Curated amateur radio news from around Colorado and the broader ham world. Links go to the original sources.
Chaffee Lake Amateur Radio Association is inviting members and prospective members to take part in the Colorado Simulated Emergency Test on Saturday, October 24. The statewide exercise is scheduled from 8:00 a.m. to noon and will be CLARA’s October activity…
Edge of Space Sciences (EOSS) has published the recap for EOSSP-7, a student balloon mission launched from Peace with Christ Christian School in Aurora on October 2. The organization lists a 10:29 a.m. MDT launch time and identifies KE0UWC as…
APRS Connect is now available for iPhone devices running iOS 16.4 or later, adding an Apple-platform version of the messaging-focused APRS client that launched for Android in August. The app is free to install and use through APRS-IS; radio connection…
Rocky Mountain Ham Radio has moved its October 10 RMHAM University program to Wellshire Presbyterian Church, 2999 S. Colorado Blvd. in Denver, after construction made the previously planned Cherry Creek School facility unavailable. The organization announced the change October 4…
ARISS has scheduled its next International Space Station slow-scan television activity for October 2–6, giving Arkansas Valley operators a defined window to receive the Student Education image series. Expedition 75 Series 33 is listed to begin Friday, October 2 at…
Colorado ARES has scheduled its statewide Amateur Radio Emergency Service Simulated Emergency Test for Saturday, October 24, 2026. The date was announced September 21 by the ARRL Colorado Section, which directs participants to the Colorado ARES site for exercise information…
The Cheyenne Mountain Repeater Group has scheduled its 2026 annual meeting for Saturday, October 17, at 10:00 a.m. Mountain Time. The session will be held in person at the Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management, 3755 Mark Dabling Boulevard…
Garden of the Gods Amateur Radio Club reported that Mike Mennor, KF0UTU, returned for the second part of a September presentation on building DMR hotspots. The Colorado Springs-area club said the session focused on putting a low-power hotspot on the…
MeshCore has separated the shared USA/Canada recommended preset into distinct regional choices, according to a September 9 report from Mesh America. The USA preset retains its existing defaults. The new Canada preset keeps the same listed radio parameters—910.525 MHz, spreading…
SafecomLink and German radio-equipment retailer WiMo have announced SafecomLink for Pactor – Hamradio Edition, a software client intended to pair an SCS PACTOR modem with a standard HF transceiver. The announcement says the edition is available through WiMo now, either…