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01/18/2013 | Surfin’: When Digital Was Cool

This week, Surfin’ recalls the coolness of a technology that we now take for granted. Read More
01/15/2013 | Digital Edition of February QST Now Available

The digital version of the February QST is now available to ARRL members. The digital version includes many features not available in the print version. Read More
01/15/2013 | 2012 Marks All-Time High for Amateur Radio Licenses

As 2012 came to a close, ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, had a good reason to cheer: The number of radio amateurs in the US reached an all-time high of almost 710,000. Read More
01/14/2013 | 2013 Annual Meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors Set for January 18-19 in New Orleans, Agenda Announced

ARRL policy is made by its Board of Directors. The 15 voting members of the Board are the Directors who are elected by the ARRL members in their respective divisions. The Board meets in January and July, usually in the Hartford area; however, this year, t Read More
01/14/2013 | 2012 Brought Increase in DXCC Applications, ARRL QSL Bureau Card Processing

With the coming of more sunspots comes more DX. And when more amateurs work DX, the ARRL’s Membership and Volunteer Programs Department -- especially the DXCC Desk and the ARRL Incoming and Outgoing QSL Bureaus -- goes into high gear. Read More
01/11/2013 | The K7RA Solar Update

After last week’s somewhat downbeat look at sunspot cycles -- current, past and future -- we sure have some great activity to report this week: The average daily sunspot number more than doubled in the past week, rising nearly 93 points to 163.3, while th Read More
01/11/2013 | #1 Mixed DXCC John Dack, W7KH (SK)

On Monday, January 7, John Dack, W7KH, of Seattle, Washington, passed away. He was 91. An ARRL Life Member, Dack sat at the top of the DXCC mixed standings with 398 entities, including all 340 current entities and 58 deleted entities. Read More
01/11/2013 | Surfin’: AM DXing with an iPhone

This week, Surfin’ adds an antenna “booster” and an iPhone to the AM DXing tool kit. Read More
01/10/2013 | Hamvention® Awards Nomination Deadline Extended to February 15

There is still time to nominate a radio amateur for the 2013 Dayton Hamvention® Awards: Amateur of the Year, Club of the Year, the Special Achievement Award and the Technical Excellence Award. Read More
01/09/2013 | LoTW Processing Speed Increases Thanks to New Hardware

The Logbook of The World (LoTW) queue has been shrinking steadily since Monday, January 7, when the system was brought back online after the completion of previously announced maintenance involving the installation of a new database server equipped with s Read More
01/09/2013 | Get in on the Winter Fun with the ARRL January VHF Contest

The 2013 ARRL January VHF Contest -- scheduled for the weekend of January 19-21 -- is sure to make the dreary winter days come to life with the sound of RF! Read More
01/09/2013 | FCC Enforcement Actions for October-December 2012

Here’s a summary of FCC enforcement actions during the past quarter (October-December 2012): Repeater-related cases: 1. General infractions (including unauthorized operation): 9. Power-line cases: 0. Click here for details. Read More
01/08/2013 | New Book on Handheld Transceivers, 2012 Periodicals DVD Now Available

Ring in the new year with new publications from the ARRL! Radios to Go! Getting the Most from Your Handheld Transceiver by QST Editor Steve Ford, WB8IMY, and the 2012 Periodicals DVD are now available and ready for shipping. Read More
01/07/2013 | ARRL Executive Committee Approves Resource Grants for Five Schools

In December, the ARRL Executive Committee reviewed grant applications for the ARRL’s Education & Technology Program (ETP), awarding equipment and resources valued at nearly $7000 to five schools. Two types of grants are awarded: ETP Grants and Progress Gr Read More
01/04/2013 | The K7RA Solar Update

The New Year brings dreams of solar cycles of old, so distant now, sweetly remembered for their profusion of sunspots. We hear many times from operators who became licensed as teenagers at the peak of Solar Cycle 19, in the late 1950s, when a few watts an Read More
01/04/2013 | Interesting Entities

Expand your DX world by investigating the far-flung lands behind those QSL cards. Read More