメッセージをお待ちしております。 ご意見、ご感想、お叱り、雑談、無線以外の話題でも結構です。 メッセージを送るには、ホームページの「お便りはこちらから」のページから、 あるいはham(アットマーク)hamsradio.net宛に電子メールでお送りください。 ハムのラジオは、このページの他、Apple Podcast、Amazon Music、Youtubeで配信中！ 「ハムのラジオ」と日本語で検索してください。 お気に入り登録、チャンネル登録もお忘れなく！！ ハムのラジオ　制作担当　JA1WTO　よしはら

ARRL Audio News July 31, 2026

ARRL Audio News July 24, 2026

Amateur Radio News and Information in the Greater Cincinnati, Tri-State, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Areas for the Week of July 24, 2026.This weeks Topics Include:TIME.....  Final CountdownUnion, Ky Ham Radio ProclamationKR4KS Award for Field Day Chairman WorkGREAT MESHCORE presentationKR4NAQ now EXTRA, KQ4QIS Now GENERALQSO1.netKE4KY Card CheckerScouts RadioARRL America 250 EventNominations for KY Amateur of The YearYoungs Jersey Dairy Charity Bike TourKY POTA EventKY COMMS ShowcaseOMISS BoothRepeater ListHamfestsExamsSign Out....... 73

ARRL Audio News July 17, 2026

Amateur Radio News and Information in the Greater Cincinnati, Tri-State, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Areas for the Week of July 17, 2026.This weeks topics include:The Little EventW4TOY Silent KeyMuseum of Radio and TechnologyNew Question Pool for Technician ExamWide Area Repeater NetDan Beard Council Radio Committee Scout TrainingARRL America 2502026 Ky. amateur Of the Year NominationsNKARC Breakfast ClubMONIX MeetingMeshcore Presentation at NKARC MeetingSTEM Day Camp for KidsYoungs Jersey Dairy Chairity Bike tourRepeater ListHamfestExams

ARRL Audio News July 10, 2026

ARRL Audio News July 3, 2026

Is amateur radio really dying? In this video, I react to the viral "What Happened to Ham Radio?" documentary and break down the real FCC and ARRL license data showing strong growth from the 1970s to over 700,000 US hams today. I address the exaggerations about the "golden age," highlight active communities, Field Day, Parks on the Air, emergency comms, and why the hobby remains thriving. Perfect for new and experienced hams — get on the air and join the fun!

ARRL Audio News June 26, 2026

ARRL Audio News June 19, 2026

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1424 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: June 13, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Ed Johnson. W2PH, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:17:56 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1424 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT Submits Letter of Intent for NASA SLS CubeSat Opportunity on Artemis III, IV, and V 2. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts from All Over 3. WIA: Canadian Radio Station Forms Amateur Radio Club 4. WIA: OscarWatch Tracker: A New Satellite Tracking Program from MM9SQL 5. ARRL: Washington Governor Highlights Amateur Radio Volunteers Ahead of ARRL Field Day 6. ARRL: Watch Salty Walt's Portable Antenna Forum 7. ARRL: Get Ready For ARRL Kids Day 2026 8. ARRL: Orlando HamCation is seeking nominations for its 2027 awards 9. ARRL: ARRL Great Lakes Division Director Scott Yonally, N8SY, Guest Speaker 10. ITU Corporation Acquires Ameritron and Mirage RF Amplifier Brands from MFJ Enterprises 11. US Radio Station Copper Thief Is Arrested 12. Ireland Radio Transmitter Society Is Looking For HF World Championship Operators 13. Artemis III Mission Astronauts Are Announced By NASA 14. Amateurs Experimenting With Teletext For Amateur Radio 15. Astronauts Return To The Space Station After Air Leak 16. Reminder: Hamclock Backend Server Switch Coming Up 17. Amateur Radio Digital Communications Has Launched A New Discord Server 18. CubeSats Boost Data Rates With Foldable Antennas 19. AMSAT: AMSAT Field Day 2026 20. FCC: FCC kicks off its first spectrum auction in four years 21. ARRL: The league launches its "Find The Right Rig" new comparison tool for ARRL members 22. China's space station now has a new crew 23. Canada is assked by HamSci to reconsider shutting down its shortwave time signal CHU 24. FCC: Newest warning from the FCC targets unlicensed radio operator Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3 Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

