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Oct 24, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2504 for Friday, October 24th, 2025
- HAMTV MAKES 1ST ARISS CONTACT IN 7 YEARS - SILENT KEY: NOTED DXER, COMMUNICATIONS SCHOLAR CHARLES HARPOLE K4VUD/HSØZCW - SILENT KEY: AMATEUR RADIO HISTORIAN JOHN DILKS III, K2TQN - CANADA ELIMINATES EXPIRATION DATES FOR BROADCAST RADIO LICENSES - 'PUMPKIN PATROL' IN ITS 4TH DECADE TO ENSURE DRIVER SAFETY - ARDC PREPARES FOR NEW ROUND OF GRANT APPLICANTS - YOUNG AMATEURS LEARN NEW MODES FOR EMCOMM - SCOTTISH MICROWAVE ENTHUSIASTS PREPARE FOR ROUNDTABLE - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: ON DXPEDITION, A PILEUP OF THINGS GOING WRONG SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2504 for Friday, October 24th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Oct 16, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2503 for Friday, October 17th, 2025
- IARU URGES MORE INCLUSION OF HAMS WITH DISABILITIES - AFTER DELAYS, SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF PROJECT KUIPER SATELLITES - FCC COMMISSIONER PUSHES FOR ACTION AGAINST COPPER THEFTS - SILENT KEY: ED HARE, W1RFI, MAINSTAY OF ARRL LABORATORY - UK REGULATOR IMPLEMENTS MORE LICENSE CHANGES - HISTORIC TRANSMITTER'S MESSAGE OF PEACE - GRANT HELPS IDAHO HAMS UPGRADE OUTDATED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS - NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD FOR NORTH STAR RADIO CONVENTION - AMATEUR TRIO PLANS MALDIVES 'WET SQUARES' ACTIVATION - SUNDERBANS DXPEDITION TO FEATURE YOUTH OPERATORS - KICKER: WHEN ZOMBIES COME TO LIFE - AT LEAST, ON THE AIR SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2503 for Friday, October 17th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Oct 9, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2502 for Friday, October 10th, 2025
- WORLD'S LARGEST RADIO TELESCOPE GAINS RFI PROTECTION - SRI LANKA'S BIRDS-X CUBESAT IS IN ORBIT - FCC DENIES APPROVAL OF 4 CHINESE-OWNED ELECTRONICS LABS - SILENT KEY: KEN VILLONE, KU2US, FOUNDER OF 13 COLONIES SPECIAL EVENT - FLORIDA BAPTIST CHURCHES GROW EMERGENCY RADIO NETWORK - FCC CHARGES HAM WITH ILLEGAL 40M OPERATION - IARU FORUM HOSTS TOP DX CONTESTER, OFFERING TIPS - HURRICANE WATCH NET LAUNCHES PODCAST - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: A TRIBUTE TO THE HELPING HAMS SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2502 for Friday, October 10th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Oct 3, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2501 for Friday, October 3rd, 2025
- US GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN HALTS FCC OPERATIONS - FCC VOTES TO ALLOW CELL PHONE JAMMING NEAR PRISONS - NUCLEAR-CLEANUP DRILL INCORPORATES HAM RADIO FOR 1ST TIME - LIGHTNING DESTROYS MAJOR NEW ZEALAND RADAR DOME - SILENT KEY: TOP CONTESTER, WRTC REFEREE FLAVIO PRECISVALLE IK1SPR - PA QSO PARTY OFFERS NEW INCENTIVES TO CHASERS - FCC CHARGES NEWLY LICENSED HAM WITH UNAUTHORIZED OPERATION - SSTV TRANSMISSIONS PLANNED FOR WORLD SPACE WEEK - WRTC RELEASES COMPETITORS' NAMES - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: NEXT-GENERATION DXPEDITIONER JOINS ANDAMAN ISLAND TEAM SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2501 for Friday, October 3rd, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Sep 25, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2500 for Friday, September 26th, 2025
- SPECIAL REPORT: AMATEUR RADIO PREPS TO DEFEND ANTENNA LEGISLATION - WEATHERING THE STRUGGLE OF PROGRAMMING EMERGENCY RADIOS - HAMS IN SWEDEN PRESS FOR DUPLEX FM HANDHELDS - CALIFORNIA CLUB HELPS AREA HAMS REPLACE WILDFIRE LOSSES - SABLE ISLAND CYØS TEAM ANNOUNCES DXPEDITION DATES - OFCOM REVIEWS LICENSE PROCEDURES FOR SOME SATELLITES - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: KEEPING HIS WIFE'S MEMORY CLOSE IN HIS HEART SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2500 for Friday, September 26th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Sep 19, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2499 for Friday, September 19th, 2025
