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ARRL Introduces "Fifth Pillar" at Dayton Hamvention®
(May 16, 2008)
-- On Saturday, May 17 at the Dayton Hamvention, ARRL President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, plans to announce that the League will expand its identity program to include greater emphasis on technology. Harrison explained that "Ham radio operators, and particularly ARRL members, closely identify with current and emerging radio technology. Today, we are naming 'technology' as ARRL's new fifth pillar." ARRL's other four pillars, the underpinnings of the organization, are Public Service, Advocacy, Education and Membership. "For hams, expanding the four pillars to include technology will reinforce one of the organization's guiding principles -- that ham radio is state-of-the-art, innovative and relevant," he said.Full Story |
ARRL EXPO at Dayton Hamvention®, May 16-18
(May 12, 2008)
-- Find the latest details about the ARRL EXPO at the Dayton Hamvention, including an activities guide, news, blogs and other event information. If you are coming to Dayton, look for new features in the ARRL EXPO, including the Movie Room! All purchases of $10 or more in the ARRL bookstore will receive a complementary reusable eco-friendly bag; all new and renewing ARRL members will also receive this new bag. If you can't make it to Dayton this year, keep up with all the fun on our live Web blog. Get the latest Hamvention news right here on the ARRL Web site.Link to this item |
Feature: Youth@HamRadio.Fun: 73 from KG4IUM -- Youth Lounges Everywhere
(May 17, 2008)
-- KG4IUM bids her farewell, and talks about upcoming events with even more youth lounges popping up around the country.Full Story |
The K7RA Solar Update
(May 16, 2008)
-- We've had another week with no sunspots. Our reporting week for this bulletin runs from Thursday through Wednesday, and this is the fifth bulletin of the year reporting zero sunspots for the week. The rest of the 16 bulletins had at least one day with sunspots in the reporting period. Sunspot numbers for May 8-14 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 and 0 with a mean of 0. The 10.7 cm flux was 66.4, 67.3, 67.4, 68, 68, 68.3 and 69 with a mean of 67.8. Estimated planetary A indices were 4, 3, 5, 3, 4, 4 and 3 with a mean of 3.7. Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3 and 1, with a mean of 2.9.Full Story |
CQ Announces 2008 Hall of Fame Inductees
(May 16, 2008 [REVISED May 16, 2008 11:00 ET])
-- CQ magazine today announced its 2008 Hall of Fame inductees, welcoming 14 new members into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, three new members of the CQ DX Hall of Fame and two new members of the CQ Contest Hall of Fame. The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors those individuals, whether licensed hams or not, who have made significant contributions to Amateur Radio, and those amateurs who have made significant contributions either to Amateur Radio, to their professional careers or to some other aspect of life on our planet. The CQ Contest and DX Halls of Fame honor those amateurs who not only excel in personal performance in these major areas of Amateur Radio but who also "give back" to Amateur Radio in outstanding ways.Full Story |
Feature: Surfin': Locating a Radio Destination
(May 16, 2008)
-- This week, visit a Web site that provides a tool for finding a location for your next hilltop radio operation.Full Story |
Feature: The Amateur Radio Crossword Puzzler
(May 16, 2008)
-- DXPedition DittiesFull Story |
Chinese Olympic Special Event Stations Getting Ready to Go On-the-Air
(May 15, 2008)
-- Special Event stations for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will begin operating on Sunday, May 18 through September 17. Five special calls, representing the five rings of the Olympic flag, will be on the air: BT1OB, BT1OJ, BT1OH, BT1OY and BT1ON. The last letter of the call sign corresponds to the color of each of the rings of the Olympic flag -- Beibei (Blue), Jingjing (Black), Huanhuan (Red), Yingying (Yellow) and Nini (Green). Zheng Feng, BA4EG, will be the QSL manager for all stations. QSLs can be sent either direct or via the bureau and will begin to be answered in October. A Web site supporting the Special Event stations will include an on line log search, QSL card received and sent status, as well as other information; award criteria will soon be posted on the site. -- Thanks to The Daily DX for this informationLink to this item |
ARRL to Blog from Dayton Hamvention
(May 14, 2008)
-- As in previous years, the ARRL will be blogging live from Hara Arena, site of the Dayton Hamvention®. In addition to keeping everyone up with the latest and greatest at Dayton, this year's blog will feature video clips. QST Editor -- and Hamvention blogger extraordinaire -- Steve Ford, WB8IMY, said, "The video clips were such a big hit with last year's blog that we decided to do even more of them for this year!" Ford says he plans on featuring new products that are debuting at the Hamvention, as well as all the "fun stuff" that pops up: "Both I and the staff have a lot of fun with this, and we hope those who read the blog do, too." Look for the blog to go "live" Thursday, May 15 and continue throughout the Hamvention.Link to this item |
Hams Called to Action in Aftermath of China Quake
(May 13, 2008)
-- On Monday, May 12 at 0628 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Sichuan, China. The Chinese Radio Sports Association, the Chinese IARU Member-Society, has designated the following frequencies for emergency services involved in the rescue: 14.270, 7.050 and 7.060 MHz. The ARRL encourages US amateurs to be aware of the emergency operations on those three frequencies.Full Story |
W1HQ Snake Gets Name, Call Sign
(May 13, 2008)
-- With more than 400 votes tallied, the W1HQ snake finally has a name. Sean Kutzko, KX9X, president of The Laird Campbell Memorial HQ Operators Club, announced that the snake not only has a name, but a call sign, as well.Full Story |
No ARRL Audio News on Friday, May 16
(May 12, 2008)
-- There will be no ARRL Audio News on Friday, May 16; however, The ARRL Letter will be released on that day. ARRL Audio News will return on Friday, May 23. Link to this item |
Ronald A Parise, WA4SIR (SK)
(May 10, 2008)
-- Ronald A. Parise, PhD, WA4SIR, passed away Friday May 9, 2008 after a very long and courageous battle with cancer. He was 57. Parise flew as a payload specialist on two space shuttle missions: STS-35 on Columbia in December 1990 and STS-67 on the Endeavour in March 1995. These two missions, ASTRO-1 and ASTRO-2 respectively, carried out ultraviolet and x-ray astronomical observations, logging more than 614 hours and 10.6 million miles in space. Parise was one of the first astronomers to operate a telescope from space, making hundreds of observations during the mission. Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Chairman Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO, said Parise's personal contributions to these two missions provided scientists with "an unprecedented view of our universe, expanding our understanding of the birth, life and death of stars and galaxies."Full Story |
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Leaving on a Jet Plane to Dayton Hamvention®
(May 9, 2008)
-- "As the song says, 'All our bags are packed and we're ready to go' -- well, almost," said ARRL Hamvention Coordinator Katie Breen, W1KRB. "The ARRL EXPO area is packed up into seven shipping skids and they are in a truck on their way to Dayton. We here at headquarters are not only breathing a huge sigh of relief, but many of us are still wrapping up our individual final details." The Dayton Hamvention® will run from May 16-18 at Hara Arena, just outside Dayton, Ohio. Full Story |
The K7RA Solar Update
(May 9, 2008)
-- Again this week, we saw a new, but brief sunspot, sunspot 993. Judging from the polarity of the spot, it looks to be from new Solar Cycle 24; this spot was south of the solar equator, so it has the same polarity as any Cycle 23 spot that was north of the equator. After two days it was gone, not from drifting over the edge of the visible solar disk -- it just disappeared.Full Story |
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