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05/01/2009 | ARRL DXCC Desk Approves Two 2009 Operations

ARRL DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, reports that two 2009 operations have been approved for DXCC credit: Western Sahara (S04R) and North Cook Island (E51QQQ). “If you had cards that were recently rejected for this operation, please send an Read More
04/30/2009 | Surfin': Go West, OM

This week's Surfin' anticipates the excitement of the Dayton Hamvention®. Read More
04/30/2009 | NWS Awards Arkansas Ham Top Honor

In late March, officials at the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Little Rock, Arkansas, awarded Brother Anselm Allen, WB5JLD, the prestigious Thomas Jefferson Award for his service as a Cooperative Weather Observer. Named for the third President o Read More
04/29/2009 | New Hams Arise from a Field Day Conflict

Hikers take a walk on the ham radio side. Read More
04/29/2009 | ARRL Continuing Education Online Course Registration

Registration remains open through Sunday, May 24, 2009 for these online course sessions that begin on Friday, June 5, 2009: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 1; Radio Frequency Interference; Antenna Design and Read More
04/29/2009 | ARRL Continuing Education Online Course Registration

Registration remains open through Sunday, May 3, 2009 for these online course sessions that begin on Friday, May 15, 2009: Antenna Modeling and Radio Frequency Propagation. Read More
04/29/2009 | ARRL's Technical Information Service Provides Members with Answers

Have you ever had a technical question that you weren't able to figure out? Even after checking with publications such as The ARRL Handbook or the ARRL Antenna Book, you're still stumped. Have you exhausted every resource you can think of, i Read More
04/27/2009 | Internet Search Engine Celebrates Birthday of Samuel F. B. Morse

Internet search engine Google has reconfigured their home page for April 27 to honor the 218th birthday of Morse code creator Samuel F. B. Morse (April 27, 1791-April 2, 1872). Morse, a native of Ch Read More
04/27/2009 | The Amateur Amateur: Packet, Part II

I ended my last column by saying that I had purchased an Alinco DR-135 transceiver with a built-in TNC (Terminal Node Control, in this case a Tasco Radio Modem) and that all of my difficulties with packet radio had disappeared. Oh boy. Was that ever an op Read More
04/24/2009 | It Seems to Us: Coexistence

Radio spectrum management is a difficult business. The most useful part of the spectrum has been fully allocated for decades, yet new uses continue to be developed. Where can they go? It's a question that requires ever more imaginative answers. Read More
04/24/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update

Teased again, on Wednesday, April 22 we saw sunspot 1015 fade away, just as it was about to slip over our Sun's western limb. It emerged only briefly, late on April 21, and by Thursday it had disappeared. Sunspot numbers for April 16 through 22 were 0, 0, Read More
04/22/2009 | ARRL E-Mail Forwarding Service Now Receiving EarthLink Messages

Information Technology Manager Jon Bloom, KE3Z, reports that as of Tuesday, April 21, EarthLink has stopped blocking mail to arrl.net addresses. Earlier this week, the ARRL Read More
04/22/2009 | Thomas Dick, KF2GC, Returns as Northern New York SM

Thomas Dick, KF2GC, of Saranac Lake, has returned to the office of Section Manager of Northern New York. He has taken the reins of the Northern New York Field Organization from Tom Valosin, WB2KLD, who had been Section Manager since 2007. When Valosin dec Read More
04/22/2009 | EmComm Workshops at 2009 National Hurricane Conference Focus on Amateur Radio

On April 6-10, Amateur Radio had its largest presence ever at the 2009 National Hurricane Conference in Austin, Texas. Representatives from the ARRL, WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) a Read More
04/22/2009 | Boston Area Hams Provide Communications Support for Annual Marathon

More than 250 Amateur Radio operators provided communication support for the 113th running of the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 20, also known as Patriots' Day. With more than 26,000 official runners and 500,000 spectators along the 26 mile route, the Read More
04/21/2009 | Hams Track Scouts as They Follow Lincoln's Footsteps

Amateur Radio volunteers support the annual Boy Scouts' Lincoln Trail Hike. Read More