- EQUATORIAL GUINEA SUSPENDS HAM RADIO LICENSES - SILENT KEY AMONG THOSE IN RADIO HALL OF FAME - WRTC ANNOUNCES HQ SITE IN ENGLAND - CRYPTOLOGY, SPACE OFFER SIDE TRIPS AT TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM - FCC LEVIES $920,000 PIRACY PENALTY AGAINST FM STATION - ARDC SEEKS VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE MEMBERS - MINNESOTA'S STATEWIDE POTA GROUP GROWS AMONG THE TREES - AUSTRALIAN REGULATOR MAKES CHANGES TO CB RULES - RSGB'S DMR PROJECT BEGINS AGAIN IN UK SCHOOLS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: GETTING A READ ON AMATEUR RADIO IN NEW ZEALAND SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2499 for Friday, September 19th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Sep 11, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2498 for Friday, September 12th, 2025
- FCC GRANTS LIMITED USE OF AMATEUR BANDS TO AST SPACEMOBILE - FCC EYES GIVING OK TO MOBILE PHONE JAMMING AT PRISONS - MANDATE FOR INDIAN HAMS TO CONVERT TO DIGITAL LICENSES - DOUBTS ABOUT SOLAR CYCLE PREDICTION METHODOLOGY - UK REGULATOR MULLS SATELLITE-TO-CELL PHONE SERVICE - PORTABLE-OP CELEBRATION ACTIVATES NY'S ERIE CANAL - WILD CARD TEAM MEMBERS CHOSEN FOR WRTC 2026 - SIX RECIPIENTS SELECTED FOR YLRL SCHOLARSHIPS - WORLD OF DX - LETTING YOUNG READERS SEE A NEW DIMENSION TO RADIO SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2498 for Friday, September 12th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Sep 5, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2497 for Friday, September 5th, 2025
- TARIFFS SPUR HALT IN RADIO EQUIPMENT DELIVERIES TO US - NEW ZEALAND HAMS EYE BAND PLAN CHANGES FOR 30M - SILENT KEY: BA-MA-TECH OWNER MARKUS BASELER, DL6YYM - NASA SEEKS VOLUNTEER TRACKERS FOR ORION SPACECRAFT - NASA DEPLOYS LARGEST ORBITING RADAR ANTENNA REFLECTOR - CANADIAN STRAIGHT KEY MONTH IS ON THE AIR - GAINS FOR JAPAN's OPEN-SOURCE MULTI-MODE LINEAR TRANSPONDER - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: SWEPT AWAY AT IOTA EXPEDITION TO PAJAROS ROCKS SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2497 for Friday, September 5th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Aug 29, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2496 for Friday, August 29th, 2025
- AST SPACEMOBILE SATELLITE FACES LAUNCH DELAYS - MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE NETWORK AIDS SAILING VESSEL - AERONAUTICAL ROVER JOINS ROUTE 66 ON THE AIR - SILENT KEY; ODINN THOR, TF2MSN, ICELANDIC DXER - SILENT KEY: LOU DIETRICH, DXER, PAST CHAIRMAN OF INDEXA - HURRICANE WATCH NET MARKS 60 YEARS OF SERVICE - HAMS HELP SONOMA SPRINGS RESIDENTS WITH GMRS - ANDAMAN ISLAND DXPEDITION RECRUITING YOUNG REMOTE OPS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: A RADIO HOMECOMING, ONE CENTURY LATER SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2496 for Friday, August 29th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Aug 22, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2495 for Friday, August 22nd, 2025
- AST SPACEMOBILE EYES CELLULAR SATELLITE LAUNCH WINDOW - NASA TOLD TO END GREENHOUSE-GAS TRACKING SATELLITE MISSION - EMERGENCY-ALERT GRANTS TO EXCLUDE PUBLIC RADIO - YOUTH INVOLVEMENT A CORE PART OF SOUTH GEORGIA DXPEDITION - HAMCATION PLANNERS SEEK AWARD NOMINEES - CANADIAN STUDENT SATELLITE PROJECT MOVES AHEAD - INDIAN OFFICIALS ACT AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED HANDHELDS - RSGB AWARD INVITES WORLD TO WORK THE UK - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: FOR THIS EXPLORER, 15 WAS THE AGE OF DISCOVERY SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2495 for Friday, August 22nd, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Aug 14, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2494 for Friday, August 15th, 2025
