At the January 2014 ARRL Board of Directors meeting, a resolution was passed which asked for member feedback and input pertaining to the increasing popularity of data modes. The information gathered by this investigation is to be used by the HF Band Planning Committee of the Board as a means to suggest ways to use our spectrum efficiently so that these data modes may “compatibly coexist with ea…
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Several Amateur Radio CubeSats, including LituanicaSAT-1 and Litsat-1, have been deployed into orbit from the International Space Station. LithuanicaSAT-1 and LitSat-1 are Lithuania’s first satellites. NASA reported that the nanosat deployments took place February 26, 27, and 28, as the onboard Expedition 38 crew prepared for the arrival of a US commercial cargo craft and the departure of three…
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John Huntoon, W1RW (ex-W1LVQ), of East Hartford, Connecticut, died February 23. He was 97. Huntoon served as ARRL Secretary and General Manager from 1961 until 1975. A Full Charter Life Member of ARRL, he also was the Secretary of the International Amateur Radio Union and Editor of QST. His oldest daughter, Susan Shipman, recalled that the League was an important part of her father’s life.
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Follow up from week 1. The design my Antenna was based on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcO5WAiksNI.
[Updated: 2014-02-26 2337 UTC] The ARRL plans to file a “friend of the court” or amicus curiae brief on behalf of an Ohio radio amateur who has been at loggerheads with his community since 2009 in efforts to erect a modest antenna support structure. The Village of Swanton, Ohio, turned down the application of ARRL Life Member Gary Wodtke, WW8N, for an antenna variance to put up a 60 foot tower….
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The ARRL Centennial “W1AW WAS” operations that are taking place throughout 2014 from each of the 50 states will relocate at 0000 UTC on February 19 (the evening of February 18 in US time zones), from California and Wisconsin to Michigan (W1AW/8) and Florida (W1AW/4). During 2014 W1AW will be on the air from every state (at least twice) and from most US territories, and it will be easy to work a…
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator W. Craig Fugate, KK4INZ, will be the keynote speaker at the ARRL Centennial Banquet on July 18 in Hartford, Connecticut. The event is among the highlights of the ARRL Centennial Convention July 17-19 at the Connecticut Convention Center.
“We are fortunate that Director Fugate has agreed to serve as our keynote speaker,” said ARRL President…
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The SSB weekend of the ARRL International DX Contest is March 1-2 (UTC), and the DX will be looking for you! In this major event on the radiosport calendar, operators in the US and Canada work stations everywhere else in the world. It’s not only an opportunity to pit your station and operating skills against those of your peers but to expand your knowledge of propagation on the HF and MF bands …
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The Real World Of Ham Radio. (I welcome low ratings by hams-to be thought an ass by an ass is a compliment) Burt appears before W1AW to expose more truths ab…
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Earth’s geomagnetic field has been quite active. On February 19 at 0234 UTC the Australian Space Forecast Centre issued this warning: “Increased geomagnetic activity expected for February 19.” Then on February 20 at 0439 UTC they issued an identical warning for February 20. This was the result of two coronal mass ejections in two days.
The planetary A index went to 47 on February 19, the result …
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Ham Radio Buddies: Howard N2GOT & Mel K2KEY in Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn NY
The 2014 National Hurricane Conference will take place April 14-17, at the Orlando Hilton in Orlando, Florida. The primary goal of the National Hurricane Conference is to improve hurricane preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation in order to save lives and property in the US and the tropical islands of the Caribbean and Pacific. The conference also serves as a national forum for federal,…
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Karl Bowman, W4CHX, of Raleigh, is the new ARRL North Carolina Section Manager, effective on February 20. Outgoing SM Bill Morine, N2COP, of Wilmington, decided not to run for another term after serving since 2010. Although his term did not end until April 1, Morine asked to step down early, due to business and personal commitments, and let Bowman step in early. Membership and Volunteer Program…
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The FCC has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL) to James R. Winstead, KD5OZY, of Coleman, Texas, after determining that Winstead “apparently willfully violated” FCC rules by interfering with Amateur Radio communications. The Commission proposed a $ 7000 fine. The action was in response to complaints from other radio amateurs of intentional interference on 7.195 MHz.
