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Digital radio switchover in 2015 ‘dead in the water’

The planned digital radio switchover in 2015 is ‘dead in the water’, according to a senior radio industry executive, after new figures showed that sales of digital radio equipment actually fell last year Read the Full Article from the SARC

Nuclear crisis ‘stopped time’ in Japan

The problems at Japan’s Fukushima-1 nuclear plant have had an unexpected impact on the country’s ability to keep time: a transmitter that sends the national time signal to many thousands of clocks and watches has been forced offline making the timepieces a little less reliable than usual Read the Full Article from the SARC

Amateur Radio World Castles Award

Vasek OK2AN will be active on the 2nd of April 2011 from Castle of Reckovice Read the Full Article from the SARC

Owner of Industrial Communication Engineers Mike Koss, W9SU – SK

Mike Koss, W9SU, of Indianapolis, Indiana, passed away Monday, March 28. He was 57. He was the owner of Industrial Communication Engineers (ICE) – well known in the amateur radio community for surge protectors, line filters, RF switches and more Read the Full Article from the SARC

Western Pennsylvania Hams Respond as Tornado Sweeps Through Area

At approximately 4:30 on the afternoon of Wednesday, March 23, severe thunderstorms started to roll into Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, producing golf ball-sized hail and heavy winds. Members of the Westmoreland County Public Service/ARES® group began to meet on the W3CRC repeater in Derry, Pennsylvania, which serves as the main ARES®/SKYWARN repeater in Westmoreland County. Soon [...]

Internet Pioneer Paul Baran, W3KAS (SK)

Paul Baran, W3KAS — an engineer who helped create the technical underpinnings for the ARPANET, the government-sponsored precursor to today’s Internet — died March 27 at his home in Palo Alto, California. He was 84. According to his son David, the cause of death was related to complications from lung cancer. Baran was one of [...]

Minutes from ARRL Executive Committee Meeting Now Available

The ARRL Executive Committee met on Saturday, March 19 in Chicago, Illinois. The minutes from that meeting are now available on the ARRL website. Read the Full Article from the ARRL

Revised Spread Spectrum Rules to Go Into Effect April 29, 2011

The revisions to the FCC rules affecting Spread Spectrum transmissions will go into effect April 29, 2011. The Report and Order was published in the March 30 Federal Register. Adopted February 22 and released March 4, 2011, the Report and Order eliminates the requirement that amateur stations transmitting Spread Spectrum use Automatic Power Control (APC) [...]

NCVEC deletes question from Amateur Extra question pool

Due to the FCC revising the rules concerning Spread Spectrum, the Question Pool Committee of the National Council of Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (NCVEC) has decided to delete a question from the Amateur Extra class question pool Read the Full Article from the SARC

Ham radio operators concerned about losing band

Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, introduced legislation last month to reallocate some radio frequencies now used by ham radio to first responders responsible for public safety Read the Full Article from the SARC

9 year-old radio ham on YouTube

A new video of 9 year-old radio ham Katia Ivanova, RZ9UMA, has been posted on YouTube Read the Full Article from the SARC

Temporary radio licences 2011 results

Ofcom today conducted a series of draws to decide which groups will be awarded temporary radio licences called Restricted Service Licences (RSLs) for broadcasting in various locations around the UK in August this year Read the Full Article from the SARC

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