REPORTERS VK2LAW, VK4FUQ, VK3GTV, VK2COD along with VK5PAS, KC0DGY N5PRE and acknowledge AMSAT NA, AMSAT DL, NEWSLINE, RSGB, ARRL and CAROLE PARK.

ARRL Audio News June 12, 2026

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1423 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: June 6, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:55:40 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1423 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT Field Day 2026 2. AMSAT: RADIANT Project Aims to Bring Delay-Tolerant Networking to Amateur Radio 3. AMSAT: SpaceX Starship V3's First Test Flight Largely Successful 4. AMSAT: China Launches Shenzhou 23 Spacecraft 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 6. WIA: Radio Frequency Changes Cause Drones To Fall 7. WIA: Japan Amateur Radio League 100th Anniversary 8. WIA: US Space Command Launches War Games 9. WIA: School Is Now In Session 10. RW: Ohio Valley 100,000 Watt FM Signal Is Severed in Broad Daylight 11. RTS: The FCC Plans Tighter Rules That Will Help Undersea Internet Cables 12. FCC: FCC Kicks Off First Spectrum Auction In Four Years 13. ARRL: Find The Right Rig: New Comparison Tool For ARRL Members 14. ARRL: CHU Canada's Official Shortwave Time Signal To Go Silent 15. ARRL: Florida Field Day Preparations Under Way 16. ARRL: Santa Barbara Wireless Foundation Scholarship 2026 Winner 17. ARRL: International Dog Day On August 26, 2026 18. ARRL: The Lewis and Clark Trail On The Air Special Event 19. China's Space Station Now Has A New Crew 20. Canada Is Asked By Hamsci To Reconsider Shutting Down CHU 21. Microwave Update Conference Registration Is Now Open 22. Newest Warning From The FCC Targets An Unlicensed Radio Operator 23. Youngsters Are Ready For IARU Region 1 Camp 24. ARRL: Senator Ted Cruz praises amateur radio volunteers for Emergency Preparedness 25. AMSAT: AMSAT opens candidate nominations for 2026 Board of Directors Election 26. AMSAT: AMSAT BirdChaser Bingo Summer 2026 adds a new twist to satellite operating 27. WIA: China announces massive break-through battery technology 28. ARRL: RAC/Radio Amateurs of Canada Vice President Brent Taylor, VY2HF, Silent Key 29. ARRL: Registration is open for the 2026 National Convention in Huntsville, Alabama 30. ARRL: Sufflok County New York legislator has designated June as amateur radio month 31. RSGB: A Solar Eclipse will happen in the UK on August 12, 2026 Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO, and get an update from AMSAT and what's new with all those amateur satellites in orbit * Australia's own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio, returns to his Bald Yak Project. This edition is titled "Soapy Audio Adventures" * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more * We will have the Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL and Space Weather * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week Will takes us back to the Summer of 1924, which brought the first explorers to the four new, shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July. This is part two of a three part edition titled "DX Records and Shortwave Reflections", or "The Heaviside Road to the Antipode" * This month's update from The Volunteer Monitoring System ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3 Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

