Nominations are open until December 31, 2012 for the 2012 ARRL International Humanitarian Award. This award is conferred upon an amateur or amateurs who demonstrate devotion to human welfare, peace and international understanding through Amateur Radio. The League established the annual prize to recognize those radio amateurs who have used ham radio to provide extraordinary service to others in …
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Four new poll questions have just been published on the QuickStats page on the ARRL website. Let your voice be heard!
Questions in this month’s QuickStats poll:
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Will it be possible to beat the 2011 running of the ARRL 10 Meter Contest? With more than 5300 logs received and worldwide openings last year, that may be a tall order. This past weekend during the CQ WW CW Contest, 10 meters was in great shape, despite a coronal mass ejection that hit on Friday evening. But according to ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, one thing’s for certain: Th…
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Audio Recording during ARRL SSB Contest 2010. ( SOAB HP) Op: LU9ESD Manu www.qrz.com/db/lu9esd Band: 14 Mhz. RIG: Yaesu FT-920 Antenna: 3 element tribander @ 36 mtr. Amplifier: Yaesu FL-2100Z (500 W.)
On November 14, the FCC issued an Order on Reconsideration dismissing a March 2010 Petition for Reconsideration filed by the ARRL that asked the Commission to deny pending Public Safety Pool license applications associated with the ReconRobotics Video and Audio Surveillance System; however, in doing so, the FCC made it clear that the devices may not exceed 100 kHz of bandwidth. The Recon Scout …
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On November 16, ballots were counted in the races for Director in the Hudson Division and for Director and Vice Director in the Northwestern Division. This year, there were only three contested races for Director or Vice Director in the five Divisions holding elections. In the Hudson Division, Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, defeated Joyce Birmingham, KA2ANF, for the top slot in that Division. In the Nort…
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ARRL Headquarters will be closed November 22 and 23 in observance of Thanksgiving. There will be no W1AW bulletins or code practice transmissions those days. The ARRL Letter will be published a day early on Wednesday, November 21, but there will be no ARRL Audio News on Thursday, November 22. ARRL Headquarters will reopen Monday, November 26 at 8 AM Eastern Standard Time. We wish everyone a saf…
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If you’ve ever wanted a way to show the world how exciting Amateur Radio can be, here’s your chance: The ARRL is sponsoring its Third Annual Video Contest! Here’s a chance to put that video camera to use: Shoot a ham radio-related video and send it our way. If your video takes first, second or third place, we’ll post it on the ARRL website for everyone to see. We’re looking for a few good video…
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Ton, PA1CC in the annual ARRL CW contest. Using a Yaesu FT2000, Acom 1000 amplifier and a 3 element SteppIR. Software is TRlog.
Indianapolis Radio Club, W9RCA Radio Club Field Day exercise, June 26/27, 2010
Video Rating: 5 / 5
The Atlantic Division Leadership is turning the traditional convention model on its head! This year — through the use of multimedia — the Division will host its convention on the Internet on Saturday, November 10. ARRL President (and former Atlantic Division Director) Kay Craigie N3KN, will be the keynote speaker at the 2012 Atlantic Division Convention.
“We will be doing the convention as an…
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This is the ARRL DX SSB Contest. I filmed a little station and Contesting overview and tour, during the end of the contest. I had to compress the file a little to fit on YouTube, so the image quality is not so good. Please watch the whole thing, because I work a few station near the end. Thanks for Watching 73.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
The ARRL Executive Committee (EC) held its second 2012 meeting Saturday, September 29 in Denver, Colorado. The EC is responsible for administering the League’s affairs in between Board meetings. It consists of the President (Kay Craigie, N3KN), five Directors elected annually by the Board, and — without vote — the First Vice President (Rick Roderick, K5UR) and Chief Executive Officer (David S…
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Four new poll questions have just been published on the QuickStats page on the ARRL website. Let your voice be heard!
Questions in this month’s QuickStats poll:
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Compiled by S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA
ARRL News Editor
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This feature — including convenient web links to useful information — is a concise monthly update of some of the things the ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of October.