- US NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REHIRING AFTER MASS FIRINGS - US LEGACY WEATHER SATELLITES BEING DECOMMISSIONED - FLORIDA RETIREES GIRD FOR STORM SEASON WITH RADIOS - 3YØK DXPEDITION CANCELS LOTTERY, CITING 'LEGAL ISSUES' - GRANT ASSISTS YOUNG AMATEURS IN MALAWI - CELEBRATING A PARK'S CENTENNIAL BY PUTTING IT ON THE AIR - UK HAMS TAKE ON CHALLENGE TO BUILD TRACKER FOR BALLOON - YOUNG AMATEURS IN AUSTRALIA PREP FOR 1ST YOTA CONTEST - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: IT'S TIME FOR REMEMBRANCE DAY - BUT WHAT TIME, EXACTLY? SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2494 for Friday, August 15th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Aug 8, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2493 for Friday, August 8th, 2025
- JOINT INDIA-US SATELLITE FOCUSES ON NATURAL DISASTERS - AST SPACEMOBILE DEFENDS PROPOSED AMATEUR-SPECTRUM USE - CREW-11 ARRIVES, BEGINS WORK ABOARD ISS - SPECIAL EVENT HONORS NAVAJO CODE TALKERS OF WW2 - PROJECT BY INDIAN STUDENTS, HAMS SEEKS PATENT - SILENT KEY: FORMER ARRL SE DIVISION DIRECTOR FRANK BUTLER, W4RH - ARRL'S RADIO ALPHA MUSEUM TRACKS HAM RADIO'S EVOLUTION - KATIE CAMPBELL, KE8LQR, PRESENTED WITH NEWSLINE'S YHOTY AWARD - ENIGMA MACHINE-STYLE EVENT CHALLENGES DECODING SKILLS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: STALKING SOME QSOS IN HIS FIELD OF DREAMS SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2493 for Friday, August 8th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Jul 31, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2492 for Friday, August 1st, 2025
- INT'L RESPONSE TO FCC FILING FOR HAM RADIO FREQUENCIES - INDIA, SWEDEN INTRODUCE NEW CALLSIGN SUFFIXES, PREFIXES - BOUVET ISLAND TEAM PACKS FOR 2026 TRIP - MEXICAN STATION HONORS HAM RADIO'S PATRON SAINT - HAMTV BACK ON THE AIR FROM THE ISS - FIELD DAY WAS 'MERIT BADGE DAY' FOR THEM - PAKISTAN HIKES RADIO-RELATED FEES - HAMS COACH INDIAN POLICE ON AMATEUR RADIO'S CRISIS ROLES - SOUTH AFRICAN AWARDS SCHEME FOCUSES ON HERITAGE, HISTORY - WORLD OF DX SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2492 for Friday, August 1st, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Jul 25, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2491 for Friday, July 25th, 2025
- FCC EYES SPECTRUM AUCTION, EMERGENCY-ALERT OVERHAUL - ORGANIZERS CONDUCT FIELD TESTING AT WRTC SITE - SILENT KEY: DAVID COURT, EI3IO, INFLUENCED SHAPE OF AMATEUR SPECTRUM - SILENT KEY: JOSEPH ARCURE, W3HNK, RENOWNED QSL MANAGER - HAM RADIO PLAYS KEY ROLE IN MOTHER-SON RESCUE - CANADIAN TEST CANDIDATES FACE NEW QUESTION POOL - AMATEURS READY TO ACTIVATE BRITISH WATERWAYS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: THE HEIGHT OF ACHIEVEMENT, HIGH ABOVE SEA LEVEL SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2491 for Friday, July 25th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Jul 17, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2490 for Friday, July 18th, 2025
- SATELLITE'S EXPERIMENTAL LICENSE OKS AMATEUR BAND USE - CANADIAN AMATEURS IN YUKON TERRITORY GET SEPARATE SECTION - 4 TEENS ON DAVE KALTER MEMORIAL DX ADVENTURE CALL CQ - YOUTH ON THE AIR JUNIOR CAMP HOLDS FIRST SESSION - STUDENTS SOLAR-CAR EVENT GETS GOOD MILEAGE WITH HAMS - CW OPS PREPARE TO FLY WITH 'FLIGHT OF BUMBLEBEES' EVENT - HAMS REUNITE MISSING DAUGHTER WITH FAMILY AFTER 8 YEARS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: A LIFE-SAVING DISTRESS CALL SENT IN 'DOG MODE' SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2490 for Friday, July 18th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Jul 11, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2489 for Friday, July 11th, 2025
- POTA ACTIVATOR ELECTROCUTED IN NORTH CAROLINA - HAMSHACK HOTLINE TO BE DISCONTINUED - FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT TO SPEAK AT DALLAS 'MOON DAY' - YOTA AMERICAS CAMPERS LAUNCH FARTHEST BALLOON TRIP - SILENT KEY: AUSTRIAN MILITARY RADIO SOCIETY's MONIKA WLCEK, OE3YUP - NYC PROPERTY OWNER GETS "PIRATE" LETTER FROM FCC - BRAZILIAN SPECIAL EVENT CELEBRATES 105-YEAR-OLD YL - 'NIGHT OF NIGHTS' HONORS LONG-GONE MARITIME TRADITION - DOUBLE CENTENARY FOR AMATEURS IN JAPAN - GRANT WILL HELP WITH CLUBLOG OPERATIONS UPGRADE - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: HEADQUARTERS FIELD DAY FOR OUR 2022 YHOTY WINNER SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2489 for Friday, July 11th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Jul 4, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2488 for Friday, July 4th, 2025
