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An informal network of ham radio experimenters, scientists and CW enthusiasts called FlyVenusCom — a nonprofit, cross-cultural effort — has been created to support communication efforts by Japanese scientists with its CubeSat Venus probe, UNITEC-1. UNITEC-1 was developed by 20 universities of the University Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC), the Japanese community developing nano-satellite… » Read [...]

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Just as many vendors release new products at the Dayton Hamvention, the ARRL will debut much-anticipated publications. This year was no exception. Two new books — Remote Operating for Amateur Radio and the third edition of The ARRL RFI Book — were introduced. Remote Operating for Amateur Radio shows amateurs how to assemble their own [...]

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After a hiatus of nearly four months, the ARRL Audio News is scheduled to return Thursday, May 27. With the advent of the new ARRL Web site, we have had to make some changes in the way the Audio News is presented. For the time being, it will only be available as one mp3 file; [...]

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The Question Pool Committee (QPC) of the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) announced the withdrawal of two questions from the Technician class pool and two questions from the Extra class pool. Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (VECs) and Volunteer Examiners (VEs) must take action to remove these questions from use by July 1, 2010. Due [...]

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Through an agreement between the South African Radio League (SARL) and the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, those radio amateurs who will be attending the FIFA World Cup in South Africa may use a special ZS call sign during the event. SARL is South Africa’s IARU Member-Society. After registering with SARL prior to arrival [...]

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  The Japanese UNITEC-1 space probe has been successfully launched and is now beginning its mission to the planet Venus. What makes this mission of particular interest to amateurs is the fact that the UNITEC engineers have added a 5 GHz Amateur Radio beacon to the spacecraft and they are encouraging hams to attempt to [...]

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Eleven days with no sunspots, but something emerged late Thursday, and it may be the return of old sunspot group 1069. Sunspot group 1069 was visible from May 4-8 before disappearing over the horizon. The return of that sunspot gives a daily sunspot number of 12 for May 20. Sunspot numbers for May 13-19 were [...]

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By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOUContributing EditorMay 21, 2010 This week, Surfin’ recalls the hits and misses at the 2010 Dayton Hamvention. I attended the Dayton Hamvention last week. The weather and turnout was good, but the convention is so big that attendees (including me) run out of time (or gas) and never see the whole event. [...]

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Have you ever wanted to see a photo of yours in QST, the annual ARRL Amateur Radio Calendar or another ARRL publication? Well, here’s your chance! If you’re among the winners, not only will your photographic skill be propagated far and wide, but we’re offering $100 as the First Prize. The winning photo and three [...]

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