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01/04/2010 | Last Surviving Crew Member of Kon-Tiki Expedition Passes Away

Knut Magne Haugland of Norway passed away on December 25. He was 92. Haugland was one of six men, who with Thor Heyerdahl in 1947, successfully crossed the Pacific Ocean in a 45 foot raft made of balsa wood and bamboo -- named Kon-Tiki -- to prove Read More
01/04/2010 | Robert H. Welsh, N3RW, Wins December QST Cover Plaque Award

The winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for December is Robert H. Welsh, N3RW, for his article "How the Ionosphere Was Discovered." Congratulations, Robert! The winner of the QST Cover Plaque award -- given to the aut Read More
01/04/2010 | 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 December. Read More
01/04/2010 | Amateur Radio Quiz: The Transistor, Our Three-Legged Friend

What piece of active equipment in the ham shack doesn't have a transistor in it somewhere? Could you troubleshoot that equipment? While transistors are nearly ubiquitous, we often don't understand their inner workings as well as we might like. Here are so Read More
01/04/2010 | NCVEC Releases New Technician Class Question Pool

The Question Pool Committee (QPC) of the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) released the new Technician class (Element 2) question pool Read More
01/01/2010 | Surfin': Visit the Online Ham Radio Stacks

This week, Surfin' checks out the stacks at Linux Journal and Tucson Amateur Packet Radio. Read More
01/01/2010 | It Seems to Us: Not an Emergency Radio Service?

The FCC raised a few eyebrows by including the following sentence in its Public Notice DA 09-2259 (see page 72, this issue): "While the value of the amateur service to the public as a voluntary noncommercial communications service, particularly with respe Read More
12/31/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update

Here we are, on the last day of the year, with finally some very positive indicators for Solar Cycle 24. Each day since December 9 (except for Christmas Day), sunspots have been visible. The average daily sunspot numbers for the week December 24-30 were 1 Read More
12/30/2009 | ARRL Continuing Education Online Course Registration

Registration remains open through Sunday, January 24, 2010, for these online course sessions beginning on Friday, February 5, 2010: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 1; Antenna Modeling; Radio Frequency Interference; Antenna Desig Read More
12/30/2009 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: A Bird's Eye View

The mystery of space and weightlessness is one that inspires the imagination. The dream of conquering what lies beyond our atmosphere spans generations. It is that mystique and dream that has driven many dedicated Amateur Radio operators and science enthu Read More
12/25/2009 | Surfin': The Ghosts of Surfin' Past

This week, revisit past installments of Surfin' and the history of wireless communications. Read More
12/24/2009 | ARRL Announces KF2YN's ARRL Antenna Designer's Notebook

Radio amateurs are making true advances in the state of the art through antenna experimentation. The most effective effort begins with an idea -- and that idea is developed into a workable antenna design. Aided by personal computers and antenna modeling s Read More
12/24/2009 | White House Names Ham as New Cybersecurity Coordinator

On Tuesday, December 22, President Barack Obama named Howard A. Schmidt, W7HAS, as the new White House Cybersecurity Coordinator. According to the White House, Schmidt -- an ARRL member -- is one of the world's leading authorities on computer security, wi Read More
12/24/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update

Many of us are nearly giddy with joy over the recent steady increase in sunspot activity that seems long overdue. Average daily sunspot numbers rose more than 10 points this week compared to last -- from 21.1 to 31.4! The monthly average daily sunspot num Read More
12/24/2009 | MARS Gets New Name As It Fine Tunes Mission

On Wednesday, December 23, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued an Instruction concerning MARS, effective immediately. This Instruction gives the three MARS services -- Army, Air Force and Navy/Marine Corps -- a new focus on homeland secur Read More
12/24/2009 | AMSAT Announces Annual Straight Key Night

AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, has announced its annual Straight Key Night will take place from 0000-2400 UTC on January 1, 2010. Read More