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04/18/2011 | DXCC Approves Two Tristan Da Cunha and Gough Operations

ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, reports that two operations on Tristan Da Cunha and Gough -- the 2010 ZD9AH operation and the 2010-2011 ZD9T operation -- have been approved for DXCC credit. “If you these operations rejected in a recent application, pl Read More
04/18/2011 | ARRL to Close in Observance of Good Friday

ARRL Headquarters will be closed in observance of Good Friday on Friday, April 22. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions that day. ARRL Headquarters will reopen Monday, April 25 at 8 AM Eastern Daylight Time. We wish everyone a saf Read More
04/15/2011 | World Radio Labs Founder Leo Meyerson, W0GFQ (SK)

Leo Meyerson, W0GFQ, of Omaha, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, April 13. He was 100. In 1935, Meyerson, an ARRL Life Member, founded Wholesale Radio Laboratories -- the forerunner to World Radio Labs -- in Council Bluffs, Iowa. For his contributions t Read More
04/15/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update

On Wednesday, April 13, the daily sunspot number reached a new high for Solar Cycle 24 when it hit 153. I looked back over this calendar year and saw that the previous high was 137 on March 8, 2011, 16 points lower than Wednesday. That week’s Solar Update Read More
04/15/2011 | Surfin’: Tell Your Story

This week, Surfin’ relays an invitation to tell how ham radio touched your life and news about some new allies on the GPS QRM front. Read More
04/14/2011 | Hams Provide Communications Support During West Texas Wildfires

At 4:15 PM CDT, ARRL West Texas District 5 Emergency Coordinator Bob Ward, WA5ROE, received a call from Jeff Davis County (Texas) Fire Marshal Stewart Billingsley, N5HXZ. Billingsley informed Ward that a fire had begun in the West Texas town of Marfa and Read More
04/13/2011 | Ofcom to Issue Special Temporary Call Signs for Royal Wedding

If you are a prefix hunter -- or you just get caught up in the pageantry that a Royal Wedding can bring -- then take note: Ofcom, at the request of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB), will issue special temporary call signs that British amateurs ma Read More
04/12/2011 | Legendary Recording Engineer Roger Nichols, KE4BDA (SK)

Roger Nichols, KE4BDA, of Jupiter, Florida, passed away on April 19 due to complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 66. Nichols was best known for his work with Steely Dan, whose albums were noted for their pristine sonic clarity. He collected three G Read More
04/12/2011 | World Amateur Radio Day Set for Monday, April 18

The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) and its more than 160 Member-Societies that represent countries around the world will celebrate World Amateur Radio Day on April 18. The theme for this year’s celebration is Amateur Radio: The First Technology Read More
04/11/2011 | From the Hearts: Providing a Way for Others to Communicate with the ISS

In America and around the world, students use Amateur Radio to talk to astronauts on the International Space Station, orbiting high above the Earth -- and it’s the students at an all-girls school in Honolulu, Hawaii who help make the connection. Read More
04/11/2011 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Uda Thunk It?

The Yagi-Uda array, best known as “the Yagi,” is in its ninth decade of wireless service. Arguably the most useful antenna design ever devised beyond the dipole, Yagis are found everywhere in Amateur Radio -- from the low HF bands to microwaves. Why not s Read More
04/08/2011 | 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
04/08/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update

Our Sun is still quite active, but sunspot numbers are down this week, when compared with the week before. The average daily sunspot numbers were down nearly 34 points to 68.3, while the average daily solar flux declined nearly 3 points to 111.8. But geom Read More
04/08/2011 | Surfin’: Got GPS? Maybe Not For Long!

This week, your Surfin’ conductor wears a worry-wart about losing a reliable friend. Read More
04/07/2011 | ARISSat-1 On the Air for Gagarin Anniversary

ARISSat-1 will be activated to celebrate the anniversary of the first human in space. Read More
04/07/2011 | Japan Suffers Large Aftershock; Tsunami Warning Issued, Lifted

A 7.4 magnitude aftershock hit just off the coast of Japan at 11:30 PM JST (1430 UTC) on Thursday, April 7. The epicenter of this earthquake is just 73 miles from the nuclear plant at Fukushima and 41 miles from the epicenter of last month’s 9.0 earthquak Read More