01/27/2016 If El Niño has your weather upside down, perhaps the ARRL January VHF Contest will get you right side up and back in a contesting mood! This annual event begins at 1900 UTC on Saturday, January 30, and it … Continue reading →
01/27/2016 Amateur Radio operators put their skills to work during flooding in the Centralia area of Southwest Washington and historic flooding in the Greater St Louis area in December and January. In Missouri ARES® volunteers from three counties pitched in. … Continue reading →
01/26/2016 Tom Gallagher, NY2RF, of West Palm Beach, Florida, will succeed David Sumner, K1ZZ, as the chief executive officer of ARRL, effective April 18. In that role, he will oversee all activities at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut. Meeting in … Continue reading →
01/26/2016 The “RST” stations will take to the airwaves in February and March from several locations in Alaska, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, with members of the North Country DX Association (NCDXA) at the helm. All call signs will … Continue reading →
01/22/2016 New York Congressman Peter King has asked FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to put some Enforcement Bureau heat on those interfering with various radio communication services, including Amateur Radio, in the New York City Metropolitan Area. While visiting Capitol Hill … Continue reading →
01/22/2016 Students at an elite school in the Himalayan nation of Nepal enjoyed that country’s first Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact, when the spoke via ham radio with ISS crew member and UK Astronaut Tim Peake, … Continue reading →
01/22/2016 Over the past week we saw solar activity decline somewhat. Average daily sunspot number declined from 55.7 (during the January 7-13 period) to 46 during the recent period, January 14-20. Over the same periods average daily solar flux declined … Continue reading →
01/20/2016 Newly elected ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, will make his first official convention visit at the ARRL Puerto Rico State Convention later this month in Hatillo, Puerto Rico. Roderick was elected as President by the ARRL Board of Directors … Continue reading →
01/20/2016 There really is a Winter Field Day, and this year, it takes place over the January 30-31 weekend, sponsored by the Winter Field Day Association (WFDA). The annual event’s stated purpose is to encourage emergency operating preparedness in the … Continue reading →
01/20/2016 As he nears retirement, ARRL CEO David Sumner has been honored by the Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA), which sponsors Dayton Hamvention®. Sumner had been invited to speak at DARA’s January 8 meeting, purportedly to recount his many years with … Continue reading →