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01/23/2009 | The K7RA Solar Update

Monday revealed another shy sunspot. Sunspot 1011 appeared suddenly, and then it was gone. Its configuration and location did not identify it as belonging to either Solar Cycle 23 or 24. On Monday, January 19 the sunspot number was 13. Sunspot numbers for Read More
01/23/2009 | Surfin': Serving the Public

This week's Surfin' suggests visiting the Web site of Web sites for public service. Read More
01/22/2009 | ARRL Executive Committee Approves 21 Education & Technology Program Grants

In December 2008, the ARRL Executive Committee reviewed grant applications for the ARRL's Education & Technology Program (ETP), awarding nearly $22,000 to 21 schools. More than 350 schools across the country have received support from the ETP in the f Read More
01/22/2009 | ARRL to Unveil New Course for Public Information Officers

With the many weather events and other newsworthy items of note in 2008, ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager Allen Pitts, W1AGP, said that it was evident around the US "that the expertise, motivational level and activities of individual Public In Read More
01/22/2009 | Rebirth of a Ham

After smoldering for 50 years, a ham's interest sparks back to life. Read More
01/22/2009 | Hams Help Out with Historic Day

On Tuesday, January 20, Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States. Numerous organizations -- federal, state and local agencies, the staff of Presidents Bush and Obama, as well as private agencies -- were involved in the month Read More
01/22/2009 | LoTW Reaches New Milestone: 200 Million QSOs

On January 16, Vic Kean Jr, K1LT, of Carroll, Ohio, uploaded four years' worth of logs -- about 25,000 QSOs -- to ARRL's Logbook of The World (LoTW). Somewhere in that batch, the LoTW counter crossed the 2 million mark. To celebrate Kean's submission of t Read More
01/21/2009 | David J. Strout Sr, W2YC, #1 Triple Play

On Thursday, January 15, ARRL officials confirmed that David J. Strout Sr, W2YC, of Williamstown, New Jersey, is the recipient of the very first Triple Play Award. "Strout received the final needed confir Read More
01/21/2009 | FCC Chairman Kevin Martin Announces Resignation

The Aspen Institute, a non-partisan think-tank, announced today that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin will join their group as a Senior Fellow in the Communications and Society Program on Tuesday, January 20, immediately upon his departure from the FCC. Accordin Read More
01/20/2009 | Coy Day, N5OK, Resigns from ARRL Board of Directors

After more than 12 years as a member of the ARRL Board of Directors -- 10 of them as West Gulf Division Director -- Coy Day, N5OK, announced that he is resigning from ARRL elected office, effective January 20. Per the ARRL Articles of Association Read More
01/20/2009 | Virginia Hams Invited to Help with Inauguration

Late last year, ARRL Virginia Section Manager Carl Clements, W4CAC, and ARES®-RACES Section Emergency Coordinator Ron Sokol, K4KHZ, received an invitation to participate in the inauguration of President Barack Obama on January 20, 2009. Read More
01/19/2009 | Amateur Radio Special Events Celebrate Obama's Inauguration

To celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, Amateur Radio clubs in the Washington, DC, area and across the country have planned special operating events. From January 14-24, the District of Columbia Amateur Ra Read More
01/19/2009 | Julius Genachowski Reportedly Picked to Head FCC

Democratic sources are reporting that President-elect Barack Obama has selected Julius Genachowski, 45, a technology executive and former classmate from Harvard Law School, to lead the Federal Communications Commission. If confirmed by the Senate, Genacho Read More
01/19/2009 | FCC Reports Decline in BPL Customers

On January 16, 2009, the Federal Communications Commission released data, as of December 31, 2007, on the services used for high-speed Internet access in the United States. According to the data collected by the FCC, as of that date there were 121.2 milli Read More
01/19/2009 | The Amateur Amateur: One Medium Counterpoise, Hold the Anchovies

Living in the suburbs and operating on the HF bands are not two mutually exclusive activities, but it often seems that way. For years now, I have been searching for an acceptable antenna solution, and it has been eluding me. Read More
01/16/2009 | Joint ARRL-RAC EmComm Event Canceled

The Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) have cancelled their joint special event with the ARRL, scheduled for March 16-17 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This was to be a follow-up to an Read More