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04/02/2015 | ARRL Teachers Institutes Want to Equip Teachers to Meet the STEM Challenge

The 2015 ARRL Education & Technology Program (ETP) will offer three introductory sessions and one advanced Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology seminar for educators this summer. Read More
04/02/2015 | The K7RA Solar Update

Quiet to unsettled conditions ahead. Read More
04/02/2015 | Tropical Cyclone Disrupts Micronesia DXpedition, Kills Five on Chuuk Island

Tropical Cyclone Maysak disrupted the two-person V6Z DXpedition to Micronesia’s Truk (Chuuk) Island (OC-011) on March 29, when it took down all of their antennas. Read More
04/01/2015 | Amateur Radio “EduTeam” Wows the Crowds at Georgia Super STEM Event

Members of the North Fulton Amateur Radio League (NFARL) EduTeam in Fulton County, Georgia, offered students and other members of the public an opportunity to experience ham radio. Read More
04/01/2015 | Utah Group Puts Broadband-Hamnet to Work for Food Project

A small band of Amateur Radio volunteers in Utah’s Salt Lake Valley successfully used a broadband WiFi network set up on the 2.4 GHz amateur band to help coordinate the Boy Scouts of America’s “Scouting for Food” project on March 21. Read More
04/01/2015 | Puerto Rico ARES Takes Part in Caribe Wave/LANTEX 2015 Exercise

Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) volunteers in Puerto Rico took part in the 2015 Caribe Wave Large Atlantic Tsunami Exercise (LANTEX) — an annual tsunami drill for the US East Coast, Canada, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Basin. Read More
04/01/2015 | The FCC’s “Ham Guy,” Bill Cross, W3TN, to Retire on April 3

Amateur Radio’s point man at the FCC is retiring. Read More
03/31/2015 | ARRL Headquarters Will Be Closed on Good Friday, April 3

ARRL Headquarters will be closed on Good Friday, April 3. Read More
03/30/2015 | ARISS School Contact Proposal Window Open Until April 15

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program coordinator is seeking proposals from schools and organizations that are interested in hosting an Amateur Radio contact with a member of the International Space Station crew. Read More
03/28/2015 | ITU Deploys Emergency Communication Equipment in Vanuatu

In an effort to coordinate relief efforts in Vanuatu in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Pam, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has deployed emergency telecommunication equipment to the Pacific Ocean island nation. Read More
03/28/2015 | Two More Radio Amateurs Join International Space Station Crew

The ISS ham radio population expanded to three, following the arrival of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, RN3BF, and Gennady Padalka, RN3DT. Read More
03/27/2015 | Oklahoma Amateur Radio Volunteers Activate Net to Track Severe Weather

Amateur Radio SKYWARN volunteers in Oklahoma went on alert March 25 as severe thunderstorms sparked tornadoes. Read More
03/27/2015 | The K7RA Solar Update

Unsettled conditions in the week ahead Read More
03/26/2015 | “Radio DARC” Program Debuts on Ham-Operated German Shortwave Outlet

The inaugural transmission of the “Radio DARC” Amateur Radio program aired over the March 21-22 weekend via Channel 292 at 6070 kHz. Read More
03/26/2015 | Amateur Radio Television Pioneer Don Miller, W9NTP, SK

Amateur Radio television Pioneer Don C. Miller, W9NTP, of Waldron, Indiana, died March 22. He was 91. Read More
03/25/2015 | ARRL President, Directors and Officers Educate and Advocate on Capitol Hill

ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, made a new Amateur Radio friend on Capitol Hill this month as she headed a contingent of League Directors, officers, and staff advocating for H.R. 1301. Read More