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05/13/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update

As reported in The ARRL Letter on Wednesday, six sunspot groups were visible, but that number shrunk to two on Thursday. Daily sunspot numbers declined from 84 to 29 over those two days as well, but the average sunspot number for the reporting week (Thurs Read More
05/13/2011 | Surfin’: One Week ’til Dayton

This week, Surfin’ gets more ready for the Dayton Hamvention® Read More
05/12/2011 | FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker to Leave FCC in June

On Thursday, May 12, FCC Commissioner Meredith Atwell Baker announced she would be leaving her post on June 3 -- just 27 days before her term expires -- creating a Republican vacancy on the Commission. Chairman Julius Genachowski, along with Commissioners Read More
05/12/2011 | RIT Students Successfully Launch High Altitude Balloon

The Rochester Institute of Technology Amateur Radio Club, K2GXT, had a successful launch of RITCHIE-1 -- a custom high altitude balloon designed by members of K2GXT -- at the Imagine RIT Festival on May 7. According to RITARC Vice President Bryce Salmi, K Read More
05/11/2011 | OSCAR I and Amateur Radio Satellites: Celebrating 50 Years

1961. It was the middle of the Cold War. John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States. The Bay of Pigs invasion fails in Cuba. The Beatles perform for the first time at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. Freedom Riders are arrested Read More
05/11/2011 | High School Radio Club to Offer Free Foxhunting Transmitter Kits

Miguel Enriquez, KD7RPP, is an Instructor with the ARRL’s Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology (TI), as well as a math and electronics teacher at Pueblo High School in Tucson, Arizona. One of his responsibilities at Pueblo is advising the school’s Am Read More
05/11/2011 | As Weather Clears in Southeast, Hams Continue to Provide Support

Even though the storms that raged through the Southeast have long gone, the damage and heartache they left in their wake are still present. In Alabama, the state that felt the biggest brunt of the storms, hams made their way to fire stations, emergency op Read More
05/10/2011 | New QuickStats Poll Now Available on ARRL Website

Four new poll questions have just been published on the QuickStats page on the ARRL website. Let your voice be heard! Read More
05/09/2011 | ARRL EXPO at the Dayton Hamvention®: Where the DX Comes to You!

ARRL Membership and Volunteer Programs Manager Dave Patton, NN1N, reports that plans for a plethora of DX activities at the ARRL EXPO -- part of the 2011 Dayton Hamvention® -- are wrapping up. “We are excited about the activities that will be taking place Read More
05/09/2011 | 2011 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference Call for Papers

Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the 30th Annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC), to be held September 16-18 in Baltimore, Maryland. Papers will also be published in the Conference Proceedings. Authors do not need to at Read More
05/09/2011 | A Saint Croix Radio Holiday

Sun, sights and being the center of the pileup make for a fun and exciting vacation. Read More
05/07/2011 | Maine Honors Hams on World Amateur Radio Day

In a joint resolution released on April 14, the Maine House and Senate recognized the nearly 5000 licensed ham radio operators in Maine and their service to the state. The resolution proclaimed April 18 Amateur Radio Day in the state. April 18 was also Wo Read More
05/06/2011 | Noted DXer Ben Stevenson, W2BXA (SK)

Ben Stevenson, W2BXA, of Colonia, New Jersey, passed away on May 5, 2011. He was 97. An ARRL member since 1934, Stevenson was also a charter member of the North Jersey DX Association (NJDXA) since 1957, serving as its first president. Stevenson held Read More
05/06/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update

Currently, there are seven sunspot groups that are visible. But even so, the average daily sunspot number is down more than 7 points over the past reporting week (April 28-May 4), when compared to the previous seven days. The average daily solar flux was Read More
05/06/2011 | Surfin’: Two Weeks ’til Dayton

This week, Surfin’ gets ready for the Dayton Hamvention. Read More
05/04/2011 | Northern Florida Hams Respond to Aftermath of Alabama Storm

After the devastating storms that swept through Alabama last week, radio amateurs from the ARRLs’ Northern Florida Section -- at the invitation of ARRL Alabama Section Emergency Coordinator Greg Gross, K4GR -- are making their way to Alabama to provide as Read More