Tim Carter, W3ATB – founder of http://w3atb.com/690-arrl-centennial-convention-full-report – offers up a mashup of the ARRL Centennial Convention. Carter is known to tell a tall tale or two or three. Judge for yourself.
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The July 18 keynote speech of FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, KK4INZ, at the ARRL National Centennial Convention in Hartford, Connecticut, has been posted on YouTube. Fugate spoke before some 800 guests at the Friday evening convention banquet. Earlier that day, he and ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) aimed at enhancing cooperation between the League and…
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The “test range” was a plain-vanilla office table inside the big exhibition hall. At one end sat a PRC-150, one of some 10,000 or so back-pack HF radios carried by US soldiers, its whip antenna extended and ready for action. At the other end was an innovative commercial radio that had the look and feel of a late-model Amateur Radio. This odd pairing was Army MARS’s high-tech contribution to the…
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ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, is eagerly anticipating the ARRL National Centennial Convention this week with a sense of history, awe, and honor. The Convention gets underway Thursday, July 17, at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. Craigie said this week that to be President when the ARRL celebrates its centennial “is an extraordinary good fortune that I am sincerely grateful for…
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Youth (age 21 and younger) may attend the ARRL National Centennial Convention free of charge. Information in The ARRL Letter for July 10 may have suggested otherwise. The 100th anniversary celebration of the League’s founding takes place July 17-19 at the Connecticut Convention Center.
Online registration is now limited to 2-day adult ($ 25) and youth (free) tickets, good for Friday and Saturday …
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[Updated 2014-06-24 @ 2217 UTC] The ARRL National Centennial Convention July 17-19 in Hartford, Connecticut, will feature a wide-ranging slate of youth activities aimed at younger hams and prospective hams. Scheduled on Friday and Saturday, the youth activities include two youth forums, a hidden transmitter hunt, a scavenger hunt, and the Youth Radio Lab. The ARRL Discovery Station in the ARRL …
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Amateur Radio’s history, public service role, satellite program, utilization of computer and digital technology, and even its relationship to the Common Core education standards are on the forum menu Friday and Saturday at the ARRL National Centennial Convention. With ham radio notables such as Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, Martti Laine, OH2BH, Carole Perry, WB2MGP, Gordon West, WB6NOA, and Joe T…
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W100AW/7 will be on the air from Sea-Pac, the ARRL Northwestern Division 2014 Convention and an ARRL Regional Centennial Event, in Seaside, Oregon. W100AW/7 will be active from June 6 until June 8. Contacts with W100AW portable operations are worth 5 points in the ARRL Centennial QSO Party. Operation will be on SSB, CW, and possibly on digital modes.
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A Communications Law and Regulatory Update seminar will be among the program offerings Thursday, July 17, at the ARRL Centennial National Convention in Hartford, Connecticut. ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, and San Francisco Section Government Liaison (and Volunteer Counsel) Bart Lee, K6VK, will be the presenters. The ARRL National Legal Seminar will take place from 11 AM until 4:30 PM …
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Upward of 7 dozen vendors and exhibitors already are planning to be on hand for the ARRL National Centennial Convention in mid-July. Convention activities begin on Thursday, July 17. The 60,000 square feet exhibit hall will be open all day Friday and Saturday, July 18 and 19, at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, for what promises to be the largest gathering of its kind in the North…
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Due to extenuating circumstances, the 2014 ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention, originally scheduled to be held July 11-13 in Laramie, Wyoming, will take place instead August 8-10 in conjunction with the Duke City Hamfest, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Laramie event has been cancelled.
Led by the same individuals who organized the 2011 Division Convention in Taos, the annual Duke City Hamf…
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The ARRL will be on hand April 5 to 10 as more than 100,000 visitors descend on Las Vegas to attend the annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention. Hundreds of Amateur Radio operators are expected to be among them at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
ARRL Pacific Division Director Bob Vallio, W6RGG, will join local ham radio volunteers in staffing the ARRL booth. Jim Bilan, W7UX…
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Amateur radio enthusiasts ham it up at Plant City convention
Tbo.com Recently, hundreds of amateur radio operators, vendors and others gathered at the Florida Strawberry Festival grounds for Tampa Bay Hamfest, a two-day convention that included forums, exhibitions and more. Plant City was selected for the 38th annual … |
Contest University Chairman Tim Duffy, K3LR, is predicting a great year in 2014 for Contest University (CTU). For the first year, CTU will hold two different all-day sessions, with no overlap or repeats between them. Each CTU event will feature unique and updated presentations.
The first US CTU will be the Dayton Contest University on Thursday, May 15, 2014, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown…
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The ARRL has issued a call for papers and programs to include in its planned extensive slate of ARRL Centennial Convention forums and presentations. The convention will take place July 17-20, 2014, in Hartford, Connecticut. Dan Henderson, N1ND, is the Centennial Convention Programs and Forums Coordinator.
“Since this is a once-in-a-lifetime event, we are looking for programs with a ‘Wow!’ factor…
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The ninth annual W4DXCC DX and Contest Convention, one of the Southeast’s largest ham radio events, will take place Friday and Saturday, September 27-28, at the MainStay Suites in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. A full slate of popular presenters will speak on DX and contest subjects throughout the weekend. Equipment manufacturers will be on hand to demonstrate new products and answer questions face t…
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Featuring ARRL CEO Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, WA1HLR singing, Skip, and much more. WO1N, was falsely listed as W1DIN.
Scenes from the exhibit hall, Maritime Radio Historical Society and W1AW/6 Special Event Station.
The ARRL will be promoting Amateur Radio at the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) — NAB Show — scheduled for April 6-11 in at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Members of the Las Vegas Radio Amateurs Club (LVRAC) will staff the ARRL booth at NAB, providing attendees with information about Amateur Radio. The booth also serves as a meeting place for radio amateu…
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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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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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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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