As Hurricane Sandy pounded the East Coast, the Emergency Response Team at ARRL Headquarters supported the affected Secti…
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The League is currently looking to fill the position of Media and Public Relations Manager at ARRL Headquarters in Newington. Connecticut residency or the ability to relocate to Connecticut is required. The ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager is responsible for explaining the value of the Amateur Radio Service to the media and the general public, directly and through volunteers. Outstanding…
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Due to the ongoing cleanup and power restoration from Hurricane Sandy, ARRL Headquarters will open at 10 AM EDT (1400 UTC) on Tuesday, October 30.
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As Hurricane Sandy approaches the area, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy has ordered all highways in Connecticut to close at 1 PM to all but emergency traffic. In order for ARRL Headquarters staff to safely make it home in advance of the road closures, the League will be closing at 11:30 AM (1530 UTC) on Monday, October 29. There will be no W1AW bulletins or code practice transmissions dur…
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Recently I visited the American Radio Relay League headquarters, Newington, Connecticut. Some of the radios they have are Yaesu FT-9000, FT-950, Kenwood TS-2000 and TS-590S, and Icom IC-7000. What you see in this video are only the transmit stations. Offices are shown in the next one. September 2, 2011 KC2VOB / AP2ASD
Video Rating: 5 / 5
After more than eight years as the ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager, Allen Pitts, W1AGP, has retired. During his tenure, Pitts was responsible for developing public relations campaigns that featured the many facets of the Amateur Radio Service: Hello Radio came first in 2006 and highlighted the fun and friendships of ham radio. It was followed by Emergency Radio, which built on the ARRL …
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The Seventh Annual ARRL On-Line Auction opened for preview on Tuesday, October 16, and will open for bidding at 10 AM EDT (1400 UTC) on Thursday, October 25. According to ARRL On-Line Auction Coordinator Lisa Tardette, KB1MOI, there is a large assortment of ARRL Product Review items, including an Elecraft KPA500 HF/6 meter power amplifier, an ICOM IC-7410 HF/6 meter transceiver, a Yaesu FT-450D…
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Four new poll questions have just been published on the QuickStats page on the ARRL website. Let your voice be heard!
Questions in this month’s QuickStats poll:
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Nominations are open for the 2012 ARRL International Humanitarian Award. This award is conferred upon an amateur or amateurs who demonstrate devotion to human welfare, peace and international understanding through Amateur Radio. The League established the annual prize to recognize those radio amateurs who have used ham radio to provide extraordinary service to others in times of crisis or disas…
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Karl, K9BGL, working the pileup on 15 meters during the 2010 ARRL DX CW contest. For more information visit www.k5go.com
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50mhz was a blast!
Video Rating: 5 / 5
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ARRL News Editor
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This feature — including convenient Web links to useful information — is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of September.
The ARRL has begun planning for its 100th birthday celebration in 2014.
NASA Astronaut Lee Morin, KF5DDB, will be the ARRL’…
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The ARRL wants to hear from kit builders about simple useful, educational and exciting kits. These kits should have a high probability for success and would serve as stepping stones for more advanced projects. We are looking all sorts of kits, but RF detector kits that work in the 380 MHz-2.5 GHz range are of special interest. The kits should also have a “Wow, I built this and it works!” factor…
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The League is currently looking to fill the position of QST Technical Editor at ARRL Headquarters in Newington. Connecticut residency or the ability to relocate to Connecticut is required.
The QST Technical Editor will provide leadership to the technical Amateur Radio community by developing and promulgating a vision of the state of the Amateur Radio art through the pages of QST.
Qualifications:…
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The ARRL Executive Committee will meet Saturday, September 29 in Denver, Colorado. See the link below for the meeting’s agenda.
ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, serves as Chairman of the Executive Committee. Five Division Directors who are elected by the ARRL Board of Directors are also on the committee: Midwest Division Director Cliff Ahrens, K0CA; Northwestern Division Director Jim Fensterma…
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The League is currently looking to fill the position of QST Technical Editor at ARRL Headquarters in Newington. Connecticut residency or the ability to relocate to Connecticut is required.
