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11/11/2011 | Let’s Play Two! The 2011 ARRL Phone Sweepstakes Is Right Around the Corner
The ARRL Sweepstakes celebrates its 78th anniversary in 2011 and the SSB weekend is coming up on November 19-21. As last weekend’s CW weekend demonstrated, the recent re-awakening of the sunspot cycle promises a generous dose of competition and fun for op
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11/01/2011 | Logbook of The World Experiencing Delays
Due to a large number of radio amateurs uploading their logs to Logbook of The World (LoTW) after last weekend’s CQ Worldwide SSB Contest, the ARRL’s online QSL verification service is experiencing delays. According to ARRL IT Department Manager Michael K
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10/26/2011 | 2011 ARRL CW Sweepstakes -- Are You Ready?
Steeped in tradition and still as exciting as ever, the 78th Annual ARRL Sweepstakes offers US and Canadian operators a fun-filled contest opportunity again this fall. First up is CW Sweepstakes during the weekend of November 5-7.
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10/16/2011 | Amateur Radio Quiz: Coming Soon to a Band Near You!On the last full weekend of every October (that would be October 29-30 for 2011), thousands of hams go pileup to pileup, trying to fill their logs with exotic treats from every corner of the globe! Instead of yelling, “Trick or Treat!” they must instead g
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10/12/2011 | ARISSat-1 Team Announces Morse Code Contest
ARISSat-1 -- the latest Amateur Radio satellite -- began its education-based mission after deployment from the International Space Station in August 2011. The ARISSat-1 mission is to provide a variety of information through its many broadcast modes promot
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09/23/2011 | The K7RA Solar Update
Compared to the uneventful past few years, sunspot activity was truly remarkable this week. The daily sunspot number for September 16 was 173. We haven't see numbers like this in more than six years, when the sunspot number was 181, way back on July 5, 20
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08/31/2011 | Have Some Fun in the ARRL September VHF QSO Party
September is here, and that means the VHF bands have been getting a workout. “If you’ve never experienced the fun of VHF+ operating, the ARRL September VHF QSO Party, the weekend of September 10 is a great place to start,” said ARRL Contest Branch Manager
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08/18/2011 | America’s Top Mobile — A Ham Radio Cruise-InMobiles are on the move to a rolling-rig competition.
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