Organizaţia Europeană a Radioamatorilor

Its that time of year again. Every January IECRO runs its membership drive campaign

The Christchurch ARC (NZART branch 05) is pleased to announce an informal award to celebrate the club’s centenary

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is the group that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS)

In July 2020 Australia followed other countries and stopped forcing radio amateurs to change callsign every time they got a new qualification or moved to another part of the country

The United Kingdom is somewhat unique in the world for requiring those households which view broadcast television to purchase a licence for the privilege

Germany's Federal Network Agency BNetzA take radio interference seriously and in 2020 dealt with over 3,500 cases

Frank Howell K4FMH of ICQ podcast is talking on this subject at the Denby Dale amateur radio club on Weds January 20th at 7.30pm (1930utc)

Germany's amateur radio round table (RTA) has commented in a letter on the Federal Network Agency BNetzA draft plan for the year 2021

Clint Turner, KA7OEI, is an experimenter, builder, and operator on all bands and modes

In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Chris Howard (M0TCH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), Ed Durrant (DD5LP), Frank Howell (K4FMH) and Bill Barnes (WC3B) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief and in this episode’s features How to improve your Handy Talkie

GB3LV repeater is off air at the moment and for the foreseeable future

This lighthearted video (that I helped a little with) shows a project to contact the packet radio digipeater on the International Space Station using a 1980s vintage Commodore 64 home computer. Quite apt for Expedition 64!

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at low levels. There are currently no sunspot regions visible. No solar flaring is expected

SARL News reports WSJT-X version 2.4.0 will introduce a new digital protocol called Q65, which, according to the Quick Start Guide, is designed for "minimal two-way QSOs over especially difficult propagation paths."

The APRS of it all ... Amateur radio is a living anachronism. We have this heady mix of ancient and bleeding edge, never more evident than in a digital mode called Automatic Packet Reporting System or APRS

The email robot at RAC-Bulletins@eton.ca is now CLOSED - this is the LAST message you will receive from it

An Ofcom investigation has found that religious satellite television channel, Loveworld, breached broadcasting rules for the second time in a year

The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity on the amateur radio bands

In 2020, a project between AMSAT-UK, AMSAT-NL and Swiss universities started with the aim of equipping two Swiss satellites with a linear transponder for amateur radio

In Episode 6 of DX Engineering’s Amateur Radio Satellite series, Sean Kutzko, KX9X, explores the fun of operating your amateur radio gear from a grid square other than the one where you live