Amateur radio news from around Colorado and the broader ham world — new gear, rule changes, contests, and what’s happening on the bands. Curated for the club; every item links to the original source.
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AMSAT Bulletin Highlights August Amateur-Satellite Launch and New Coordinations
AMSAT’s August 23 News Service bulletin reports that the student-built JAMX01 and BY70-4 satellites are scheduled to launch August 25. The bulletin says JAMX01 is planned to carry amateur telemetry, digital-image transmissions, and an FM digipeater; it lists a 145.950 MHz uplink and several 435 MHz downlinks. Operators should treat those details…
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RepeaterLive: Community-Verified Directory Adds Live Repeater Status Tools
Amateur Radio Daily reports that RepeaterLive, a Québec-built repeater directory, is using community check-ins and owner verification to show when listed repeaters were last confirmed on the air. The service says its listings can include signal reports and a trust score, and it marks machines for review when they have not been…
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Bouvet DXpedition Interview Highlights Youth Pathways in Amateur Radio
OnAllBands’ August 20 interview with Max Freedman, N4ML, offers a useful youth-and-mentoring perspective on ambitious amateur-radio operating. Freedman, an ARRL Education and Learning Support Specialist, describes working as part of the 3Y0K Bouvet Island team, whose February–March 2026 operation logged more than 100,000 QSOs. He says the expedition included antenna and radio…
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Contesting 101: Build a Better Workbench for Station Troubleshooting
Contester and DX Engineering technical-support specialist Kirk Pickering, K4RO, has published a current installment of Contesting 101 on building a practical workbench and handling basic station troubleshooting. Using a recent lightning-strike repair as context, he argues that operators are better prepared for a contest or field repair when tools, parts, documentation, lighting,…
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Recruiting New Amateur Operators: Lessons From Hacker Conferences
Michigan instructor Dan Romanchik, KB6NU, reports that his ARDC-supported one-day Technician classes reached two large cybersecurity gatherings this month. At DEF CON in Las Vegas, 66 attendees took part; 50 ultimately passed the Technician examination. His two-session class at New York’s HOPE conference also produced successful examinees. The report is a useful…