Amateur Radio Newsline™

Kevin Trotman

Amateur Radio related weekly news digest

  • Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2513 for Friday, December 26th, 2025

    - SUCCESS WITH STUDENT DMR PROJECT IN INDIA
    - UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONGRESS ENDS USE OF IRCS in 2026
    - BOUVET DXPEDITIONER IS HAM RADIO UNIVERSITY FEATURED SPEAKER
    - SILENT KEY: JIM SHAFFER, KE5AL, ADVOCATE FOR BLIND HAMS
    - SILENT KEY: JIM HEATH, W6LG, NOTED YOUTUBE ELMER
    - MINNESOTA HAM TEAM KEEPS HOLIDAY FEST SAFE AND BRIGHT
    - RAY SOIFER W2RS/SK HONORED AGAIN IN AMSAT CW EVENT
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT ... MAYBE

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    25 December 2025, 1:46 pm
  • Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2512 for Friday, December 19th, 2025

    - REPORT: COOLING IONOSPHERE COULD DISRUPT, RESHAPE RADIO COMMUNICATION
    - ISS EXPEDITION 73 CREW RETURNS TO EARTH
    - NEW NASA VIDEO GIVES A WINDOW INTO ARISS EXPERIENCE
    - 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS EVENT IN ITS 7TH YEAR
    - SABLE ISLAND DXPEDITION GETS $25,000 GRANT
    - SILENT KEY: BOB WHELAN, G3PJT, FORMER RSGB PRESIDENT
    - ARRL TO HOST HAMSCI WORKSHOP AT NEARBY COLLEGE
    - VERMONT MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS WELCOMES FORMER RACES HAMS
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HAM RADIO STYLE

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    19 December 2025, 12:14 pm
  • Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2511 for Friday, December 12th, 2025

    - VERMONT ENDS AMATEUR RADIO RACES SERVICE
    - FCC GRANTS HAMS NON-CHANNELIZED USE ON 60M
    - JORDANIAN AMATEURS APPROVED FOR NEW CLUB STATION
    - APPLICATION PERIOD OPENS FOR YOUTH ON THE AIR CAMP
    - BELGIAN EVENT MARKS BATTLE OF THE BULGE ANNIVERSARY
    - SILENT KEY: QSL.NET/QTH.NET FOUNDER ALAN L. WALLER, K3TKJ
    - UK SMARTPHONES OK'D FOR "DIRECT TO DEVICE" SATELLITE SERVICE
    - HISTORIC STATION TO SEND CHRISTMAS EVE MESSAGE IN CW
    - DUTCH RADIO GROUP PUTS SIX "SANTA" STATIONS ON AIR
    - HAMCATION ANNOUNCES 3 TO RECEIVE HONORS
    - WORLD OF DX
    - AN "ANTENNA RACING" EVENT THAT'S ALL IN GOOD SPORT

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    12 December 2025, 2:32 am
  • Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2510 for Friday, December 5th, 2025

    - LINK CONFIRMED BETWEEN RADIO EMISSIONS, AURORAS
    - INDIAN SPECIAL EVENT IS A TRIBUTE AND AN EXPERIMENT
    - NEW RESTRICTIONS FOR SHORT-RANGE UHF RADIOS IN GERMANY
    - SILENT KEY: EDITOR, AUTHOR, EDUCATOR JOHN WALKER, ZL3IB
    - SILENT KEY: GANESH SUBRAMANIAM, VU2TS
    - UNIVERSITY STUDENTS LAUNCH 'LIGHT SAIL CHIPSATS'
    - COMPUTING IN SPACE? STUDENTS FACE THE CHALLENGE
    - MARATHON QSO PARTY ENDING FOR SOUTH AFRICAN RADIO LEAGUE
    - INDIAN AMATEURS HELP WOMAN LOST IN BANGLADESH
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: REDESIGNED WEATHER WEBSITE DRAWS STORM OF PROTEST

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    5 December 2025, 2:26 am
  • Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2509 for Friday, November 28th, 2025

