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08/27/2008 | ARRL Emergency Communications Level 3 Course to be Revised

The ARRL Continuing Education Program offers Emergency Communications training courses to prepare radio amateurs to serve our communities in time of crisis when other communications systems fail. The ARRL Emergency Communications training program includes Read More
08/26/2008 | FCC Vanity Call Sign Fees to Increase September 25

On August 11, the FCC announced that the cost of an Amateur Radio vanity call sign will increase 60 cents, from $11.70 to $12.30. Now that notice of the increase has been published in the Federal Register, the increase will take effect in 30 days Read More
08/26/2008 | Hurricane Watch Net to Activate as Gustav Threatens Hispaniola:

The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) will activate Tuesday, August 26 at 0800 EDT/1200Z on 14.325 MHz as Hurricane Gustav approaches Hispaniol Read More
08/26/2008 | New HF Digital Protocol to Debut at DCC

WINMOR, an HF digital protocol designed for use with the Winlink 2000 network, will be unveiled at the upcoming ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference in Chicago, September 26-28. Read More
08/25/2008 | The September/October QEX Is Here

The September/October issue of QEX is out, and it is full of theoretical and practical technical articles that you don't want to miss. Read More
08/25/2008 | Prolific Author Tom Kneitel, W4XAA SK

Tom Kneitel, W4XAA, better known to hams by his previous call sign K2AES, died August 22 at age 75. He lived in DeLand, Florida, where he and his wife Judy had moved in 2004. Read More
08/25/2008 | Ohio State Parks on the Air

POTA — a new contest for the radiosport fan. Read More
08/25/2008 | Surfin': Opening Up APRS

This week, Surfin’ visits a Web site that exposes APRS every which way possible. Read More
08/25/2008 | US Schools Receive Life-Saving NOAA Public Alert Radios

ARRL and Citizen Corps are teaming up to assist local school districts (if they need the help) to set up and register their NOAA Weather All Hazard Public Alert Radio. Read More
08/24/2008 | MARS to Assist with Republican, Democratic National Conventions

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has requested Army MARS support for the Democratic National Convention in Denver and the Republican National Convention in St Paul. "I find it hard to imagine a more challenging security operation t Read More
08/22/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update

Another week of quiet Sun, but on Wednesday and Thursday -- August 20-21 -- a new spot seemed to be emerging, but there is no sign that it is anything other than an old Solar Cycle 23 spot. Spaceweather.com reported it with a sunspot number of 11 for Augu Read More
08/22/2008 | Surfin': Batten Down the Hatches

This week, Surfin’ visits a Web site devoted to hams providing communications to and from areas affected by hurricanes. Read More
08/21/2008 | ARRL Director and Vice Director Elections Set for November

Responding to solicitations in the July and August issues of QST, ARRL members in the Atlantic, Dakota, Delta, Great Lakes and Midwest Divisions have nominated 14 candidates for the ten positions of Director and Vice Director of each of the five Read More
08/21/2008 | The Amateur Amateur: Doing It in the Street

The St Louis County ARES® Emergency Coordinator had urged the group's members to participate in the National Night Out events in their local communities. He felt that it was a good opportunity to promote ARES and Amateur Radio in general. I live in Fl Read More
08/21/2008 | ARRL Responds to Concerns Raised by California Repeater Owners Affected by PAVE PAWS

Earlier this week, the ARRL responded to a series of concerns raised by repeaters owners regarding the ongoing PAVE PAWS interference mitigation project at Beale Air Force Base near Sacramento, California. In a lengthy e-mail dated August 20, ARRL Regulat Read More
08/21/2008 | Check Out the September/October NCJ

NCJ, The National Contest Journal is what everyone interested in radiosport needs to have in their shack. Filled with the latest news from the contesting world, NCJ is the voice of radiosport. Whether you are new to contesting o Read More