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07/03/2008 | Surfin': Got User Interface?

This week, Surfin’ considers the user interface of Amateur Radio software. Read More
07/03/2008 | Riley Hollingsworth to Retire July 3: The End of an Era

On Thursday, July 3, Special Counsel for the Spectrum Enforcement Division of the FCC's Enforcement Bureau Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH -- the man who has come to embody Amateur Radio Enforcement - will say goodbye to the FCC as he retires and begins his li Read More
07/03/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update

This week's bulletin is presented a day earlier than usual, due to the Independence Day holiday on Friday. The weeks seem to drag on with no sunspots in sight. An image from helioseismic holography on Tuesday shows a spot on our Read More
07/03/2008 | ARRL Tells Red Cross of Remaining Background Check Policy Concerns

ARRL President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, has written to Armond T. Mascelli, Vice President for Domestic Disaster response for the American Red Cross (ARC) to identify the ARRL's remaining concerns over the background check policy for ARC partners. Harrison emp Read More
07/02/2008 | Vacation, Contesting and Friends -- Perfect Together!

Bright sun, good friends and a clean sweep. Read More
07/02/2008 | 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 June. Read More
07/02/2008 | Roof, Attic and Basement (Repeat)

It was an absolutely beautiful Memorial Day weekend. No rain, not too hot and not too cold. It was perfect for picnicking, yard work, washing your car -- whatever you wanted to do. The soggy days had departed just in time for a much-deserved and much-need Read More
07/01/2008 | Look for the July/August Issue of QEX

The July/August issue of QEX is out, and it is full of theoretical and practical technical articles that you don't want to miss. Read More
07/01/2008 | Check Out the July/August 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 what every contester needs in their shack. Whether you are new to co Read More
06/30/2008 | It Seems To Us: We Win In Court!

Last year, in the wake of Federal Communications Commission decisions that did not adequately protect licensed radiocommunication services from interference from Broadband Over Power Line (BPL) systems, the ARRL went to court to challenge the FCC. Read More
06/30/2008 | 2007 ARRL Annual Report Now Available

The ARRL Annual Report for 2007, now available online and in print, reviews the League's major events of the year and documents the renewed growth of both the ARRL and the activities of the Amateur Radio Service. Just 50 years ago, there were few Read More
06/27/2008 | The K7RA Solar Update

Recent days graced by sunspots were short lived. June 10-June 13 saw a single sunspot group, followed by two days with no spots then a week of spots from June 16-22. During that week, the sunspot number was 11 every day, the lowest non-zero sunspot number Read More
06/26/2008 | Philadelphia Area Hams Nail Rogue Radio Signals

When residents of a Philadelphia suburb complained to an area television station about how their remote car door entry devices wouldn't work in the parking lot of a local department store, an investigative reporter for NBC-10 (WCAU) called everyone she co Read More
06/26/2008 | A Summer of E-Skip

Tired of the lousy conditions on the HF bands? Come join the crowd on the "Magic Band." Each summer regardless of where the sunspot cycle is, sporadic E -- or E-skip -- blooms on 6 meters and sometime even on the bands above that. What often app Read More
06/26/2008 | Amateur Radio Spectrum Enforcement Position Open at FCC

Special Counsel in the FCC Spectrum Enforcement Division Riley Hollingsworth is set to retire July 3. Hollingsworth, who served for close to 10 years, was the first to hold the Amateur Radio Spectrum Enforcement position.
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06/26/2008 | IARU Administrative Council Meets in Germany

The Administrative Council (AC) of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) held its Annual Meeting on June 24-25, 2008 in Konstanz, Germany. Topping the agenda was the consultative process leading to nominations for IARU President and Vice President Read More