The K7RA Solar Update
10/12/2018 Last week this bulletin reported a return of sunspot activity on September 29 after a 16-day absence from September 13-28, but the new activity only lasted six days. As of Thursday night (October 11)…
FCC Bombshell on Chinese Handhelds – Baofeng , Wouxun etc..
FCC Enforcement Advisory – Baofeng , Wouxun … “The FCC has issued a Public Notice called an “FCC Enforcement Advisory,” Number DA 18-980, dated 24 Sept 2018. It essentially makes worthless nearly all Chinese-made UHF/VHF ham…
Reported Russian Ham Band Intruders Continue to be Troublesome
10/11/2018 The International Amateur Radio Union Monitoring Service (IARUMS) reports interference on 40 meters from various Russian sources. The Russian coastal over-the-horizon (OTH) radar “Sunflower” was very active on 40 meters and audible in Europe…
US Ham-Astronaut, Russian Cosmonaut Safe in Wake of Soyuz Launch Failure
10/11/2018 A Russian Soyuz spacecraft crew launch to the International Space Station (ISS) suffered an emergency booster failure shortly after lift-off from Kazakhstan on October 11, but the crew is safe. On board the Soyuz MS-10 were US Astronaut…
Amateur Radio Assets Active as Category 4 Hurricane Michael Makes Landfall
10/10/2018 An array of Amateur Radio public service assets is active as Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach on the Florida Panhandle today, boasting devastating 155 MPH winds. The storm is believed to be…
Ham Radio Satellite List
Mineo Wakita JE9PEL has made available a table of all amateur radio satellites in Word and Spreadsheet formats Also available is a Doppler.sqf file for use in the SatPC32 satellite tracking software. JE9PEL satellite list http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 Overhauls Marking Requirements for Short Rural Towers
10/09/2018 Thanks to ARRL efforts on Capitol Hill, language in the 2018 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act, just signed by President Donald Trump, resolves the issue of problematic or preclusive rules affecting some rural Amateur…
ARRL Headquarters on Alert for Hurricane Michael
10/09/2018 The ARRL Headquarters Emergency Response Team is in monitoring status as Hurricane Michael heads for landfall this week on the Gulf Coast. As of 1200 UTC, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that Hurricane…
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2136 with a release date of Friday, October 5, 2018
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2136 for Friday, October 5 2018 Audio – https://www.arnewsline.org/s/Report2136.mp3 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2136 with a release date of Friday, October 5, 2018 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a…
Hurricane Watch Net Announces Plans as Hurricane Michael
The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) has announced tentative plans to activate on October 9 at 2100 UTC on both 14.325 and 7.268 MHz as now-Hurricane Michael is forecast to become a Category 1 hurricane later today. It…