by Bert | Jan 14, 2016 | ARRL, General News
Getting Your Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) License This is an exciting time for amateur radio. We have had so many changes due to technology. Our radio signals can be bounced off the moon back to the other side of the Earth, carried to very specific destinations...
by Bert | Jan 14, 2016 | ARRL
The American Radio Relay League was founded in 1914 and is the USA’s largest membership organization for radio amateurs, with over 154,000. It is a non profit making organisation that provides both technical advice and assistance to amateur enthusiasts...
by Bert | Aug 4, 2014 | ARRL, General News
I know of people that are between the ages of 8 years old and 80 years old that have easily gotten their ham radio licenses. I did – and I am no electronics expert or broadcast radio disc jockey, etc.. Why am I qualified to write this article? Because I...
by Bert | May 5, 2014 | Antenna, ARRL, Frequencies, Radios, Satellites
HAARP-Like Ionospheric Research Project Underway at Arecibo Observatory Work is underway to complete the construction of an ionospheric research facility at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico that bears some similarities to the High Frequency Active Auroral...
by Bert | Oct 31, 2012 | ARRL, General News, HF, Misc, Radios
10/29/2012 The ARRL is recommending two websites to those radio amateurs who want to volunteer for response-and-relief efforts for Hurricane Sandy: If you would like to volunteer, please go to www.nvoad.org/sandy If you would like to support relief efforts, please go...
by Bert | Oct 4, 2012 | ARRL, Frequencies, General News, Radios
10/04/2012 Five research CubeSats – all with Amateur Radio communication systems – were successfully deployed from the International Space Station beginning around 1430 UTC today. The satellites were launched from the Kibo station module using a specially equipped...
