-
Feature
01/11/2013 | Surfin’: AM DXing with an iPhoneThis week, Surfin’ adds an antenna “booster” and an iPhone to the AM DXing tool kit.
Learn More -
01/08/2013 | New Book on Handheld Transceivers, 2012 Periodicals DVD Now Available
Ring in the new year with new publications from the ARRL! Radios to Go! Getting the Most from Your Handheld Transceiver by QST Editor Steve Ford, WB8IMY, and the 2012 Periodicals DVD are now available and ready for shipping.
Learn More -
01/04/2013 | FCC Finds New Jersey Ham Violated Communications Act, Reduces Forfeiture from $20,000 to $16,000
After unsuccessfully appealing to the FCC to cancel his $20,000 forfeiture, Joaquim Barbosa, N2KBJ, of Elizabeth, New Jersey was issued a Forfeiture Order stating that he must pay $16,000 for “willfully and repeatedly violating Section 301 of the Communic
Learn More -
Feature
12/28/2012 | Surfin’: Looking for CosmophoneThis week, Surfin’ revisits RigReference, RigPix, and Flickr and finds more radio photos (but none of Cosmophone).
Learn More -
Feature
12/24/2012 | The Amateur Amateur: HO-HO-Handheld Transceiver!Got an Amateur Radio item on the list you wrote to Santa this year? Of course you have. But if you’re like me, you don’t really expect to get it.
Learn More -
12/06/2012 | Kansas Ham Issued $10,000 Fine for Operation of Unlicensed Broadcast Station
On December 5, Glen Rubash, KC0GPV, of Dwight, Kansas, was issued a $10,000 fine for what the FCC called “willfully and repeatedly” violating Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by operating an unlicensed radio transmitter on the fre
Learn More -
Feature
11/23/2012 | Surfin’: Ham Radio BallooningThis week, Surfin’ considers high-altitude ballooning with Amateur Radio payloads.
Learn More -
11/20/2012 | Former “How’s DX?” Conductor Rod Newkirk, W9BRD (SK)
Rod Newkirk, W9BRD/VA3ZBB, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- who penned the QST column “How’s DX?” from 1947-1978 -- passed away on Monday, November 19 after a long illness. Newkirk was credited with coining the term “Elmer,” as well as for his humorous take
Learn More