12/03/2015 The Santa Claus Arctic Circle Team will be active as OH9SCL (Santa Claus Land) from the Finnish Lappland above the Arctic Circle during December. OH9SCL has been on the air each holiday season for the past 30 years. Activity … Continue reading →
12/02/2015 Special Event station W1Q is now on the air until December 15, to celebrate QST’s 100th anniversary. The first QST was published in December 1915. W1Q will be active in the ARRL 160 Meter Contest, December 4-6, with Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, as … Continue reading →
At the request of the FCC, the ARRL on has filed supplemental comments urging the Commission to continue to make available via the Universal Licensing System (ULS) historical Amateur Radio license information not associated with a current licensee or a … Continue reading →
12/02/2015 Pluto and the City of Flagstaff, Arizona, are forever linked in history. On February 18, 1930, astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, using a blink comparator and photographic plates. The New Horizons probe reached the … Continue reading →
12/02/2015 IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group Chair Lisa Leenders, PA2LS, has announced that December will be “Youngsters On The Air Month” in IARU Region 1. Nearly 40 YOTA-suffix call signs are expected to be active, with young operators at … Continue reading →
12/01/2015 This month’s QuickStats poll has been posted! Check the QuickStats page and answer these questions . . . • Do you shop for transceivers at hamfests?• How likely are you to pay the asking price for used gear at … Continue reading →
12/01/2015 A new ARRL book, The Radio Amateur’s Workshop, by Joel R. Hallas, W1ZR, is now available from ARRL Store, ARRL publication dealers, and as an e-book for the Amazon Kindle. The Radio Amateur’s Workshop is your guide to setting … Continue reading →
11/30/2015 Special Event station W1Q will be on the air December 1-15 to celebrate QST’s 100th anniversary. The first QST was published in December 1915. ARRL COO Harold Kramer, WJ1B, and volunteer operators will be on the air. This is … Continue reading →
11/30/2015 The ARRL Laboratory has acquired two new Keysight N5182B MXG signal generators, which will replace two of the Lab’s aging Marconi 2041 analog signal generators. ARRL Senior Test Engineer Bob Allison, WB1GCM, said the new equipment will expand the … Continue reading →
11/27/2015 A 2 day Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) communications exercise in early November was an overall success, especially in terms of MARS-ARES cooperation. The November 8-10 exercise was built around the scenario of a simulated massive coronal mass ejection … Continue reading →