WorldRadio founder Armond Noble, N6WR, Silent Key Armond Noble, N6WR, founder and publisher of WorldRadio magazine for 37 years, died February 1 in Sacramento, California after a short illness. Noble, publisher of Sacramento-based International Travel News magazine, was hospitalized about two ... full article...

Amateur Radio Newsline™ Report 1799 – February 3 2012 Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1799 with a release date of February 3rd, 2012 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a Q-S-T. Amateur radio is still live and well at WRC 2012; an Arizona ham files a petition with the FCC to exp... full article...

On Session’s Third Day, NGO Committee Recommends 15 Organizations for Special Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council, Postpones Action on 45 The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations continued its consideration of new applications for consultative status with the Economic and ... full article...

http://shortwaveamerica.blogspot.com/2012/01/proposed-illinois-legislation-would-ban.html Friday, January 27, 2012 Proposed Illinois Legislation Would Ban Federally Licensed Amateur Radio Ops From Mobile Operation Shortwave America readers, show listeners, followers, and fans: THIS I... full article...

For those of you who routinely use IRCs, or International Reply Coupons, for your QSLing needs, there was a ten cent hike in the cost of those instuments effective January 22, 2012. The price for United States purchasers is now $2.20. Inasmuch as most post offices don't sell these often, curre... full article...

In November 2011, FCC Commissioners unanimously agreed to allocate spectrum and adopt service and technical rules for the utilization of new implanted medical devices that operate on 413-457 MHz (70 cm). These devices will be used on a secondary basis as part of the Medical Device Radiocommunication... full article...

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-029 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communi... full article...

ROS joins USA experimental spread spectrum tests The ROS data mode group report that the FCC has issued a Special Transmission Authority ‘STA’ to a U.S. experimental group for the purpose of integrating Spread Spectrum modes within the USA. The ROS data mode project has pioneered advances in t... full article...