Amateur Radio Newsline

Amateur Radio related weekly news digest
  1. - FCC APPROVES SATELLITE-TO-CELL COVERAGE FOR STARLINK
    - FORUM IN SRI LANKA EXPLORES SATELLITES' NEW ROLES
    - HAMSCI LAUNCHES FREE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER
    - IN INDIA, BACK TO SCHOOL AND BACK TO BASICS
    - RADIO SUPPORT IS FAMILY AFFAIR AT CONNECTICUT ROAD RACE
    - PRESENTERS NEEDED FOR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE
    - MEET THE NEWEST OP IN AUSTRALIA: SANTA!
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: ROUNDING OUT SOME ACTION ON LOCAL REPEATERS

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  2. - ONGOING ISS AIR LEAK MYSTIFIES SPACE AGENCIES
    - FCC EYES NEW RULES FOR VEHICLE SAFETY ALERTS ON 5.9 GHz BAND
    - SOTA ACTIVATORS IN UK PREPARE FOR GAULFEST
    - SHORTWAVE IN ENGLAND STEPS IN AS AUSTRIAN SHORTWAVE FADES OUT
    - "OPERATION TOY TRAIN" GETS HELP FROM HAMS IN PENNSYLVANIA
    - SILENT KEY: MICHAEL McNAMARA EI2CL, DXER, ISLAND ACTIVATOR
    - ARDC STAFFER TO OVERSEE GRANT AWARDS
    - RADIO TELESCOPE IN NETHERLANDS CONTACTS 3 MARS ORBITERS
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: SANTA NETS GIVE KIDS A CLAUS FOR CELEBRATION

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  3. - QSOS BEGIN VIA CHINESE AND RUSSIAN STUDENTS' CUBESAT
    - BRENDAN CARR TO REPLACE JESSICA ROSENWORCEL AS FCC CHAIR
    - COMMITTEE TO REVIEW IARU REGION 3 BAND PROPOSAL FOR CW
    - OHIO SITE MARKS 30TH YEAR SINCE VOA WENT OFF THE AIR
    - SILENT KEY: JOHN BOSTIC, WB4GOV, OF THE SOUTHCARS NET
    - CHANGES UNDERWAY IN ARRL's VEC PROGRAM
    - GET READY TO WORK YOUNG OPS DURING YOTA MONTH
    - NEW ZEALAND NETWORK GROWS WITH HELP FROM HAMS
    - FOR 25TH YEAR, SKYWARN SPOTTERS GET THEIR DAY
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: ONE HAM'S CHALLENGE TO THE WORLD: TRY SOMETHING NEW

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  4. - YOUNG DXPEDITIONERS TAKE ON CHALLENGE OF ROTUMA ISLAND
    - FCC LOOKS AT BROADCASTER TRANSPARENCY OVER ADS' AI CONTENT
    - TRANSMITTER'S CW MESSAGE TO MARK 100 YEARS AT GRIMETON
    - BROADCAST ENGINEER WINS HONOR FOR 2ND TIME
    - IARU ANNOUNCES YOUTH EXCELLENCE AWARD
    - SAMUEL MORSE CLUB HOSTS "BUG ROUNDUP"
    - GROWING GROUP COMBINES HAM RADIO WITH LIFE ON THE ROAD
    - GRANTS FUND 3 RADIO STATIONS' EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: VETERAN'S ACTIVATION IN SCOTLAND BRINGS A HOMELESS MESSAGE HOME

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  5. - RADIO AMATEURS RESPOND TO DEADLY FLOODS IN SPAIN
    - AWARD FOR USE OF WIRELESS IN WEATHER PREDICTION
    - THIRD BROADCAST TOWER COLLAPSES IN US
    - DELAYED OPENING AT ARECIBO SCIENCE EDUCATION CENTER
    - INVESTIGATORS PINPOINT POSSIBLE ROOT OF ARECIBO COLLAPSE
    - OLDER S-BAND TECHNOLOGY KEEPS VOYAGER 1 TRANSMITTING
    - JAPAN LAUNCHES SPACE SATELLITE MADE OF WOOD
    - HAMSCI RECEIVES $1.8M GRANT FOR IONOSPHERIC STUDIES
    - HAM RADIO TO GIVE ALASKAN ISLAND GREATER CONNECTION
    - HAMVENTION ANNOUNCES THEME: "RADIO INDEPENDENCE"
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: A ONCE-SLEEPY SATELLITE MARKS 50 YEARS IN SPACE

