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11/22/2011 | The 13th Annual SKYWARN Recognition Day Set for December 3

The 13th Annual SKYWARN Recognition Day (SRD) Special Event will take place Saturday, December 2, 2011. SRD is co-sponsored by the ARRL and the National Weather Service (NWS) as a way to recognize the commitment made by Amateur Radio operators in helping Read More
11/21/2011 | FCC Releases New Rules for 60 Meters

On November 18, the FCC released a Report and Order (R&O), defining new rules for the 60 meter (5 MHz) band. These rules are in response to a Petition for Rulemaking (PRM) filed by the ARRL more than five years ago and a June 2010 Notice of Proposed Rulem Read More
11/21/2011 | Logbook of The World: Backlog Is Clearing

Logbook of The World (LoTW) is continuing to accept and process logs, including logs from this weekend’s ARRL November Phone Sweepstakes Contest. Currently, the processing delay is at 14 hours, down from 45 hours last week. As of November 21, there are ap Read More
11/21/2011 | Annual CFC Campaign Is Underway

For the past 10 years, the US Office of Personnel Management has designated the ARRL to participate in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). In that time, this campaign for federal government civilian employees, US Postal Service workers and members of the Read More
11/21/2011 | Hams Invited to Participate in a Research Project on the ISS

The Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TSNIIMASH) in Russia is conducting a series of space plasma experiments in order to evaluate the shape of previously observed “dead” zone, or shadowing due to the firing of an onboard arcjet plasma sourc Read More
11/18/2011 | Delta Division Sees Leadership Change; Midwest, Atlantic Divisions Unchanged

On November 18, ballots were counted in the races for Director in the Atlantic, Delta and Midwest Divisions. This year, there were only three contested races for Director or Vice Director in the five Divisions holding elections. In the Delta Division, Vic Read More
11/18/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update

This week geomagnetic indices quieted a bit, as did solar activity in general. On November 9, sunspot numbers reached a high of 220, and this week, they declined, rose to 176 and then declined again. The average daily sunspot numbers slipped 8.4 points to Read More
11/18/2011 | Surfin’: Smörgåsbording

This week, revisit two recent installments of Surfin’ and learn all about ham radio in the 21st century Read More
11/17/2011 | Space Station Active on 70 cm Packet

The International Space Station is now active on UHF packet radio. Read More
11/17/2011 | Poor Man’s DXpedition

A DXpedition doesn’t have to be expensive and complicated to be a great time. Read More
11/17/2011 | Apply Now to Host a Real-Time Conversation with Crewmembers Onboard the ISS

NASA is now accepting proposals from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations to host an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact between July 15, 2012 and January 15, 2013. To maximize these radio con Read More
11/16/2011 | ARRL Headquarters to Close for Thanksgiving Holidays

ARRL Headquarters will be closed November 24 and 25 in observance of Thanksgiving. There will be no W1AW bulletins or code practice transmissions those days. The ARRL Letter will be published a day early on Wednesday, November 23, but there will be no ARR Read More
11/16/2011 | British Ham Plans PSK31 DXpedition to Myanmar

The Daily DX is reporting that Simon Luttrell, HS0ZIB/G6JFY, has been granted an “invitation” from senior officials within the Myanmar Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and the Ministry of Tourism to visit Bagan, Myanmar to operate a four-day PSK31 Read More
11/16/2011 | Voting Now Open for December QST Cover Plaque Award

Vote for your favorite article in the December 2011 QST Read More
11/15/2011 | New Space Station Crew Members Launch from Kazakhstan

Three new crew members -- Dan Burbank, KC5ZSX, Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin -- are on their way to the International Space Station. The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft carrying the new trio launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 0414 UTC Read More
11/15/2011 | ARISSat-1 May De-Orbit in April

The ARISSat-1 satellite may re-enter Earth's atmophere in early April. Read More