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HamSCI – the Ham Radio Citizen Science Investigation program – is looking for “ping jockeys,” or ham radio operators who enjoy making contacts via meteor scatter (MS), to take part in its Meteor Scatter QSO Party during the Geminids meteor shower on December 12 and 13, 2025. Operation will take place on the 10-meter and 6-meter bands only (28.145 and 50.260 MHz), using the MSK144 digital protocol. The event is a combination on-air contest and data collection for what HamSCI describes as an experiment “to analyze the feasibility of HF meteor scatter for future scientific research.” HamSCI pointed out thatRead More →

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ARRL and Radio Relay International (RRI) are encouraging radio amateurs to originate a holiday radiogram to friends and family members this year. “The tradition of sending a Christmas radiogram should have a nostalgic feel that fits the holiday season well,” wrote RRI Chairman James Wades, WB8SIW, in the December edition of The NTS Letter, a monthly newsletter of ARRL’s National Traffic System (NTS). “Furthermore,” added Wades, “the delivery of a radiogram serves as a great public relations opportunity.” RRI works closely with NTS. “If one hasn’t originated a radiogram before,” Wades continued, “there are some convenient tools, one of whichRead More →

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A group of students at Cornell University is seeking participation from radio amateurs who are equipped with satellite stations for help in listening for signals from a retroreflective laser sail that is scheduled to be deployed later this week. The sail is currently attached to a 1U CubeSat that was launched early Tuesday, December 2, 2025, from the International Space Station, but will separate and become its own free-flying spacecraft equipped with four tiny “ChipSat” flight computers that will transmit telemetry data back to Earth. This is the first flight of their ChipSats, and it is this data that theRead More →

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In the US, yet another part of the radio spectrum is being prepared for auction. Jack Parker W8ISH tells us what’s next. The Federal Communications Commission is exploring reallocation of part of the upper C-band in the US. In a unanimous vote at its November 20th meeting, the commission studied a draft version of a Notice of Proposed rulemaking which will guide its actions going forward. The FCC will be asking broadcasters and satellite users for comment on a number of options for reallocating 4.0 through 4.2 GHZ before it moves to the competitive-bidding stage no later than July ofRead More →

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Top story this week takes us to Washington, D.C. The US Federal Communications Commission has announced that the government will be collecting a payment from an unlicensed radio operator in Massachusetts, settling an enforcement case from last year. We have more from Kent Peterson KCØDGY. KENT: The operator of a pirate radio station in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, has agreed to pay $7,200 to the US Treasury as part of a consent decree with the FCC. According to a recent report on the RadioWorld website, the FCC said that the radio operator, Robert Bellinger, had been broadcasting on 93.1 FM withoutRead More →