TAPR’s Annual Membership Meeting will be held via Zoom on the afternoon (3 PM EDT, 1900Z) of October 24, 2026. It will run up to two hours. At the meeting, TAPR officers will discuss the current and future state of … Read more
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2026 Hamvention TAPR Forum Presentations
The presentations by Paul Elliott, WB6CXC, and George Byrkit, K9TRV, at the TAPR Forum during Hamvention 2026 may be downloaded by clicking the following links.
TAPRX-888 SDR and Measuring Time of Arrival/Flight by Paul Elliott, WB6CXC
Comparing Four WSPRDAEMON Antennas by George Byrkit, K9TRV
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Board of Directors Update
During TAPR’s Annual Membership Meeting on Octobet 25, 2025, three members were nominated to fill the three Board of Director positions that expired this fall. Since only three members were nominated for the three open positions, an election was unnecessary … Read more
Postal Rate Increase 13 July; only one change
On 13 July, the USPS increased many of its rates. After consulting sacred oracles (okay, you got me, Pirate Ship info pages), it may not mean many price increases yet. The listed increases are covered by our current rates except … Read more
TAPR/AMSAT Banquet – Friday, May 16th
The 16th annual TAPR/AMSAT Banquet will be held at the Kohler Presidential Banquet Center on Friday, May 16th at 18:30 EDT. This dinner is always a highlight of the TAPR (Tucson Amateur Packet Radio) and AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corp.) … Read more
MagPi Magnetometer sale!
In support of HamSCI’s “Big Year”, TAPR is lowering the price on the MagPi magnetometer.
The full kit (with RM3100 sensor) is now $80, down from $120 ($10 TAPR member discount available) https://tapr.org/product/tangerine-sdr-magnetometer/
The MagPi boardset (you supply your own … Read more
Problem resolved. We were experiencing order processing problems on our side
We are again able to ship orders successfully. It was the woocommerce checkout manager 7.6.5 plug-in, which we will avoid like a plague.
Thank you for your patience.
And a reminder that all spammy comments will be deleted, and the … Read more
USPS rates rise 19 January 2025
But, for our shipments within the US, there is no change in our shipping prices. Unfortunately, the rate to Canada has gone up $2 to $33, and the rate to Europe, the UK, and OZ rises to $49 per small-flat-rate-box … Read more
ezDV back in stock!
Santa sent an emergency sleigh, via Anchorage AK, handled by UPS, that had 45 ezDV boards. The good news is that they all were detected as functional devices by the Espressif firmware programmer, all erased, and programmed successfully.
I did … Read more
TAPR Director and Officer News
At TAPR’s Annual Membership Meeting on October 26, George Byrkit, K9TRV, was elected to the TAPR Board of Directors for the fifth time, while Paul Elliott, WB6CXC, and David Mc Gaw, N1HAC, were elected to the Board for the first … Read more