Buy Your Hamfest Tickets and Tables Today!

General Admission and Vendor Bundle tickets (i.e. a flea market table and vendor admission) are on sale now in the RRRA online box office.

Your advance purchase gets you to the bargains faster at the Dakota Division’s biggest hamfest.

Don’t waste time in the ticket table line ‼️

Starlink Mini - Game, Set, Match for Emergency Communications

I intend no disrespect to all the varied Emergency Communications activities that are performed within Amateur Radio, or those that perform them. The emergence of Starlink as a Broadband Internet Access system with few dependencies other than power has changed the paradigm of emergency communications. But now, but the emergence of the new Starlink Mini has profoundly changed the paradigm of emergency communications.

Signup for the Summer 2024 Technician License Course

Get started in Amateur Radio with an on-line course presented by Jay WS0Y of the Red River Radio Amateurs.

This course will prepare you to take the Technician Class Amateur Radio License Exam and become part of an exciting hobby.

The Rich History of Ham Radio Culture

On July 22, 2024, The MIT Press Reader published an excerpt from Ham Radio’s Technical Culture; a book by Auburn University Assistant Professor of History, Kristen Haring.

This book (an MIT Press publication) provides an inside look at ham radio culture—and its impact on hobbyists’ lives—through personal accounts found in magazines, newsletters, and trade journals,