ARRL News

• AMSAT Reports RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Completes P-POD Integration August 21, 2017
  AMSAT Vice President Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, on August 15 delivered RadFxSat (Fox-1B) CubeSat, built in partnership with Vanderbilt University to Cal Poly University. RadFsSat/Fox-1B was successfully integrated into the P-POD CubeSat deployment container on August 16 along with its pod-mates, Makersat-0 and EagleSat.Launch qualification vibration testing of the integrated P-POD was comp...
• Caribbean Emergency and Weather Net was Activated for Tropical Storm Harvey August 19, 2017
  The Caribbean Emergency and Weather Net (CEWN) activated this week on 3.815 MHz for Tropical Storm Harvey, located in the Eastern Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami is advising interests in the Caribbean Sea and adjacent land areas of eastern Central America and northern South America to monitor the storm’s progress.“The storm has […]
• Canada Proposes Implementing a 60-Meter Band While Retaining Discrete Channels August 19, 2017
  An Industry Canada (IC) regulatory consultation (proceeding) aimed at implementing the changes from the 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) could lead to the allocation of a 60-meter band in Canada in addition to the five discrete channels that are congruent with those in the US. IC is seeking comments on this and other revisions that […]