10/30/2015 ARRL November Sweepstakes — two weekends of fun on CW and SSB, respectively — are just ahead. The CW event is November 7-9; the phone weekend is November 21-23. The contest period runs from 2100 UTC on Saturday through … Continue reading
10/30/2015 ARRL November Sweepstakes is just ahead, and the ARRL 10 Meter Contest isn’t far behind. All are ideal opportunities to gain or hone Amateur Radio operating skills that can be put to use during an emergency response or a … Continue reading
10/30/2015 Polish radio amateur Dom Grzyb, 3Z9DX, has indicated that he’s moving forward with his plans to operate from North Korea early next year. Earlier this year Grzyb announced that he had secured written permission to operate from North Korea … Continue reading
10/30/2015 Solar flux and sunspot numbers barely budged last week. Average daily sunspot numbers went from 75 in the previous seven days to 77.6 in the week ending October 28. Average daily solar flux went from 118.2 to 110.9. Predicted … Continue reading
10/29/2015 The League is accepting applications for the position of ARRL Chief Executive Officer. The deadline to submit an application is November 15. The complete position description is available on the ARRL website. The position is at ARRL Headquarters in … Continue reading
10/29/2015 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program this month marked its 1000th space station Amateur Radio event, continuing a string that started 15 years ago, when the program established the first permanent ham radio presence in … Continue reading
10/29/2015 Amateur Radio’s interests will be well represented as the 2015 ITU World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) convenes on November 2 in Geneva, Switzerland. Preparations have been under way since the last WRC wrapped up in 2012. Held every 3 or 4 … Continue reading
10/28/2015 The 107th anniversary of the Berlin Treaty, which created the international distress frequency at 500 kHz, will be the occasion for a special event operation in that vicinity of the spectrum. The event, announced by ARRL Medium-Wave Experiment (WD2XSH) … Continue reading
10/28/2015 Spectrum at 2.3 and 3.4 GHz that once was allocated to Amateur Radio is going on the auction block in the UK. Telecommunications regulatory agency Ofcom announced this week the steps it will take in selling off the shared … Continue reading
10/27/2015 Results of ARRL Field Day 2015 now are available. These include the searchable scores database, the soapbox link, and the QST results article (PDF). A total of 2720 stations submitted entries for the June 27-28 event. While propagation was … Continue reading