Young HAM ops help on race day (Michigan)

Behind the scenes at the YMCA Fun Run/Walk were school-aged kids keeping communication open over HAM radios.

Weather spotters gear up for storm season (Wisconsin)

There are at least two people in New Richmond crossing their fingers for severe weather this summer. Severe Weather Awareness Week is April 19-23. ?I wish there was more weather this year,? said Zach Westlund, a five-year storm spotting veteran for the National Weather Service.

Wisconsin town may silence 10-year-old ham radio operator

Samm Markstrom is a 10-year-old ham radio fanatic who suffers from cerebral palsy. His family says the hobby has changed his life by building his self confidence. “There are a lot of days he can’t get outside to play and he gets really depressed and upset,” mother Catherine Markstrom says.

Can you hear me now? (Texas)

Cherokee County Amateur Radio Club members have invited county residents to learn more about their organization at the group?s Drakes on the Lake event Saturday, Club webmaster Brad Low said. The radio club promotes the operating of Ham two-way radios and using them for public service.

Mt. Pleasant Boy Fights To Keep Ham Radio (Wisconsin)

A 10-year-old Mt. Pleasant boy who has won awards for his ham radio communications may now be forced to take down the tower he uses in his back yard.

FCC claims three local radio stations caused interference with airport ILS (Texas)

Power lines and a substation just a few of the culprits that interfered with Lubbock’s airport ILS. You can now add radio signals to that list.
Mix 100, KLLL, and Rock 101 named in an FCC claim that those radio station frequencies crossing over the ILS signal in February.

New laws for Cayman radio hams

The Governor in Cabinet has adopted regulations to govern amateur radio in the Cayman Islands. These regulations were made in accordance with section 97 of the Information and Communications Technology Authority Law (2006) and came into effect following their publication in the Cayman Islands Gazette on 29 March 2010.

Radio Kuwait cleared from amateur radio band

Radio Kuwait was broadcasting in the Amateur Radio 7 MHz allocation, however speedy action by the IARU Monitoring System Intruder Watch resolved the problem.

Ham operators to help in emergencies (Indiana)

Communications are the cornerstone of emergency response at all levels. With that in mind, Putnam County Emergency Operations Center Director Dave Costin is reaching out to Amateur Radio Operators to help the county in case of emergencies.

In the Navy

Of all my naval experiences that I have written for various publications, I have never written what actually got me in the navy six months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. As an avid electronic enthusiast and radio “ham” living in the Panama Canal Zone in 1940 the only way to have a ham radio station was through affiliation with either the Army or Navy reserve. I joined the Naval Reserve under the “V-3″ program and attended Thursday night drill periods at the Naval Reserve radio station which was located in one of the old French canal buildings in the coconut grove on the beach of New Cristobal. We would practice naval radio traffic procedures for about an hour and then could switch the transmitter over to “ham” frequencies and ham into the wee hours as long as we pleased..

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