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Connie's new call sign just arrived! Congrats NI7C!

I really like that setup Kris and can see this helping alot of folks looking for radios for that specific purpose.

There's a lot of excitement in the ham radio transceiver world right now, especially with Hamvention 2026 happening **this week** (May 15–17)! Here's the full rundown:


## 🔥 Biggest Story: Icom X-026 Concept — World Premiere at Hamvention 2026

This is the talk of the ham radio world right now ...

Here's a full roundup of the latest POTA and SOTA news:

## 🏕️ POTA — Parks on the Air

**2026 Seasonal Activity Weekends**

POTA holds seasonal activity weekends throughout the year on the 3rd full weekend of the month. The remaining 2026 dates are:
- **Summer:** July 18–19, 2026
- **Autumn ...

There's a ton happening in amateur radio space and satellite communications! Here's a full rundown:

**🛰️ AMSAT & Satellite Operations**

**GOLF-TEE CubeSat in Development**
AMSAT's current flagship development project is **GOLF-TEE**, a 3U CubeSat expected to be completed later this year or early ...

There's quite a bit happening in the FT8/digital modes world right now! Here's a rundown:


**🚀 Biggest News: FT2 — A New Ultra-Fast Digital Mode (February 2026)**

This is the hottest topic in the digital modes community. On February 16, 2026, Italian amateur Martino Merola (IU8LMC) and the ARI ...

**📡 New Repeaters Online – Catalina Radio Club (Tucson)**

The **W7SA** (Catalina Radio Club / Raytheon) station has brought **new 2m and 70 cm repeaters online**, now functioning well as open repeaters — any licensed ham is welcome to use them. The club also noted their HF transmissions remain ...

Here's the HF propagation picture for the week of May 11, 2026, drawn from the latest data:


**📡 Current Solar Indices (as of May 10–11, 2026)**

The 10.7 cm solar flux is currently **120 sfu**, and the sunspot number stands at **81**. The planetary Kp-index is a very quiet **1.67**, with solar ...

This is the biggest recent story. The FCC authorized AST SpaceMobile's full 248-satellite constellation to use parts of the radio spectrum, including the 430–440 MHz secondary amateur band. The grant permits limited use of five specific 50 kHz channels (430.5, 432.3, 434.1, 435.9, and 439.5 MHz) for ...

The FCC responded to a complaint involving a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania amateur operator for transmitting outside the privileges of his Technician Class license and causing interference to local emergency service communications on a public service frequency of 470.4375 MHz.

https://k0ltc.org/amature ...