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01/29/2009 | Hams Provide Communications Support As Ice Storms Sweep Across US

With as much as 2 inches of crippling ice accumulation over parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky and West Virginia and as much as 6 inches of sleet in Missouri and Indiana, many area residents are without power. The storm that began on Tuesday, Read More
01/29/2009 | ARRL Expands Member Access to QST Archive

ARRL is pleased to announce that online access to the QST archive will be expanded. Beginning February 1, 2009, ARRL members will be able to search and view QST -- from December 1915 through December 2005 right from their comput Read More
01/28/2009 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Here It Comes, Here It Is, There It Goes!

We’ll take satellite technology for the sheer fun of it! Let’s do things backwards -- retrograde, as they say down at Kennedy Space Center -- as the questions become the answers. Or are they still questions and the answers are the questions? C Read More
01/28/2009 | ARRL Foundation Officers Elected

During its annual meeting on January 22, the ARRL Foundation elected officers for 2009: Tom Frenaye, K1KI, President; Dick Isely, W9GIG, Vice President; Mary Hobart, K1MMH, Secretary, and Jim McCobb, K1L Read More
01/28/2009 | ARRL Continuing Education Online Course Registration

Registration remains open through Sunday, February 8, 2009, for these online course sessions beginning on Friday, February 20, 2009: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 2; Antenna Modeling, and Radio Frequency Propagation. Read More
01/27/2009 | Amateur Radio Operations to Begin Again on Midway Atoll

The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced on Monday, January 26 that they would once again allow Amateur Radio operators the opportunity to operate from Midway Atoll. This the first time that USFWS has allowed amateurs to operate from the wildlif Read More
01/27/2009 | John Scott Redd, K0DQ, Awarded Nation's Top Intelligence Award

Vice Admiral John Scott Redd, USN (ret), K0DQ, received the National Security Medal in a White House ceremony earlier this month. In one of his last official duties as President of the United States, George W. Bush recognized Redd for "his more than Read More
01/26/2009 | Dean Feken, KL7MA, Appointed Oklahoma Section Manager

Dean Feken, KL7MA, of Perry, has been appointed as the new ARRL Oklahoma Section Manager. Feken is taking over the Section Manager reins from John Thomason, WB5SYT, who was just appointed Vice Director of the ARRL West Gulf Division. In turn, Thomason rep Read More
01/26/2009 | Deadline to Order 75th Sweepstakes Mugs and Pins Is Fast Approaching

Time is running out to order your 2008 ARRL November Sweepstakes mugs and pins. If you submitted a log with more than 100 QSOs, you qualify for a Sweepstakes Participation pin. If you submitted a log with a Clean Sweep -- working all 80 ARRL/RAC sections Read More
01/26/2009 | ARRL Scholarship Applications Due February 1

The deadline for ARRL Foundation scholarship applications is February 1, 2009. Applications must be postmarked on or before February 1 and must include the student's most recent transcript. This year, the Foundation expects to award up to 60 general schol Read More
01/26/2009 | Korea Unveils Stamp Celebrating ARDF

To commemorate the 2008 Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) World Championships, Korea has issued a postage stamp. The ARDF World Championsh Read More
01/26/2009 | Logbook of The World Now Easier than Ever

In order to better accommodate new users as well as existing account holders, ARRL's Logbook of The World (LoTW) has been updated. According to ARRL Membership and Volunteer Programs Assistant Manager Norm Fusaro, W3IZ, these improvements were made based Read More
01/26/2009 | Desecheo Island DXpedition Granted Call Sign

The DXpedition to Desecheo Island -- February 12-26 --will use call sign K5D. "As soon as we land on Desecheo, two stations will be immediately activated," said DXpedition co-leader Bob Allphin, K4UEE. Stations will continue to operate until the Read More
01/24/2009 | J. John Thomason, WB5SYT, Appointed West Gulf Division Vice Director

With the approval of the ARRL Ethics and Elections Committee, ARRL President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, has appointed Oklahoma Section Manager J. John Thomason, WB5SYT, as Vice Director in the West Gulf Division. Thomason replaces Dr David Woolweaver, K5RAV, wh Read More
01/23/2009 | It Seems to Us: Another Step in Strategic Planning

In the September 2008 issue of QST this page was devoted to a discussion of strategic planning. In preparation for the ARRL’s Second Century beginning in 2014, at its July 2008 meeting the Board of Directors launched a yearlong project to review and Read More
01/23/2009 | Michael J. Copps Named Acting FCC Chairman

On Thursday, January 22, President Barack Obama named current FCC Commissioner Michael Copps as Acting Chairman of the Commission. Last week, sources close to the President mentioned Julius Genachowski would be nominated as Chairman. Copps will serve as A Read More