02/22/2016 Members of Ste Genevieve County ARES in Missouri pulled together a variety of resources to pitch in when the Mississippi River threatened to crest at a record level in late December. Ste Genevieve County Emergency Coordinator Norm Gallup, KD0HHM, … Continue reading →
02/19/2016 Retiring ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ, gave the keynote address at the ARRL National Convention banquet in Orlando, Florida on February 13, 2016. The National Convention was hosted by the Orlando HamCation. In his 33-minute speech, Sumner reviews not … Continue reading →
02/17/2016 Former ARRL staffer Joel Hallas, W1ZR, is the winner of the 2015 Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Award. Hallas was recognized for his March 2015 QST article, “Standing Wave Ratio — What Does It Really Mean?” “I am surprised, … Continue reading →
02/15/2016 President Barack Obama has designated three new national monuments — all of them in the California desert — through the Antiquities Act. The National Park Service will administer one of them, Castle Mountains National Monument (MN82), making it eligible to become the … Continue reading →
02/15/2016 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals from schools and formal or informal educational institutions and organizations — individually or working together — to host an Amateur Radio contact next year with an … Continue reading →
02/13/2016 New ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, was among the members of the ARRL team greeting visitors to the ARRL Expo at Orlando HamCation on February 12. Friday was opening day for the Orlando HamCation, which is hosting the 2016 ARRL National … Continue reading →
02/13/2016 The winner of the 2015 ARRL International Humanitarian Award – Antonio Gonzalez, EA5RM – has been active as a volunteer with the non-governmental organization Radioaficionados Sin Fronteras (RSF), Radio Amateurs Without Borders, that stresses the importance of radio in … Continue reading →
02/12/2016 The “Ham TV” digital Amateur Radio television system onboard the International Space Station was used for the first time ever this week for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school contact. UK and ESA Astronaut Tim … Continue reading →
02/12/2016 All four of the indices we track rose over the past week, with average daily sunspot number rising from 50.6 to 86.6, average daily solar flux up from 105.4 to 117.4, average daily planetary A index increasing from 7.3 … Continue reading →
02/12/2016 On a voice vote, the US House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology has sent the Amateur Radio Parity Act, H.R. 1301, to the full House Energy and Commerce Committee with a favorable report for further consideration. The measure was … Continue reading →