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WQ2XDM - New US experimental callsign for radio propagation tests at 40 MHz & 70 MHz

New 'Communication Device' for cyclists...

Frequency Measurement Tests in Europe - Feb 2026

Opening on the 50 MHz band from Europe to Australia - 1st Feb 2026

RSGB in the UK outsource their QSL Bureau to the DARC in Germany - Jan 2026

145 Alive activity periods in 2026

Why are Printed Circuit Boards green in colour?

DL0IGI 10m beacon in Germany heard via Auroral-E - 19th Jan 2026

Looking back at 1981 and the reception of BBC TV audio on 41.5 MHz in Texas

Low VHF Band Short Range Device GURL Licence in New Zealand

Summits on the Air Challenge for 2026 - 2m/70cms SSB/CW

End of the road for the International Reply Coupon (IRC)

2225 km opening on the 70cms band from Madeira Island to Ireland - Oct 2023

45th Anniversary of the first 2m digital repeater - Dec 2025

10m QRSS Challenge: - K4BYN & KQ9RSS in the USA - 1st December 2025

Digital Amateur TV experiment between Belgium and Greece on the 29 MHz band - Nov 2025

Norway proposes new restrictions to remote operation from places like Bouvet Island

FM radio stations on 79 MHz from Brazil are heard in Portugal - 19th Nov 2025

Spain allows radio amateurs access to the 40 MHz band for another 18-months

Norway 145 Alive event gets off to a flying start - 1st Nov 2025

National Broadcaster in Spain to close its AM network on Medium Wave at the end of 2025

Notice: Upcoming HAARP ionospheric tests from Alaska - 17th to 22nd Nov 2025

ARRL membership drops 8.3% in 2024

A very basic overview of Polar Modulation and the implications for Amateur Radio

Opening on the 40 MHz band between the UK and Australia - 8th Nov 2025

VE2DX Electronics closing down - Nov 2025

Video: Understanding 6 Meter Sporadic E Propagation by W3LPL

Improving conditions on 28 MHz at Equinox - Sept 2025

The last print edition of the World Radio TV Handbook will be in 2026...

Ireland's first cubesat EIRSAT-1 comes to end of life...

Markus Baseler, DL6YMM - Silent Key

Video: The rise and fall of Radio Shack - From $5 billion to bankruptcy

Return of F2 layer propagation to the 28 MHz band - Aug 2025

10m QRSS Challenge: - DL3PB in Germany - 12th August 2025

LongChat… The new amateur radio text chat software by TA2STO

10m QRSS Challenge: - ON4CDJ in Belgium - 20th July 2025

Notice: Upcoming HAARP ionospheric tests from Alaska - 23rd & 24th July 2025

10m QRSS Challenge: - GB3PKT in England - 16th July 2025

Dave Court, EI3IO - Silent Key

New 144 MHz beacon in Maine is beaming towards Europe - July 2025

Sporadic-E opening reaches as high as 162 MHz in North America - 4th July 2025

Unique broadcast from WA2XMN on 42.8 MHz on the 19th of June 2025

New 40 MHz beacon in Croatia - 9A0BEZ

3700km opening on the 144 MHz band between Madeira Is and Greece - 11th June 2025

Opening on 50 MHz band between Europe and North America - 3rd June 2025

EA5/DL8JJ operating from a hanging tent on a Spanish island - EU-151

3000km+ opening on 144 MHz in Europe - 28th May 2025

SteppIR to stop selling antennas to the radio amateur market

4000km Trans-Atlantic opening on the 88-108 MHz FM band from Spain to Newfoundland - 29th May 2025

FM radio stations on the Azores heard in Newfoundland - 13th May 2025

36.9 MHz Doppler Radar Antenna at the White Sands Missile Range Museum

Unusual 5560km TEP opening on 144 MHz from St Helena to Madeira Is - Apr 2025