"Strange Antenna Challenge," special event set (ARRL Amateur Radio News)
Operation over Memorial Day weekend, May 26-28, by special event station K0S will highlight the 2007 Strange Antenna Challenge. Sponsors say K0S will employ out-of-the-ordinary antennas to promote Amateur Radio and making do with what might be available during an emergency. Individuals and clubs may participate as "satellite stations" by using anything but wire or pipe for a radiating element ...
QCWA, Newsline to collaborate in mentoring program (ARRL Amateur Radio News)
The Quarter Century Wireless Association ( QCWA ) and Amateur Radio Newsline ® ( ARNewsline ) have joined forces in cosponsoring the Roy Neal, K6DUE, Amateur Radio Mentoring Program. ARNewsline launched the post-licensing educational service in 2004. It's designed to pair newcomers with veteran radio amateurs who can share their skill and experience. "Amateur Radio is a tremendously complex ...
In the age of the cell phone, amateur radio survives, saves lives (Albuquerque Tribune)
Yahoo! News Search Results for amateur radioClimbers hung nervously in the middle of a 1,200-foot cliff face in the Sandia Mountains. Their leader, an experienced guide, had fallen and lay critically injured below. Across town, Peter Naumburg, who was attending a ham-radio fest, got a phone call.
In the age of the cell phone, amateur radio survives, saves lives (Albuquerque Tribune)
Climbers hung nervously in the middle of a 1,200-foot cliff face in the Sandia Mountains. Their leader, an experienced guide, had fallen and lay critically injured below.
Surfing the waves: A middle schooler receives her license to communicate, help using amateur radio (The Shelby County Reporter)
A seventh-grader recently became one of the estimated 500 children in Alabama under the age of 18 to earn an amateur radio operator license. The certification, required by the Federal Communications Commission, allows users to communicate over radio frequencies known as “amateur bands.”