Amateur Radio Newsline
Amateur Radio Newsline™ Amateur Radio related weekly news digest
- Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2500 for Friday, September 26th, 2025by Kevin Trotman on September 25, 2025 at 20:19
– SPECIAL REPORT: AMATEUR RADIO PREPS TO DEFEND ANTENNA LEGISLATION – WEATHERING THE STRUGGLE OF PROGRAMMING EMERGENCY RADIOS – HAMS IN SWEDEN PRESS FOR DUPLEX FM HANDHELDS – CALIFORNIA CLUB HELPS AREA HAMS REPLACE WILDFIRE LOSSES – SABLE ISLAND CYØS TEAM ANNOUNCES DXPEDITION DATES – OFCOM REVIEWS LICENSE PROCEDURES FOR SOME SATELLITES – WORLD OF DX – KICKER: KEEPING HIS WIFE’S MEMORY CLOSE IN HIS HEARTSCRIPTAUDIO
- Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2499 for Friday, September 19th, 2025by Kevin Trotman on September 19, 2025 at 02:03
– EQUATORIAL GUINEA SUSPENDS HAM RADIO LICENSES – SILENT KEY AMONG THOSE IN RADIO HALL OF FAME – WRTC ANNOUNCES HQ SITE IN ENGLAND – CRYPTOLOGY, SPACE OFFER SIDE TRIPS AT TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM – FCC LEVIES $920,000 PIRACY PENALTY AGAINST FM STATION – ARDC SEEKS VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE MEMBERS – MINNESOTA’S STATEWIDE POTA GROUP GROWS AMONG THE TREES – AUSTRALIAN REGULATOR MAKES CHANGES TO CB RULES – RSGB’S DMR PROJECT BEGINS AGAIN IN UK SCHOOLS – WORLD OF DX – KICKER: GETTING A READ ON AMATEUR RADIO IN NEW ZEALANDSCRIPTAUDIO
- Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2498 for Friday, September 12th, 2025by Kevin Trotman on September 11, 2025 at 21:48
– FCC GRANTS LIMITED USE OF AMATEUR BANDS TO AST SPACEMOBILE – FCC EYES GIVING OK TO MOBILE PHONE JAMMING AT PRISONS – MANDATE FOR INDIAN HAMS TO CONVERT TO DIGITAL LICENSES – DOUBTS ABOUT SOLAR CYCLE PREDICTION METHODOLOGY – UK REGULATOR MULLS SATELLITE-TO-CELL PHONE SERVICE – PORTABLE-OP CELEBRATION ACTIVATES NY’S ERIE CANAL – WILD CARD TEAM MEMBERS CHOSEN FOR WRTC 2026 – SIX RECIPIENTS SELECTED FOR YLRL SCHOLARSHIPS – WORLD OF DX – LETTING YOUNG READERS SEE A NEW DIMENSION TO RADIOSCRIPTAUDIO
- Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2497 for Friday, September 5th, 2025by Kevin Trotman on September 5, 2025 at 00:41
– TARIFFS SPUR HALT IN RADIO EQUIPMENT DELIVERIES TO US – NEW ZEALAND HAMS EYE BAND PLAN CHANGES FOR 30M – SILENT KEY: BA-MA-TECH OWNER MARKUS BASELER, DL6YYM – NASA SEEKS VOLUNTEER TRACKERS FOR ORION SPACECRAFT – NASA DEPLOYS LARGEST ORBITING RADAR ANTENNA REFLECTOR – CANADIAN STRAIGHT KEY MONTH IS ON THE AIR – GAINS FOR JAPAN’s OPEN-SOURCE MULTI-MODE LINEAR TRANSPONDER – WORLD OF DX – KICKER: SWEPT AWAY AT IOTA EXPEDITION TO PAJAROS ROCKS SCRIPTAUDIO
- Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2496 for Friday, August 29th, 2025by Kevin Trotman on August 29, 2025 at 01:52
– AST SPACEMOBILE SATELLITE FACES LAUNCH DELAYS – MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE NETWORK AIDS SAILING VESSEL – AERONAUTICAL ROVER JOINS ROUTE 66 ON THE AIR – SILENT KEY; ODINN THOR, TF2MSN, ICELANDIC DXER – SILENT KEY: LOU DIETRICH, DXER, PAST CHAIRMAN OF INDEXA – HURRICANE WATCH NET MARKS 60 YEARS OF SERVICE – HAMS HELP SONOMA SPRINGS RESIDENTS WITH GMRS – ANDAMAN ISLAND DXPEDITION RECRUITING YOUNG REMOTE OPS – WORLD OF DX – KICKER: A RADIO HOMECOMING, ONE CENTURY LATERSCRIPTAUDIO
- Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2495 for Friday, August 22nd, 2025by Kevin Trotman on August 22, 2025 at 12:54
– AST SPACEMOBILE EYES CELLULAR SATELLITE LAUNCH WINDOW – NASA TOLD TO END GREENHOUSE-GAS TRACKING SATELLITE MISSION – EMERGENCY-ALERT GRANTS TO EXCLUDE PUBLIC RADIO – YOUTH INVOLVEMENT A CORE PART OF SOUTH GEORGIA DXPEDITION – HAMCATION PLANNERS SEEK AWARD NOMINEES – CANADIAN STUDENT SATELLITE PROJECT MOVES AHEAD – INDIAN OFFICIALS ACT AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED HANDHELDS – RSGB AWARD INVITES WORLD TO WORK THE UK – WORLD OF DX – KICKER: FOR THIS EXPLORER, 15 WAS THE AGE OF DISCOVERYSCRIPTAUDIO
- Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2494 for Friday, August 15th, 2025by Kevin Trotman on August 14, 2025 at 20:52
– US NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REHIRING AFTER MASS FIRINGS – US LEGACY WEATHER SATELLITES BEING DECOMMISSIONED – FLORIDA RETIREES GIRD FOR STORM SEASON WITH RADIOS – 3YØK DXPEDITION CANCELS LOTTERY, CITING ‘LEGAL ISSUES’ – GRANT ASSISTS YOUNG AMATEURS IN MALAWI – CELEBRATING A PARK’S CENTENNIAL BY PUTTING IT ON THE AIR – UK HAMS TAKE ON CHALLENGE TO BUILD TRACKER FOR BALLOON – YOUNG AMATEURS IN AUSTRALIA PREP FOR 1ST YOTA CONTEST – WORLD OF DX – KICKER: IT’S TIME FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY – BUT WHAT TIME, EXACTLY?SCRIPTAUDIO
- Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2493 for Friday, August 8th, 2025by Kevin Trotman on August 8, 2025 at 01:42
– JOINT INDIA-US SATELLITE FOCUSES ON NATURAL DISASTERS – AST SPACEMOBILE DEFENDS PROPOSED AMATEUR-SPECTRUM USE – CREW-11 ARRIVES, BEGINS WORK ABOARD ISS – SPECIAL EVENT HONORS NAVAJO CODE TALKERS OF WW2 – PROJECT BY INDIAN STUDENTS, HAMS SEEKS PATENT – SILENT KEY: FORMER ARRL SE DIVISION DIRECTOR FRANK BUTLER, W4RH – ARRL’S RADIO ALPHA MUSEUM TRACKS HAM RADIO’S EVOLUTION – KATIE CAMPBELL, KE8LQR, PRESENTED WITH NEWSLINE’S YHOTY AWARD – ENIGMA MACHINE-STYLE EVENT CHALLENGES DECODING SKILLS – WORLD OF DX – KICKER: STALKING SOME QSOS IN HIS FIELD OF DREAMSSCRIPTAUDIO
- Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2492 for Friday, August 1st, 2025by Kevin Trotman on July 31, 2025 at 19:01
– INT’L RESPONSE TO FCC FILING FOR HAM RADIO FREQUENCIES – INDIA, SWEDEN INTRODUCE NEW CALLSIGN SUFFIXES, PREFIXES – BOUVET ISLAND TEAM PACKS FOR 2026 TRIP – MEXICAN STATION HONORS HAM RADIO’S PATRON SAINT – HAMTV BACK ON THE AIR FROM THE ISS – FIELD DAY WAS ‘MERIT BADGE DAY’ FOR THEM – PAKISTAN HIKES RADIO-RELATED FEES – HAMS COACH INDIAN POLICE ON AMATEUR RADIO’S CRISIS ROLES – SOUTH AFRICAN AWARDS SCHEME FOCUSES ON HERITAGE, HISTORY – WORLD OF DXSCRIPTAUDIO
- Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2491 for Friday, July 25th, 2025by Kevin Trotman on July 25, 2025 at 02:19
– FCC EYES SPECTRUM AUCTION, EMERGENCY-ALERT OVERHAUL – ORGANIZERS CONDUCT FIELD TESTING AT WRTC SITE – SILENT KEY: DAVID COURT, EI3IO, INFLUENCED SHAPE OF AMATEUR SPECTRUM – SILENT KEY: JOSEPH ARCURE, W3HNK, RENOWNED QSL MANAGER – HAM RADIO PLAYS KEY ROLE IN MOTHER-SON RESCUE – CANADIAN TEST CANDIDATES FACE NEW QUESTION POOL – AMATEURS READY TO ACTIVATE BRITISH WATERWAYS – WORLD OF DX – KICKER: THE HEIGHT OF ACHIEVEMENT, HIGH ABOVE SEA LEVELSCRIPTAUDIO
- Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2490 for Friday, July 18th, 2025by Kevin Trotman on July 17, 2025 at 19:54
– SATELLITE’S EXPERIMENTAL LICENSE OKS AMATEUR BAND USE – CANADIAN AMATEURS IN YUKON TERRITORY GET SEPARATE SECTION – 4 TEENS ON DAVE KALTER MEMORIAL DX ADVENTURE CALL CQ – YOUTH ON THE AIR JUNIOR CAMP HOLDS FIRST SESSION – STUDENTS SOLAR-CAR EVENT GETS GOOD MILEAGE WITH HAMS – CW OPS PREPARE TO FLY WITH ‘FLIGHT OF BUMBLEBEES’ EVENT – HAMS REUNITE MISSING DAUGHTER WITH FAMILY AFTER 8 YEARS – WORLD OF DX – KICKER: A LIFE-SAVING DISTRESS CALL SENT IN ‘DOG MODE’SCRIPTAUDIO
- Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2489 for Friday, July 11th, 2025by Kevin Trotman on July 11, 2025 at 00:56
– POTA ACTIVATOR ELECTROCUTED IN NORTH CAROLINA – HAMSHACK HOTLINE TO BE DISCONTINUED – FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT TO SPEAK AT DALLAS ‘MOON DAY’ – YOTA AMERICAS CAMPERS LAUNCH FARTHEST BALLOON TRIP – SILENT KEY: AUSTRIAN MILITARY RADIO SOCIETY’s MONIKA WLCEK, OE3YUP – NYC PROPERTY OWNER GETS “PIRATE” LETTER FROM FCC – BRAZILIAN SPECIAL EVENT CELEBRATES 105-YEAR-OLD YL – ‘NIGHT OF NIGHTS’ HONORS LONG-GONE MARITIME TRADITION – DOUBLE CENTENARY FOR AMATEURS IN JAPAN – GRANT WILL HELP WITH CLUBLOG OPERATIONS UPGRADE – WORLD OF DX – KICKER: HEADQUARTERS FIELD DAY FOR OUR 2022 YHOTY WINNERSCRIPT AUDIO
- Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2488 for Friday, July 4th, 2025by Kevin Trotman on July 4, 2025 at 00:11
– NEW WORLD RECORD FOR CW CALLSIGN COPY – IN WEST VIRGINIA, A HIGH-FLYING FIELD DAY – SILENT KEY: ROGER SMALLWOOD, N8EKG, R&L ELECTRONICS EXECUTIVE – RUSSIAN EME COMPETITORS PREP FOR SECOND ROUND – OHIO YL CHOSEN AS NEWSLINE’S YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR – RUSSIA WORKS ON MODULES FOR SPACE STATION – FCC ROUNDTABLE FOCUSES ON HURRICANE-RESPONSE COMMUNICATION – WORLD OF DX – KICKER: TOILETS ON THE AIR? GO WITH THE FLOWSCRIPTAUDIO
- Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2487 for Friday, June 27th, 2025by Kevin Trotman on June 27, 2025 at 01:47
– MOBILE BROADBAND PROVIDER SEEKS AMATEUR FREQUENCIES FOR SATELLITES – LOGBOOK OF THE WORLD GOES OFFLINE FOR UPGRADES – SATELLITE PAINT EXPERIMENT TACKLES ‘LIGHT POLLUTION’ – UNHEARD-OF DATA SPEED REPORTED FROM CHINESE SATELLITES – FROM THE BBC, FOR ANTARCTICA’S EARS ONLY – YOUNGSTERS ON THE AIR CAMP GEARS UP IN EUROPE – SWEDEN’S GRIMETON RADIO STATION TO SEND JUBILEE MESSAGE – BE LISTENING FOR 13 COLONIES SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS – LIFESAVING SKILLS LEARNED ATOP SOME SOTA SUMMITS – WORLD OF DX – KICKER: MYSTERY SIGNALS FROM THE GREAT BEYOND?SCRIPTAUDIO
- Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2486 for Friday, June 20th, 2025by Kevin Trotman on June 20, 2025 at 01:30
– RADIO SIGNALS HAVE ‘UPWARD PROPAGATION’ THROUGH ICE, STONE – ISLAND DXPEDITION WILL BE TRIBUTE TO SILENT KEY – TEEN CW CHAMP TRIES TO TOP OWN WORLD RECORD – CHICAGO RACE PUTS HAMS ON THE RUN – HAMS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN – THREE CHARGED WITH THEFT OF RADIO STATION’S COPPER WIRING – GRANT HELPS ADVANCE ALBERTA GROUP’S IP400 DIGITAL PROJECT – WRTC ANNOUNCES WINNERS IN SPONSORED-TEAM BIDDING – WORLD OF DX – KICKER: REMEMBERING NEWSLINE’S BILL PASTERNAK, WA6ITF/SKSCRIPTAUDIO