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08/20/2008 | Antenna Go-kits

Are your portable antennas ready to go? Read More
08/20/2008 | Reunion Island, South Africa Connect on 2 Meters

On Thursday, August 14, Phil Mondon, FR5DN, on Reunion Island had a successful QSO with Glen Kraut, ZS2GK, in South Africa on 2 meters. According to Dave Pedersen, N7BHC, this contact is "very likely the longest 2 meter QSO via tropospheric propagati Read More
08/19/2008 | Hams Ready for Fay

While Tropical Storm Fay made landfall over Key West, Florida at 3 PM EDT on August 18, Amateur Radio operators throughout Florida were prepared "just in case." As Fay crossed Key West, Florida Emergency Management officials noted that while &qu Read More
08/19/2008 | New Idaho and North Dakota Section Managers to Take Office October 1

On August 19, members of the ARRL's Membership and Volunteer Programs Department counted ballots for contested Section Manager races in Idaho and Western New York. Section Managers serve two year terms. Read More
08/19/2008 | New Tower, Antenna Modifications for W1HQ

On August 13, Matt Strelow, KC1XX, and Andrew Toth of XX Towers installed a new 40 foot tower on top of the ARRL Headquarters building for use at W1HQ, the Laird Campbell Memorial HQ Operators Club. This new tower supports the 3 element SteppIR 20-6 meter Read More
08/15/2008 | Amateur Radio Exams, Licensing Return to Bangladesh

Since 2004, Amateur Radio operators in Bangladesh have not been able to get an Amateur Radio license or sit for an examination. But thanks to the efforts of the Bangladesh Amateur Radio League (BARL) -- that country's IARU Member-Society -- the Bangladesh Read More
08/15/2008 | See You Next Year! 2008 ARRL Teachers Institutes a "Great Experience"

During a record six ARRL Teachers Institutes this summer -- Tampa, Florida; Rocklin, California; Tucson, Arizona; Dayton, Ohio, as well as two sessions at ARRL HQ in Connecticut -- instructors and participants tried new ways of bringing the excitement of Read More
08/15/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update

Our Sun is still not producing any sunspots. As mentioned in previous bulletins, the peak of the last Solar Cycle was a double peak, so perhaps we are in the midst of an extended bottom. Sunspot numbers for August 7-13 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 and 0 with a m Read More
08/15/2008 | ARRL Executive Committee Approves Nine Education & Technology Program Grants

In May, the ARRL Executive Committee reviewed grant applications for the ARRL's Education & Technology Program (ETP), awarding nearly $14,000 to nine schools. More than 300 schools across the country have received support from the ETP in the form of g Read More
08/15/2008 | ARRL Lab Manager to Serve as Technical Session Chair at IEEE EMC Conference

ARRL Lab Manager Ed Hare, W1RFI, will chair a Technical Session at this year's Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC). It will be held at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan Read More
08/14/2008 | Surfin': Conferencing in the Center of the USA

This week, Surfin’ plugs the annual meeting of the movers and shakers of the digital Amateur Radio world. Read More
08/13/2008 | Harry Mills, K4HU (SK)

Harry Judd Mills, K4HU, passed away Saturday, August 9 at the Cardinal Care Center in Hendersonville, North Carolina after a period of declining health. He was 100. Mills was a resident of Hendersonville since his retirement in 1971 after a 30 year worldw Read More
08/13/2008 | Amateur Station at Smithsonian Going QRT after 32 Years

After more than 30 years on the air from the nation's capital, the Amateur Radio station at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, NN3SI, will become silent on Thursday, July 31. Originally located in the Nations of Nations exh Read More
08/11/2008 | ARRL Board of Directors Names 2007-2008 Award Recipients

The ARRL Board of Directors named four ARRL award recipients at their July 18-19 meeting in Windsor, Connecticut. The six awards conferred were the 2008 Philip J. McGan Memorial Silver Antenna Award; the 2007 Herb S. Brier Instructor of the Year Award; th Read More
08/11/2008 | FCC to Raise Vanity Call Sign Fees

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. The fee will increase 30 days after notice of the increase is published in the Federal Register; no date has yet bee Read More
08/08/2008 | Fifth Annual National Preparedness Month Coming in September

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced in July that more than 1200 national, regional, state and local businesses and organizations -- including several Amateur Radio groups -- have pledged their support and joined the 2008 National Prepar Read More