History

An article in the December, 2009 issue of Lo-Key, the journal of the Australian CW QRP Club, noted the important work of an Australian radio amateur.

The only Australian earthquake in recorded history to have claimed human lives struck east coast Newcastle, the nation’s 6th largest city on 28 December 1989.

Major Rowley Shears G8KW was Secretary to the British Signal Communications Board in Hamburg Germany and instrumental in achieving the re-introduction of amateur radio in that country after World War

Many of new radio amateurs, particularly those who have not come up from the ranks of shortwave listening, will not know about two standard time and frequency stations that operate 24/7.

We take for granted today hand-held radios, but few would realise that the first handie-talkie was developed 69 years ago during World War II.

It’s 40-years ago that Apollo 11 set off for the Moon. Four days later about 600
million people watched in amazement on television.

Near Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS) is a short range skywave propagation method that uses very high radiation angle antennas to achieve communications beyond that of the groundwave.

The days of traditional AM broadcasting and its cousin medium FM analogue in Britain are targeted to have a maximum life of eight years as the superior digital broadcasting progressively replaces it.

Fidel Castro

An intriguing yet serious case of a retired United States official and his wife has emerged after they have been charged with spying for the Cuban Intelligence Service (CuIS) over the past 30 years.

Grand lady operator, Mavis Stafford VK3KS has been a radio amateur for 70 years and a luncheon this weekend in Melbourne was held in her honour.