Ham News
- 26 September 2026, 9:55 pm
80 Years of Amateur Radio From The Rock of Gibraltar!
- 26 September 2026, 9:47 pm
Speaking Out After Their WRTC 2026 Disqualification
ARRL News
- 26 September 2026, 3:00 pm
Video/Podcast with ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA
ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, was a guest on episode 103 of The DX Mentor, which aired September 19, 2026. Hosted by Bill Salyers, AJ8B, with Joe Pater, W8GEX, the discussion covered highlights from the ARRL Board of Directors’ annual Second Meeting, held July 17; the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU); the August ARRL National Convention hosted by the Huntsville Hamfest, and recent supp... - 25 September 2026, 3:24 pm
Will RADE Be the Next SSB?
It’s been a half century since single sideband (SSB) supplanted amplitude modulation (AM) as the most popular voice mode on HF, due largely to its spectrum efficiency, occupying roughly half the bandwidth of an AM signal. Now, there’s a new digital voice mode from FreeDV called Radio Autoencoder, or RADE, that occupies half the bandwidth of an SSB signal and reportedly provides more natural-sou... - 25 September 2026, 2:50 pm
FCC and HHS Initiate New Proceedings on RF Exposure
ARRL with ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® is following two new federal proceedings concerning radio frequency (RF) exposure. On September 17, 2026, the FCC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initiated parallel comment periods on RF safety issues. Neither inquiry changes the current FCC RF exposure rules that apply to all radio amateurs but could lead to ...