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ARRL to Close in Observance of Fourth of July
(Jun 27, 2008)
-- ARRL Headquarters will be closed in observance of Independence Day on Friday, July 4. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions that day. The ARRL Letter and ARRL Audio News will be posted a day early on Thursday, July 3. ARRL Headquarters will reopen Monday, July 7 at 8 AM Eastern Daylight Time. We wish everyone a safe and festive holiday weekend.Link to this item |
ARRL Audio News Returns to Phone Lines
(Jun 27, 2008)
-- We are pleased to report that ARRL Audio News can once again be accessed via telephone at 860-594-0384; it had been down for a few days due to equipment failure. Compiled and edited from The ARRL Letter, ARRL Audio News is available on the League's Web site for two weeks and via telephone for one week after publication. We are sorry for any inconvenience the outage may have caused.Link to this item |
The K7RA Solar Update
(Jun 27, 2008)
-- Recent days graced by sunspots were short lived. June 10-June 13 saw a single sunspot group, followed by two days with no spots then a week of spots from June 16-22. During that week, the sunspot number was 11 every day, the lowest non-zero sunspot number. The four days since have had no spots at all. All the sunspot numbers for the last calendar quarter are listed here. This current quarter data is only available on the net through June 30. July 1 begins a new quarter.Full Story |
Feature: Surfin': Got User Interface?
(Jun 27, 2008)
-- This week, Surfin’ considers the user interface of Amateur Radio software.Full Story |
ARRL Continuing Education Online Course Registration
(Jun 26, 2008)
-- Registration remains open through Sunday, July 6, 2008 for these online course sessions beginning on Friday, July 18, 2008: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 2 (EC-002), Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 3 (EC-003R2), Antenna Modeling (EC-004), HF Digital Communications (EC-005), VHF/UHF -- Life Beyond the Repeater (EC-008), and Radio Frequency Propagation (EC-011). Each online course has been developed in segments -- learning units with objectives, informative text, student activities and quizzes. Courses are interactive, and some include direct communications with a Mentor/Instructor. Students register for a particular session that may be 8, 12 or 16 weeks (depending on the course) and they may access the course at any time of day during the course period, completing lessons and activities at times convenient for their personal schedule. Mentors assist students by answering questions, reviewing assignments and activities, as well as providing helpful feedback. Interaction with mentors is conducted through e-mail; there is no appointed time the student must be present -- allowing complete flexibility for the student to work when and where it is convenient. To learn more, visit the Continuing Education course listing page or contact the Continuing Education Program Coordinator.Link to this item |
IARU Administrative Council Meets in Germany
(Jun 26, 2008)
-- The Administrative Council (AC) of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) held its Annual Meeting on June 24-25, 2008 in Konstanz, Germany. Topping the agenda was the consultative process leading to nominations for IARU President and Vice President for the five-year term beginning on May 9, 2009. Current IARU President Larry Price, W4RA, announced in 2007 that he was not available to serve an additional term. The AC agreed that Vice President Tim Ellam, VE6SH, and Region 1 President Ole Garpestad, LA2RR, are suitably qualified to serve as IARU President and Vice President, respectively. Their nominations will be offered to the Member-Societies for ratification. The ARRL serves as the International Secretariat of the IARU.Full Story |
Go Long on Shortwave for ARRL Field Day
(Jun 26, 2008)
-- Have you ever dreamed about being able to broadcast with hundreds of thousands of watts and talk about Amateur Radio to a worldwide audience? Ted Randall, WB8PUM, of Lebanon, Tennessee, will be "Live from Field Day" on 7.415 MHz on WBCQ -- a shortwave radio station -- from 2 PM EDT to 5 PM EDT, then from 11 PM EDT to 2 AM EDT on Saturday, June 28. "This is a chance for all ARRL Field Day locations to call in and do a special live 'remote' broadcast from your Field Day site," Randall said. "This international broadcast has a potential audience of more than 200 million people."Full Story |
Feature: ARDF Update: Team USA Forming after Successful National Championships
(Jun 26, 2008)
-- Winners of a heated competition in a hot state are preparing for a trip to Korea in September -- perhaps you could go, too.Full Story |
Feature: Continuing the Legacy of Amateur Radio
(Jun 25, 2008)
-- Mentors help keep the spark of Amateur Radio burning in new hams.Full Story |
Amateur Radio Spectrum Enforcement Position Open at FCC
(Jun 25, 2008)
-- Special Counsel in the FCC Spectrum Enforcement Division Riley Hollingsworth is set to retire July 3. Hollingsworth, who served for close to 10 years, was the first to hold the Amateur Radio Spectrum Enforcement position. Full Story |
Feature: Are You "IN Shape" for the Doctor's Check-up?
(Jun 24, 2008)
-- Starting this month, we at ARRL are introducing a brand new monthly feature: Amateur Radio quizzes! Stump your friends with your knowledge of arcane ham trivia. Stump yourself by trying to answer these easy (and sometimes not-so-easy) questions. See if the Doctor really does know best.Full Story |
2007 ARRL Annual Report Now Available
(Jun 24, 2008)
-- The ARRL Annual Report for 2007, now available online and in print, reviews the League's major events of the year and documents the renewed growth of both the ARRL and the activities of the Amateur Radio Service. Just 50 years ago, there were fewer than 90,000 ARRL members; in 2007, ARRL achieved its highest level of membership growth since 1993. By the end of 2007, there were 153,535 ARRL members -- a single year increase of 3.3 percent. In this period of growth, ARRL has upheld its commitment and mission as the leading representative of active radio amateurs.Full Story |
A Summer of E-Skip
(Jun 24, 2008)
-- Tired of the lousy conditions on the HF bands? Come join the crowd on the "Magic Band." Each summer regardless of where the sunspot cycle is, sporadic E -- or E-skip -- blooms on 6 meters and sometime even on the bands above that. What often appears to be a dead band jumps to life with signals -- some relatively close, only hundreds of miles away -- but some representing worldwide DX on 6 meters.Full Story |
Strong Support for Amateur Radio Week
(Jun 23, 2008 [REVISED Jun 24, 2008 16:23 ET])
-- ARRL Field Day is many things to many people. It ranges from a contest to a picnic to an emergency drill and more. But according to ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager Allen Pitts, W1AGP, it is also a public relations event and groups can score more than 500 points for working the public relations angle before the weekend even begins.Full Story |
Global EmComm Conference to Be Held in Germany This Month
(Jun 22, 2008)
-- The fourth annual Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications (GAREC) Conference is scheduled for June 26-27, 2008 in Friedrichshafen, Germany, held just prior to HamRadio 2008. That event, called "the Dayton of Europe," is scheduled for June 27-29. GAREC's schedule is continuously being updated and is subject to change.Full Story |
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