Today on the Bands — Thursday, July 9, 2026
Thursday brings a satisfying mix of the practical and the poignant: WRTC fever spreads to a school club, a QRP field pack gets the thoughtful treatment, and a new OSCAR joins the fleet. We also mark the quiet loss of a broadcast landmark and catch up on the regulatory beat, from spectrum politics to interference arrests. Grab your coffee — there's plenty to chew on.
- 01 What’s New at DX Engineering for July 2026? Don’t Miss This Video!
KI8R rounds up DX Engineering's latest gear in video form, a handy shortcut for anyone struggling to keep pace with a catalog that grows daily.
Read at source ↗ - 02 Sandringham School visit WRTC HQ
Sandringham School's club got a behind-the-scenes look at WRTC headquarters, exactly the kind of encounter that turns curious students into lifelong operators.
Read at source ↗ - 03 VU3GLJ: A Thoughtfully Equipped QRP Field Backpack
VU3GLJ shares how he packs for QRP field work, a welcome read for anyone refining their own go-bag before the next activation.
Read at source ↗ - 04 Rogers Closes Six Stations Including CKFX
Rogers is shuttering six stations amid 230 job cuts, a painful loss for SWLs and a reminder that broadcast heritage fades faster than we'd like.
Read at source ↗ - 05 Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2529 for Friday, April 17th, 2026
Hy-Gain and Cushcraft return to market post-MFJ, Hawaii's RACES hams weather a third Kona Low, and an emergency-channel interference arrest headlines this Newsline.
Read at source ↗ - 06 Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2528 for Friday, April 10th, 2026
From the FCC weighing the space sector's spectrum hunger to experiments on the 4m and 8m bands, this report tracks where our airwaves are headed.
Read at source ↗ - 07 ANS-140 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin
OrigamiSat-2 has been designated Fuji-OSCAR 126, giving satellite operators a fresh bird to chase and log.
Read at source ↗ - 08 ANS-137 AMSAT News Service Bulletins
AMSAT plans a "Radio Adventure" at Hamvention and AMSAT-DL will showcase QO-100 at Friedrichshafen, plus the latest VUCC and DXCC satellite standings.
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The HamDaily digest — five minutes, the whole band.