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News and advocacy

What the Alliance is doing — filings with the FCC, statements, new resources and the work behind them.

Jul 21, 2025 Advocacy

NARA statement on FCC Docket 25-201 and proposed 70cm band use by AST

NARA has filed opposition comments against AST & Science’s request to use 430–440 MHz for satellite telemetry, tracking and control.

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May 12, 2025 Advocacy

NARA joins the fight for homeowners’ antenna rights

The Alliance backs the Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act (H.R. 1094 / S. 459) — and has written a letter members can send to their own representatives today.

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Apr 11, 2025 Advocacy

NARA files comments with the FCC on GN Docket No. 25-133

Responding to the FCC’s review of obsolete and burdensome regulations, NARA urged the Commission to preserve amateur licensing standards and protected spectrum.

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From around the hobby

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  • TechTip #5: When is a balun not a balun?

    Ham Radio Outside the Box · Oct 28, 2026

    TechTips are occasional brief posts describing easy ways to do difficult things. What is a balun? The simplest definition is “a device for connecting a balanced line to an unbalanced line.” Many hams use the term generically to refer to the device that goes in between the antenna wire and the coax…

  • Hacking a Marine Radio Dish

    Hackaday · Oct 28, 2026

    Having watched some fun videos on repurposed satellite dishes on YouTube, [Melan] wanted to get in on the action. She managed to source herself an Intellian i4, a dish built …read more

  • Airborne Particle Monitoring, the BIG way

    Hackaday · Oct 27, 2026

    Airborne micro particles can be a significant health hazard in a workshop, and thus it’s important to maintain a high standard of ventilation. But monitoring their concentration is also important, …read more

  • Tricking out a QMX+ some options

    With Varying Frequency - Amateur Radio Ponderings · Oct 27, 2026

    In addition to the TA7MNA battery/audio board, there are other options to trick out your QMX+ transceiver: Jon KC2STH has a bunch of upgrades, including the TA7MNA boards, at:  https://www.cqhomesteadsupply.com/ 73 Steve K9ZW

  • FlexRadio Hardware added to ZeusSDR

    With Varying Frequency - Amateur Radio Ponderings · Oct 27, 2026

    Unless you had one of the supported radios, you most likely would be new to ZeusSDR. Seems that for any contemporary FlexRadio that is on your LAN you can try it out as YAFC (Yet Another Flex Client). https://zeussdr.com/ 73 Steve K9ZW

  • A New Ham’s Guide to Overcomplicating Everything – How Well Does My Station Work in the Field?

    QRPer · Oct 27, 2026

    by Josh Stringer (VE3YTX) Being a new ham, I’m constantly coming across technical questions that I don’t know how to answer. Recently I’ve started going to my local POTA park and activating using CW (I’m currently working on my first Kilo!). I’d set up my end-fed half-wave in a tree and start sendin…

  • New Amateur Radio Products for October 2026 at DX Engineering

    OnAllBands · Oct 27, 2026

    Including four new DX Engineering branded products to upgrade your station *** OnAllBands has been working hard to cover all the new products now available at DX Engineering. The influx […] The post New Amateur Radio Products for October 2026 at DX Engineering appeared first on OnAllBands.

  • New Propagation Software from 8P5AB in Barbados

    EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity · Oct 27, 2026

  • The times they are a-changin’

    The SWLing Post Blog · Oct 27, 2026

    Hi to all our SWLing Post friends. Here’s what Imaginary Stations has planned (after that clock changing exercise last week) for your shortwave radio/SDR listening pleasure. On Wednesday 28th October 2026, at 0200 hrs UTC on 9395 kHz. We bring you another edition of WHFM: Herman’s Radio & Record Roo…

  • TopicBench: Free Open Source Multi-Broker MQTT Explorer and Monitor in Rust

    QRZ NOW · Oct 26, 2026

    TopicBench by Agile Automation is a free open source MQTT explorer and monitor written in 100 percent Rust. Connect to several brokers at once, browse live topic trees, pin stickies, graph values, publish test traffic, and debug ham IoT fleets from one fast desktop window. The post TopicBench: Free…

  • Moo-ving Between Bands: An HF/VHF/UHF SOTA Activation on Bearwallow Mountain

    QRPer · Oct 26, 2026

    by Thomas (K4SWL) On Thursday, October 1, 2026, I had an opening in my schedule that I wanted to fill with a little SOTA. It was a spectacular day here in Western North Carolina, and I knew I had just enough time to activate a summit that wouldn’t require too much driving or hiking. I … Continue rea…

  • Mastering SO2R & 2BSIQ with the FlexRadio 6600 & 8600 Series

    OnAllBands · Oct 26, 2026

    For serious contesters, the pursuit of rate and multiplier efficiency is a never-ending journey. Traditional Single-Operator Two-Radio (SO2R) setups often require a mountain of external hardware: complex bandpass filter matrices, […] The post Mastering SO2R & 2BSIQ with the FlexRadio 6600 & 8600 Ser…