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08/27/2010 | ARRL Members Nominate Candidates for Director, Vice Director

The policies of the ARRL are established by 15 Directors who are elected to the Board on a geographical basis, with elections for three-year terms held in five divisions each year. At the same time, Vice Directors are elected on the same basis. Responding Read More
08/27/2010 | The K7RA Solar Update

This week, we saw three days -- August 21-23 -- with no sunspots, and the average daily sunspot numbers for the week -- August 19-25 -- declined over 28 points to 8, compared to the previous week. The average daily solar flux was down more than 8 points t Read More
08/27/2010 | Surfin’: Hamming on the Cutting Edge

This week, Surfin’ visits the plans for the upcoming Digital Communications Conference (DCC). Read More
08/26/2010 | ARRL VEC Volunteer Examiner Session Participation Web Page Returns

If you’re an ARRL Volunteer Examiner (VE) who is interested in seeing how many ARRL exam sessions you’ve taken part in, you can find the answer on the VE Session counts Web page. Read More
08/25/2010 | Ornithologist Arlo Raim, KB9LLF (SK)

Arlo Raim, KB9LLF, of Danville, Illinois, was killed by a southbound Canadian National freight train on the morning of Friday, August 20. He was 67. Raim had been in Pratt’s Wayne Woods Forest Preserve -- part of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage (Il Read More
08/24/2010 | Summer Section Manager Election Results

The Southern Florida Section and the Oklahoma Section will have new Section Mangers starting in October, and the incumbent Section Manager of Ohio was re-elected in the summer Section Manager election cycle that concluded on Tuesday, August 24; election b Read More
08/24/2010 | ARRL Encourages Monthly Giving

The ARRL Development Office is dedicated to raising funds for those programs not funded entirely by member dues. Whether your interest is focused on protecting Amateur Radio operating frequencies, expanding ARRL’s national initiative promoting science and Read More
08/20/2010 | Pakistani Amateurs Team Up to Provide Communications, Relief Support for Flood Victims

According to the Pakistan Amateur Radio Society (PARS) -- that country’s IARU Member-Society -- radio amateurs in Pakistan have teamed up with the Islamabad Jeep Club (IJC) and Pakistan Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP) to provide relief activities in t Read More
08/20/2010 | The K7RA Solar Update

Thanks so much to Tomas Hood, NW7US, who wrote last week’s bulletin while K7RA was in California at dance camp. Tomas writes the weekly propagation column for CQ magazine, and he has an excellent Web site devoted to propagation. Tomas mentioned that the A Read More
08/20/2010 | Surfin’: Send APRS Messages via HF PSK and GMSK

This week, Surfin’ looks at new HF APRS applications originating from the UK. Read More
08/19/2010 | Enabling Ham Radio’s Disabled

Handiham lends a helping hand to the physically challenged in the amateur community. Read More
08/18/2010 | ARRL Amends Petition to Deny to Include 16 Additional Recon Scout Applications

On August 16, ReconRobotics -- in response to the ARRL’s Petition to Deny Applications, filed with the FCC on August 4 -- filed an Opposition to Petition to Deny with the FCC, arguing that the ARRL’s Petition is “frivolous.” The ARRL’s Petition asked the Read More
08/17/2010 | K2BSA: Amateur Radio Fun in the Warm Virginia Sun

The 2010 National Scout Jamboree -- celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America -- was held July 26-August 4 at Fort AP Hill in Virginia. According to ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Director and K2BSA Station Coordinator/Manager Brian Mil Read More
08/16/2010 | Expanded Results for ARRL International DX SSB Contest Now Online

Expended results for the ARRL International DX SSB Contest are now available on the ARRL Web site. Find close to 100 pages packed with results from around the world and your ARRL Division, including line scores and lots of photos, graphs and charts. You c Read More
08/16/2010 | ARRL/TAPR Announce 29th Annual Digital Communications Conference

Aficionados of digital communications are gearing up for the 29th annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC), September 24-26 near Portland, Oregon. The ARRL/TAPR DCC is an international forum for radio amateurs to meet, publish their work a Read More
08/16/2010 | 2010 Field Day Logs Posted

The 2010 Field Day logs received list has been posted. It includes all logs received -- applet, non-applet e-mail and paper. Any changes/corrections/missing inquires should be sent to ARRL Field Day Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND, via e-mail. Read More