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    04/24/2013 | Celebrate 75 Years of W1AW with Commemorative Gear

    W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, and what better way to show your support of Amateur Radio’s flagship station than by sporting W1AW commemorative gear! The ARRL is featuring a limited edition t-s
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    10/25/2012 | W1AW Receives Semi-Annual Antenna Inspection, New Antenna for 160 Meters

    On October 24, Matt Strelow, KC1XX, and Andrew Toth of XX Towers came to Newington to inspect the antennas and towers at W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, and W1HQ, the Laird Campbell Memorial HQ Operators Club.
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    10/19/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update

    Sunspot activity rose this week, with the average daily sunspot numbers up more than 45 points to 97, while the average daily solar flux rose more than 24 points to 129.2.
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    10/12/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update

    There was another decline in sunspot activity this week, but based on activity over the past few days, combined with the projected solar flux values, it is making a steady recovery.
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    07/09/2012 | W1AW’s EchoLink and IRLP Nodes Temporarily Suspended

    Recent upgrades to the ARRL’s Internet system has caused access to both the W1AW EchoLink Conference Server W1AWBDCT and W1AW’s IRLP Node 4292 to be temporarily suspended. Access to both W1AW systems can be expected by month’s end. We apologize for the in
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    04/03/2012 | W1AW Claims 5BDXCC

    Nearly four decades after the introduction of the Five Band DXCC Award (5BDXCC), W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Station has achieved this milestone. “As with most stations, we found that 80 meters was our stumbling block,” W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ
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    02/27/2012 | W1AW Video Tour Available on ARRL Website

    In case you missed the live web tour of W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Station at ARRL Headquarters, you can now watch the 18 minute video on the ARRL website. On February 12, W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, led Geoff Fox, N1GF, on a tour of the famed
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    02/21/2012 | March Qualifying Runs

    The W1AW and West Coast Qualifying Runs were inadvertently left out of the March 2012 issue of QST.
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