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08/25/2016 | Amateur Radio Volunteers Assisting in Italian Earthquake Response

Radio amateurs are taking part in the response to the 6.2 magnitude earthquake on August 24 in central Italy. Read More
08/24/2016 | Ready to Activate for NPOTA: White House Creates New National Park Service Unit

President Barack Obama has created the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Northern Maine,also known as NPOTA unit MN84. Read More
08/24/2016 | Latvia Gains Two New Amateur Radio Bands

Radio amateurs in Latvia now have two new bands, following the introduction of their new Amateur Radio license on August 9. Read More
08/24/2016 | Aves Island YX0V DXpedition Put on Hold

The planned YX0V DXpedition to Aves Island has been postponed. No new dates have been announced. Read More
08/23/2016 | DX Engineering’s Tim Duffy, K3LR: New Fairgrounds Venue “Perfect for Hamvention”

DX Engineering Chief Operating Officer Tim Duffy, K3LR, says he’s enthusiastic about the new Dayton Hamvention® venue at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia, Ohio. Read More
08/23/2016 | Summer Section Manager Election Results Announced

Two incumbent Section Managers were declared re-elected in balloted elections that concluded on August 23, when ballots were counted at ARRL Headquarters. Read More
08/23/2016 | Amateur Radio Helping to Celebrate National Park Service Founders Week

Amateur Radio operators across the US are taking portable communications gear to more than 80 different National Park Service units during NPS Founders Week, August 22-28. Read More
08/23/2016 | IARU Region 3 Directors Meet in Tokyo

The directors of International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 (IARU-R3) met in Tokyo on August 22 and 23 at Japan Amateur Radio League Headquarters. Read More
08/23/2016 | Three Companies Agree to Plead Guilty for Fixing Prices of Electrolytic Capacitors

The US Department of Justice announced this week that three companies have agreed to plead guilty for their roles in a conspiracy to fix prices for electrolytic capacitors. Read More
08/22/2016 | “Come, Let Us Talk Together” — Ham Contact Recalls Royal Telegraph Exchange

An ARRL Radiogram sent via Amateur Radio to Queen Elizabeth II on August 16 commemorated the anniversary of an exchange of telegrams 158 years earlier between Queen Victoria and US President James Buchanan. Read More
08/22/2016 | Graham Shirville, G3VZV, is New British Amateur Television Club President

Satellite stalwart Graham Shirville, G3VZV, has been selected as the next president of the British Amateur Television Club (BATC). Read More
08/21/2016 | AMSAT Issues Call for 2016 Space Symposium Papers, Presentations

AMSAT has invited proposals for papers, symposium presentations, and poster presentations on any topic of interest to the Amateur Satellite community for the 2016 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium. Read More
08/20/2016 | Louisiana Amateur Radio Emergency Service Volunteers Standing Down

ARES operations in Louisiana are standing down, and the need for volunteers has ended. Read More
08/19/2016 | The K7RA Solar Update

Low sunspots, but geomagnetic conditions have improved Read More
08/19/2016 | ARRL CTO Brennan Price, N4QX, to Keynote ARRL/TAPR DCC Banquet

ARRL Chief Technology Officer Brennan Price, N4QX, will be the featured banquet speaker at the 35th annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communication Conference (DCC) in September. Read More
08/19/2016 | Children’s Museum of Indianapolis to Host ARISS Contact

Young people in Indiana will have a chance to find out firsthand about life aboard the International Space Station, thanks to the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program. Read More