C.I.R.A.S. Central Iowa Radio Amateur Society

Donations to the RSGB Spectrum Defence Fund continue to flow in, and the Society is very grateful to all those radio amateurs who have given their support to date

BBC Radio programme in which Jimmy Porter, a radio ham for over 70 years, tells Paul Moore about his passion which led to an incredible life involving U Boats, Hollywood actors and recordings of Bloody Sunday

Jim G4RGA's comprehensive guide to amateur radio rallies and hamfests in 2010

Morse Code was used in the BBC Radio 4 Deep Trouble broadcast on Thursday 14 January 2010

On Tuesday, January 12 at 4:53 PM Haiti time (2153 UTC), a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit 10 miles (15 kilometers) west of Port-au-Prince, the island nation's capital. Communications in and out of Haiti have been disrupted and the ARRL is encouraging US radio amateurs to be aware of the emergency operating frequencies

Recent sunspot activity remains strong. Weekly averages of daily sunspot numbers over the past six weeks were 1.9, 21.1, 31.4, 21.9, 14.6 and now 26.4

The Nacogdoches Amateur Radio Club will hold a special event station in remembrance of the shuttle disaster on February 1, 2003

Direct communication with Haiti is possible from the stateline, thanks to a local HAM radio operator. Watch this news video

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This weekend (15-16-17-18 January 2010) the amateur radio group TCSWAT will be QRV on all bands, SSB - RTTY - PSK 31 for the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Award

A recording of a phone patch between Jean-Robert Gaillard, HH2JR, Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Frederick Moore, W3ZU, can be heard here