ARRL Audio News June 5, 2026

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1422 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: May 30, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Marv Turner, W0MET, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Ed Johnsen, W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:42:22 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1422 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. ARRL: Senator Ted Cruz Praises Amateur Radio Volunteers for Emergency Preparedness 2. AMSAT: OrigamiSat-2 Receives Fuji-OSCAR 126 (FO-126) Designation from AMSAT 3. AMSAT: AMSAT Opens Candidate Nominations For 2026 Board of Directors Election 4. AMSAT: AMSAT's Dayton Forum Covers Education, Operations, and Future Satellite Projects 5. AMSAT: Bird Chaser Bingo Summer 2026 Adds New Twist To Satellite Operating 6. AMSAT: Hamvention 2026 Brings Estimated $35 Million Impact to Xenia Region 7. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 8. WIA: RSGB Exams Team Has Published New Mock Exams 9. WIA: China Announces Massive Breakthrough Battery Technology 10. WIA: Australia's "New National Sport" 11. ARRL: Radio Amateurs of Canada Vice-President Brent Taylor, VY2HF, Silent Key 12. ARRL: Registration Is Open For The 2026 ARRL National Convention In Huntsville, Alabama 13. ARRL: Suffolk County, New York, Legislature Has Designated June As Amateur Radio Month 14. Canada Will Be Taking Time Signal Station CHU Off The Air In June 15. Amateurs In Gibraltar Double Down On Their Celebration 16. Free CW Training For Field Day Is Offered By Long Island CW Club 17. RSGB: Solar Eclipse In The UK On August 12, 2026 18. Presenters Are Sought For Upcoming Electromagnetic Field Festival 19. 38,000 Guests Visited This Year's Dayton HamVention 20. ARRL: Upcoming Contests and Regional Convention Listings 21. AMSAT: AMSAT-DL (Germany) to highlight QO-100 at Friedrichshaven 22. RTBR: House E and C Committee embeds AM radio act into larger vehicle bill 23. ARRL: June is proclaimed Amateur Radio Month in the state of New Hampshire 24. ARRL: The league urges your club to start packing for 2026 Field Day now 25. AWA Communications Museum announces a new on air net 26. Moon-Based Amateur Radio plan is announced by ARISS 27. Engineering student joins the South Georgia Island DXpedition team Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Australia's own Onno Benschop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio will take a close look at why you should use Logbook of The World * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of "A Century Of Amateur Radio". This week, Will takes us back to the Summer of 1924, which brought the first explorers to the four new, shorter wavelength bands that were opened up to amateur use in July. This is part one of a three part series titled, "DX Records and Shortwave Reflections", or, "The Heaviside Road to the Antipode" ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3 Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

ARRL Audio News May 29, 2026

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1421 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: May 23, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Ed Johnson. W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:23:18 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWiAR1421 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT-DL To Highlight QO-100 At Friedrichshafen 2. AMSAT: Launching Satellites With Zero Emissions 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: International Women in Engineering Day 5. WIA: Young Drivers Pay Attention To MetaData On Car Screens 6. RTBR: House E and C Committee Embeds AM Radio Act Into Larger Vehicle Bill 7. ARRL: Report From The World's Largest Hamfest 8. ARRL: Outstanding Contesters and DXers Recognized At HamVention 9. ARRL: June Proclaimed Amateur Radio Month In New Hampshire 10. ARRL: Start Packing for ARRL Field Day 11. Amateur Radio Club Debuts Its Innovative Trailer At Dayton 12. Antique Wireless Association Communications Museum Announces A New Net 13. Moon Based Amateur Radio Plan Is Announced By ARISS 14. Caribbean Girl Guides Earn Licenses 15. Engineering Student Joins The South Georgia Island DXpedition Team 16. Pennsylvania Flood Victims Are Remembered By Ham Community 17. LIMARC Officer Jerry Abrams WB2ZEX - SK 18. ARRL: ARRL CEO David Minster is the guest on the latest DX Mentor podcast 19. BBC to shutdown its longwave transmitters in June 20. ARRL: Upcoming contests and regional convention listing 21. Canada to shut down time signal station CHU 22. ARRL: Nominations for the 2026 ARRL Media and Public Relation Awards are accepted 23. As BBC transmitters are marked for shutdown, amateurs plan corresponding special event stations 24. Australian licenses get a new web site 25. An amateur pursues the mystery of Sporadic-E skip 26. WIA: The WIA asks for changes in the sub-Antarctic call prefixes Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Australia's own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and Foundations of Amateur Radio will tell us how "Some Days Are Like Running In Place." * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of "Dead Electrical Dudes". This week's stiff is Heinrich Hertz ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3 Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