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The ARRL Atlantic Division leadership has created additional forum resources to assist clubs in such areas as growing and maintaining membership, club management, club newsletters, and meeting presentations. ARRL Atlantic Division Director Bill Edgar, K3LLR, said he’d heard from clubs in his division who were seeking resources aside from “the excellent club resources” the ARRL already offers.
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The FCC and the manufacturer of a device that wirelessly reports propane tank levels have entered into a Consent Decree that concludes an investigation into whether the company had been marketing a noncompliant RF device. It also provides a window into how the Commission occasionally resolves certain enforcement proceedings. The EnerTrac “Big Drops System” operated as an unlicensed Part 15 inte…
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ARRL Headquarters will be closed for Presidents Day, Monday, February 17, and there will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions that day. Headquarters will be open for business Tuesday, February 18, at 8 AM ET. We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday!
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There seemed to be a disconnect between daily sunspot numbers and solar flux over the past reporting week (February 6-12), with the average daily sunspot number rising 28 points to 184.3, and average daily solar flux declining 8.5 points to 171.9. Perhaps this reflects the general weakness in the energy and magnetic complexity of recent sunspots. Many days we see a substantial number of sunspot…
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The annual Islands On The Air (IOTA) BASH will take place on the weekend of March 14-15 in Boerne, Texas. IOTA BASH 2014 is sponsored by the Island Radio Expedition Foundation (IREF). Speakers include Mike McGirr, K9AJ, who will talk about his H44AJ expedition to OC-285, and Rick Hilding, K6VVA, who will discuss his expeditions to Alaska. Contact Mike Crownover, AD5A, with any questions or visi…
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ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut will close at 12:30 PM on Thursday, February 13 due to weather conditions.
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The on-the-air portion of the FT5ZM DXpedition has come to an end, although the trip home remains. That news may be welcome to non-DXers who have been contending with the huge and chaotic pileups that, on occasion, occupied substantial segments of spectrum, but depressing for operators who were unsuccessful in snagging this rare one. The Amsterdam Island DXpedition team logged on the order of 1…
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The CW weekend of the ARRL International DX Contest is February 15-16 (UTC). One of the premier events on the contest calendar, this event aims to encourage participants to expand their knowledge of DX propagation on the HF and MF bands, and to improve operating skills and station capability by creating a competition in which DX stations may only contact stations in the US and Canada.
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The Arecibo Observatory Amateur Radio Club (KP4AO) is setting up a new Amateur Radio station in the facility’s Angel Ramos Visitor Center exhibition. Club President Angel Vazquez, WP3R, said the new station will offer an opportunity to showcase ham radio to the thousands who visit the observatory each year. The announcement came during a behind-the-scenes tour of the deep-space radiotelescope c…
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Four new poll questions have been published on the QuickStats page on the ARRL website.
Will you build a kit if it requires you to install Surface Mount Components?
Did you work the FT5ZM DXpedition to Amsterdam Island?
Do you use trees to support any of your antennas?
Do you use an RF power amplifier on VHF or UHF?
