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01/19/2010 | Dominican Hams Attempt to Install Repeaters in Haiti

Eight members of the Radio Club Dominicano (RCD) -- the Dominican Republic's IARU Member-Society -- and Union Dominicana de Radio Aficionados (UDRA) arrived in Haiti on Friday, January 15, to install an emergency radio communications station and a mobile Read More
01/19/2010 | Board Ramps Up Focus on EmComm Issues, Looks to League's Centennial

The ARRL Board of Directors held its 2010 Annual Meeting on January 15-16 in Windsor, Connecticut, under the chairmanship of President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, to consider and act on a number of recommendations from committees, as well as motions by Directors Read More
01/16/2010 | ARRL Board Elects 15th President: Kay Craigie, N3KN

As its first order of business at the 2010 Annual Meeting, the ARRL Board of Directors elected ARRL First Vice President Kay Craigie, N3KN, of Blacksburg, Virginia, as the organization's new President. She will take over the reins from outgoing President Read More
01/15/2010 | The K7RA Solar Update

The recent sunspot activity that we've been experiencing remains strong. The weekly averages of daily sunspot numbers that we've been reporting over the past six weeks were 1.9, 21.1, 31.4, 21.9, 14.6 -- and now 26.4. Read More
01/15/2010 | Surfin': Addicted to the Internet

This week, Surfin' discovers what it takes to have an Internet addiction. Read More
01/14/2010 | Haiti Earthquake: "It's Chaos, I'm Telling You -- It's Real Chaos"

On Tuesday, January 12 at 4:53 PM Haiti time (2153 UTC), a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit 10 miles (15 kilometers) west of Port-au-Prince, the island nation's capital. Communications in and out of Haiti have been disrupted. Read More
01/14/2010 | NHC to Provide Greater Lead Time for Watches, Warnings

Beginning with the 2010 hurricane season, NOAA's National Hurricane Center in Miami will issue watches and warnings for tropical storms and hurricanes along threatened coastal areas 12 hours earlier than in previous years. Read More
01/13/2010 | Warm Up with the ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes!

VHF weak-signal operators will be on the bands in force the weekend of January 23-25 as the ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes hits the airwaves. This contest gives the VHFer in all of us a chance to do some contesting during the winter months. Read More
01/12/2010 | ARISS Notes Record Number of ISS-to-School Contacts

When the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program began coordinating ISS-to-school contacts in 2001, only one school participated. Ten years later, more than 120 schools participated in the ARISS program in 2009 alone. Read More
01/12/2010 | General Q&A, Extra Q&A Now Available for Kindle

In December 2009, the ARRL’s Tech Q&A debuted on Amazon.com for use with Kindle. Now we are pleased to announce that the General Q&A and the Extra Q&A are now available directly from the online bookseller for use on the Kindle. Read More
01/12/2010 | Standing Committees Meet Prior to 2010 Annual Meeting

The ARRL Board of Directors' Annual Meeting will be preceded on Thursday, January 14 with meetings of the Administration and Finance Committee and the Programs and Services Committee. Read More
01/11/2010 | The ARRL Contest Update Sees Circulation Milestone

The December 23 and January 6 issues of the ARRL Contest Update newsletter cracked another barrier with more than 25,000 subscribers. Containing material that goes beyond straight contest reporting, subscribers to the ARRL Contest Update find it full of a Read More
01/08/2010 | Surfin': Collecting Radio Stamps

This week, Surfin' considers the connection between ham radio and stamp collecting. Read More
01/08/2010 | The K7RA Solar Update

Recent sunspot activity is increasing, and the numbers bear this out. The average daily sunspot number for 2009 was 5 and the average for 2008 was 4.7. Read More
01/08/2010 | FCC Seeks Public's Help in Reform Effort

According to its chairman, the Federal Communications Commission wants to change the way it is seen by the American public. In order to further that effort, on January 7, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced that the Commission has launched a new Web Read More
01/06/2010 | 2009 Sees Surge of New Amateur Radio Licensees

This past year was a banner year for new Amateur Radio licensees. According to ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, the FCC issued more than 30,000 new ham radio licenses. "In 2009, the demand for Amateur Radio exam sessions remained elevated and is Read More