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12/31/2019 | Ring In the New Year with Straight Key Night!

Straight Key Night gets under way on New Year's Eve in US time zones. Read More
12/31/2019 | IARU Region 1 Monitoring Service Coordinator DK2OM Receives IARU Diamond Award

Wolf Hadel, DK2OM, of Siegbach, Germany, is stepping down at year’s end as coordinator of the International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS). Read More
12/31/2019 | Texas Scout Leaders Promote Amateur Radio as a Communication Resource

Two Scout leaders in Texas have succeeded in promoting ham radio among their troop members. Read More
12/31/2019 | Yahoo Groups Shutdown has Ham Radio Interest Groups Seeking to Save Content

Yahoo Groups, which has hosted a considerable number of ham radio interest groups over the years, is shutting down. Read More
12/31/2019 | New 70-Centimeter Tropo Contact Record Claimed

Tropospheric propagation is being credited with enabling a 70-centimeter contact between the Cape Verde islands and Scotland that may be a new world record. Read More
12/31/2019 | New England Radio Amateur Hosts Video on Tower Safety

Jim Idelson, K1IR, recently provided a club meeting program on ham radio tower safety. Read More
12/31/2019 | Computer Bulletin Board System Co-Inventor Randy Suess, ex-WB9GPM, SK

The co-inventor of the Computer Bulletin Board System, Randy Suess, ex-WB9GPM, died on December 10. Read More
12/30/2019 | Two Solar Cycle 25 Sunspots Appear

New Solar Cycle 25 is on the way. Read More
12/30/2019 | CWops to Celebrate 10th Anniversary with January QSO Party

CWops will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a month-long QSO party. Read More
12/30/2019 | Volunteer Monitor Program Coordinator Looking Forward to a Positive 2020

ARRL Volunteer Monitor Program Coordinator Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, has expressed his gratitude to all involved for their contributions to getting the program off to a solid start in January. Read More
12/27/2019 | AMSAT CW Day is January 1

AMSAT CW Activity Day 2020 will take place on January 1. Read More
12/27/2019 | New Section Manager Will Take Over in North Carolina on April 1

Marvin Hoffman, WA4NC, of Boone, North Carolina, will take the reins as of the North Carolina ARRL Field Organization this spring. Read More
12/24/2019 | Commemorative ARISS Slow-Scan TV Transmissions Set

Slow-Scan TV from the ISS will be active starting on December 28. Read More
12/23/2019 | OPS-SAT — First-of-its-Kind Space Laboratory — Launched on December 18

The European Space Agency (ESA) reports that the OPS-SAT “flying laboratory” satellite lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, aboard a Soyuz-Fregat rocket on December 18. Read More
12/23/2019 | Virginia Radio Amateur will Recreate 1906 Fessenden Christmas Eve Broadcast

Brian Justin, WA1ZMS, of Forest, Virginia, will transmit a program on 486 kHz commemorating a claimed 1906 Christmas Eve event. Read More
12/21/2019 | CAMSAT CAS-6 Amateur Radio Satellite Launched Successfully

CAMSAT has announced that the CAMSAT CAS-6 amateur radio payload launched successfully on December 20. Read More