This is a list of San Jose repeaters in the 2m and 70cm bands that are workable from most locations within the South Bay Area. If I have something wrong, please let me know. I don’t list DMR, Yaesu Fusion, or D-Star repeaters here. This is a simple, clean list…
No geomagnetic storms forecast through tomorrow; minor-to-moderate blackout probability is 20% yesterday.
Forecast Details →NOAA · Oct. 23 12:30 UTC
WSJT-X has added JTTY, a new digital mode that lets amateur radio operators exchange typed messages without the fixed transmit-and-receive periods used by FT8. Available in public test releases, it combines conversational and contest operation with error-correcting techniques intended to recover text more reliably than conventional radioteletype.
Amateur radio operators in North America and Europe are preparing to make transatlantic HF contacts from mountaintops on Nov. 7, 2026, during the 19th Trans-Atlantic Summit-to-Summit event. The coordinated operating period gives portable stations on both sides of the ocean a shared window to find one another, with participants planning stations ranging from low-power CW equipment to 100-watt voice setups.
Two ERMINAZ-2 amateur satellites returned their first received signals October 3 after an earlier-than-expected deployment caught their ground team unprepared, AMSAT-Deutschland reported October 5. Reception in Bochum, Germany, and elsewhere provided the first telemetry used to assess the spacecraft after release.
