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by AB7RG  2023-03-30
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ARRL Announces Leadership Changes in the Hudson Division:

by AB7RG  2023-03-29
ARRL Director Ria Jairam, N2RJ, who has represented the Hudson Division since 2019, has stepped down, effective March 31, 2023, at 5 PM Eastern. Vice Director Nomar Vizcarrondo, NP4H, of Englewood, New Jersey, will accede to the Director's chair. Vizcarrondo, who earned his amateur radio license in 1978 at the age of 11, will serve as Director for the remainder of a 3-year term ending December 31, 2024. He was appointed as Vice Director of the Hudson Division in February 2022, following the retirement of previous Vice Director William Hudzik, W2UDT, who held the position from 2011 to 2022.

Students and Faculty Present at HamSCI Workshop:

by AB7RG  2023-03-29
University of Scranton students and professors were among the presenters at HamSCI Workshop 2023 which took place at The University of Scranton and the historic Lackawanna Station hotel. The annual workshop brings together amateur radio enthusiasts and professional scientists to collaborate on existing and future innovative research projects. Twenty-two University of Scranton students and 10 faculty and staff members presented at the workshop along with representatives from Cairo University, Case Western Reserve University, Dartmouth College, Millersville University, Rice University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, The University of Alabama, The University of Alaska, Wilkes University, Virginia Tech, amateur radio clubs and the HamSCI community. Representatives from NASA Headquarters, the Space Science Institute, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the ARRL: The National Association for Amateur Radio, the Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) organization, Broadcast Sciences, L.L.C., and Syntek Technologies, also participated.

FCC Grants Seven New Amateur Radio Operator License to Caribou Residents:

by AB7RG  2023-03-29
CARIBOU, Maine -- Seven Caribou area residents passed the Federal Communications Commission licensing exam for their Amateur Radio Operators License on Tuesday night, March 21. For the past several weeks, the students, including a former sheriff, businessman, farmer and retired minister, have been meeting twice a week learning about emergency communications, radio and antenna design and safety and FCC regulations. The class was sponsored by the Caribou Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service, a group of volunteers that serve the city's Emergency Management Agency. As part of the Department of Homeland Security's FEMA division, local RACES units operate under strict Civil Defense regulations to support local governments during periods of declared emergencies or should the President invoke the War Powers Act. Amateur Radio Operators have played a critical role in every major disaster since WWII.

Upcoming Contests:

by AB7RG  2023-03-30
Upcoming Contests:

Crew Talk Space with Students, Investigate Fire Control, Return Activities:

by AB7RG  2023-03-29
Since the earliest days of the International Space Station expeditions, student groups in schools, camps, museums, and planetariums have had the opportunity to talk with astronauts aboard the orbital laboratory about career choices and science activities. On Thursday, NASA Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg conducted an ISS Ham Radio (ARISS) session with Lana’i High and Elementary School, in Lana'i City, Hawaii. Hoburg also bioprinted cells for the BFF-Meniscus-2, an investigation to print and culture a meniscus using the BioFabrication facility aboard the space station.

Slovak Ham Operators Conquer Indian Ocean Island Send First Signal in Years

by AB7RG  2023-03-29
In emergency situations such as earthquakes or other natural disasters, it is amateur radio operators who ensure the connection between individual sites. When phones do not work, this can be the only way to communicate. They can reach the other side of the world with their antennas.

Radio Hobbyists Catch Russians Talking About Recovering Downed US Drone:

by AB7RG  2023-03-29
Amateur radio hobbyists appear to have obtained audio recordings of the Russian military trying to retrieve a US spy drone. They were monitoring publicly accessible airwaves after the MQ-9 Reaper drone was downed following an encounter with two Russian warplanes last Tuesday, the New York Times reports. The radio intercept started about eight hours after the collision in the Black Sea -- in what was the first recorded physical clash between Russia and the US since the Ukraine invasion began. The clips reveal conversations between multiple Russian ships and aircraft over a four-hour period, discussing attempts to recover the drone's engine casing, nose, wing and gas tank.