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Essex radio hams receive SSTV pictures from the ISS

Two Essex-based radio amateurs have received good SSTV pictures from the ISS during the first of two days of Slow Scan TV transmissions. More pictures are expected to be sent from the ISS today Read the Full Article from the SARC

QUIZZ WOTA IS ! EDITION 2010

Q43 : What is the XYL’s callsign of 3A2ND ? Read the Full Article from Women On The Air

Eavesdropping on Apollo 11

The nearly forgotten story of how a radio amateur successfully detected transmissions from the first men to land on the Moon. Read More Read the Full Article from the ARRL

K1ZZ Presented with “BPL Spoils” Award

During the Friday morning portion of the July 2010 ARRL Board meeting in Windsor, Connecticut, Chief Executive Officer Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, received a surprise plaque from the Amateur Radio Research and Development Corporation (AMRAD). Titled “BPL Spoils”, the plaque featured a discarded BPL modem that was allegedly rescued from surplus equipment belonging to a prominent  [...]

FCC Modifies Amateur Rules to Allow Participation in Disaster and Emergency Drills on Behalf of an Employer without a Waiver

In a Report and Order (R&O) released Wednesday, July 14, the FCC amended Part 97.113 to allow amateurs to participate without an FCC waiver in government-sponsored disaster preparedness drills on behalf of their employers participating in the exercise. The FCC also has amended the rules to allow employees to participate in non-government drills and exercises [...]

The K7RA Solar Update

Two new sunspot groups appeared in the last week — groups 1087 and 1088. Group 1088 lasted just one day — on July 13, 2010 — with a relative area of 10 (millionths of a solar hemisphere). Sunspot group 1087 had a relative area from July 9-15 of 30, 100, 120, 130, 70, 100 and [...]

Surfin’: Short Bits

By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOUContributing Editor This week, Surfin’ is full of short stuff that is not big enough to be tall stuff. Ham Radio on Highway Patrol “Radioactive,” the ham radio episode of the 1955 television series Highway Patrol is now available for viewing on Hulu (thanks to Mark Thompson, WB9QZB, for the heads-up.) Old [...]