AR Newsline

To follow in 5,4,3,2,1. The following is a QST. From around the world, this is Newsline, Amateur Radio’s first independent on-the-air news and bulletin service.

The website audio and text feed is usually updated early on Friday of each week – Pacific time (PST or PDT depending on time of year.) Listen to this week’s report!

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Editor’s Choice
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2. AI4UK Frequencies, weather maps, and more.
3. Antenna Length Calculation Calculate the frequency/length of antennas
4. AR Newsline Weekly newscast of Amateur Radio.
5. Colorado Repeater Association Throughout the Front Range of Colorado.
6. D-Star Directory Your source for D-Star Digital Information.
7. EchoLink EchoLink Link Status.
8. eHam Reviews Reviews of products and services submitted by members.
9. FCC License Search Advanced license search.
10. G0MWT Some consider Chelmsford as the “birthplace of radio”.
11. GB3KD A repeater in Kidderminster that is connected to EchoLink.
12. Ham Radio Online Real time disaster reports.
13. International Callsign Prefixes Callsign Prefixes by country. (SMeter)
14. IRLP The Internet Radio Linking Project.
15. ISS Tracker Find when a spacecraft will be flying over your city.
16. ITU Region Maps ITU maps of regions 1, 2, and 3.
17. IW5EDI HF Antenna Library.
18. JARL Japan Amateur Radio League, Inc.
19. K1IW Amateur Repeater Search.
20. K2DSL Callsign Map Search. Just enter the callsign.
21. N2YO Live real time satellite tracking and predictions.
22. NOAA NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards.
23. QRZ.com Callsign database and more.
24. Radio Reference Listen to live online police scanners!
25. RAIN Report Radio Amateur Information Network.
26. Rocky Mountain Radio League Denver-based amateur radio club.
27. RSGB International prefix list.
28. SOHO Solar and Heliospheric Observatory home page.
29. SolarCycle24.com Solar activity forecast with the latest reports.
30. UALR Callsign Lookup Uni. of Arkansas at Little Rock Amateur Radio Club.
31. US Callsign Prefixes Amateur Radio Callsign Numerical Prefixes.
32. US Time Official U.S. Time from NIST.
33. VHF Tropo Forecast William Hepburn’s Ducting Forecast.
34. VKHam Australian Amateur Radio.
35. W5YI Get your own vanity callsign.
36. W7EI Welcome to the VVARA from Cottonwood, Arizona.
37. World Clock Move your mouse to see the time around the world.
38. Worldwide HamCall Callsign database.

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International Q Signals

QRA	What is the name of your station?
QRG	What’s my exact frequency?
QRH	Does my frequency vary?
QRI	How is my tone? (1-3)
QRK	What is my signal intelligibility? (1-5)
QRL	Are you busy?
QRM	Is my transmission being interfered with?
QRN	Are you troubled by static?
QRO	Shall I increase transmitter power?
QRP	Shall I decrease transmitter power?
QRQ	Shall I send faster?
QRS	Shall I send slower?
QRT	Shall I stop sending?
QRU	Have you anything for me? (Answer in negative)
QRV	Are you ready?
QRW	Shall I tell ……. you’re calling him?
QRX	When will you call again?
QRZ	Who is calling me?
QSA	What is my signal strength? (1-5)
QSB	Are my signals fading?
QSD	Is my keying defective?
QSG	Shall I send ……. messages at a time?
QSK	Can you work breakin?
QSL	Can you acknowledge receipt?
QSM	Shall I repeat the last message sent?
QSO	Can you communicate with ……. direct?
QSP	Will you relay to …….?
QSV	Shall I send a series of V’s?
QSW	Will you transmit on …….?
QSX	Will you listen for ……. on …….?
QSY	Shall I change frequency?
QSZ	Shall I send each word / group more than once?(Answer, send twice or …….)
QTA	Shall I cancel number …….?
QTB	Do you agree with my word count? (Answer negative)
QTC	How many messages have you to send?
QTH	What is your location?
QTR	What is your time?
QTV	Shall I stand guard for you …….?
QTX	Will you keep your station open for further communication with me?
QUA	Have you news of …….?

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