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04/27/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update

Solar activity revived over the past week, with a big increase in sunspot numbers. On Friday, April 20, the daily sunspot number reached 162; four days later on April 24, the number reached 169. This level of activity has not been seen since last fall, wh Read More
04/27/2012 | Surfin’: Get On the Air with SDR

This week, Surfin’ gets its feet wet with SDR by means of a bevy of online SDR receivers. Read More
04/27/2012 | Invisible Fence — Tortoise Style

RDF makes sure a free-range tortoise gets home each night. Read More
04/26/2012 | Attention Federal Employees: ARRL Approved for 2012 Combined Federal Campaign!

For the past 11 years, the US Office of Personnel Management has designated the ARRL to participate in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), the annual giving campaign for federal employees. In that time, this campaign for federal government civilian emplo Read More
04/25/2012 | WPX Awards via LoTW Enters Beta Testing

Earlier this year, the ARRL and CQ Communications announced that the ARRL will provide support for CQ-sponsored operating awards by the ARRL’s Logbook of the World (LoTW) electronic confirmation system. The WPX Award is the first of the CQ-sponsored award Read More
04/25/2012 | Apply to Host a Real-Time Conversation with ISS Crewmembers

NASA is now accepting proposals from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations to host an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact between November 1, 2012 and May 1, 2013. To maximize these radio conta Read More
04/24/2012 | ARRL EXPO at the Dayton Hamvention®: Where the DX Comes to You!

As part of the ARRL EXPO -- part of the 2012 Dayton Hamvention® -- the ARRL is pleased to present a plethora of DX activities. Visitors to the ARRL EXPO will see a lot of activities relating to DX, including DXCC card checking and a chance to drop off QSL Read More
04/22/2012 | The Amateur Amateur: Manic

I cleaned my shack this morning. Okay, that might not even be physically possible, but I certainly made a serious dent in the clutter. I removed everything that was keeping me from opening my file cabinets. I extracted a bunch of junk from behind them and Read More
04/21/2012 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: The First Contact -- Explaining the Excitement of Your First QSO

Experienced hams knew it all too well. Volunteer Examiners expect it. And for some reason, newly licensed hams fear it. What could it be? As the title suggests, completing your first contact is a daunting -- yet exciting -- event for many. Why is that? Wh Read More
04/20/2012 | The K7RA Solar Update

Both the solar flux and sunspot numbers reached a short term low on April 8-11, but they are now rising again. For the past week -- April 12-18 -- the average daily sunspot numbers more than doubled, compared to the previous seven days, rising more than 3 Read More
04/20/2012 | Surfin’: It’s Hacking Time!

This week, Surfin’ loses the DIY blahs after learning about new ham radio modules that require hacking. Read More
04/19/2012 | Minutes from March’s ARRL Executive Committee Meeting Now Available

The ARRL Executive Committee met on Saturday, March 24 in St Louis, Missouri. The minutes from that meeting are now available on the ARRL website. Read More
04/19/2012 | Bailing Out a Radio Club

A tugboat captain saves a foundering club from the deep six. Read More
04/19/2012 | Iowa Hams Support Local Officials Before, After Tornado

On April 14, a string of tornados swept through the Central US and Great Lakes Region, including an EF2 tornado in Creston, Iowa, causing severe damage to the Greater Regional Medical Center and the Southwestern Community College campus. Prior to the torn Read More
04/19/2012 | Get Ready for the 2012 ARRL EXPO at the Dayton Hamvention

The ARRL has finalized its planning to bring its large exhibition -- ARRL EXPO -- to Dayton Hamvention, May 18-20. The ARRL EXPO has been a mainstay at Hamvention since 2005, serving as the centerpiece for most of the League’s at the country’s largest Ama Read More
04/18/2012 | Robert L. Shrader, W6BNB, QST Author

Robert L. Shrader, W6BNB, author of several QST technical articles, died April 11 at age 98. Read More