Amateur Radio Newsline

– HURRICANE MELISSA SPURS HAM ACTIVATIONS – REPORT: LITTLE OR NO SECURITY FOR SATELLITES’ SENSITIVE TRANSMISSIONS – LATVIAN HAMS CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF BROADCAST RADIO – HAM TO CHAIR COLLEGE’S NEW ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT – RSGB TEAM HONORED BY BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY – ‘WAR OF THE WORLDS’ SPECIAL EVENT REMEMBERS MARTIAN ‘INVASION’ – EVENT MARKS 50 YEARS SINCE LAKE SUPERIOR SHIP TRAGEDY – ASTRONOMY TRADE FAIR TO DEBUT AT HAM RADIO FRIEDRICHSHAFEN – WORLD OF DX – KICKER: WHY HAVE A QSO WHEN YOU CAN HAVE A CONCERTO?SCRIPTAUDIO

– HAMTV MAKES 1ST ARISS CONTACT IN 7 YEARS – SILENT KEY: NOTED DXER, COMMUNICATIONS SCHOLAR CHARLES HARPOLE K4VUD/HSØZCW – SILENT KEY: AMATEUR RADIO HISTORIAN JOHN DILKS III, K2TQN – CANADA ELIMINATES EXPIRATION DATES FOR BROADCAST RADIO LICENSES – ‘PUMPKIN PATROL’ IN ITS 4TH DECADE TO ENSURE DRIVER SAFETY – ARDC PREPARES FOR NEW ROUND OF GRANT APPLICANTS – YOUNG AMATEURS LEARN NEW MODES FOR EMCOMM – SCOTTISH MICROWAVE ENTHUSIASTS PREPARE FOR ROUNDTABLE – WORLD OF DX – KICKER: ON DXPEDITION, A PILEUP OF THINGS GOING WRONGSCRIPTAUDIO

– IARU URGES MORE INCLUSION OF HAMS WITH DISABILITIES – AFTER DELAYS, SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF PROJECT KUIPER SATELLITES – FCC COMMISSIONER PUSHES FOR ACTION AGAINST COPPER THEFTS – SILENT KEY: ED HARE, W1RFI, MAINSTAY OF ARRL LABORATORY – UK REGULATOR IMPLEMENTS MORE LICENSE CHANGES – HISTORIC TRANSMITTER’S MESSAGE OF PEACE – GRANT HELPS IDAHO HAMS UPGRADE OUTDATED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS – NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD FOR NORTH STAR RADIO CONVENTION – AMATEUR TRIO PLANS MALDIVES ‘WET SQUARES’ ACTIVATION – SUNDERBANS DXPEDITION TO FEATURE YOUTH OPERATORS – KICKER: WHEN ZOMBIES COME TO LIFE – AT LEAST, ON THE AIRSCRIPTAUDIO

– WORLD’S LARGEST RADIO TELESCOPE GAINS RFI PROTECTION – SRI LANKA’S BIRDS-X CUBESAT IS IN ORBIT – FCC DENIES APPROVAL OF 4 CHINESE-OWNED ELECTRONICS LABS – SILENT KEY: KEN VILLONE, KU2US, FOUNDER OF 13 COLONIES SPECIAL EVENT – FLORIDA BAPTIST CHURCHES GROW EMERGENCY RADIO NETWORK – FCC CHARGES HAM WITH ILLEGAL 40M OPERATION – IARU FORUM HOSTS TOP DX CONTESTER, OFFERING TIPS – HURRICANE WATCH NET LAUNCHES PODCAST – WORLD OF DX – KICKER: A TRIBUTE TO THE HELPING HAMSSCRIPTAUDIO

– US GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN HALTS FCC OPERATIONS – FCC VOTES TO ALLOW CELL PHONE JAMMING NEAR PRISONS – NUCLEAR-CLEANUP DRILL INCORPORATES HAM RADIO FOR 1ST TIME – LIGHTNING DESTROYS MAJOR NEW ZEALAND RADAR DOME – SILENT KEY: TOP CONTESTER, WRTC REFEREE FLAVIO PRECISVALLE IK1SPR – PA QSO PARTY OFFERS NEW INCENTIVES TO CHASERS – FCC CHARGES NEWLY LICENSED HAM WITH UNAUTHORIZED OPERATION – SSTV TRANSMISSIONS PLANNED FOR WORLD SPACE WEEK – WRTC RELEASES COMPETITORS’ NAMES – WORLD OF DX – KICKER: NEXT-GENERATION DXPEDITIONER JOINS ANDAMAN ISLAND TEAMSCRIPTAUDIO

– 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

– 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

– 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

– 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

– 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

– 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

– 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

– 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

– 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

– 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