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Friday, November 28, 2025

Digital Amateur TV experiment between Belgium and Greece on the 29 MHz band - Nov 2025

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Radio amateurs have been sending and receiving TV signals for a number of decades. First it was analogue TV and that became digital TV in mo...
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Monday, November 24, 2025

Norway proposes new restrictions to remote operation from places like Bouvet Island

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The regulator for amateur radio activity in Norway is the Norwegian Communications Authority (NKOM) and on the 24th of November 2025, they ...
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FM radio stations on 79 MHz from Brazil are heard in Portugal - 19th Nov 2025

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In Brazil, South America, they have what is called an ' extended FM band (eFM)' which runs from 76.1 MHz to 87.3 MHz which is used...
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Saturday, November 22, 2025

Spain allows radio amateurs access to the 40 MHz band for another 18-months

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Good news! The licencing authorities in Spain have decided to allow radio amateurs there access to the 40 MHz (8m) band for another 18-month...
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Thursday, November 20, 2025

Norway 145 Alive event gets off to a flying start - 1st Nov 2025

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A new 145 Alive activity period on the 2m band has started in Norway and the first one got off to a flying start on Saturday 1st November 20...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

National Broadcaster in Spain to close its AM network on Medium Wave at the end of 2025

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On the 18th of November 2025, the Spanish national broadcaster RTVE issued a press release stating that they will be closing their AM netwo...
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Monday, November 17, 2025

Notice: Upcoming HAARP ionospheric tests from Alaska - 17th to 22nd Nov 2025

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The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is based in Alaska and it's a high-power, high frequency (HF) transmitter fo...
Saturday, November 15, 2025

ARRL membership drops 8.3% in 2024

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Note that the chart starts at 120k to make the annual change clearer The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national society for radi...
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Thursday, November 13, 2025

A very basic overview of Polar Modulation and the implications for Amateur Radio

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In the last few months, there has been talk on the Amateur Radio media channels about something called ' Polar Modulation '. A lot o...
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Sunday, November 9, 2025

Opening on the 40 MHz band between the UK and Australia - 8th Nov 2025

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Even though we have passed the peak of the current sunspot cycle, conditions on the higher HF bands and the low VHF region are still very go...
Thursday, October 23, 2025

VE2DX Electronics closing down - Nov 2025

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Richard, VE2DX operates a small company in Canada which designs and sell products for the amateur radio market. These include a variety of i...
Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Video: Understanding 6 Meter Sporadic E Propagation by W3LPL

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Frank Donovan, W3LPL gave a presentation recently to the Madison DX Club titled ' Understanding 6 Meter Sporadic E Propagation '. Th...
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Monday, September 22, 2025

Improving conditions on 28 MHz at Equinox - Sept 2025

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Over the last few days, the conditions on the 28 MHz (10m) band have really improved as we approach the equinox. The map above shows the sta...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

The last print edition of the World Radio TV Handbook will be in 2026...

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The World Radio TV Handbook (WRTH) has been a valuable source of information for short wave listeners and DX-ing enthusiasts for about 80 y...
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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Ireland's first cubesat EIRSAT-1 comes to end of life...

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Back on the 1st of December 2023, Ireland's first satellite called EIRSAT-1 was launched on a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket from Vandenberg Sp...