Lately several of our users have written us to complain about unsolicited email (SPAM) that they have received from the site QRZCQ asking if we had something to do with it. The short answer is "NO", because QRZCQ isn't related to QRZ in any way, except for one. The one thing they have in common with... More...

Digital voice unit in production Codec2 digital voice developer, David Rowe VK5DGR, has announced that the first batch of 100 SM1000s are being built in China right now and shipping may start in late March The SM1000 is an a embedded hardware product that allows you to run FreeDV without a PC. Just... More...

Beginning at the age of five, when his father could get him inside a Gates broadcast transmitter to change out the bypass capacitors in the final amplifier, to a childhood of radio and audio repair, Kevin Custer, W3KKC, has gone on to make radio his life’s work. Kevin’s Repeater Builder website has... More...

Book helps Hams have fun with Morse Code Passing a Morse Code test is no longer required to get an amateur radio license, but there's still a mystique about Morse Code, and many hams are interested in acquiring this skill and getting on the air. That being the case, Dan Romanchik, KB6NU is excited to... More...

Use your secret decoder skills to hear what Verizon has to say about the recent FCC proceedings. http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/02/verizon-issues-furious-response-to-fcc-in-morse-code-dated-1934/ ... More...

Amateur Radio Newsline(tm) Report 1954 February 27 2015 Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1954 with a release date of Friday, February 27th, 2015 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. Ham radio responds as a pair of tropical cyclones hit Australia; the FCC and the Food and Drug Administration... More...

The ARRL Letter February 26, 2015 Rick Lindquist, WW1ME, Editor The ARRL Letter on the ARRL website.] ARRL Seeks Member Input on Draft HF Band Plan Proposals ARRL Partners with Liberty Mutual to Offer Home, Auto Insurance Discounts Joseph Palsa, K3WRY, Appointed as Virginia Section Manager Two New ARRL... More...

SSTV diploma Radio amateurs from Poland created a diploma commemorating the SSTV activity from the International Space Station on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's birthday. This homage to the first man in space coincides with the 85th anniversary of the Polish Amateur Radio Union... More...