The list of co-sponsors for the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014, H.R. 4969, has grown to 63. Sixteen new co-sponsors signed aboard as the 113th Congress re-convened for its final session before adjournment. ARRL Regulatory Information Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND, is urging ARRL members to keep in contact with their Congressional representatives and to encourage them to become co-sponsors to th…
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Ham radio club provides more than just a hobby
Southgate Amateur Radio Club … of operators that when all else fails is ready to get the word out. They're the Bolingbrook Amateur Radio Society (BARS), and although their club name implies they're amateurs, the club members' contributions to the community are big. Read the full … |
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Bolingbrook Ham radio club provides more than just a hobby
Suburban Life Publications The society is a club of about 50 Ham radio operators from the Bolingbrook area – from Joliet to Westmont to Oswego – who gather for monthly meetings, offer an annual Field Day to promote their craft to the community and cultivate friendships among … |
The ARRL IT staff has been notified that Microsoft is blocking e-mail to the more than 20,000 members who use the arrl.net e-mail forwarding service to forward e-mail to Microsoft domains (hotmail.com, msn.com, live.com and outlook.com). In addition, the blockage is also affecting those members of the ARRL’s Field Organization and other ARRL volunteers who use an arrl.org alias e-mail address t…
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As the class progressed, my fellow students decided on various projects, but I was having a hard time coming up with something that I found interesting and was within my limited skill set. I built the ubiquitous crystal radio kit in the Boy Scouts and wanted to do something different. Over the first few weeks, Eric kept bringing up an article in the October 2010 issue of QST written by John Piv…
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Richard G3CWI demonstrates on Grisedale Pike.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
A demonstration of how a seperate receiving antenna can help HF radio reception, particularly in urbanised areas where noise is a problem. A large outdoor antenna is best for transmitting but for receiving a small loop can often pick up less noise and allow clearer reception. This is a demonstration of the difference an indoor loop antenna can make when listening to a ZL station in a contest on 160 metres.