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03/21/2013 | FCC Reduces Pennsylvania Ham’s Fine

After affirming it was going to uphold a forfeiture in the amount of $4000 to Jose Torres, N3TX, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the FCC decided to lower the fine to $3500. The FCC issued the fine in May 2011, saying that Torres’ willful and repeated opera Read More
03/21/2013 | The Amateur Radio Public Service Handbook Now Available for Kindle

The Amateur Radio Public Service Handbook is now available from amazon.com for the Kindle. Read More
03/21/2013 | ARRL to Close in Observance of Good Friday

ARRL Headquarters will be closed in observance of Good Friday on Friday, March 29. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions that day. ARRL Headquarters will reopen Monday, April 1 at 8 AM Eastern Daylight Time. We wish everyone a safe Read More
03/20/2013 | Dayton Hamvention® Announces 2013 Award Winners

The Dayton Amateur Radio Association -- host of the Dayton Hamvention® -- has announced the winners of its four annual awards for 2013. Read More
03/19/2013 | ARRL UHF/Microwave Band Plan Committee Seeks Comments on Draft 5 and 10 GHz National Band Plans

Last year, the ARRL UHF/Microwave Band Plan Committee prepared -- and the ARRL Board of Directors approved -- updated national band plans for the amateur bands between 902 MHz and 3.5 GHz after receiving extensive and helpful input from the user community Read More
03/19/2013 | ARRL Announces a Campaign for Its Second Century

As the ARRL draws closer to celebrating its Centennial in 2014, its Board of Directors has launched an unprecedented $10 million fundraising initiative to build the ARRL Endowment and strengthen the organization’s financial future. Read More
03/18/2013 | ARRL Executive Committee Focused on FCC and Regulatory Items at March Meeting

The ARRL Executive Committee (EC) held its first 2013 meeting Saturday, March 9 in Irving, Texas. The meeting’s agenda included items concerning the FCC and regulatory items, FCC enforcement, legislative issues and organizational matters. Read More
03/15/2013 | Radio Before Radio

Article about the 1910 pamphlet "The Wireless Telephone." Read More
03/15/2013 | The K7RA Solar Update

Solar indicators were mixed this week, with the average daily sunspot number down 8.4 points to 84.9, while the average daily solar flux rose 5.9 points to 118.5. Geomagnetic indices were much quieter, with the average planetary A index down 4.7 points to Read More
03/15/2013 | Digital Edition of April QST Now Available

The digital version of the April QST is now available to ARRL members. The digital version includes many features not available in the print version. Read More
03/15/2013 | April Fools' in QST

April Fools' in QST Read More
03/15/2013 | Surfin’: Radio by the Numbers

This week, Surfin’ explores the mysterious world of numbers stations. Read More
03/14/2013 | Voice of America to Test Digital Transmissions this Weekend

Voice of America to Test Digital Transmissions this Weekend Read More
03/14/2013 | Solar Cycle 24 May Have “Double Peaks,” Says NASA Solar Physicist

According to NASA, the current solar cycle -- Solar Cycle 24 -- should hit its “solar max” sometime in this year, but so far, solar activity has been relatively low. According to an article by NASA’s Dr Tony Phillips, this period of quiet has led some obs Read More
03/14/2013 | Two New Books for Your Amateur Radio Library This Spring

The ARRL has released two new books: Ham Radio for Arduino and PICAXE edited by Leigh L. Klotz Jr, WA5ZNU, and Radio Science for the Radio Amateur by Eric Nichols, KL7AJ. Read More
03/13/2013 | Astronauts Return to Earth from ISS; Watch Live on NASA TV

After spending 143 days in space, Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford, KF5GPP, Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Russian Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin (both of the Russian Federal Space Agency) will begin their voyage home to Earth next week, ma Read More