Alien City Hamfest

The Pecos Valley Amateur Radio Club second annual indoor Alien City Hamfest. Please plan to attend on April 15th from 8:00am to 2:00pm at Beginnings, 3908 SE. Main Roswell, New Mexico. The Clarion Hotel & Suites Sally Port is offering…

QSO Virtual Ham Expo

  QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo Will Return March 25-26, 2023 ​ Exhibition Opens and Presentations Begin Los Angeles (USA – California) Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 08:00:00 PST UTC-7 hours UTC (Time Zone)    Saturday, March 25th, 2023 at 15:00:00 UTC 2nd…

Winlink for Emergency Communications: Beginners Workshop

The WaveTalkers crew will be hosting a workshop called: Winlink for Emergency Communications: Beginners Workshop, on Thursday evenings in the Month of February 2023 beginning on February 16, 2023 at 7pm Pacific Time. This Introductory Workshop is targeted at hams radio operators…

Big Bend ARC

Big Bend Amateur Radio Club Supports ULTRA Race 2023

Members of the BBARC provided Communications for the 2023 ULTRA race held in the Big Bend State Park on January 15, 2023. The annual event hosted three hundred forty foot racers in 10k, 20k, 30k, 50k, and 80k (50 mile)…

ARRL Foundation Accepting Applications for Grants in February

The ARRL Foundation is now accepting applications for grants to amateur radio organizations. The grants program awards limited funding to organizations for eligible amateur radio-related projects and initiatives, particularly those with a focus in educating, licensing, and supporting amateur radio…

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W5AW BSARC Dinner/Christmas Party January 30th

Well – nothing is going on. Oh – except we have dinner coming up at Cowboys that will also be the Christmas Party ! Monday Jan 30th 2023 at 6 PM ! In case you are wondering, Cowboys is a…

Do you know the history of the Car Radio?

Huge thanks to Michelle form the New Hampshire Technology Club for sharing with us the amazing history of the car radio. https://www.titlemax.com/articles/the-history-of-the-car-radio/ It’s a fantastic timeline of radio and audio systems throughout the years, covering the early stages for military use…

Radio club gets grant for Scouts ham radio

The Top of the Panhandle Amateur Radio Club of Perryton has received a grant of $7,500 from the American Radio Relay League Foundation to help local Boy Scouts get into the hobby of amateur radio. The grant will be spent…

The ARRL is celebrating 2023 as “The Year of The Volunteer.”

The inaugural step in what is intended to be a year in which the value of the contributions of every Amateur to the growth and preservation of Amateur Radio is recognized is an on-the-air operating event — Volunteers On The…

SpaceX

More Amateur Radio Astronauts Head for the International Space Station

Three of the four new astronauts on February’s planned launch of the SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) are amateur radio operators. The four crew members that comprise the SpaceX Crew-6 mission are, Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev,…