Recent News
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04/03/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update
Our Sun is in the news again, unfortunately not due to any hoped-for activity, but for the eerie quiet instead. The Sun is surprisingly calm by several measurements -- including the large number of spotless days -- with an average 10.7 cm solar flux and l
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04/03/2009 | Surfin': Visibly Spacing OutThis week's Surfin' finds a Web site for locating the space station, space shuttles, and space satellites.
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04/02/2009 | ARRL In Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately?This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of March.
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04/02/2009 | Byron Black, W4SSY, Wins March QST Cover Plaque Award
The winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for March is Byron Black, W4SSY, for his article "The W4SSY Spudgun." Congratulations, Byron! The winner of the QST Cover Plaque award -- given to the author or authors of the best artic
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04/02/2009 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Stating the ObviousKnowing little things about the geography US states and Canadian provinces can be of great use on the air or just plain fun. This quiz leads into some quiet corners of the North American continent that you know so well -- or maybe you don't. No multiple g
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04/01/2009 | Dayton Amateur Radio Association Announces 2009 Award Winners
The Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA), host of the Dayton Hamvention®, has announced the winners of their three 2009 annual receive awards -- 2009 Amateur of the Year, the Technical Excellence Award and the Special Achievement Award -- at the an
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04/01/2009 | Australian, British RTTY Contests to Merge
John Barber, GW4SKA, of the British Amateur Radio Teledata Group (BARTG), announced that 2009 will be the last running of the Australian National Amateur Radio Teleprinter Society (ANARTS) RTTY Contest. Citing the failing health of ANARTS Secretary and Co
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03/31/2009 | German AMSAT Team Transmits, Receives Signals from Venus
On March 25, a group from AMSAT-DL bounced radio signals off the surface of Venus, marking the first time Amateur Radio operators have bounced radio signals off another planet. According to AMSAT-DL President Peter Guelzow, DB2OS, the Earth-Venus-Earth (E
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