71 Signal Unit, a reserve force unit, will be running their annual military/amateur HF communications exercise, Exercise Double Barrel 3, over the weekend of 24 to 25 May 2008, using the call sign ZS71SIG and active from Rawsonville in the Western Cape

Representatives from the AMSAT Engineering teams will be available to talk with you about their projects at the 2008 Dayton Hamvention

This is yet another opportunity for CubeSat developers from all over the world to get together to share ideas and knowledge gained from developing picosatellites

The U.S. government wants every cellular telephone tower in the country to have at least 8 hours of battery or other power backup at every one of the nation's cellular tower and other receive and transmit sites, but it has not addressed how the cell phone infrastructure will be able to handle the millions of calls that might be expected during a man made or natural disaster

Emcommwest, an ARRL Specialty Convention sported a record crowd of over 350 people this year in Reno, Nevada

If you see a lot of scouts in the halls and flea market of the 2008 Dayton Hamvention, it wont be an illusion. That's because Scout Leaders will be reaching out to ham radio operators at Hamvention to encourage them to provide more amateur radio opportunities to scouts back in their home towns

ManufacturersFAR Circuits is exclusively a manufacturer of Printed Circuit Boards for electronic projects that are used by the Amateur Radio and electronic hobby enthusiast.

ManufacturersFAR Circuits is exclusively a manufacturer of Printed Circuit Boards for electronic projects that are used by the Amateur Radio and electronic hobby enthusiast.

Software/Circuit DesignFree PCB software is a snap to learn and use. For the first time, designing circuit boards is simple for the beginner and efficient for the professional.

Software/Circuit DesignFree PCB software is a snap to learn and use. For the first time, designing circuit boards is simple for the beginner and efficient for the professional.

Ronald A. Parise, PhD, WA4SIR, passed away Friday May 9, 2008 after a very long and courageous battle with cancer. He was 57. Parise flew as a payload specialist on two space shuttle missions: STS-35 on Columbia in December 1990 and STS-67 on the Endeavour in March 1995. These two missions, ASTRO-1 and ASTRO-2 respectively, carried out ultraviolet and x-ray astronomical observations, logging more than 614 hours and 10.6 million miles in space. Parise was one of the first astronomers to operate a telescope from space, making hundreds of observations during the mission. Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Chairman Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO, said Parise's personal contributions to these two missions provided scientists with "an unprecedented view of our universe, expanding our understanding of the birth, life and death of stars and galaxies."

The FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order (NPRM) on May 8 seeking to raise fees for Amateur Radio vanity call signs

Again this week Earth residents saw a new, but brief sunspot from new Cycle 24, judging from the polarity of the spot, sunspot 993

A major DXpedition to Christmas Island has been announced for 8 to 20 July 2008

N2Y and N2J will be the Special Event call signs used for this year’s special event honoring the precious lives that were lost and giving thanks to the world that stood by us in time of need while this tragic event shattered lives throughout the globe

The Federal Communications Commission has denied a petition filed by two California hams asking that an additional repeater sub-band be created on 2 meters

Scouts Australia is offering a school in Amateur Radio for youth and adult members of Scouting

Dr. Ronald A. Parise, WA4SIR, died yesterday, Friday May 9, 2008 after a very long and courageous battle with cancer

Internet and Radio/DirectoriesCollection of links to listen to police, fire and airport scanners online.

Software/Grid Bearing and MapsThis program combines the formerly know programs PreFind and MU-Locator into one but with many improvements to find the location of any prefix, country or Maidenhead locator! Display and find locators on any map and calculate the distance and direction between two locators.