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05/07/2010 | The K7RA Solar Update
Sunspots made a strong return this week -- and so did geomagnetic activity. The average daily solar flux increased 4.2 points to 79.6; on Wednesday, May 5, the daily sunspot number reached 77, the highest in nearly four years. The sunspot number hasn’t be
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05/07/2010 | Surfin’: Scheduling Your ContestingThis week, Surfin’ checks the calendar to see what’s brewing in the contest ham radio world.
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05/06/2010 | Get Involved at Hamvention!
As an 18-wheeler pulls away from the ARRL warehouse loading dock, destined for the Dayton Hamvention® -- only a week away -- ARRL Marketing Manager Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, looks on with a sense of relief: “There go all of the supplies for our huge exhibit
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05/06/2010 | Search Function Capability Optimized on New Web Site
After a few adjustments, the search function on the new ARRL Web site -- powered by Google, the number one search engine in the world -- is fully operational. When you put a search term into the “Website Search” box, you have the option of searching by ca
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05/06/2010 | Former Hudson Division Director Linda Ferdinand, N2YL (SK)
Linda Ferdinand, N2YL, passed away due to complications from chronic heart failure. She was 63. Ferdinand served as Hudson Division Vice Director from 1980-1982, and as Division Director from 1985-1987; she was an extremely proficient Morse code operator.
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05/06/2010 | The Last Tech-Plus License to Expire in June
In February 1991, the FCC dropped the 5 WPM Morse code requirement for new Technician licensees, and in 1994, it created a new class of Amateur Radio license: the Technician-Plus, also called Tech-Plus. This new license differed from the Technician licens
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05/05/2010 | JARL to Accept Applications for IARU Region 3 Award at Dayton Hamvention®
Representatives from the Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) will be accepting applications for the IARU Region 3 Operating Award. JARL will forward the applications to the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART), who administers the award. NZ
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05/05/2010 | New Beacon On the Air
In January, Brian Justin, WA1ZMS, of Forest, Virginia, filed an application with the FCC for an experimental license to operate a propagation beacon on 70.005 MHz. It was approves, and on Monday May 3, a 70 MHz beacon -- WE9XFT -- went live at 1200 UTC...
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