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07/02/2010 | ARRL Field Day: It’s a Wrap!

With more than 700 Field Day reports already received -- and more coming in every day -- it’s safe to say that this year’s ARRL Field Day was a smashing success! Conditions, at least on the East Coast, were quite good. Operators at W1AW, the Hiram Percy M Read More
07/02/2010 | The K7RA Solar Update

Most stations reported not-so-great conditions for ARRL Field Day last weekend, but there were sporadic-E openings on 6 and 10 meters. Geomagnetic conditions were a bit rough, with the Planetary A index in double digits for both days, June 26-27. Conditio Read More
07/02/2010 | Surfin’: Some Ham With My Pancakes

This week, Surfin’ successfully makes a connection between radio jacks and flapjacks. Read More
07/01/2010 | Hams Quickly Switch from Drill to Emergency Mode When Severe Weather Strikes

Just two days before the start of ARRL Field Day, Amateur Radio operators in South Central Pennsylvania were preparing for a regularly scheduled bi-annual exercise involving the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, located on the Susquehanna River. The dril Read More
07/01/2010 | ARRL in Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately?

This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of June. Read More
07/01/2010 | Donald Huff, W6JL, Wins June QST Cover Plaque Award

The winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for June is Donald Huff, W6JL, for his article “Homebrew Challenge II Winner #1 -- The Lowest Cost Entry.” Congratulations, Donald! The winner of the QST Cover Plaque award -- given to the author or authors of the Read More
07/01/2010 | ARRL Represented at Europe’s Largest Amateur Radio Convention

Billed as Europe’s biggest Amateur Radio exhibition, HAM RADIO 2010 was held in Friedrichshafen, Germany, June 25-27, 2010. The event is held annually in the Lake Constance region. This was the 35th international Amateur Radio exhibition and the 61st Lake Read More
06/30/2010 | WX4NHC, VoIP Weather Net and Hurricane Watch Net Activated for Hurricane Alex

With Tropical Storm Alex now Category 1 Hurricane Alex, three Amateur Radio mainstays during the Atlantic hurricane season -- WX4NHC, VoIP Hurricane Net and Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) -- activated at 8 AM EDT on Wednesday, June 30; WX4NHC is the Amateur Ra Read More
06/30/2010 | The Civilian Conservation Corps and the AARS

During the Great Depression, the Army finds ham radio an effective solution for communicating with remote CCC camps. Read More
06/30/2010 | ARRL Teachers Institutes Wrap Up in New Mexico, South Carolina and California

After the first ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology (TI) of 2010 concluded this past February in Tucson, Arizona, three more TIs happened in quick succession -- New Mexico, South Carolina and California -- in May and June. Read More
06/29/2010 | IARU International Amateur Radio Satellite Forum Scheduled in Conjunction with AMSAT-UK Meeting

The IARU International Amateur Radio Satellite Forum will be held in conjunction with the AMSAT-UK Colloquium in Guildford, England on the weekend of July 31-August 1. The forum -- chaired by IARU Amateur Satellite Advisor Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV Read More
06/29/2010 | Tropical Storm Alex Headed for South Texas, Mexico; Hurricane Warning Issued

Tropical Storm Alex is on the verge of becoming the first hurricane of the season. As of 11 AM EDT on Tuesday, June 29 (1500 UTC), Alex was located about 355 miles to the southeast of Brownsville, Texas with top winds of 70 MPH. On its current forecast tr Read More
06/28/2010 | Anthony “Tony” Dorbuck, K1FM (SK)

Tony Dorbuck, K1FM (ex-W1YNC), passed away May 27 from undisclosed causes. He was 75. Dorbuck was an ARRL Assistant Technical Editor in the League’s former Technical Department from 1971-1978. While at the ARRL, he penned almost 30 articles in QST, includ Read More
06/25/2010 | The HAM Radio Spirit Lives — in Robots?

Competitive robotics — a new type of Elmering. Read More
06/25/2010 | Lunar Eclipse Starts off ARRL Field Day

This Saturday morning -- June 26 -- beginning around 1017 UTC, take a look up in sky. If you’re in the central and western portions of the US and Canada, you have a good chance of seeing a partial lunar eclipse. Unfortunately, people in New England and No Read More
06/25/2010 | The K7RA Solar Update

Sunspot numbers were lower for the past week, compared to the previous period. The average daily sunspot numbers fell nearly 11 points to 16.1. Sunspot numbers for June 17-23 were 14, 16, 28, 13, 14, 14 and 14, with a mean of 16.1. The 10.7 cm flux was 70 Read More