Visit the QuickStats page and be sure to bookmark it in your browser. Results from …
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Two radio amateurs with close ARRL ties are among the winners of Dayton Hamvention 2014 awards. Hamvention will honor three Amateur Radio operators and one ham radio club for their “significant contributions to the Amateur Radio Service” when the annual, 3 day gathering gets underway May 16. Named Amateur of the Year is Larry E. Price, W4RA, a President Emeritus of the ARRL and of the Internati…
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I decided to make several changes in my ham radio shack console to make things more efficient and easy to use. Also to improve my TX and RX audio. To see mor…
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The collapse of two radio towers in North-Central West Virginia on February 1 resulted in three deaths and injuries to two individuals. The tragedy also resulted in the loss of three Amateur Radio repeaters belonging to the Stonewall Jackson Amateur Radio Association (SJARA) and forming part of the HamTalk linked repeater system, which were available to assist with emergency and disaster commun…
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The ARRL Centennial “W1AW WAS” operations that are taking place throughout 2014 from each of the 50 states will relocate at 0000 UTC on February 5 (the evening of February 4 in US time zones), from Minnesota and Texas to Georgia (W1AW/4) and Hawaii (W1AW/KH6). During 2014 W1AW will be on the air from every state (at least twice) and from most US territories, and it will be easy to work all sta…
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James Miller, G3RUH, was among a small handful of Amateur Radio operators to receive the X band signal January 21 from the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft, some 500 million miles from Earth. Miller used the 20 meter dish at the Bochum Amateur Radio facility in Germany, run by AMSAT-DL and IUZ Bochum Observatory. In an AMSAT-BB post, Miller noted the frequency at the spacecraft was 84…
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In 2011, I became curious as to how an HF station might operate from a moving passenger train. Many ham operators design and test their equipment to operate in harsh emergency conditions. Those operating conditions are never the same and never predictable. Operating “railroad mobile” would be another opportunity to adapt HF gear to an environment that was certainly not designed with long range …
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The winner of the January QST Cover Plaque award is Robert Nickels, W9RAN, for his article“Virtual Radar from a Digital TV Dongle.”
The QST Cover Plaque Award — given to the author or authors of the most popular article in each issue — is determined by a vote of ARRL members on the QST Cover Plaque Poll web page. Cast a ballot for your favorite article in the February issue today.
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Two past members of the ARRL Foundation Board of Directors have been honored with emeritus status. Named as a Director Emeritus were Thomas W. Comstock, N5TC, who served on the ARRL Foundation Board from 1991 until 2012 and chaired the Scholarship Committee, and Eugene H. Hastings, W1VRK, who served on the ARRL Foundation Board from 1993 until 2014 and was a member of the Scholarship and Propos…
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The FCC has invited comments by February 18 on the latest batch of draft recommendations of its Advisory Committee for World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-2015). At its January 27 meeting, the Advisory Committee (WAC) approved draft recommendations on a number of issues that will be considered by WRC-2015. Some items, including one which could possibly lead to changes to 60 meters in …
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Here’s your video introduction to ARRL General Class License Manual for Ham Radio, section 5.5, Receiver Structure. These videos are meant as introductions t…
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Cuba’s Ministry of Communications is reported to have made available to its radio amateurs a 12 kHz segment of 60 meter spectrum, as opposed to a channelized plan as the US and other countries have done. Access is not immediate. Hams in Cuba must obtain approval and a license modification. Access to 5418 to 5430 kHz will be on a secondary basis, with emphasis on its use during emergencies.
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Beginning today repeater owners will be able to submit updated information directly to the ARRL for use in the ARRL Repeater Directory, TravelPlus and other products. The submissions web page is http://www.arrl.org/repeaters.
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The Amsterdam Island FT5ZM DXpedition team is on the island, and word is that they be on the air January 25.
“It only took 50 trips to the island, but pretty much everything is ashore,” reported DXpedition pilot Valerie Hotzfeld, NV9L. “The first tower is up with a 12 meter Yagi.”
Team member Michel Brunelle, FM5CD, reported that at 2230 local time, the team finally was able to get a little sl…
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Retired ARRL Technical Relations Specialist Walter Ireland, WB7CSL, of Henderson, Nevada, died January 20. He was 76. Ireland spent 11 years on the staff of the League’s Technical Relations Office (TRO) in Fairfax, Virginia, retiring in 2008. Prior to arriving at ARRL in 1997, Ireland spent 37 years in a variety of roles working for the federal government, including for the Voice of America (VO…
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Average daily sunspot numbers increased slightly this week from 111.4 to 113.3, but average daily solar flux declined by 22 points from 155.4 to 133.4. Although there seems to be no shortage of sunspots, they are anemic and not magnetically complex, and thus radiation from the spots is feeble, indicated by lower solar flux values.
