Robert Melucci – Two Meter Area Spectrum Management Association

April 25, 2025 General Meeting

By Robert Melucci Posted on March 11, 2025 Posted in Notices

All are invited to the next TASMA General Meeting to be held online on Saturday, April 25, 2025, starting at 9am. If you are a TASMA member, you will automatically receive the link to join this meeting. If you are …

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March 1, 2025: Technical Committee Meeting

By Robert Melucci Posted on March 11, 2025 Posted in Notices

The next TASAMA technical Committee meeting will take place online on Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 9 am. For those who have business on the agenda, the link to the online meeting will be sent to you via email. The …

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Repeater Coordination Update

By Robert Melucci Posted on December 5, 2024 Posted in Notices

The TASMA Technical Committee will soon be contacting repeater owners and contacts to request updated information for all coordination records that have not been updated since 2019. This will take place over the next several months. Additional information is contained …

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Looking for a few people who want to become involved!

By Robert Melucci Posted on February 19, 2022 Posted in Notices

♦ Enjoy Ham Radio? ♦ Having fun with the local repeater systems? ♦ Have a desire to give something back to the hobby? Consider joining the TASMA Technical Committee!! Short of technical knowledge, but wanting to learn? Join a group …

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Bonaire for Breakfast

21 March 2025

While eating breakfast last Saturday morning at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, ARRL staff member Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, was also on the air from Bonaire, remotely working a pileup from a station he visits often on the island. Physically in Newark, New Jersey, for the annual HamSCI Workshop, Bob had his Wi-Fi-connected laptop on the table in front of him, controlling the station in Bona [...]

Ham Radio, Students and Scientists at the 2025 HamSCI Workshop

21 March 2025

By: Rich Moseson, W2VUSome 175 scientists, students, professors, and amateur radio operators from around the world gathered in person and virtually on March 14 and 15 to share research, educate each other, and network at the annual HamSCI Workshop. HamSCI, the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation program, aims to promote collaboration between science, amateur radio, and education. The 2025 w [...]

ARRL Ham Radio Open House Continues to Grow

21 March 2025

Dozens of amateur radio clubs have made plans to host an ARRL Ham Radio Open House in April. The nationwide event is centered around World Amateur Radio Day on April 18. 2025 is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU).While we’ve been using radio for well over 100 years, amateur radio operators continue to be on the cutting edge of innovation in ele [...]

76th International DX Convention April 11 – 13 in Visalia, CA

21 March 2025

The ARRL Solar Report

21 March 2025

Solar activity reached moderate levels due to an isolated M1.5/1nflare on March 19 at 2040 UTC from Region AR4031. Regions AR4028,AR4034, and AR4035 exhibited slight growth.Region AR4026 re-emerged in the Southwest quadrant. Regions in theNorthwest quadrant, including AR4020, AR4022, AR4025, and AR4031 allappeared to be in a decay phase.No Earth-directed CMEs were detected in available coronag [...]

FCC Initiates Broad Inquiry on Rules to Delete or Amend

20 March 2025

In a Public Notice titled “In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete,” issued on March 12, 2025, the FCC is soliciting public input on any FCC rules in any service that members of the public believe should be deleted or modified “for the purpose of alleviating unnecessary regulatory burdens.” This is the latest in a series of similar proceedings going back to 1996, when the Communications Act was amended t [...]

Radio Connects is 2025 ARRL Field Day Theme

14 March 2025

The ARRL Solar Report

14 March 2025

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at minor storm levelsfor March 18, and then from March 27 and 27 all due to recurrentCoronal Hole influences.Solar activity was at low levels. Multiple C-Class flares wereobserved from newly numbered Region 4028. More spots are rotatingaround the Southeast limb that maybe connected to the spot group.The largest flare of the period was a C6.8 on March [...]

Perfect Storm Exercise in California Gets Results

14 March 2025

The ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section (SJV) conducted “Perfect Storm,” an amateur radio emergency exercise, on March 5 - 7.Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC) Dan Sohn, WL7COO, asked that a section-wide exercise be created that would engage both amateur radio operators and non-amateurs to become more active in their community's emergency preparedness and response capabilities. There were 120 par [...]

ARRL Ham Radio Open House — Site Locator Live, PR Workshop Registration

14 March 2025

ARRL Ham Radio Open House is a national event being hosted by local amateur radio clubs in April to coincide with World Amateur Radio Day on April 18. The event is designed to highlight technical innovations in ham radio, and show off the current state of the art. It will serve as a tool to tell the story of amateur radio being a pathway to tomorrow's technical careers. A site locator is now li [...]