Coming Up in Amateur Radio Magazine: Measure Your EMR, Build a Rig and Celebrate Six Metres

The next edition of the WIA's Amateur Radio magazine is shaping up as another issue firmly aimed at radio amateurs who enjoy understanding, measuring and building things for themselves. Want to know more ?

RADE: Australian Amateur Radio Innovation Takes Digital Voice in a New Direction

An amateur radio digital voice project with strong Australian roots is pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved with machine learning, digital signal processing and HF radio. Want to know more ?

Where Will Your Signal Go? Explore the RSGB's Online HF Propagation Tools

Working out which HF band will provide the best path to another part of the world has traditionally involved propagation charts, solar data, experience and a certain amount of staring hopefully at the S-meter. The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) offers a pair of free online propagation prediction tools that make the process considerably easier. Want to know more ?

This Weekend, We Are the DX: Oceania DX Contest Starts Today

Get the antennas tuned, check the logging software and make sure there is still coffee in the cupboard. The 83rd Oceania DX Contest gets underway this weekend, with the SSB contest running from 0600 UTC Saturday 3 October until 0600 UTC Sunday 4 October 2026. The CW contest follows one week later, from 0600 UTC 10 October to 0600 UTC 11 October. Want to know more ?

The Satellite That Refused to Die: AMSAT-OSCAR 7 Is Still Talking

There are amateur radio projects that last a weekend, others that survive for years, and then there is AMSAT-OSCAR 7. Launched on 15 November 1974, AO-7 was built by an international team of radio amateurs and weighs just 28.6 kg. More than half a century later, AMSAT still lists it as active. Want to know more ?

Keeping the Radio Sky Quiet: What Radio Astronomy Can Teach Amateur Radio About Interference

Radio amateurs spend a considerable amount of time trying to hear very weak signals buried in noise. Radio astronomers take that challenge several orders of magnitude further, attempting to detect extraordinarily faint natural radio emissions that may have travelled across the Universe for billions of years. Unfortunately, both communities share another familiar problem: radio frequency interference. Want to know more ?

WICEN NSW Prepares for the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic

For more than four decades, the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic has combined an extraordinary paddling challenge with fundraising for medical research. Behind the paddlers is another long-running tradition: amateur radio operators helping keep the event moving safely through the night. Want to know more ?