01/05/2016 The ARRL Board of Directors’ annual meeting in mid-January will mark the beginning of a changing of the guard for the League. After serving three 2-year terms, ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, of Blacksburg, Virginia, is stepping aside, and … Continue reading →
01/04/2016 Well-known contester and DXpeditioner William “Bill” Vanderheide, N7OU (ex-AA7KF), of Portland, Oregon, died December 31 after a lenthy illness. He was 70. A member of the ARRL and the Willamette Valley DX Club, he had operated from a dozen … Continue reading →
01/04/2016 Experimental station licensees in the US, including some ARRL 600 Meter Experimental Group (WD2XSH) participants, and radio amateurs in Canada took part in a special event operation over the November 13-14 weekend, which also involved the Maritime Radio Historical … Continue reading →
01/02/2016 Let the 2016 pileups begin! Two major January DXpeditions will be among other smaller efforts, with all aimed at providing a new one to the madding crowd. Look for the Palmyra Island and South Georgia Island/South Sandwich Islands activations, … Continue reading →
01/01/2016 Happy New Year! This is the first time the propagation bulletin has been produced and distributed on New Year’s Day. Thanks to Rick Lindquist, WW1ME, for putting in the extra time and effort. Over the past week, average daily … Continue reading →
12/30/2015 ARRL Headquarters will be closed on New Year’s Day, Friday, January 1, 2016. There will be no W1AW bulletins or code practice on January 1, and there will be no editions of The ARRL Letter or ARRL Audio News … Continue reading →
12/30/2015 The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) is quoted in the UK Spectrum Usage & Demand Second Report, saying that it believes current Amateur Radio primary allocations are insufficient. The RSGB pointed out that there are no primary ham … Continue reading →
12/30/2015 Deutschlandradio will close down its medium-wave (MW) transmitters in Germany on December 31. The shutdown of the seven transmitters marks the end of German-language programming transmitted from Germany in that part of the spectrum. On the same day medium-wave Radio France … Continue reading →
12/29/2015 The ARRL has again complained to the FCC to allege illegal marketing of electronic RF lighting ballasts, operating under Part 18 of the Commission’s rules, on the part of two major retailers. Letters went out this week to the … Continue reading →
12/29/2015 The Central States VHF Society (CVHFS) is soliciting papers, presentations, and poster displays about any aspect of weak-signal VHF-and-above operating for the 50th annual CSVHFS Conference to be held in Rochester, Minnesota July 28-31, 2016. Authors do not need … Continue reading →