Colorado hams are invited to get on the air for the 2026 Colorado QSO Party on Saturday, September 12. The statewide operating event runs from 8:00 a.m. to 9:59 p.m. MDT (1400 UTC Saturday through 0359 UTC Sunday). Operators can…
Colorado ARES has announced a two-hour APRS training session for Saturday, October 17, at 9:00 a.m. The program will cover how the Automatic Packet Reporting System works, the equipment and software needed to participate, and its use for tracking spotters,…
Rocky Mountain Ham Radio reports that volunteer teams repaired and upgraded the microwave-network link between Sunlight and Grand Mesa on August 8. The work included replacing the Grand Mesa site router, converter, injector, radio at the dish, and an Ethernet…
The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) has posted transmission windows for its PARS 2026 research campaign, giving shortwave listeners and amateur operators a chance to monitor activity from the Gakona, Alaska facility. The official notice lists operations on August…
The Alberta Digital Radio Communications Society says its IP400 project has entered beta testing for phase three, a new stage in its work on amateur-oriented mesh networking over the 400 MHz band. Its August 7 status update says phase three…
Demod, a new iPhone and iPad app by Alphonse Romero, puts remote software-defined-radio listening tools in a mobile interface aimed at shortwave listeners and amateur operators. Apple’s current listing says version 1.3 supports KiwiSDR, SpyServer, and rtl_tcp receivers, along with…
Boulder Amateur Radio Club’s BARCfest Hamfest is scheduled for Sunday, October 4, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Boulder County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building, 9595 Nelson Road in Longmont. The club’s official 2026 flyer says general admission is $5,…
The Denver Radio Club’s newly posted Round Table newsletter identifies its August 19 club meeting program as a presentation by Bob, WB0VGD, on HamSCI’s HF Channel Sounding work. The August issue also notes that DRC’s BrandMeister repeater is experiencing intermittent…
Rocky Mountain Ham Radio’s Summer SwapFest is scheduled for Sunday, August 23, 2026, at the Adams County Fairgrounds in Brighton. The organizer lists vendor setup beginning at 7:15 a.m. and general admission beginning at 9:00 a.m. The event offers a…
HF contest results often hinge on knowing when a band is likely to support a particular path. In a new OnAllBands Contesting 101 article, contester Kirk Pickering, K4RO, outlines how daylight, ionospheric conditions, skip distance, and maximum usable frequency can…