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09/10/2008 | IEEE Section to Honor First Voice Transmission

On Saturday, September 13, the Boston Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) will commemorate the first wireless radio broadcast in 1906 by Reginald A. Fessenden at Brant Rock, Massachusetts. IEEE members will award an IEEE Read More
09/10/2008 | ARRL Welcomes USTTI Students

Next month, the ARRL will welcome students from various countries from all over the world who want to learn how to administer and regulate Amateur Radio programs in their home countries. This course, offered by the United States Telecommunications Trainin Read More
09/10/2008 | ARRL Presents New Membership Benefit

With just a mouse click or two, ARRL members can now access the online QST magazine archive. This new benefit -- a service of the ARRL Technical Information Service (TIS) -- provides PDF copies of all QST articles from December 1915 thro Read More
09/09/2008 | Hanna Passes Up Eastern Seaboard

Tropical Storm Hanna made its way up the East Coast of the United States, making landfall on the North/South Carolina border at 3:15 AM (EDT) Saturday, September 6. The storm produced tropical storm-force winds gusts, with some locations experiencing sust Read More
09/09/2008 | Surfin': Skimming the Code

This week, Surfin’ skims the Internet for information about CW Skimmer, an impressive Morse code decoder application. Read More
09/05/2008 | Membership Manager to Leave ARRL

On Friday, October 3, the ARRL HQ family will say goodbye to Membership Manager Katie Breen, W1KRB, as she moves away from her native Connecticut. In her short time here, Breen quickly became popular as she travelled to hamfests and conventions around the Read More
09/05/2008 | ITU Leadership Visits Asian Amateur Radio Exhibit

For four days earlier this month, members of Asia's information and communications technology (ICT) sector convened at ITU Telecom Asia, focusing on core issues relating to ICT expansion across the region. The event featured the latest technologies and in Read More
09/05/2008 | ARRL, Amateur Radio Gears Up for Hanna, Ike

As the ARRL Headquarters staff continues to support response and recovery efforts in Louisiana and the areas impacted by Hurricane Gustav, yet another storm begins to shift some of the focus eastward. Tropical Storm Hanna, currently forecasted to impact t Read More
09/05/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update

We're still looking at a quiet sun, but currently a solar wind is disturbing the Earth's magnetic field. Six meter operators -- after enjoying a fine season of sporadic E propagation this summer -- may see some added excitement from auroral propagation. C Read More
09/04/2008 | MARS Assists with Hurricane Traffic for American Soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan

Army Captain Jeff Hammer, N9NIC, who represents the Army Military Affiliate Radio System (Army MARS) in Iraq, has appealed to the families of troops deployed overseas that have been affected by the recent tropical storms and hurricanes to let their loved Read More
09/04/2008 | American Red Cross Clarifies Amateur Radio Policy

On September 3, the American Red Cross released a statement to clarify their policy as it concerns Amateur Radio operators. The letter below from American Red Cross Disaster Service Technology Manager Keith Robertory, KG4UIR, is presented in its entirety: Read More
09/03/2008 | IARU Region 2 EC: "Active Member-Societies Are Vital to Ensure Amateur Radio's Future"

Late last month in Panama, the Executive Committee of IARU Region 2 held its annual meeting. According to IARU Region 2 President Reinaldo Leandro, YV5AMH, the importance of having active and inclusive IARU Member-Societies is the "only way to ensure Read More
09/03/2008 | Mississippi Hams Reflect on Hurricane Gustav, Prepare for Hanna and Ike

After several days of harrowing watching and waiting for Hurricane Gustav to make landfall, the storm slammed into southeast Louisiana Monday afternoon, leaving flooding, wind damage and power outages in its wake and evacuees eager to go home. As Amateur Read More
09/03/2008 | Mississippi Hams Prepare for Gustav

Larry Wagoner, N5WLW, Public Information Coordinator, ARRL Mississippi Section, filed this report August 31: Read More
09/03/2008 | Division and Section ARRL Leadership Prepared for Gustav

During a Sunday evening conference call among ARRL leadership volunteers in the Delta, West Gulf and Southeastern Divisions and several members of the ARRL staff, Mississippi Section Manager Malcolm Keown, W5XX, reported: "We're as ready as we're eve Read More
09/03/2008 | As Gustav Pounds Louisiana, Local and Area Hams are Ready

As Hurricane Gustav roared through Louisiana, ARRL Division, Section and public information volunteers in and around the area impacted by the Category 2 hurricane, reported that they were preparing to deploy themselves and other volunteers to strategic lo Read More