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US elementary students talk to astronaut on ISS

| October 29, 2012

Cape Cod Times – About 100 students fell silent in the East Falmouth Elementary School cafeteria Friday afternoon as third-grader Andrew Carette started a conversation with someone hundreds of miles away

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Radio amateurs aim to fly new FPGA in space

| October 29, 2012

AMSAT-UK – Radio amateurs James Cutler KF6RFX, Andrew Mitchell KD8RCO and K. Scott Tripp KD8IPK are involved in developing the Michigan Multipurpose Minisatellite (MCubed-2) at the University of Michigan

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RCF sponsors Arkwright Engineering Scholar

| October 29, 2012

RCF – The Foundation is pleased to announce that it will sponsor a scholar in 2012 under the prestigious Arkwright Scholarships Trust

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Amateur radio operators help others weather the storm

| October 26, 2012

WREX-TV – People along the US east coast prepare for the affects of Hurricane Sandy; but even folks not affected by the storm’s big waves, hundreds of miles away, stand by with radio waves, to help

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Halton and District Radio Amateurs to stage rally

| October 25, 2012

Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News – Halton and District Radio Amateurs will hold its first free Amateur Radio Rally in an event aimed at people with an interest in amateur radio or shortwave listening

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Ham is where the heart is

| October 25, 2012

The Hindu – Gopal Madhavan a pioneer in the field of ham radio talks about the hobby and the challenges of recasting it in the context of modern technology

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