Ham Radio News

This week, Surfin' checks out a ham who is developing a handheld radio that's a cross between a smart phone and an SDR.

The weather Memorial Day weekend is expected to float around the mid-70s, meaning great fishing weather.

The Daily News will be hosting a series of focus groups in Jacksonville on June 5, and invite you to take part in one of three sessions scheduled for that day: from 8 to 9:30 a.m., from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or from 5:30 to 7 p.m. All three sessions will be held at the Commerce Center, located at 1099 Gum Branch Road in Jacksonville.

An amateur-radio-equipped purpose-built trike will be on the O'Keefe Rail Trail between Hickey Rd - 3km west of Axedale on the McIvor Hwy - and the Axedale Market on May 25, between 10am and 2pm.

The Earth's atmosphere becomes electrically active at altitudes above approximately 300,000 feet, an elevation that is about seven to nine times the height most commercial passenger aircraft fly.

After an EF5 tornado swept through Oklahoma on May 20, radio amateurs in that state assisted the American Red Cross with its communications efforts.

As anyone who has followed my blog for any period of time knows, my interests straddle a lot of different disciplines and hobbies, and often find interesting bits of overlap where I find I can do cool stuff.

In addition, CQ named two new members to the CQ DX Hall of Fame and two new members to the CQ Contest Hall of Fame.

2:20 p.m.: A large tree snaps eight miles west of Waskom, Texas. 2:30 p.m.: Two people are injured when a tree falls, smashing a truck in Waskom.

Who can resist taking a long look at the vintage veterans sitting along the aisles of the flea markets? Hey, I'm talking about the radios, not the attendees! "Big iron" is making its comeback with Johnsons and Hallicrafters and Swans shoulder-to-shoulder at the hamfests.

Nearly 25,000 amateur radio operators will descend on Dayton this weekend for the annual Dayton Hamvention event.

You might as well realize it, that " smartphone " - Blackberry Z10, Samsung S, HTC One, Apple iPhone 5 - is really just a two-way radio transceiver.

Certain assertions in Randolph J. May's piece on the new FCC nominee may be a bit premature .

A veteran ham radio operator will speak when the Lee De Forest Amateur Radio Club meets Wednesday, May 15.

The fiber optic cable the serves phone customers in the Jenner, Sea Ranch and Timber Cove areas was disrupted at some point before 8 a.m. in the vicinity of Monte Rio and AT&T and Verizon have been on scene trying to repair it, said Zachary Hamill, emergency coordinator for the Sonoma County Fire and Emergency Services Department.

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I wish I was back in school again. When I was a student, the only technical gadget in the building was a cranky 16 millimeter projector that our teachers used to show films like Hemo the Magnificent and The Unchained Goddess .

The Pinellas Park FL Amateur Radio Club will be holding a ham radio & electronic flea market on 5-25-2013 starting at 8 am at Freedom Lake Park.

This Saturday, May 11th, the West Queen Anne Playfield will be the staging grounds for Mayday, Mayday, an earthquake preparedness drill.

Every year, ham radio operators take part in many challenging contests and exercises, both for fun and to hone their skills.