Predicted solar flux for the near term is 135 on January 24, 130 …
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Industry Canada has granted Amateur Radio operators there the use of five 60 meter channels on a non-interference basis. The center-channel frequencies harmonize with those available to US radio amateurs on 60 meters: 5332 kHz, 5348 kHz, 5358.5 kHz, 5373 kHz, and 5405 kHz.
“[G]iven that use of these frequencies was requested, in part, to allow for cross-border communications in times of emergen…
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Mail delivery of February QST may be delayed to some members.
Our printer has reported that all copies now are in transit, but there was a delay of a few days with the February issue, as several of the printer’s Midwest divisions were shut down due to inclement weather.
Members who haven’t yet received the February issue should get their copies shortly. The digital version of the February issue i…
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ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, has tapped Oregon Section Manager Bonnie Altus, AB7ZQ, of Sheridan, as the League’s Northwestern Division Vice Director, succeeding Jim Pace, K7CEX. Pace acceded to ARRL Northwestern Division Director after former director Jim Fenstermaker, K9JF, was elected ARRL Second Vice President earlier this month at the ARRL Board of Directors annual meeting.
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Australia Day is January 26, and all radio amateurs in Australia may use the AX call sign prefix on that day, instead of VK. Australia Day marks the First Fleet’s arrival in 1788 at Sydney Cove, the establishment of a settlement at Port Jackson, and the raising of the British flag by Admiral and Governor-designate Arthur Phillip.
On Australia Day many celebrate their country and culture. This in…
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The 40th Eastern VHF-UHF-Microwave Conference will take place April 11-13 at the Baymont Inn and Suites, 20 Taylor Street in Manchester, Connecticut, sponsored by the Eastern VHF/UHF Society and the North East Weak Signal Group (NEWS). Online registration is available. Banquet speaker will be Dave Olean, K1WHS. Registration is $ 25 before April 1, $ 30 after April 1 and at the door. Banquet ticke…
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Bruce W. Butler, W6OSP, of Napa, California, died January 16. He was 79. Butler’s father was a ham and inspired him to get his license, which he did in 1950, becoming W5PXN while Det som gor vart online Casino sa speciellt ar det breda utbud av spel vi erbjuder dig. a high school student in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
While serving in the Navy on Guam, he operated KG6AAY and was able to keep in touch with his father. He got hooked on DX after operating from both sides of a pileup.
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The Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) has announced a $ 25,000 grant to the FT5/T Tromelin Island DXpedition planned for October 3-November 10, 2014. Tromelin is number10 on The DX Magazine’s latest Most Wanted List.
“The team’s antenna plans, pilot feedback plans, and enthusiasm should make this entity available to many DXers,” NCDXF President Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, said in announcing the …
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The ARRL Centennial “W1AW WAS” operations that are taking place throughout 2014 from each of the 50 states will relocate at 0000 UTC on Wednesday, January 22 (the evening of January 21 in US time zones), from Nebraska and Delaware to New York (W1AW/2) and Oklahoma (W1AW/5). During 2014 W1AW will be on the air from every state (at least twice) and most US territories, and it will be easy to work…
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[UPDATED 2014-01-19 1758 UTC] The ARRL Board of Directors has elected League President Kay Craigie, N3KN, to a third two-year term. The Board met January 17 and 18 in the Hartford, Connecticut, area for its annual meeting, and the election of officers was at the top of the business agenda. The League’s 15th president, Craigie lives in Blacksburg, Virginia, and has been in office since 2010, suc…
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A new FUNcube guide developed by ARRL Education & Technology Program (ETP) Director Mark Spencer, WA8SME, aims to maximize the educational focus of the tiny AO-73 satellite. Spencer’s Pragmatic Guide for Using the FUNcube (AO-73) Materials Science Experiment in the Classroom prompts readers to dig beyond AO-73’s Amateur Radio transponder and telemetry uploads and downloads and “take a closer lo…
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