Foundations of Amateur Radio The other day I witnessed a fellow amateur attempting to guilt another into using LoTW with comments about how their QSO partner would appreciate confirmation via the service, even if they didn't care for it. Before I continue, if you're unfamiliar, when two amateurs make a contact, or a QSO, with each other, then there's generally a log entry at both ends to record the event. Some amateurs, myself included, save up these contacts and count how many continents, countries, states and other entities are recorded in the log. Several amateur radio organisations allow you to claim an award for such a record. However, before they accept your word for it, they require confirmation of the contact, something that the amateur community refers to as a QSL. To recap, a QSO is the contact, a QSL is the confirmation of that contact. Traditionally this was achieved with postcards, known as QSL cards, transported across the globe through various postal services, and coordinated by so-called QSL bureaus, often run by the amateur radio peak body in each country. With the advent of the Internet, much of this process has turned electronic. LoTW is an example of an electronic QSL service, run by the ARRL, the American Radio Relay League. It's not the only such service, but today I'm looking specifically at the Logbook of The World, or LoTW. As I said, LoTW is not the only service and anyone telling you that you must use it is selling you something. Now, that's not why I don't use it, and again, you're free to, but you're not required to. For me there are several issues with LoTW. Having used it for a period, I feel comfortable in expressing some of its shortcomings, but I note that the last time I used it was almost a decade ago. I'll acknowledge that things might have improved or changed, but I have no evidence to suggest that it did. Let's start with how it works. You create a log in a specified format, using an application called TQSL you sign that log, ostensibly linking your identity to that log, then you upload that signed log to LoTW and wait for confirmations of contacts with other LoTW users. Signing is a process where you add information to a file that proves to the recipient that the log was created by you and wasn't modified in transit, which requires that you have a file called a certificate, which is created and sent to you via email by the ARRL, after they've authenticated you. So, first of all, in my opinion, the level of security is absurd and exceeds that of my bank, or my tax department. In addition, proving your identity comes with hurdles if you're not in America where an amateur who registers receives a postcard with an authentication code, made possible by the central database held by the FCC. For everyone else, the ARRL requires that you: "must send a copy of his/her Amateur Radio operating authorization in addition to a copy of one other government-issued document indicating his/her identity", via the post, snail mail, stamp, envelope, the whole thing. I'd also like to observe that at no time has the ARRL linked your identity to your email address, since they haven't asked for it at any point in the verification process. If that's not enough of a security nightmare, in Australia and other parts of the world, amateurs no longer hold a personal license, instead they are members of a so-called class license. There's no public record stating my ownership of my callsign, just that it's allocated. With increased privacy concerns, this is happening elsewhere too. In other words, proving that you are who you say you are is getting increasingly difficult and even if you did, you're sending that information to the ARRL, who you might recall paid a ransom to hackers who infiltrated their network. I've asked and never received a response about what actually happened to the information they continue to hold in relation to me, well that and an email from 2013 which states that "Data is never removed from LoTW." Even so, let's say that you are comfortable sending your information to the ARRL, the process of signing a certificate requires renewal on a regular basis and if you manage to forget, you have the privilege of starting all over again. Let's move on. It's important to remember that this process is to confirm a radio contact between two radio amateurs in order to get a piece of paper to hang on your wall saying that you did so. How do you know that the person you made contact with on-air is the same person who confirmed your contact? Radio isn't authenticated in any way, why should the confirmation be? Remember, before the Internet, this was done with postcards. Security and authentication aside, there's plenty more issues. I hold the callsign VK6FLAB. Several times a year, that callsign is permitted to be AX6FLAB. I like to operate portable in many different locations. Sometimes I sign "/QRP" for low power, generally if the other station is very high power and they're struggling, adding QRP can sometimes act as an incentive to complete the contact. Sometimes I sign Portable, or Mobile, depending on the situation and when I'm moving, I'm not in a specific location. Why am I raising this you ask? Well, turns out that you need to make a new location for every single one you're operating from. You also need to register each callsign and each variation, since apparently VK6FLAB and VK6FLAB/QRP are two different stations and if I sign with AX6FLAB, I need to request another certificate. So, this is increased convenience .. apparently. Then there's the argument that you're missing out. Let's get this straight. As far as I can tell, the bulk of LoTW users are American. For me, a contact with America is a single log entry to add to my continent and country list. Tell me again why I should care about this when I'm not in America? There's a list of 340 DXCC entities, which you can buy from the ARRL for $5.95 plus shipping, because of course in this digital age there's a shipping charge. In other words, this is the ARRL attempting to own the notion of confirming contacts between radio amateurs and in my opinion, being obnoxious about it. Here's another issue. If this was really so marvellous, why hasn't any other peak body adopted the Logbook of The World for their system? Why is there not a WIA version, an RSGB one and for each of the various countries who have closed their local QSL bureau due to lack of funding, since the postal burden on them has exploded to become nonviable? I think that LoTW is a solution looking for a problem, peddled by people who have something to sell and while there was a time that it might have been bleeding edge, that ship has sailed. You're free to use it, but I wouldn't recommend it. If you have never stepped into this, alternatives to explore include ClubLog, eQSL, QRZ, OQRS and plenty of print on demand QSL card services. And if you're searching, apparently QSL is also Queensland Sugar Limited, so pay attention. I should also mention that there's SOTA, Summits, POTA, Parks and other On The Air services that will happily take your log and confirm contacts. Here's a thought, how about we use the fediverse to federate and decentralise the process, or perhaps we might use something as mundane as email. If you want to use LoTW, by all means, go right ahead, but I won't and if I knew how, I'd get the ARRL to remove all my records from it, mind you, I'd have to trust them at their word, because I can't log in to check. I'm Onno VK6FLAB