    - PIRATE RADIO BROADCASTER AGREES TO $7,200 PAYMENT
    - PROBE INTO COLLISION BETWEEN AIRLINER, WEATHER BALLOON
    - YASME GRANT BOOSTS BANGLADESH AMATEURS' CAMPUS OUTREACH
    - FCC EYES REALLOCATION OF UPPER C-BAND
    - FUNCUBE, SATELLITE AO-73, MARKS 12 YEARS IN SPACE
    - ENSURING DISABLED AMATEURS ARE NOT EXCLUDED IN THE UK
    - ARRL SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE APPROACHES
    - ANNUAL 'AM NIGHT' REKINDLES HISTORY FOR CINCINNATI HAMS
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: NEWS FROM A VERY JOLLY NET CONTROL STATION

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    27 November 2025, 11:58 pm
  • Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2508 for Friday, November 21st, 2025

    - FCC REOPENS AFTER HISTORIC US GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
    - HUNGARIAN AMATEURS CELEBRATE BROADCAST CENTENNIAL
    - INDIAN AMATEURS STUDY IMPACT OF SEASON'S TRANSITION
    - NEURAL CODEC CALLED 'MILESTONE' FOR DIGITAL VOICE
    - NASA STUDIES DISABLED DEEP-SPACE NETWORK ANTENNA
    - HAMS PREP FOR PERSEIDS METEOR SCATTER EXPERIMENTS
    - 2 NEW REPEATERS CREATE CRUCIAL NETWORK IN KANSAS
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: FOR GOOGLE, A RAY OF AI HOPE FROM THE SUN

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    20 November 2025, 8:22 pm
  • Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2507 for Friday, November 14th, 2025

    - HAMS ASSIST GOVT. RESPONDERS DURING PHILIPPINE SUPER TYPHOON
    - SIMULATED TSUNAMI TESTS READINESS OF HAMS IN SRI LANKA
    - SILENT KEY: POPULAR BANGALORE NET CONTROl OP SUBBU, VU2ZUB
    - INTREPID-DX LAUNCHES 'AMATEUR RADIO FOR THE GREATER GOOD'
    - ARDC GRANTS SUPPORT STUDENTS' SATELLITE COURSES
    - BRISBANE HAMS HOST INAUGURAL QTECH CONFERENCE
    - COLLEGE DONATES LAPTOPS WISCONSIN HAM CLUB
    - INSIGHTS INTO LOSS OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY
    - STUDENTS' SATELLITE HAS NEWEST MICROWAVE LINEAR TRANSPONDER
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: ROYAL TREATMENT FOR YL WHO'S A TOP SOTA OP

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    14 November 2025, 2:16 am
  • Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2506 for Friday, November 7th, 2025

    - PROPOSED SATELLITE WOULD PROVIDE 'SUNLIGHT ON DEMAND'
    - AUSTRALIAN BAND PLAN GETS SWEEPING REVIEW
    - SILENT KEY: ORIGINAL SOTA ENTHUSIAST, ROBERT JOHN HANNAN, G4RQJ
    - SILENT KEY: QUICKSILVER RADIO PRODUCTS' JOHN BARTSCHERER, N1GNV
    - 2 RECEIVE YASME EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR WORK WITH YOUNG HAMS
    - ISS MARKS 25 YEARS with SSTV TRANSMISSIONS
    - MOUNTAIN RADIO CHALLENGE TESTS SKILLS, PROPAGATION
    - SILENT KEY'S GIFT ENDOWS LIBRARY DEAN CHAIR AT ALMA MATER
    - WORLD OF DX
    - KICKER: PRIEST'S OTHER FAITH WAS IN RADIO WAVES

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    7 November 2025, 12:51 pm
  • Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2505 for Friday, October 31st, 2025

    - 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?

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    31 October 2025, 12:02 am
  • Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2504 for Friday, October 24th, 2025

    - 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 WRONG

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    24 October 2025, 2:27 am
  • Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2503 for Friday, October 17th, 2025

    - 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 AIR

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    16 October 2025, 10:46 pm
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