The QST Technical Editor will provide leadership to the technical Amateur Radio community by developing and promulgating a vision of the state of the Amateur Radio art through the pages of QST.
Qualifications:…
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On October 12-14, the ARRL will welcome members and friends to the 2012 ARRL National Convention in Santa Clara, California. Hosted by Pacificon and sponsored by members of the Mount Diablo Amateur Radio Club, this three-day event is sure to be jam-packed with excitement, exhibits and, of course, the ever-popular ARRL EXPO. Use this handy guide to find ARRL-sponsored activities and exhibits thr…
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For the past 11 years, the US Office of Personnel Management has designated the ARRL to participate in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). In that time, this campaign for federal government civilian employees, US Postal Service workers and members of the military has generated almost $ 192,000 for ARRL programs since it first became an option for federal employees to donate to the League. The C…
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Field Day in Yulee, Nassau County Florida 2010
Next month — October 1-5 — the ARRL will welcome eight international students who want to learn how to administer and regulate Amateur Radio programs in their home countries. This course, offered by the United States Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI) for learners from developing countries, will help the participants create, administer and foster an Amateur Radio Service in their c…
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NASA Astronaut Lee Morin, KF5DDB, will be a special guest at the 2012 ARRL National Convention at Pacificon — held October 12-14 — in Santa Clara, California. Morin, an ARRL member, served as a Mission Specialist on Atlantis for STS-110 that launched in April 2002. During this 13th shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), he performed two extra-vehicular activities (EVAs) — …
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Four new poll questions have just been published on the QuickStats page on the ARRL website. Let your voice be heard!
Questions in this month’s QuickStats poll:
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Compiled by S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA
ARRL News Editor
news@arrl.org
This feature — including convenient Web links to useful information — is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of August.
The FCC released its study on Amateur Radio’s role in emergency and disaster communications and the impact of private land us…
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The ARRL has announced plans to hold its National Centennial Convention in Hartford, Connecticut on July 17-20, 2014. The Convention will mark 100 years of the ARRL’s founding in Hartford. ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, has also announced a theme for ARRL’s Centennial year: Advancing the Art and Science of Radio — since 1914.
In May 1914, Hiram Percy Maxim, W1AW — a leading inventor and ind…
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Clip from the news from June 29, 2008 covering the action from ARRL Field Day in South Carolina.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
A quick preview of the three-day ARRL and TAPR 2008 Digital Communications Conference. The entire conference is available on six DVDs (individually, or as a set) from www.ARVideoNews.com
The policies of the ARRL are established by 15 Directors who are elected to the Board on a geographical basis, with elections for three-year terms held in five divisions each year. At the same time, Vice Directors are elected on the same basis. Responding to solicitations in the July and August issues of QST, ARRL members in the Central, Hudson, New England, Northwestern and Roanoke Divisions h…
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This summer, the ARRL offered teachers the opportunity to learn about ways to incorporate wireless technology into their classroom curriculum through its Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology (TI). Since 2004, the ARRL has sponsored TI sessions as part of its educational outreach to schools. This professional development training is offered at no cost to the teachers, but is funded through …
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If you enjoy the technical side of Amateur Radio and being on the cutting edge, you might want to take a look at the microwave bands. The weekends of August 18-19 and September 15-16 give you a perfect chance to explore this portion of the radio spectrum with the 2012 ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest.
The contest period for both weekends starts at 6 AM local time on Saturday and runs until midnight lo…
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All the information you need to design your own complete antenna system.
Since the first edition in September 1939, radio amateurs and professional engineers have turned to The ARRL Antenna Book as THE source of current antenna theory and a wealth of practical how-to construction projects. Use this book to discover even the most basic antenna designs– wire and loop antennas, verticals, and Yagis–and for advanced antenna theory and applications. Many of the antennas in this edition benef
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Join The Alexandria Radio Club, W4HFH, for 2012 Field Day from Armistead Boothe Park in Alexandria, VA. This year, the club ran as 7A adding a PSK31 station to the mix and splitting the 40m and 80m phone stations. This year, the 15m stations was completed powered via solar panels and battery using Goal Zero Boulder 30 Solar Panels and a Goal Zero Yeti Solar Generator. Special thanks to the City of Alexandria for coordination of the park facilities.
