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11/13/2008 | IBM Teams up with BPL Provider to Offer Services in Seven States

On Wednesday, November 12, IBM announced that it has signed a $9.6 million deal with International Broadband Electric Communications (IBEC) to install equipment and provide BPL service to almost 350,000 homes in Alabama, Indiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, T Read More
11/12/2008 | Satellite Serving as Voice Repeater Expected to Go QRT by End of Year

Launched in January 1990, AMSAT-OSCAR 16 (AO-16) -- a digital satellite -- has been operating as a voice repeater since January 2008, using FM voice on the uplink and transmitting DSB voice on the downlink (best received on SSB). But according to the sate Read More
11/10/2008 | Hurricane Nets, WX4NHC Activate as Hurricane Paloma Batters Cayman Islands and Cuba

As Hurricane Paloma threatened the Cayman Islands and Cuba over the past weekend, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN), the VoIP Hurricane Net (VOIPWX) and WX4NHC -- the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) -- were active and standing by Read More
11/10/2008 | Mark Your Calendar for the November 2008 Frequency Measuring Test

On Wednesday, November 12 at 9:45 PM EST (Thursday, November 13 at 0245 UTC), W1AW will once again host the ARRL Fall Frequency Measuring Test (FMT), replacing the W1AW phone bulletin scheduled at that time. "These tests will exercise the capabilitie Read More
11/07/2008 | Fred Fish Memorial Award #1 Presented to Lee Fish, K5FF

The first Fred Fish Memorial Award (FFMA) plaque was awarded posthumously to Fred Fish, W5FF (SK). The award was presented by West Gulf Division Director Coy Day, N5OK, to Fish's widow Lee Fish, K5FF, at the ARRL Forum at the Texoma Hamorama in Ardmore, O Read More
11/07/2008 | Hurricane Watch Net, VoIP Hurricane Net and WX4NHC to Activate for Paloma

As Hurricane Paloma, a Category 1 hurricane, makes its way through the Caribbean, WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) and the VoIP Hurricane Net (VoIPWXNet) plan to activate. According to the N Read More
11/07/2008 | The ARRL On-Line Auction: Going Once, Going Twice, GONE!

Not with a whimper, but with a definite bang of the gavel, the Third Annual ARRL On-Line Auction closed on Friday, October 31 after nine days of frenzied bidding for almost 200 items. ARRL Business Services Manager Deb Jahnke, K1DAJ, said that she was thr Read More
11/07/2008 | ARRL VEC Announces Exam Fee Increase

On November 6, The ARRL VEC announced that as of January 1, 2009, the fee to take an ARRL Volunteer Examiner (VE)-administered Amateur Radio license exam will increase by $1, from $14 to $15. According to ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, ARRL VE teams Read More
11/07/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update

Sunspot 1007 is still there, but probably rotating off the visible solar disk sometime today. This is the eighth sunspot of the new solar cycle -- and also the largest. Sunspot numbers for October 30-November 5 were 13, 16, 16, 17, 18, 14 and 11 with a me Read More
11/06/2008 | Surfin': How We Got Here

This week's Surfin' reviews the different paths we take that lead us to Amateur Radio. Read More
11/06/2008 | Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, Back on Terra Firma

After 10 days on the International Space Station (ISS), Richard Garriott, W5KWQ, returned to Earth October 23 on Soyuz TMA-12. Garriott is the son of Owen Garriott, W5LFL, who in 1983 was the first ham to make QSOs from space. While Richard was o Read More
11/05/2008 | W1AW to Participate in Global Simulated Emergency Test

On November 8, W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, will be participating in the 2008 Global Simulated Emergency Test (GlobalSET), sp Read More
11/03/2008 | 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 October. Read More
11/03/2008 | Amateur Radio Quiz: A Spare Hour's Entertainment

As Daylight Savings Time falls back, what would you do with that recovered hour? Sleep!?! No way! Here’s a pencil-consuming quiz about the characteristics of linear amplifiers. They’re easy to buy, but they have their own requirements for care Read More
11/03/2008 | ARRL NTS Second Region Net Expands to Include Eastern Canada

As of November 1, 2008, the Second Region Net (2RN) of the ARRL National Traffic System (NTS) expanded its reach, providing regular network nodes for Canadian provinces in Eastern Canada. Read More
10/31/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update

Solar Cycle 24 is slowly building momentum. We saw sunspots for eight days in a row -- October 10-17 -- then 12 days of no spots. Another sunspot -- number 1007 -- appeared on October 30 from Solar Cycle 24. It is a high latitude sunspot and may provide s Read More