[ARRL] - Sunday September 27 2026
We are saddened to report this week on the passing of four well-known amateurs, including two members of the extended “ARRL family.” Longtime ARRL Rhode Island Section Manager Robert George “Bob” Beaudet, W1YRC, became a Silent Key on September 10, 2026, at age
88. An ARRL Life Member, Gold-Level Diamond Club member, and Maxim Society member in the President Class, Beaudet served as Rhode Isla...
[ARRL] - Saturday September 26 2026
ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, was a guest on episode 103 of The DX Mentor, which aired September 19, 2026. Hosted by Bill Salyers, AJ8B, with Joe Pater, W8GEX, the discussion covered highlights from the ARRL Board of Directors’ annual Second Meeting, held July 17; the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU); the August ARRL National Convention hosted by the Huntsville Hamfest, and recent supp...
[ARRL] - Friday September 25 2026
It’s been a half century since single sideband (SSB) supplanted amplitude modulation (AM) as the most popular voice mode on HF, due largely to its spectrum efficiency, occupying roughly half the bandwidth of an AM signal. Now, there’s a new digital voice mode from FreeDV called Radio Autoencoder, or RADE, that occupies half the bandwidth of an SSB signal and reportedly provides more natural-sou...
[ARRL] - Friday September 25 2026
ARRL with ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® is following two new federal proceedings concerning radio frequency (RF) exposure. On September 17, 2026, the FCC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initiated parallel comment periods on RF safety issues. Neither inquiry changes the current FCC RF exposure rules that apply to all radio amateurs but could lead to ...
[ARRL] - Friday September 25 2026
Solar activity is likely to continue at low levels with isolated tooccasional C-class flare activity, along with a slight chance forR1-R2 (Minor-Moderate) M-class flare events, through September 25,according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center. The SWPC reportsthat nine
sunspot regions are on the visible disk, including a newRegion 4541. There were three
solar flares observed in the past ...
[RSGB] - Friday September 25 2026
Attending the RSGB 2026 Convention gives you access to knowledge, learning and networking opportunities that aren’t available at any other event in the UK this year. The extensive programme includes expert speakers such as Heather Nickalls, M0HMO; Brian Coleman, G4NNS; Steven Dodd, M0SNZ; and Peter Duffet-Smith, GM3XJE, to name just a few. You can view […]
[RSGB] - Thursday September 24 2026
We have just a released another set of RadCom back issues to the RSGB app for web and mobile. RSGB members now have over 425 editions of RadCom to explore – what you will you discover? The first edition of the ‘90s saw a review of the Icom-IC2SET, Technical Topics with Pat Hawker, G3VA and […]
[RSGB] - Thursday September 24 2026
We have just a released another set of RadCom back issues to the RSGB app for web and mobile. RSGB members now have over 425 editions of RadCom to explore – what you will you discover? The first edition of the ‘90s saw a review of the Icom-IC2SET, Technical Topics with Pat Hawker, G3VA and […]
[IARU R1] - Thursday September 24 2026
The 27th IARU Region 1 General Conference in Vienna has just been closed. It was attended by 38 member societies and the IARU Administrative Council (including region 2 and 3 representatives), over 120 delegates. In addition to new budget and …
[RSGB] - Tuesday September 22 2026
We are pleased to have launched the RSGB 2027 Construction Competition. This is a fantastic opportunity for RSGB members, wherever they are in the world, to get involved in designing and building. Whether you’re looking for an outlet for your creativity, wanting a fresh challenge to work on in your spare time or simply looking […]