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07/08/2015 | MRHS “Night of Nights 2015” Set for July 12

The Marine Radio Historical Society (MRHS) will hold its annual “Night of Nights” event, in which historic maritime CW stations such as KPH and WLO return to the air for a few hours on July 13 UTC (July 12 in US time zones). Read More
07/08/2015 | ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference Seeks Papers

The ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) invites technical papers for presentation at this year’s conference. Read More
07/07/2015 | Amateur Radio Becomes Primary on 1900-2000 kHz on August 6

As of August 6, Amateur Radio will be upgraded from secondary to primary in the 1900-2000 kHz segment of 160 meters in the US. Read More
07/07/2015 | ARRL Patrons Donate Warhol Print to League; Auction Proceeds Will Create Endowment

ARRL patron and well-known Hollywood producer Dave Bell, W6AQ, and his wife Sam, W6QLT, have donated a signed Andy Warhol print to the ARRL. Read More
07/07/2015 | Pioneering Remote Multi-Multi K4VV Contesting Station Closes, But Project Continues

Due to health issues facing Jack Hammett, K4VV, the Virginia mountaintop station bearing his call sign that pioneered totally remote multioperator, multitransmitter (MM) contesting, has been shut down. Read More
07/07/2015 | New QST QuickStats Poll Posted

Cast your votes today! Read More
07/06/2015 | UK Government Holds Up Export of Early Amateur Radio-Related TV Archive

Most encyclopedias say that the first transatlantic television transmissions took place via the Telstar I satellite in 1962, but TV images actually crossed the Atlantic in the late 1920s via an Amateur Radio transmitter. Read More
07/05/2015 | W1AW/5 Will Represent ARRL Headquarters in the 2015 IARU HF World Championship

The summer’s most popular HF contest -- The 2015 International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) HF World Championship -- gets under way on July 11 at 1200 UTC and continues for 24 hours. Read More
07/03/2015 | The K7RA Solar Update

Was Field Day propagation really that poor? Maybe not. Read More
07/02/2015 | FCC Invites Comments on Proposed Rules for New LF and MF Amateur Allocations

The FCC is inviting comments on its recent proposals to authorize Amateur Radio operation on two new bands — an LF allocation at 135.7 to 137.8 kHz (2200 meters), and an MF allocation at 472-479 kHz (630 meters). Read More
07/01/2015 | FCC Speedily Dismisses Petitions to Alter Amateur Service Rules

The FCC has dismissed two petitions for rule making calling for separate amendments to the Part 97 Amateur Service rules. Read More
07/01/2015 | CEDAR Conference Participants Dig Into Science of Interest to Radio Amateurs

More than 300 scientists — many of them radio amateurs — met at the University of Washington in Seattle in June for the annual National Science Foundation-sponsored Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) Conference. Read More
06/30/2015 | Phillip Groves, N8SFO, Named as West Virginia Section Manager

Phillip Groves, N8SFO, has been appointed as ARRL West Virginia Section Manager. Read More
06/29/2015 | Museum Donates Doug DeMaw, W1FB, Homebrew Equipment

The Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut (VRCMCT) has donated equipment designed by former ARRL staffer Doug Demaw, W1FB (SK), to ARRL Headquarters for exhibit. Read More
06/29/2015 | Senate Sponsor of “Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015” said Bill Promotes Regulatory Transparency, Equality

US Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), who sponsored “The Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015” in the Senate, says the bill he introduced, with original cosponsor Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), would allow for transparency and equality in the regulatory process. Read More
06/29/2015 | ARRL Website Has New Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015 Page

Now that there is Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2015 legislation in both chambers of the US Congress, the League has a combined web page to accommodate activities on behalf of the two bills. Read More