News and advocacy
What the Alliance is doing — filings with the FCC, statements, new resources and the work behind them.
Club Week is a week away — put your club on the map
Club Week runs November 1 to 8. Signing up takes a minute, puts your club on the national participants list, and gives you a week of ready-made reasons to invite people in.
NARA at Hamvention for the first time
The Alliance took a stand at Hamvention in Xenia, Ohio in May 2026 — our first appearance at the largest amateur radio gathering in the United States.
NARA at Hamcation for the first time
The Alliance set up at Orlando Hamcation — our first time at the show — to meet operators, clubs and vendors face to face.
NARA attends one of the largest emcomm events in the Midwest
A week at the Central States Communications Association Red River Bootcamp in Oklahoma — 100+ students from 13 states, four days of COMT, COML, ITSL, INTD and AUXCOMM training and a full disaster exercise.
NARA attends Spark-Con and teams up with Mo-Kan
A great weekend in Sedalia at the ARRL® Midwest Division convention — and NARA is backing the Mo-Kan Regional Council of Amateur Radio Organizations.
NARA announces Club Week, our first annual on-air event
Not a contest: a relaxed nine days on the air for clubs, running November 1 to 8, built around conversation, QSL cards and bringing new operators on the air.
From around the hobby
Headlines from the amateur radio press. Each one opens on the publisher's own site. Read more of them.
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Beautiful Laser Harp Hides Some Neat Tricks
Hackaday · Nov 4, 2026
Laser harps aren’t quite a right of passage, in that not everyone builds them, but it’s likely everyone at least contemplates building one at one time or another. We’re lucky …read more
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It’s DOOM
Hackaday · Nov 4, 2026
Dirt cheap toy cameras have long been a target for the curious camera hacker, and we’ve seen plenty of lens swaps and other hardware hacks. Until now their internals have …read more
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FlexWSPR drops WSPR RX Client for your FlexRadio
With Varying Frequency - Amateur Radio Ponderings · Nov 4, 2026
This is really interesting – Mike VA3MW has done a stand-alone client to monitor WSPR with your FlexRadio. Directly accesses the IQ streams, so you don’t need to fire up SmartSDR or SmartSDR DAX to get this going! I created a RX only client that you can schedule and also have it map out propagation…
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“Rayture” (Elecevolve) RT-880X: Another TEF 6686 Portable
The SWLing Post Blog · Nov 4, 2026
Earlier this year, I was contacted by Elecevolve, the producer of the unique MLite-880 that I consider to be the best portable to emerge in years, about another receiver they planned to release called the RT-880x. The test unit that arrived here carries the name “Rayture” which was unfamiliar to me…
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KI5OEB: First POTA with my new DX Commander Expedition
QRPer · Nov 4, 2026
by James (KI5OEB) Upon completing my DX Commander Expedition I had to put it on the air. I got my IC-705 out and plugged it into a 20Ah LiFePO4 battery. The solar panels are to charge my phone, and after fiddling with it, I managed to get it to connect directly to the 12v input … Continue reading KI…
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KM4CFT’s New IC-705 Mini Mic
QRPer · Nov 4, 2026
Many thanks to Jonathan (KM4CFT), who notes: Hi all, I am pleased to announce the release of the IC-705 edition of my popular new mini microphone, available both as a kit and assembled! This is great for those who are looking to slim down their go bag or are primarily CW operators and don’t need … C…
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PCBView.io: Open Any PCB Design in Your Browser with Nothing Uploaded
QRZ NOW · Nov 4, 2026
PCBView.io by Derivative Engineering is a free browser based PCB design viewer that opens Gerber, KiCad, Altium, Allegro, Eagle, EasyEDA, ODB++, PADS, IPC-2581 and DipTrace locally with nothing uploaded, plus 3D view, STEP export and an offline desktop app. The post PCBView.io: Open Any PCB Design i…
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DX Engineering Holiday Gift Guide Part 1—DX Engineering Gift Cards
OnAllBands · Nov 4, 2026
Need a sure-fire, one-stop solution to easily handle all your ham radio holiday gift-shopping needs? You’ll find presents for every operator on your list at DX Engineering. Choose from transceivers, […] The post DX Engineering Holiday Gift Guide Part 1—DX Engineering Gift Cards appeared first on OnA…
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My periodic suggestion of listening to KE9V’s Cornbread Road
With Varying Frequency - Amateur Radio Ponderings · Nov 4, 2026
Back in 2010 Jeff KE9V did a 14-part audio story series, “Cornbread Road” that I periodically point out to readers. If you haven’t listened to it and you are interested in amateur radio, you might find it a well told fun story. Back in 2024 Jeff KE9V uploaded the series to a project at the […]
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Stellafane: Homebrew Telescopes -- The Telescope Makers of Springfield, Vermont -- PLEASE COMMENT
SolderSmoke Daily News · Nov 4, 2026
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Sunday 2M Net, 01 November 2026
Loudoun Amateur Radio Group Blog · Nov 4, 2026
Net commenced at 2000 local on the 146.700/146.850 repeaters. Check-ins: Topics tonight: Great discussions on many topics. Net was secured 2033. 73’s, Chris, W4PMP
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A tunerless 3-30MHz tactical field antenna – too good to be true?
Ham Radio Outside the Box · Nov 4, 2026
I came across an interesting antenna design recently and I just had to build one to try for myself. The original version is a commercial antenna, built for the Australian military, called the Bushcomm Mil-1. The manufacturer claims it presents a low SWR from 3 to 30 MHz without a tuner. It is quite…