These are videos of some of the 2010 Field Day locations that ARRL MDC Section Manager Jim Cross, WI3N, and ARRL MDC Assistant Section Manager Al Brown, KZ3AB, visited on June 26 and June 27, 2010. Video by: E Allen Brown, KZ3AB
Video Rating: 5 / 5
Four new poll questions have just been published on the QuickStats page on the ARRL website. Let your voice be heard!
Questions in this month’s QuickStats poll:
Visit the QuickStats page and be sur…
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This is the Friday morning “Welcome” session of the 2008 ARRL-TAPR Digital Communications Conference, held in the Chicago area in September. Also see the PREVIEW video. The complete conference is available on DVD at: www.ARVideoNews.com
Video Rating: 5 / 5
When the ARRL Board of Directors met for its 2012 Second Meeting July 20-21 in Windsor, Connecticut, it did so with a full agenda. Besides hearing and approving recommendations from its two standing committees — the Administration and Finance Committee and the Programs and Services Committee — the Board voted to hold the 2014 ARRL National Convention July 17-20 in Hartford, Connecticut, the b…
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Working North America on the 20 meter band in The ARRL DX Phone Contest 2012, from County Carlow Ireland. more details to follow at www..ei4gyb.com
ARRL policy is made by its Board of Directors. The 15 voting members of the Board are the Directors who are elected by the ARRL members in their respective divisions. The Board meets in January and July, usually in the Hartford area. ARRL members also elect Vice Directors who may attend the meetings. ARRL Directors and Vice Directors are volunteers who work hard to represent the ARRL in their d…
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NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, KD5MDT, sat down with ARRL News Editor S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA, on Thursday, July 12, for an exclusive interview about ham radio and life on the International Space Station (ISS). Pettit returned from the ISS on July 1 where he served as part of Expedition 31, spending 193 days in space. He first ventured into space in 2002 on the space shuttle Endeavour as part of …
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AD6IW, Goran working OK1DFC, Zdenek on 1296 MHz with a huge signal by bouncing signals off the moon using the 97 foot Jamesburg Dish in Carmel Valley, California
Beginning Friday, July 6 at approximately 1 PM (EDT), the ARRL’s Information Technology Department will be changing the configuration of the League’s Internet services. This will involve Domain Name System (DNS) address changes for a variety of servers at ARRL Headquarters. According to ARRL Information Technology Manager Michael Keane, K1MK, there may be some short, intermittent interruptions …
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Beginning Friday, July 6 at approximately 1 PM (EDT), the ARRL’s Information Technology Department will be changing the configuration of the League’s Internet services. This will involve Domain Name System (DNS) address changes for a variety of servers at ARRL Headquarters. According to ARRL Information Technology Manager Michael Keane, K1MK, there may be some short, intermittent interruptions …
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Four new poll questions have just been published on the QuickStats page on the ARRL website. Let your voice be heard!
Questions in this month’s QuickStats poll:
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A few nice ARRL images I found:
Split Rock ARA Field Day 2007
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Split Rock Amateur Radio Association ARRL Field Day 2007
Horseshoe Lake, Roxbury Township, NJ
The wait is over! After weeks of beta testing, the ARRL launched the integration of Logbook of The World (LoTW) — its electronic confirmation system — with CQ Magazine’s Worked All Prefixes (WPX) Award on Monday, July 2. The WPX Award is the first of the CQ-sponsored awards that LoTW will support. More than 51,000 radio amateurs worldwide use Logbook of The World, and there are currently almo…
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ARRL Headquarters will be closed in observance of Independence Day on Wednesday, July 4. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions that day. League Headquarters will reopen Thursday, July 5 at 8 AM Eastern Daylight Time. We wish everyone a safe and festive holiday weekend.
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