-
01/18/2013 | BSA to Offer Amateur Radio Operator Rating Strip
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has approved an Amateur Radio Operator rating strip for Scouts and Scouters to wear on their uniforms.
Learn More -
01/18/2013 | The K7RA Solar Update
Solar activity pulled back over the past week, following a stellar performance in the week prior. The average daily sunspot numbers were down 34.3 points to 129, but the average daily solar flux actually rose 9.7 points to 157.4.
Learn More -
Feature
01/18/2013 | Surfin’: When Digital Was CoolThis week, Surfin’ recalls the coolness of a technology that we now take for granted.
Learn 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.
Learn 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.
Learn 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
Learn 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.
Learn 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
Learn More