News - Amateur Radio Is On

Amateur radio news from W6HS covers developments in digital communications, satellites, propagation, space weather, and radio research. Recent stories appear below, with earlier coverage available through the archive pages.

CubeSat payloads arranged around the inside of the Artemis I stage adapter. — CubeSat payloads installed in the Artemis I stage adapter at Kennedy Space Center in August 2021. Resized for display. Credit: NASA/Cory S Huston. Image Source · Public domain (U.S. government work).

Student-Built PROVES Satellites Launch With Amateur Radio Experiments

October 19, 2026

PROVES-Maia and PROVES-Taygeta launched toward the ISS with plans for amateur message relays, orbital images, and radiation measurements.

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An archival false-color view of the Sun showing bright active regions and the solar corona. — The Sun on August 1, 2010, as observed by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Resized for display. Credit: NASA/SDO/AIA. Image Source · Public domain (U.S. government work).

NASA’s ‘PUNCH’ to Improve Solar Storm Forecasting

October 19, 2026

An early PUNCH forecasting result shows why following solar material farther toward Earth could improve useful space-weather information.

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