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02/06/2009 | Save the Date: ARRL National Convention to be Held at 2009 Dayton Hamvention®

The ARRL National Convention will be held at the Dayton Hamvention® May 15-17 at Hara Arena. According to ARRL Sales and Marketing Manager Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, the ARRL National Convention will be filled with activities and exhibits. "Our host Read More
02/06/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update

We still have had no hint of sunspots or sunspots to come, though there was some geomagnetic activity on February 4 from a possible coronal mass ejection, raising the planetary A index to 16 that day. Sunspot numbers for January 29-February 4 were 0, 0, 0 Read More
02/05/2009 | Surfin': Finding a Home for Serving the Public

This week's Surfin' relates the story about hams finding a new venue for a public service ham station. Read More
02/05/2009 | Swedish Amateurs Granted New Privileges

On January 29, the Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) announced that Amateur Radio operators in that country will now have access t Read More
02/04/2009 | ARRL Announces Second Homebrew Challenge

The first ARRL Homebrew Challenge, announced in the August 2006 issue of QST, offered a prize for the best 5 W, 40 meter CW and voice transceiver our readers could build. The only requirement was that the rig had to be built for less than $50 of new, read Read More
02/04/2009 | Awards Conferred at 2009 ARRL Board of Directors Annual Meeting

At the 2009 Annual Meeting, the ARRL Board of Directors voted to convey two awards for 2008: The Bill Leonard, W2SKE, Professional Media Award and the ARRL Humanitarian Award. Read More
02/03/2009 | Donald G. Lemley Sr, W8DL (SK)

Don Lemley, W8DL, of South Charleston, West Virginia, passed away January 22 after a long illness. He was 74. A former Official Observer Coordinator for the ARRL West Virginia Section and an ARRL Technical Coordinator, Lemley was an active QRPer and taugh Read More
02/03/2009 | 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 January. Read More
02/03/2009 | William E. Packard, NN9U, Wins January QST Cover Plaque Award

The winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for January is William E. Packard, NN9U, for his article "Morse Code: Efficient or Over the Hill?" Congratulations, William! The winner of the QST Cover Plaque award -- given to Read More
02/03/2009 | Distress Beacons at 121.5 and 243 MHz Phased Out

As of February 1, the Cospas-Sarsat (Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking) satellites are no longer monitoring distress beacons at 121.5 and 243 MHz. All mariners, aviators and individuals who use emergency beacons on those frequencies will need to Read More
02/02/2009 | Laura L. Smith Named to Amateur Radio Enforcement Role

Laura L. Smith of Pennsylvania has been named by the FCC to fill the vacancy created when Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, retired in 2008 as Special Counsel for the Spectrum Enforcement Division of the FCC's Enforcement Bureau. Hollingsworth served in that po Read More
02/02/2009 | Antarctic Station On the Air Until February 18

KC4USV, the Amateur Radio station at McMurdo Station on Ross Island in Antarctica is now on the air. According to Bill Erhardt, K7MT, who is stationed at McMurdo, the station boast Read More
01/30/2009 | The Force 12 C-3S Yagi -- A 17 Meter Modification

Using a linear resonator to add 17 meters to the CS-3S. Read More
01/30/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update

On Tuesday, January 27, we saw another one of those "almost-a-sunspot" emerge in the Sun's low latitude, so it was probably an old Solar Cycle 23 spot; it was gone the next day. Sunspot numbers for January 22-28 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 and 0 with Read More
01/30/2009 | Surfin': Bird's Eye Viewing

This week's Surfin' visits a Web site to take a different view of your Amateur Radio station. Read More
01/30/2009 | ARRL Board of Directors Considers Internal and External Goals for 2009

ARRL Board of Directors held its 2009 Annual Meeting on January 16-17 in Windsor, Connecticut, under the chairmanship of President Joel Harrison, W5ZN. Radio Amateurs of Canada President David Goodwin, VO1AU/VE3AAQ, and IARU President Larry Price, W4RA, w Read More