AM Night to be held December 26th

December 11, 2024eHam.net reports AM Night will be held on the 160 meter band on December 26th. The net will take place on 1936 kHz beginning at 9:00PM Eastern with pre-net check-ins beginning at 6:30PM Eastern. The event is organized by the Greater Cincinnati Amateur Radio Association.

The net control station is Bill, NM4A, located at Union, KY. The net typically attracts about 65 stations from all over the US during the course of the evening. All AM check-in’s are welcome. This is a great opportunity to hear some classic AM rigs, heavy metal, military, broadcast AM transmitters, and state of the art software defined radio AM.

Source: eHam.net open_in_new

M17 Foundation Established

December 10, 2024Zero Retries reports the establishment of the M17 Foundation:

Note that this new website is different, and differently administered, from the https://m17project.org website which seems to be no longer maintained.

The foundation website is short on details, but the initial announcement describes the M17 Foundation as serving as a method of legal protection for the M17 Project now that manufacturers have recently begun implementing M17 into various devices.

Zero Retries suggests this move should help consolidate communications, better facilitate the acceptance of grants, and consolidate the project’s community of developers and users.

While no information has yet to be posted, the website suggests a forthcoming M17 Conference in 2025, sponsorship opportunities, and an M17 Award.

Source: M17 Foundation open_in_new