News and advocacy
What the Alliance is doing — filings with the FCC, statements, new resources and the work behind them.
A rebuilt usnara.org, a new wiki and a better board back end
The Alliance has relaunched its website with far more for clubs and individual operators, a community amateur radio wiki, and a more efficient back end for board members.
NARA opens a community amateur radio wiki
A community-maintained reference library for amateur radio — licensing, regulations, operating, antennas and history — free to read and open to members to edit.
NARA receives its first major charitable contribution
A $500 grant from the Robert C. Albert Fund at the Chicago Community Foundation — the Alliance’s first major charitable gift.
NARA turns one as America turns 250
The National Amateur Radio Alliance marks its first year on July 4, 2026 — the same day the United States marks its 250th.
Ham Threads joins NARA, and members get the gear
Ham Threads — a ham radio apparel and merchandise company, and a NARA member itself — is now offering its lineup to NARA members.
NARA welcomes the FCC decision expanding 60-meter access
The FCC has allocated a continuous 15 kHz band at 5351.5–5366.5 kHz to the Amateur Radio Service while keeping the existing four channels — a new home for QRP experimentation.
A thousand strong
What started as a simple idea has grown into a community of more than a thousand supporters.
NARA launches WhatIsHamRadio.com
The Alliance has purchased and built WhatIsHamRadio.com, a plain-English introduction to amateur radio for people who have never touched a transceiver.
Long Island CW Club backs the Alfred Vail 20-20 award
The Long Island CW Club has offered its full support for our Young Keyers Award — a significant step for recognizing young operators keeping Morse code alive.
Announcing the Alfred Vail 20-20 Young Keyers Award
A new award for operators under 20 who can send and receive Morse code at 20 words per minute or better.
NARA adopts a ten-region structure aligned with FEMA
Ten regions matching the FEMA regions, three territories, a Regional Director for each region and State Representatives in every state — plus a call for volunteers.
NARA announces plans for a State of Amateur Radio survey
We are preparing the most comprehensive survey of how amateur radio operators actually operate — and how they see the hobby — released in stages over the coming year.
NARA responds to the ARRL® cease and desist request
The ARRL® asked NARA to stop describing itself as “A National Association for Amateur Radio Operators.” We disagree that it caused confusion — and we are complying anyway.
NARA supports the ARRL® World Amateur Radio Day open house event
The Alliance encourages every club to open its doors on World Amateur Radio Day, April 18, and is offering a press release template clubs can customize to promote their event.
From around the hobby
Headlines from the amateur radio press. Each one opens on the publisher's own site. Read more of them.
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Building An M7 Pan Tilt Head Controller
Hackaday · Oct 15, 2026
The Soonpho M7 Pan Tilt Head is a useful photography tool for remotely aiming a decently-sized camera. Only, [Kyle Housley] wanted a little more control than was available out of …read more
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Pager Converted to Meshtastic Node
Hackaday · Oct 15, 2026
Text messaging has been around on cellular networks en masse for around three decades now. It’s so common that it’s difficult to remember a time without it. Its two-way quick …read more
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Presentations at the 2026 RSGB Convention
EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity · Oct 14, 2026
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Preview the 2026 ARRL Online Auction
ARRL News · Oct 14, 2026
The 21st annual ARRL Online Auction opens October 16, and you can preview more than 200 items now.This year’s selection includes gear from QST “Product Review” articles, vintage books, pre-owned equipment, signed original sketches by Salty Walt Hudson, K4OGO, from Salty Walt’s Portable Antenna Sketc…
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Brackets and so close to antennas up
With Varying Frequency - Amateur Radio Ponderings · Oct 14, 2026
Have a list of little things before the antennas go on the mast. Final rotator check out UV resistant big zip ties (out at the Island QTH) Hang the 4o3a Rotator Genius sensor Attach the stand-off and cables, to make sure everything clears Last several elements in the T-28 need to be installed A spre…
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BrowSDR: A Blazing Fast Browser-Based SDR Receiver for HackRF, RTL-SDR, Airspy and LimeSDR
QRZ NOW · Oct 14, 2026
BrowSDR by jLynx turns Chrome or Edge into a full software defined radio console. Plug a HackRF, RTL-SDR, Airspy or LimeSDR into USB and get multi-VFO tuning, GPU waterfall, ADS-B, AIS, ACARS, POCSAG and weather sensor decoding with zero installed software. The post BrowSDR: A Blazing Fast Browser-B…
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Ham Radio Portable Insights—POTA After Work
OnAllBands · Oct 14, 2026
Note: Starting with this article, I’ll be adding Protected Area Radio Community (PARC) numbers along with the POTA and WWFF references. PARC is similar to the other two and uses […] The post Ham Radio Portable Insights—POTA After Work appeared first on OnAllBands.
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Thank you to AE7Q
With Varying Frequency - Amateur Radio Ponderings · Oct 14, 2026
For many years AE7Q.com was the benchmark of information on vanity Ham Radio call signs. Dean AE7Q gave us decades of his service! The amateur radio database is no longer available. For over 23 years, I provided this no-fee, no-advertising site as a service to amateur radio operators. Since 2022…
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RepeaterPhone version 1.1.9 has been released
Mac Ham Radio · Oct 14, 2026
RepeaterPhone is an app which lets you connect to and use Allstar and Echolink networks. Connect to nodes, conferences and repeaters from around the world, using your iPhone or iPad. You will need an account with either the EchoLink or AllStarLink networks, as well as a valid amateur radio license a…
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iDigi version 3.05 has been released
Mac Ham Radio · Oct 14, 2026
Christoph Nadig, HB9ZHK has released the latest version of iDigi – a modern digital-mode suite for MacOS. Amateur radio operators can now experience the world of digital communication directly on their Mac with iDigi, a modern and intuitive digital-mode application for macOS. iDigi supports a wide r…
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Chiavari: Two Parks, Two Activations, and a Trip to the Beach
QRPer · Oct 14, 2026
by Christian (IX1CKN) When you are away from home, Parks On The Air is first and foremost an opportunity to discover new places. And, more often than not, they are places that probably would not make it onto your itinerary, even during a vacation with a rather eclectic agenda. In Liguria, Italy’s on…
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TechTip#4: How to support a raised counterpoise wire on rocky, sandy or snowy ground
Ham Radio Outside the Box · Oct 14, 2026
TechTips are occasional brief posts describing easy ways to do difficult things. Picture this scenario: a portable operator is setting up an antenna in a park on a nice sunny day in summer. The antenna requires one or more raised counterpoise wires. After raising the antenna, he walks to the far end…