ARRL Audio News May 22, 2026

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1420 - Full Version (With repeater ID breaks every 10 minutes) Release Date: May 16, 2026 Here is a summary of the news trending...This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Mike Nikolich, K9DXM, George Lama, KC2OXJ, Don Hulick, K2ATJ Ed Johnsen. W2PH, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS Approximate Running Time: 1:23:25 Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1420 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. ARRL: Nominations For 2026 ARRL Media And PR Awards Accepted Through May 31st 2. ARRL: United States Coast Guard Adopted By The Barnstable Amateur Radio Club 3. ARRL: Youth On The Air At Hamvention 2026 4. ARRL: SteppIR Communications Is Serving The Ham Radio Market Once Again 5. ARRL: National WWI Museum and Memorial To Host Special Event Station WW1USA for Memorial Day 6. As BBC Transmitters Marked For Shutdown, UK Hams Plan A Special Tribute 7. Australian Licenses Get A New Website 8. Amateur Pursues The Mystery Of Sporadic E-Skip 9. Cyclone That Hit New Zealand Revs Up Recruitment Drive 10. New Modem Called A Vara Replacement Goes Open Source 11. Wireless Institute of Australia Asks For Changes In Sub-Antartic Call Prefixes 12. SK: Ross Merline WA2WDT Emergency Communications Professional 13. ARRL: Hamvention 2026 Thursday -- Setup Day and Much More 14. ARRL: Hamvention 2026 Friday - Let The Fun Begin 16. AMSAT: NASA completes The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope 17. AMSAT: The Artemis II moon astronauts visit The White House and President Trump 18. ARRL: The Boston SDR User Group invites you to come learn more about Software Defined Radio 19. ARRL: Salty Walt goes next level with a brand new antenna book 20. Singer and composer Alan Osmond KN0IZE, SK. (Yes those Osmonds) 21. CW operators are needed to copy CW from a new Japanese CubeSat Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Australia's own Onno Benshop, VK6FLAB, and "Foundations of Amateur Radio", will tell us how to keep track of your adventures * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming radio sport contests, and a lot more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Our own amateur radio historian Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another special edition of Philip Neidlinger, KA4KOE's "Dead Electrical Dudes". This edition's stiff is Dr. Edwin Howard Armstrong ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net Full Podcast (ID breaks every 10 mins for use on ham frequencies): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast.rss Full Podcast (No ID Breaks for LPFM or personal listening): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcastlpfm.rss Truncated Podcast (Approximately 1 hour in length): https://www.twiar.net/static/twiarpodcast60.rss X: https://x.com/TWIAR Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twiar.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQdPO6QkZJ1eIvw6-EQWQPgogVNiZim4u RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARHAM.mp3 Automated (1-hour Static file, updated weekly NEW LOCATION): https://www.twiar.net/static/TWIAR1HR.mp3 Automated (Full Static File with no breaks NEW LOCATION): https://twiar.net/static/TWIARLPFM.mp3 This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

