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03/03/2009 | ARRL Invites Nominations for 2008 Hiram Percy Maxim Award

The ARRL invites nominations for the 2008 Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award. The League's premier youth recognition, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Award is awarded annually to a radio amateur under age 21 in recognition of the recipient's accomplishments Read More
03/02/2009 | US ARDF Championships Registration Now Open

Registration is now open for the next USA Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championships, June 5-7, 2009, in Boston, Massachusetts. Radio-orienteers of all skill levels will gather for a practice day Read More
03/02/2009 | Amateur Radio Quiz: The Yagi Antenna

It’s a rare ham, indeed, that has not been exposed to the Yagi antenna design at one point or another in his or her ham career. Yagis are nearly everywhere -- from fantastically large wire arrays on the HF low bands to miniature metal sculptures at Read More
03/01/2009 | 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 February. Read More
02/27/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update

Excitement mounted a few days ago when new Solar Cycle 24 sunspot 1013 emerged, but two days later it was fading away, similar to other recent sunspot appearances. The sunspot number for February 24-26 was 12, 14 and 12. Today's number will likely be 0. S Read More
02/27/2009 | Train the Trainers Course Debuts at Orlando HamCation

The inaugural Train the Trainers course -- supported by a grant from the ARRL Foundation -- made its first appearance on February 13-14 at HamCation in Orlando, Florida. Led by ARRL Education and Technology Program Coordinator Mark Spencer, WA8SME, 12 par Read More
02/26/2009 | FCC Revokes License of Indiana Ham

On February 25, the Federal Communications Commission revoked the license of Lonnie L. Keeney, KB9RFO, of Greencastle Indiana. According to th Read More
02/26/2009 | Surfin': Software Defined Radioing with a Mac

This week's Surfin' looks to the Mac OS X for a Software Defined Radio. Read More
02/26/2009 | ARRL Sweepstakes and RTTY Roundup Set New Records

The lack of good HF propagation didn't seem to affect participation in the 2008 Sweepstakes or the 2009 RTTY Roundup contests. According to ARRL Contest Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, both contests were record-breaking events. "We have received 3298 logs Read More
02/26/2009 | RAC Elects New President

Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) President Dave Goodwin, VE3AAQ/VO1AU, announced he was resigning his post, effective immediately, at the RAC Board of Directors teleconference meeting on February 24. At the same teleconference meeting, the RAC Board elected Read More
02/26/2009 | WSJT Monthly Sprints to Begin this Weekend

The first monthly WSJT Sprint contest will be held this Saturday, February 28 between 4 AM and noon (local time).WSJT is a popular software suite created by Joe Tayl Read More
02/26/2009 | ARRL DX Phone Contest Brings DX in Full Force to HF Bands

With the 2009 ARRL International DX CW Contest now history, the first full weekend in March brings the next round of competition: The 2009 ARRL DX Phone Contest. Like its CW predecessor, this event focuses on DX station working all US states and Canadian Read More
02/25/2009 | EMCOMMWEST to Include ARRL Pacific Division Convention

EMCOMMWEST 2009 -- an ARRL specialty convention devoted entirely to emergency communications -- will host this year's Pacific Division Convention (Pacificon) at the Circus Circus Hotel Resort in Reno, Nevada May 1-3. Read More
02/25/2009 | 2009 Winter Section Manager Election Results

ARRL members in the North Texas Section have elected a new Section Manager. Jay Urish, W5GM, of Flower Mound, received 740 votes; his opponent, incumbent Section Manager Tom Blackwell, N5GAR, of Dallas, received 678 votes. Blackwell has served as Section Read More
02/24/2009 | It Seems to Us: Keeping the "Amateur" in Amateur Radio

Being called an amateur can have a negative connotation, but the term’s origin is the Latin word for “lover” and it has to do with motivation, not skill level. As they say, professionals built the Titanic; the Ark was built by amateurs. Read More
02/24/2009 | BSA Updates Radio Merit Badge Requirements

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has updated the requirements needed to earn the Radio merit badge. The new requirements became effective with the publication of Boy Scout Requirements 2009. While no new content has been added to the program, the ne Read More