For years, scientists have been predicting the Sun would, by around 2012, move into solar maximum, a period of intense flares and sunspot activity, but lately a curious calm has suggested quite the opposite

The UK Amateur Radio satellite organisation AMSAT-UK has a new website

The US Air Force Academy satellite FalconSat-3, launched in 2007, has resulted in over 200 academy students becoming Radio Amateurs

Radio Amateur Bob McGwier N4HY, has landed the role of Director of Research for the Hume Center for National Security and Technology

Neill, ZL1TAJ, provides an update on the recent changes to Citizens Band Radio in New Zealand

The Radio Society of Great Britain is inviting Radio Amateurs to comment on its policies or activities

Bruce, ZL1AAO is preparing for some part-time DX operation/holiday-style from Rarotonga (OC-013), Cook Islands

What a very strange week with only Friday being really sparky. Saturday and Sunday were OKish but Monday through Thursday were poor. Some good DX about though. OH0I (Aland Islands) with MC0SHL (Strumble Head DX and Contest Group) who were top dogs on Sunday, GM4SSA (Shetland Islands) and 5W1SA (Samoa)

AMSAT area coordinator Clint Bradford, K6LCS, will be presenting his 'Working Amateur Satellites With Your HT' session at the June 28, 2011 meeting of the Pasadena (CA) Radio Club. ALL are welcome to attend

National Field Day, for the American Radio Relay League of Puerto Rico on Saturday, June 25 at 8:00 - June 26 at 18:00. The Amateur Radio Volunteer Corps WP4OGK will be participating from the beach Los Tubos at Manati, Puerto Rico. This activity serves as an exercise in emergency communications

Yannis, SV1BJY has announced a new VHF-EXPEDITION, which will take place this summer on the island of Crete (SV9). Their goal is to work on all bands from 50MHz to 1296MHz and also on 10.368GHz

Mike Wasserstein, KBØDNP takes a look at mobile scanners and the laws that different states have against having or using a mobile scanner in your vehicle

On Wednesday night, June 15th, there's going to be a total lunar eclipse visible from every continent except North America

Did you know that Radio Peking, later to become Radio Beijing, started life.. in a cave?

Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Ric, DL2VFR of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

To commemorate their 50th anniversary, the Verulam Amateur Radio Club ran a successful special event station GB50VE during June 9/10 to demonstrate the hobby to school pupils

Well-known to radio amateurs, NASA's STEREO spacecraft are two space-based observatories - one moving ahead of Earth in its orbit, the other trailing behind. But, did you know that Amateurs also help to collect the data?

Norfolk Amateur Radio Club (NARC) staged its fifth highly successful 'Radio Active' weekend on 4-5 June, attracting radio amateurs of all ages and raising £478 for cancer charities. The event was held in conjunction with the Radio Society of Great Britain’s 24-hour National Field Day (NFD) CW (Morse) contest

Fifty years ago, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to leave the Earth's atmosphere and venture into orbital space. Find out more about Sergei Korolev, the mysterious 'Chief Designer' who launched him, and discover what happened to the young space hero when he returned to earth

Are you an ex rugby player? Can you spot the soon to be Ham? This ZL Ham played rugby from the age of 7 until injury forced an early retirement at the age of 33