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05/28/2016 | ARRL Reaches Agreement with Community Associations Institute on Parity Act

After 2-1/2 months of intense negotiations, ARRL has reached an agreement with the Community Associations Institute (CAI) — the national association of homeowners associations — concerning amended language of the Amateur Radio Parity Act. Read More
05/27/2016 | ESA Announces Winners of “Fly Your Satellite!” CubeSat Competition

Radio amateurs in the US, Russia, Germany, and the Netherlands topped the field in a European Space Agency (ESA) Education Office competition to be the first to hear signals from three new, student-built CubeSats. Read More
05/27/2016 | The K7RA Solar Update

The decline in solar activity resumes Read More
05/26/2016 | FCC Denies Petition for Consideration in Vanity Call Sign Dispute

An Arizona radio amateur has been unsuccessful in convincing the FCC to take a 1 × 2 vanity call sign away from its present holder and grant it to him. Read More
05/26/2016 | The Yasme Foundation Announces Excellence Award Recipients

The Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation has announced three Yasme Excellence Award recipients. Read More
05/26/2016 | ARRL “Strongly Supports” Petition to Drop 15 dB Restriction for Amateur Amplifiers

In comments filed on May 26, the ARRL said it “strongly supports” a petition to the FCC seeking to eliminate an Amateur Service rule that amateur amplifiers not be able to exhibit more than 15 dB gain. Read More
05/25/2016 | ARRL Headquarters Will Be Closed on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30

ARRL Headquarters will be closed on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30. Read More
05/25/2016 | Search Continues for STMSat-1 Radio Signal

Youngsters at St Thomas More Cathedral School in Virginia remain optimistic that their STMSat-1 CubeSat, deployed on May 16 from the International Space Station, will begin transmitting a signal. Read More
05/25/2016 | Amateur Radio to Play Major Role in June Pacific Northwest Earthquake Exercise

Cascadia Rising, the largest FEMA exercise of 2016, will get under way on June 7, and Oregon and Washington ARES/RACES organizations both will be heavily involved, with a significant investment of HF activity planned. Read More
05/25/2016 | New ARRL Extra Class License Manual Available as Softcover, Spiral-Bound, or E-Book

Achieve the highest level of Amateur Radio licenses. The new ARRL Extra Class License Manual (11th edition) is available in softcover, spiral-bound, or e-book versions. With the optional academic-style spiral-bound edition (ARRL Item 0550, ISBN: 978-1-... Read More
05/25/2016 | Kosovo Z60A CQ WPX CW Participation a Dry Run for IARU HF Championship HQ Station Debut

Nigel Cawthorne, G3TXF, will be at the helm of the Kosovo Amateur Radio Association (SHRAK) station Z60A during the CQ WPX CW contest over the Memorial Day weekend. Read More
05/25/2016 | Four New Section Managers to Take Office this Summer

New Section Managers will take over this summer in four ARRL sections — Alabama, Indiana, Oregon, and Wisconsin. Read More
05/24/2016 | Hamvention 2016 Post-Show “Satisfaction Survey” Under Way

Hamvention has posted a post-show “Satisfaction Survey.” Read More
05/23/2016 | Annual Pre-Hurricane Season Station Test at WX4NHC Set for May 28

Now in its 36th year, WX4NHC at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, will conduct its annual NHC Station Test on Saturday, May 28. Read More
05/23/2016 | School Hoping Reboot will Bring STMSat-1 to Life

It’s been a week since the St Thomas More Cathedral School’s STMSat-1 CubeSat was deployed from the International Space Station, and the spacecraft has not been heard from. Read More
05/23/2016 | Dayton Hamvention 2016, Day 3: Sunshine and Served Agencies

The last day of Hamvention 2016 involved inter-agency cooperation and good weather. Read More