- NEW WORLD RECORD FOR CW CALLSIGN COPY - IN WEST VIRGINIA, A HIGH-FLYING FIELD DAY - SILENT KEY: ROGER SMALLWOOD, N8EKG, R&L ELECTRONICS EXECUTIVE - RUSSIAN EME COMPETITORS PREP FOR SECOND ROUND - OHIO YL CHOSEN AS NEWSLINE'S YOUNG HAM OF THE YEAR - RUSSIA WORKS ON MODULES FOR SPACE STATION - FCC ROUNDTABLE FOCUSES ON HURRICANE-RESPONSE COMMUNICATION - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: TOILETS ON THE AIR? GO WITH THE FLOW SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2488 for Friday, July 4th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Jun 27, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2487 for Friday, June 27th, 2025
- MOBILE BROADBAND PROVIDER SEEKS AMATEUR FREQUENCIES FOR SATELLITES - LOGBOOK OF THE WORLD GOES OFFLINE FOR UPGRADES - SATELLITE PAINT EXPERIMENT TACKLES 'LIGHT POLLUTION' - UNHEARD-OF DATA SPEED REPORTED FROM CHINESE SATELLITES - FROM THE BBC, FOR ANTARCTICA'S EARS ONLY - YOUNGSTERS ON THE AIR CAMP GEARS UP IN EUROPE - SWEDEN'S GRIMETON RADIO STATION TO SEND JUBILEE MESSAGE - BE LISTENING FOR 13 COLONIES SPECIAL EVENT STATIONS - LIFESAVING SKILLS LEARNED ATOP SOME SOTA SUMMITS - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: MYSTERY SIGNALS FROM THE GREAT BEYOND? SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2487 for Friday, June 27th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Jun 20, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2486 for Friday, June 20th, 2025
- RADIO SIGNALS HAVE 'UPWARD PROPAGATION' THROUGH ICE, STONE - ISLAND DXPEDITION WILL BE TRIBUTE TO SILENT KEY - TEEN CW CHAMP TRIES TO TOP OWN WORLD RECORD - CHICAGO RACE PUTS HAMS ON THE RUN - HAMS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN - THREE CHARGED WITH THEFT OF RADIO STATION'S COPPER WIRING - GRANT HELPS ADVANCE ALBERTA GROUP'S IP400 DIGITAL PROJECT - WRTC ANNOUNCES WINNERS IN SPONSORED-TEAM BIDDING - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: REMEMBERING NEWSLINE'S BILL PASTERNAK, WA6ITF/SK SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2486 for Friday, June 20th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download
Jun 12, 2025
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2485 for Friday, June 13th, 2025
- SPECIAL EVENT IN IRAN HIGHLIGHTS PERSIAN GULF HISTORY - INDIANA EMCOMM GROUP SWITCHES FROM ANALOG FM TO DIGITAL - WHIDBEY ISLAND BROADENS ITS RADIO SAFETY NET - GET READY FOR YOTA CAMP IN COLORADO - DX FOUNDATION GIVES GRANTS TO 3 DXPEDITIONS - OREGON LATEST STATE TO PROCLAIM 'AMATEUR RADIO MONTH' - RSGB SEEKS PROPOSALS FOR OCTOBER CONFERENCE - AMSAT DESIGNATES SO-125 with SDR FM, DIGITAL REPEATER PAYLOAD - WORLD OF DX - KICKER: COULD IT BE MAGIC? CHECK THE LOG SCRIPT AUDIO Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2485 for Friday, June 13th, 2025 Amateur Radio Newsline Download

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2500 for Friday, September 26th, 2025

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2496 for Friday, August 29th, 2025

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2495 for Friday, August 22nd, 2025

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2494 for Friday, August 15th, 2025

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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2492 for Friday, August 1st, 2025

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2491 for Friday, July 25th, 2025

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2490 for Friday, July 18th, 2025

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2489 for Friday, July 11th, 2025

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2488 for Friday, July 4th, 2025

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