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ARRL Headquarters E-Mail is Offline

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:09:00 -0400

E-mail service at ARRL Headquarters is presently offline. An announcement will be posted when e-mail service resumes.

Reply Comment Deadline Extended in Proposed 5 GHz Unlicensed Broadband Expansion

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:53:00 -0400

The FCC this week extended until July 24 the deadline to file reply comments in its proceeding to allow unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices at 5 GHz. The FCC in February sought comment on making available an additional 195 megahertz of spectrum in the 5.35-5.47 GHz and 5.85-5.925 GHz bands for U-NII use. Reply comments are responses to comments already filed in the pr...

California Amateurs Claim New World Distance Record on 3.7 mm Band

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:49:00 -0400

ARRL Letter to Resume This Week

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:12:00 -0400

After a temporary suspension, publication of the ARRL Letter will resume late this week.

IJ7T - San Pietro Island

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:14:00 -0400

Members of the 599DX Team and ARMI Taranto will on air from San Pietro Island (IOTA EU073) as IJ7T from 26 to 28 July 2013 on all HF bands, as well as 6 and 2 meters, operating SSB, CW and digital modes. The expedition will be participating in the IOTA Contest IJ7T on July 27/28. For more information see: http://www.qrz.com/db/IJ7T

South Korea on Six

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:07:00 -0400

Your chances of working South Korea on 6 meters may never be better than this summer. Operators at 6M6M, a special call sign, will mount a serious 6 meter effort from June 22 until July 31. Four separate stations will be on the air from locations in mainland South Korea and possibly from an IOTA. Each station will run 1 kW into quad and Yagi antennas. Activity will be on CW, SSB, FM, AM, RTTY, ...

Robert Wilson, NTØA, Wins June QST Cover Plaque Award

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:06:00 -0400

The winner of the June QST Cover plaque award is Robert Wilson, NTØA, for his article “The Great RFI Hunt.” The QST Cover Plaque Award -- given to the author or authors of the most popular article in each issue -- is determined by a vote of ARRL members on the QST Cover Plaque Poll web page. Cast a ballot for your favorite article in the July issue today.

Wilse Morgan, WX7P (ex-KL7CQ) SK

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:45:00 -0400

Wilse Morgan, WX7P (formerly KL7CQ) passed away June 13 in Rice, Washington. He is survived by his wife, Gimmie AL7LB.

An ARRL Life Member, Wilse was an Assistant Section Manager for Eastern Washington and was very active on satellites, PSK31, DXing and contesting. In 2009 he was inducted into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame.

During his 20 year tenure in Alaska as KL7CQ, he taught courses in Am...

SMART Field Day Fun

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:45:00 -0400

Dallas Hardin, KE4ZWD, once an avid servant of the community as a firefighter, arson investigator, and search and rescue diver, had a stroke in 2008. This resulted in his body losing some coordination and certain fine motor skills. Subsequently he started having problems with his sight, going completely blind in one eye with frequent periods of near-blindness in the other.

ARRL E-mail System Continuing to Experience Delays

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:25:00 -0400

The ARRL.net system is experiencing intermittent delivery issues with a few ISPs, the largest being Comcast.net. We are working diligently to resolve the issues and we appreciate your patience as we work with Comcast to rectifiy the situation.

If you discover that valid messages forwarded from ARRL.net to your regular e-mail account are not being accepted by your ISP you can, and should, call yo...

Dayton Hamvention Attendance Holds Steady

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:07:00 -0400

The Dayton Hamvention website has announced that 24,542 people attended Hamvention® 2013, approximately the same as last year’s attendance. Charles Kaiser, KD8JZR, was the 2013 general chairman. The Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) has sponsored Hamvention since 1952. Originally called the Southwestern Ohio Ham-vention, the inaugural event, held in March in downtown Dayton, attracted 60...

The K7RA Solar Update

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:43:00 -0400

Average daily sunspot numbers declined over 32 points this week to 39.6. Average daily solar flux was down more than 8 points to 99.2. Tuesday’s solar flux at 89.5 was the lowest since June 22-25 of last year, when values ranged from 84 to 88.6. Likewise, Tuesday’s sunspot number of 14 was also the lowest since June 25, 2012 when the sunspot number was also 14. Since then both numbers have bee...

July Digital QST Now Available

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:03:00 -0400

The digital version of the July issue of QST is now available to ARRL members.

In this issue . . .

Put a miniature SSTV camera to work with a PIC interface
Give your old transceiver a facelift with an LED display
See High Speed Multimedia in action in Texas
Read about the experiences of amateurs who were on duty at the Boston Marathon
Build the “real” Q-Pole antenna
Watch video overviews of the M...

Kids Day is June 15!

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:26:00 -0400

The next Kids Day is Saturday, June 15. Sponsored by the Boring (OR) Amateur Radio Club, Kids Day is the perfect way to introduce a young person to the magic of Amateur Radio.

Open your doors, have some hot dogs or pizza, and let the Little Folks take the Big Chair. Let them find stations they hear or work on a map, color in a map of states worked, show them the insides of a kit or help them bui...

IARU Helps Raise Ham Radio Visibility in Ghana

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:12:00 -0400

The West African nation of Ghana may become less of a “rare one” in the future, thanks to an Amateur Radio Administration Course (ARAC) held earlier this month by International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) representatives. The IARU offers ARACs in developing countries, primarily to train regulators or prospective regulators on the administration of the Amateur and Amateur-Satellite services.

“The...