12/23/2015 The winner of the December 2015 QST Cover Plaque award is “Orthogonal Loops – A Medium Wavelength Receiving System” by Joe Ostrowski, KI5FJ. The QST Cover Plaque Award — given to the author or authors of the most popular … Continue reading →
12/22/2015 ARRL Headquarters will close at 3 PM Eastern Time on Christmas Eve, Thursday, December 24, and it will remain closed until Monday, December 28, at 8 AM Eastern Time. In addition, ARRL Headquarters will be closed on New Year’s … Continue reading →
12/22/2015 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Slow-Scan TV event set for December 26-27 has been postponed due to “complications in planning,” ARISS has announced. ARISS now is targeting mid-January as the next possible opportunity. This year … Continue reading →
12/21/2015 The Yasme Foundation Board of Directors has announced several grants to Amateur Radio organizations and activities. Beneficiaries include the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program, the ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology, and the Reverse Beacon … Continue reading →
12/21/2015 The next Kids Day will be Sunday, January 3, 2016, from 1800 to 2400 UTC. The twice-yearly event, sponsored by the ARRL and The Boring (Oregon) Amateur Radio Club, is an excellent opportunity to showcase Amateur Radio and Amateur … Continue reading →
12/21/2015 The ARRL Executive Committee has voted unanimously to approve ARRL Education & Technology Program (ETP) grant awards for equipment and other resources to seven schools for the 2015-2016 academic year. They are Akron STEM High School, Akron, Ohio; Liberal … Continue reading →
12/21/2015 You probably have never heard of Pilot Station, Alaska, but the school in the little Yukon River Delta community 400 miles west of Anchorage offers an inspiring demonstration of how Amateur Radio can help youngsters reach out to the … Continue reading →
12/21/2015 P5/3Z9DX is now off the air for now. After logging several hundred stations — most in Asia — during an unexpected operation from North Korea, the world’s most-wanted DXCC entity, Dom Grzyb, 3Z9DX, is back at his hotel, resting … Continue reading →
12/21/2015 Preparations are under way for the 120th running of the Boston Athletic Association’s Boston Marathon, which takes place on Patriots’ Day, April 18, 2016. Nearly 300 trained Amateur Radio volunteers staff the event each spring, providing vital communication services over the … Continue reading →
12/21/2015 In an unexpected turn of events, Polish DXer Dom Gryzb, 3Z9DX, who has been visiting North Korea this week in advance of a planned Amateur Radio operation early next year, came on the air from the most-wanted DXCC entity around 0000 on … Continue reading →