Special Event Spotlight: Museum Ships Weekend 2025—Honoring Those Who Served
Make Contact with Museum Ships in the U.S. and Around the World on June 7-8, 2025 June 6 marks the 81st anniversary of the Allied forces joint naval, air and […]
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Events
Events
Ham Radio Special Event: Remembering the Railroad that Connected America, 156 Years Later
Commemorate the driving of “The Golden Spike” by Making a QSO with Special Event Station W7G on May 10, 2025 Before there were tiny computers in your pocket, heck, before […]
Ham Culture & Entertainment
Celebrate 100 Years of the Organization that Helped Save Amateur Radio
In the early 1920s, it was discovered that the shortwave spectrum could be used to support worldwide propagation through ionospheric reflection. It was great for a plethora of applications like […]
Ham Culture & Entertainment
Signals Museum in Huntsville, Alabama, Traces the History of Electronic Communications in the U.S.
Be Sure to Check in at Ham Radio Station K4MIE When You Visit. It’s never a bad time to start figuring out plans for your next summer vacation. Hams interested […]
Ham Culture & Entertainment
Celebrate President’s Day with the Hams Who Served Them
Make a QSO with the White House Communications Agency Amateur Radio Club’s Special Event Station, WØH, Feb. 16-18 2025. Hams with a knack for history know that President’s Day (which […]
HAM Radio 101
Ham Radio 101: What on Earth is Moonbounce?
Editor’s note: This post is part of an ongoing series of short Ham Radio 101 articles from OnAllBands addressing the basics of amateur radio as a service to aspiring and […]
Events
The Prayer that Helped Win World War II and the Ham Who Wrote It
Special Operating Event Jan. 2-4, 2025 Honors Father George Metcalf, W0JH (SK) Depending on where you are in the world, cold and snowy weather conditions may have made their way […]
Ham Culture & Entertainment
Ham Radio & Morse Code in Popular Culture: From Cartoons to Video Games
Whether you’re new to ham radio or a longtime operator, it’s extremely eye-opening to discover that this seemingly niche hobby has such a far reach in popular culture. From “NCIS” […]
Amateur Radio News
Ham Radio News: Report Reveals Reasons Behind the Arecibo Telescope Collapse
Hams and astronomy enthusiasts the world over are familiar with the massive Arecibo radio telescope, the primary instrument of the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Even the uninitiated in those […]
Ham Culture & Entertainment
Ham Radio History: Pearl Harbor and How the ARRL Helped Create the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
This December 7, we remember the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces that killed more than 2,000 servicemembers and 68 civilians in 1941. It was a devastating act of […]