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  6. - OFCOM DELAYS PLANNED CHANGES TO AMATEUR LICENSES
    - HAMS RESPOND AS CYCLONE DANA HITS INDIA
    - AN ON-AIR TRIBUTE TO INDIA's JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE
    - HAMS IN BRAZIL HONOR PIONEER OF WIRELESS TELEPHONY
    - SWL COMMUNITY LEADER ANKER PETERSEN DIES IN DENMARK
    - BOEING-BUILT SATELLITE EXPLODES IN ORBIT
    - PICO BALLOON BREAKS ITS SILENCE OVER THE ANTARCTIC
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: NY CLUB ACTIVATES IN MEMORY OF A FOUNDER AND A FRIEND

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  7. - AUSTRIA'S SHORTWAVE GIANT FACES SHUTDOWN
    - FOUR DIE IN HELICOPTER CRASH INTO RADIO TOWER
    - TUNISIAN HAM CAMP FOR YOUNGSTERS GETS YASME GRANT
    - SUCCESS FOR FRENCH EXPERIMENT IN LASER COMMUNICATION
    - SILENT KEY: NAVAJO CODE TALKER, JOHN KINSEL SR., 107
    - YOUNG AMATEURS INVITED TO ENTER "DREAM RIG" ESSAY CONTEST
    - VOLCANOES ON THE AIR ERUPTS IN NEW ZEALAND
    - NOVEMBER SPECIAL EVENT MARKS 76 YEARS OF AIR FORCE MARS
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: IN GERMAN TV DRAMA, THE BANDS WEREN'T DEAD BUT THIS HAM WAS

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  8. - PROPOSAL MOVES AHEAD TO HARMONIZE 40M BAND IN REGION 3
    - ROMANIAN TEEN SETS NEW RECORD FOR CW CALLSiGN COPY
    - ARDC NAMES NEW DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY
    - WRTC 2026 ANNOUNCES UK EVENT HEADQUARTERS SITE
    - SKCC SEEKS QSL CARD DESIGNS FOR STRAIGHT KEY MONTH 2025
    - NEW HAM SHACK ON PENNSYLVANIA CAMPUS IS ALSO RESEARCH TOOL
    - SPECIAL EVENT RECALLS MARITIME DISASTER IN 1922
    - BROADCASTER IN STOLEN-TOWER CASE DIES
    - HOT AIR BALLOON CRASH DESTROYS RADIO TOWER
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: REPEATER TRANSMITS A SPIRIT MIGHTIER THAN ANY HURRICANE

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  9. - HAMS RESPOND TO 2ND HURRICANE IN SOUTHERN US
    - FEDERAL FUNDS TO STRENGTHEN BROADCASTERS' RESILIENCY
    - HAMS HELP AMPUTATION PATIENT IN INDIA FIND HIS WAY HOME
    - COLORADO CHOSEN AS SITE FOR NEXT YOUNG AMATEURS' CAMP
    - SILENT KEY: ALBANIAN AMATEUR RADIO LEADER JOVAN BOJDANI, ZA1H
    - SILENT KEY: KEITH LAMONICA, W7DXX, PIONEERED INTERNET-REMOTE HAM STATION
    - SEMINAR FOCUSES ON RADIO AS TOOL FOR WOMEN'S WELL-BEING
    - BALLOON TO TAKE HAM PAYLOADS ALOFT IN SOUTH AFRICA
    - VOICE OF AMERICA GETTING NEW HQ
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: A BEAST OF AN EVENT FOR "SASQUATCH AWARENESS"

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  10. - HEROICS AMID HURRICANE HELENE'S DEVASTATION
    - BROADCAST STATIONS HIT HARD BY HURRICANE HELENE
    - WILDERNESS PROTOCOL AIDS RESCUE IN BACKCOUNTRY IDAHO
    - MILESTONE: IARU HANDLES 1,000TH REQUEST FOR AMATEUR SATELLITE FREQUENCY
    - SILENT KEYS: SRI LANKAN NOTABLES, VASANTH GURUGE, 4S7VG; SADEEPA SEPALA, 4S6SAD
    - SILENT KEY: DEWAYNE HENDRICKS, WA8DZP
    - RADIO TELESCOPE SITE TO REOPEN AS SCIENCE EDUCATION CENTER
    - RUSSIA, BELARUS, ELIGIBLE AGAIN FOR CQ-SPONSORED CONTEST AWARDS
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: A QSO TO REMEMBER, 100 YEARS LATER

