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TIsat-1 beacon heard

The 437.305 MHz CW beacon of TIsat-1, launched this morning, has been heard sending ‘HI HI HI TISAT K’. Listen to a recording of the beacon Read the Full Article from the SARC

Fred Fish Memorial Award #2 Goes to Texas Ham

Llewellyn “Pat” Rose, W5OZI, of Junction, Texas, is the recipient of the Fred Fish Memorial Award (FFMA) #2. Thanks to a recent Grid DXpedition by Russ Dwarshius, KB8U, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Rose earned FFMA #2; FFMA #1 was awarded posthumously to Fred Fish, W5FF (SK), himself. The ARRL Awards Branch received and approved Rose’s [...]

Spain Extends Amateur Privileges on 70 MHz

The Union de Radioaficionados Espanoles (URE) — Spain’s IARU Member-Society — announced that the Secretaría de Estado de Telecomunicaciones y para la Sociedad de la Información (SETSI) (Spain’s equivalent to the USA’s FCC) has extended temporary privileges on the 70 MHz band (4 meters) to hams in that country. In 2008, hams in Spain were [...]

ARRL West Gulf Division Vice Director John Thomason, WB5SYT, Resigns Position

On Sunday, July 11, ARRL West Gulf Division Director John Thomason, WB5SYT, of Edmond, Oklahoma, submitted his resignation to ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN. Thomason told President Craigie that by resigning, he will be able to “devote my energy to serve my family, employer and health.” Craigie accepted the resignation with regret and then informed [...]

ISS radio ham active on 145.800 MHz

Radio Amateurs in the Americas and Europe have been reporting FM voice contacts with astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC signing NA1SS from the International Space Station and World Cup soccer has been one of the topics discussed Read the Full Article from the SARC

Successful launch of StudSat and TISat

Mani VU2WMY reports that Amateur Radio satellites StudSat and TISat were launched successfully early Monday morning. As yet there have been no reports of the beacons on 437.861 MHz and 437.305 MHz Read the Full Article from the SARC

ARRL’s 500 kHz experiment shows small growth

In the quarterly report for the ARRL’s 500 kHz Experimental Station for the period ending May 2010, Experiment coordinator Fritz Raab, W1FR, reported that since the experiment began in late 2006, 20 of the 32 participating stations are currently active Read the Full Article from the SARC