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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2525 for Friday, March 20th, 2026

- BOUVET ISLAND DXPEDITION A SUCCESS
- JUDGE ORDERS VOICE OF AMERICA BACK ON THE AIR
- SKYWARN YOUTH NET CALLS CQ FOR SECOND YEAR
- US MILITARY TESTS HF COMMUNICATIONS IN ALASKA
- YL WORLD WIDE EVENT OVERWHELMING
- AIRLINES REQUIRED TO UPDATE ELECTRONICS DUE TO CW INTERFERENCE
- PUSH IS ON TO GET SARDINIA RADIOACTIVE
- SUN-LIT AWAKENING FOR JAPAN'S 30-YEAR-OLD SATELLITE
- WORLD OF DX
- KICKER: DOCUMENTARY ABOUT MARTIN F. JUE AND M.F.J. IN THE WORKS
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text by @K6PFG Dec 15, 2025

Winter Field

The upcoming Winter Field Day begins January 24 and ends January 25. Visit the WFD.com website for more details.

Patrick K6PFG

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text by @W1DVR Dec 3, 2025

Why Every Ham Radio Operator Should Start Using a YubiKey

Why Every Ham Radio Operator Should Start Using a YubiKey


Protect your online accounts with the strongest security available.

Most of us in the ham radio community understand authentication and secure access. We verify callsigns, protect repeater systems, and double-check everything before transmitting.

Online security works the same way — and a YubiKey gives you a physical, almost unbreakable way to secure your digital identity.

Even if it’s not directly ham-radio

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text by @W1DVR Aug 21, 2025

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2494 for Friday, August 15th, 2025

https://www.arnewsline.org/news/2025/8/14/amateur-radio-newsline-report-2494-for-friday-august-15th-2025

https://www.arnewsline.org/s/Report2494.mp3

  • - US NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REHIRING AFTER MASS FIRINGS
  • - US LEGACY WEATHER SATELLITES BEING DECOMMISSIONED
  • - FLORIDA RETIREES GIRD FOR STORM SEASON WITH RADIOS
  • - 3YØK DXPEDITION CANCELS LOTTERY, CITING 'LEGAL
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    text by @W1DVR Aug 12, 2025

    Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2493 for Friday, August 8th, 2025

    Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2493 for Friday, August 8th, 2025

    https://www.arnewsline.org/news/2025/8/7/amateur-radio-newsline-report-2493-for-friday-august-8th-2025

    https://www.arnewsline.org/s/report2493.mp3

  • - JOINT INDIA-US SATELLITE FOCUSES ON NATURAL DISASTERS
  • - AST SPACEMOBILE DEFENDS PROPOSED AMATEUR-SPECTRUM USE
  • - CREW-11 ARRIVES, BEGINS WORK ABOARD ISS
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    text by @W1DVR Aug 12, 2025

    Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2492 for Friday, August 1st, 2025

    Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2492 for Friday, August 1st, 2025

    https://www.arnewsline.org/news/2025/7/31/amateur-radio-newsline-report-2492-for-friday-august-1st-2025

    https://www.arnewsline.org/s/Report2492.mp3

  • - INT'L RESPONSE TO FCC FILING FOR HAM RADIO FREQUENCIES
  • - INDIA, SWEDEN INTRODUCE NEW CALLSIGN SUFFIXES, PREFIXES
  • - BOUVET ISLAND TEAM PACKS FOR 2026
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    text by @W1DVR Jul 28, 2025

    Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2491 for Friday, July 25th, 2025

    Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2491 for Friday, July 25th, 2025

    https://www.arnewsline.org/news/2025/7/24/amateur-radio-newsline-report-2491-for-friday-july-25th-2025

    https://www.arnewsline.org/s/Report2491.mp3

  • - FCC EYES SPECTRUM AUCTION, EMERGENCY-ALERT OVERHAUL
  • - ORGANIZERS CONDUCT FIELD TESTING AT WRTC SITE
  • - SILENT KEY: DAVID COURT, EI3IO, INFLUENCED SHAPE OF AMATEUR SPECTRUM
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    text by @W8FIK Jun 26, 2025

    YSF and DMR final conclusion from an old poor ham

    _**i started with a Yaeso FT70DR
    I wanted to try C4FM and get into all those cool world wide talkgroups
    well that turned into frustration because when you take the repeater, for a while the locals complain...
    Then I thought...hey Tom try DMR that sounds like fun.
    well pretty much the same end result. Its another mode for tal;king to locals on a repeater...
    and if you want to try one of those fun talk groups well you get kicked off after a few minutes, the radio just goes quiet...you have to push the ptt to get back

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