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  11. - GREENCUBE MISSION ENDS, RADIATION DAMAGE SUSPECTED
    - US LAWMAKERS WAIT TO VOTE ON AM RADIO LEGISLATION
    - NEW ZEALAND YL GROUP ENDS FORMAL OPERATION
    - SUNITA WILLIAMS, KD5PLB, TAKES OVER COMMAND OF ISS
    - SILENT KEY: IARU REGION 3 CO-ORGANIZER PETE WILLIAMS, FORMER VK3IZ
    - NEED TO WORK WYOMING? COME AND GET IT
    - HAMSCI RESEACHER REPORTS ON SPACE-WEATHER MONITOR TOOL
    - APRS FOUNDATION SEEKS SUPPORT THROUGH MEMBERSHIP
    - ORIENTEERING ENTHUSIASTS PREP FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
    - VINTAGE RAILWAY TO SHOWCASE TELEGRAPHY IN NEW ZEALAND
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: A HEALTHY DOSE OF EYEBALL QSOS HAS BENEFITS

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  12. - ICOM ISSUES STATEMENT ON COUNTERFEIT RADIOS AFTER EXPLOSIONS
    - INFLUENTIAL GROUP WEIGHS IN ON PROPOSED PRIVATIZATION OF 900 MHz BAND
    - UK PROVIDERS ROLL OUT SHARED RURAL NETWORKING
    - DAB+ RECEIVERS TO DELIVER IMPROVED EMERGENCY ALERTS
    - SILENT KEY: MICHAEL VALENTINE, W8MM, ENTREPRENEUR, HAMVENTION VOLUNTEER
    - SRI LANKA'S SEANET24 EVENT MOVES TO OCTOBER 3RD
    - CINCINNATI HAMFEST SEEKS NOMINEES FOR 2 'CLUB OF THE YEAR' AWARDS
    - HAM RADIO HELPS ONE MAN'S HOMECOMING AFTER A HALF-CENTURY
    - AMATEURS RECEIVE HONORS FROM RADIO CLUB OF AMERICA
    - HURRICANE FRANCINE KNOCKS LOUISIANA RADIO STATIONS OFF AIR
    -WORLD OF DX
    - POUNDING - AND SOUNDING - THE BRASS, NASHVILLE STYLE

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  13. - SCIENTISTS TO REVISE SOLAR STORM ASSESSMENT
    - LAUNCH DELAYED FOR AMSAT-DL'S ERMINAZ PAYLOAD
    - PENNSYLVANIA HAM CLUB MARKS CENTENNIAL OF HISTORIC RAILROAD
    - CANADIAN TEENS GAIN LICENSES AFTER HAM RADIO COURSEWORK
    - AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM REOPENS AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SHOWCASE
    - SRI LANKAN GIRL GUIDES FIND POWER IN HAM RADIO
    - WEST BENGAL HAMS HELP PREPARE POLICE FOR DISASTER
    - NOMINATIONS NEEDED FOR HONORS AT CINCINNATI HAMFEST
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: A NEW JEWEL IN A SOTA QUEEN'S CROWN

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  14. - INFORMAL RADIO NETWORK AIDS BANGLADESH FLOOD RESCUE
    - RASPBERRY PI SEEN AS KEY IN UNDERWATER TRANSMISSION
    - SILENT KEY: RICHARD RYBA, WQ3Q, ADVOCATE FOR CANCER RESEARCH, PATIENT ASSISTANCE
    - SILENT KEY: PAUL GRAVELINE, K1YUB, AMSAT JOURNAL ASSISTANT EDITOR
    - ACMA BEGINS FEE COLLECTION FOR CALLSIGNS WITH 12-MONTH ASSIGNMENT
    - ROUTE 66 AND 9/11 SPECIAL EVENTS ON THE AIR
    - DIGITAL RADIO INTRODUCED FOR NEW ZEALAND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
    - FREE ONLINE STUDY GUIDES AVAILABLE FOR US TECH, GENERAL LICENSE
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: AN ELECTRIFYING DISCOVERY ABOUT BEES

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  15. - ARRL DISCLOSES IT MADE $1-MILLION PAYMENT TO HACKERS
    - YOTA CAMP BLOG RECOUNTS CZECH REPUBLIC ADVENTURE
    - HAMS REUNITE MAN, "DEAD" FOR A DECADE, WITH FAMILY
    - SILENT KEY: PATRICIA NELSON, KEØQXD, TRAINER, VOLUNTEER, RADIO HOST
    - ARES TO ADOPT INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM INTO TRAINING
    - SPOTLIGHT ON MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY COMMUNICATOR
    - CHILDREN'S MUSEUM PROVIDES A SPECTRUM OF EXPERIENCE
    - TRANSISTOR PROMISES FASTER, MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT OPERATION
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: NEW POTA SITE REALLY FLOATS THEIR BOAT

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