Thank You for Making Our Hamfest a Success
Thank-you to the sponsors, attendees, seminar speakers, vendors, volunteers, and our hosts: the Minnesota National Guard. Your support and involvement made this event a great success!
See you next year ‼️
Why the Hate for FT8?
You have to grow with the times or the times will outgrow you.
That is how my Music Director would sign off from his afternoon radio show back in the early 70’s when I was Program Director at an AM radio station.
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.
September Contest Corral
The September 2024 Contest Corral is available for download from the ARRL Contest Calendar page.
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,
