ARRL Board Okays Changes to DXCC Program, VHF and Above Contesting Rules The ARRL Board of Directors has tweaked the DX Century Club (DXCC) rules to clarify and expand their recognition of remotely controlled station technology. It also has added a rule that puts greater ethical responsibility on operators with respect to remotely controlled operation.…
‘Cogito’ is an art project speculating on the creative and philosophical possibilities of exploring the cosmos by means of radio waves. The project is the development of ‘OPTICKS’, a live performance during which images are sent to the Moon and back in real time as radio waves. Since starting ‘OPTICKS’ in 2009, I have been…
Indian space research got its long overdue credit after a recent successful mission to Mars. The shoestring budget on which India accomplished its Mangalyaan mission left countries the world over in awe. It showed the calibre of Indian scientists in indigenisation of technology and optimum utilisation of resources. In the realm of space technology, students…
Photo by K3LP.com K6DGE – Dorothy Grant Elementary School Ham ClubWatch this video on YouTube Video by jyunte More than forty 4th and 5th graders at the Dorothy Grant Elementary School in Fontana, CA belong to the K6DGE Ham Club, run by their teacher, Beverly Matheson, KJ6RSX. On March 19th, 2014, I visited the school…
By K5KVN, NEWINGSTEAD, Vt. — Results of a worldwide study have confirmed what many ham radio operators have suspected all along: people who purposefully interfere with other transmissions are psychopaths. small__6077461074The study, conducted over the course of one week by the National Radio Retransmission Legion (NRRL), was released yesterday. “It became immediately clear what kind…