06/25/2015 The CQ World Wide Contest Committee said this week that it plans to review all past contest logs, after its investigation revealed a pattern of routine QSO padding on the part of one top-scoring CQ World Wide Contest operator. … Continue reading →
06/25/2015 Ohio ARES NVIS Antenna Day on April 25 attracted participation from some 100 Buckeye State stations in an effort to determine which configurations of near-vertical incidence skywave (NVIS) antenna offer the best results. ARRL Ohio Section Emergency Coordinator Stan … Continue reading →
06/24/2015 Summertime is antenna time! To celebrate, ARRL is rolling back prices on some of the hottest antenna publications in Amateur Radio. Save 20 percent on select ARRL antenna-themed publications when you order online through July 31, 2015. No coupon … Continue reading →
06/23/2015 The recent Market Reef OJ0B expedition resulted in 462 contacts via 2 meter Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) and meteor scatter activity with stations on all continents. The activity this month was a somewhat belated 50th anniversary celebration of the historic first … Continue reading →
06/23/2015 Two California radio amateurs — one of them in Hawaii — have set new world distance records on the 2.3 and 3.4 GHz microwave amateur bands. Wayne Overbeck, N6NB, operating from a radio-equipped rental car on the big island … Continue reading →
06/23/2015 Geomagnetic storming reached the G4 — severe — level at 0513 UTC on June 23. The storm began a day earlier. The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) said more geomagnetic storming, although perhaps not quite as severe, could … Continue reading →
06/22/2015 Maxim Memorial Station W1AW has announced its Field Day bulletin schedule for W1AW. For the benefit of Field Day operations in the West, the Maritime Historical Society’s K6KPH will also transmit the W1AW Field Day bulletins. All classes of … Continue reading →
06/22/2015 AMSAT-NA has announced the 2015 slate of candidates for its Board of Directors election. The candidates, in alphabetical order by last name, are: Barry Baines WD4ASW Jerry Buxton N0JY Steve Coy K8UD Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA Mark Hammond N8MH EMike … Continue reading →
06/19/2015 The ARRL will host a 2015 Hurricane Season webinar Monday, July 20, getting under way at 8 PM EDT (July 21, 0000 UTC). The approximately 90-minute session will address the role of Amateur Radio during the 2015 Hurricane Season. … Continue reading →
06/19/2015 Solar activity weakened a little or increased slightly over the past week, depending on which measure we choose. The June 11-17 average daily sunspot number declined from 112.4 over the previous seven days to 99.9 during the recent period. … Continue reading →