ARRL Audio News May 15, 2026

ARRL Audio News May 8, 2026

Amateur Radio News and Information in the Greater Cincinnati, Tri-State, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Areas for the Week of May 8, 2026.This weeks topics include:Flying Pig Marathon a Big Success!ISS at HamventionIndy Clubs at HamventionMid South Multi Mode NetworkLewis and Clark EventARRL America 250 EventFREE Technician Class on ZOOMKy Severe Weather New NOW on ALLSTAR too!VOA Museum Hamvention HoursDOD MARS Cross Band Event Armed Forces DayNKARC BreakfastBrunch BunchFirst Responder Special EventARRL Youth Rally at HamventionNKARC meeting with information on Easy VHF/UHF Antenna You can Build!2026 Field DayRepeater ListHamfestsExams

In this episode we meet Conrad Trautmann, N2YCH, Technical Editor at the ARRL.  Conrad had a distinguished career as a broadcast engineering executive and now works for the ARRL and is responsible for techincal content in QST and other publications.  Conrad's extensive experience in electronics, radio, antenna systems, station construction and management gives him a great perspective on everything from determining what would make for a good technical read to the technical details.  We learn about his role at the ARRL and some of them most interesting topics he has worked on.   We had such a great time with Conrad, we will have him on in future episodes.

ARRL Audio News May 1, 2026

Amateur Radio News and Information in the Greater Cincinnati, Tri-State, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Areas for the Week of May 1, 2026.This weeks topics include:FREE Ham RAdio Technician Class on ZoomKY4X Fusion Net returnsARRL America 250 EventKY Severe Storm Weather NetVOA Hamvention HoursNKARC Simplex Net on 146.580 on New Day and TimeDOD MARS Cross Band TestNKARC BreakfastBrunch BunchPolice and EMS Special EventDayton Hamvention ARRL Yourh Rally2026 Field DayRepeater ListHamfestsExams

ARRL Audio News April 24, 2026

Amateur Radio News and Information in the Greater Cincinnati, Tri-State, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Areas for the Week of April 24, 2026.This weeks topics include:National Robotics and Ham RadioIndiana Hams Win over HOAPaintsville Hams Get RecognitionNKARC Shares Ham Radio Prep DiscountKYARES.org websiteKy Severe Storm Weather NetNWS interactive Mobile alert SystemARRL America 250 EventKy America 250 EventOhio America 250 EventVOA Museum Hamvention HoursOhio NVIS DayMONIX MeetingField DayDOD/MARS Armed Forces Day EventRepeater ListMighty 745 W9AMTHamfestsExams

ARRL Audio News April 17, 2026

ARRL Audio News April 10, 2026

ARRL Audio News April 10, 2026