Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 373
FCC opens comment period on deregulating everything
A new docket “In re: Delete, Delete, Delete,” seeks comment on “every rule, regulation, or guidance document that the FCC should eliminate…”
RadioInsight
From FCC – IN RE: DELETE, DELETE, DELETE
This might be the only “seize the moment” chance for large scale reform in US Amateur Radio regulations in the 2020s.
Zero Retries
The 2025 Hamvention Award Winners
The selection process was highly competitive, given the outstanding quality of nominations submitted this year.
Hamvention
Radio Connects is 2025 ARRL Field Day theme
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio has released the logo and theme for this year’s ARRL Field Day, June 28 – 29, 2025.
ARRL
POTA activation for International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day and the “YL POTA Party” advertised by the Young Ladies Radio League (aka: YLRL).
K8VSY
What is AmateurWire?
AmateurWire VOIP Service is a PBX phone system much like the HamShack Hotline or HamsOverIP.
The Random Wire
Snooping on the SatGus selfie satellite
The satellite is designed to take selfies of customers’ own photos in space, using a screen and a selfie camera mounted on the satellite.
RTL-SDR.com
Ground planes and automobiles—insights on mounting antennas on your vehicle
The best mobile antenna money can buy isn’t any better than the ground plane it is mounted over.
OnAllBands
Nomad Network
Off-grid, resilient mesh communication with strong encryption, forward secrecy and extreme privacy.
unsigned.io
Only the shadow (board) knows
I was briefed on this by multiple sitting Board members over the past few years.
K4FMH
KA1MUQ turns frying pan DC receiver into a double sideband transceiver
Works Idaho from California.
SolderSmoke Daily News
Video
Tapesponding
The long lost communication you’ve never heard of.
Ringway Manchester
With the FCC item and general mayhem south, I wonder if auctioning off the ham bands in the US is somewhere on the horizon.
Strange times.