10-year-old Radio Ham Launches his 3rd High-Altitude APRS Balloon

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10-year-old Radio Ham Launches his 3rd High-Altitude APRS Balloon

10-year-old radio amateur Max W0MXX has been building Amateur Radio APRS transmitter payloads to act as tracking beacons and launching them into the stratosphere

Max is a member of the Medway Balloon Society and has recently launched his third balloon flight WB-3.

In early June, Max launched “WB-2” which only captured about 30 seconds of video footage due to a hidden trash folder full of tests. WB-2 also required the help of a tree climber to retrieve the payload (where all the electronics and software are located).

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US Virgin Island Amateur Radio Group Bolsters Repeater Infrastructure

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US Virgin Island Amateur Radio Group Bolsters Repeater Infrastructure

An ARDC grant will enable the group to purchase backup repeaters, improve repeater coverage, and train and outfit new hams

When two Category 5 hurricanes hit the US Virgin Islands in 2017, hams there knew they had to do something. The two monster storms destroyed 95% of St. Croix's electric utility poles, and many antenna towers were down. As a result, the USVI Government's primary land-mobile-radio (LMR) trunked radio system was essentially non-functional, and the National Guard could not be heard on any radio frequency for a week following the storms.

Territory radio clubs immediately went into action. St. Croix ham operators quickly established a daily high-frequency (HF) net for first response agencies. A single surviving ham repeater provided limited communications between islands. These links provided critical information and communications for governmental and non-governmental agencies including FEMA, Department of Defense, Transportation Security Agency, National Park Service, VI National Guard, Red Cross, and local police and fire services.

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Indonesian Radio hams sign MoU with Defense University

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Indonesian Radio hams sign MoU with Defense University

The Defense University of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian Defense University - Military Training) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Amateur Radio Organization of the Republic of Indonesia (Orari)

The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was carried out by the Rector of the Indonesian Defense University, Vice Admiral TNI Prof. Dr. Ir. Amarulla Octavian, ST, M.Sc., DESD and Acting Chairperson of the Indonesian Radio Amateur Organization (Orari) Sugeng Suprijatna, located in the Rector's Living Room of the Indonesian Defense University IPSC Sentul-Bogor Region, West Java. Thursday 18th November 2021.

The Chancellor of the Indonesian Defense University expressed his appreciation and gratitude and the highest appreciation to the Acting General Chairperson of the Indonesian Amateur Radio Organization (Orari) and his entourage because on the sidelines of their busy schedule they were pleased to be present to sign a memorandum of understanding which contained articles on cooperation in the development of the field. education, research and community service.

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