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The first ARRL Teachers Institute of 2016 wrapped up on June 10 in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. The bonus, donor-sponsored introductory (TI-1) session was hosted by the Douglas County STEM School and Academy for teachers along the Denver Front Range. These educational opportunities are offered by the ARRL Education & …

The FCC has denied the petition of an Arizona radio amateur, who had petitioned for lifetime Amateur Radio licenses. Mark F. Krotz, N7MK, of Mesa, had filed hisPetition for Rule Making (RM 11760) with the FCC last November, and the FCC invited public comments in February. Krotz wanted the …

Welcome to the brand new DX-World website. Hopefully you will like. Regular readers will know the previous DX-World site was quite simply becoming old. It was unresponsive on smart phones or tablets, and towards the end you probably saw there were issues with host/server. Glad to report that particular …

D-STAR is now the Grand Old Man of Digital Voice in amateur radio, but it still fills the room with interested hams at the Dayton Hamvention®. John Davis WB4QDX moderates this year’s forum. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HZvtA5wHdc&w=600&h=400] (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); VHF D-STAR Forum at Dayton …

[UPDATED: 2016-06-23 @ 1006 UTC] A confirmed Fujita scale EF-0 tornado touched down for up to 20 minutes in Howard County, Maryland, on the first full day of summer, taking down a tall AB-105 tower at the contest superstation of Frank Donovan, W3LPL. The tornado was just part of a …

Imagine being able to download an app…without the internet. Well, it’s finally happened, thanks to shortwave radio. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), take note: Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH), a Christian organization that distributes Bibles in parts of the world where they are difficult to distribute, have a free …

“Bielefeld / Herford. Matthias Oesterwinter is someone who is bringing actually not as fast from the rest. This is since last Wednesday differently. Oesterwinter is Chairman of Bielefeld Ortsvereines the German Amateur Radio Club. 141 amateur radio operators are organized in one of them is Justin Bieber, lives in …

A confirmed Fujita scale EF-0 tornado touched down for up to 20 minutes in Howard County, Maryland, on the first full day of summer, taking down a tall AB-105 tower at the contest superstation of Frank Donovan, W3LPL. The tornado was just part of a spate of strong storms …

The trip has been postponed until June 2017. We are returning  in June 2017 at the same time for 2 weeks in order to contact more EU stations – conditions were not as good as normal for the 2015 transatlantic 6 meter sporadic-E season, but we did manage to contact …

The VHF Pirates Team will be active from Jamaica 28 June – 5 July 2016 as 6Y5AZ and 6Y7R. 6Y5AZ callsign on 6 mt., 2 mt and EME 6Y7R callsign on HF. Team:  Edward AA7A, Larry WO7R and… Source: DX Coffee