Categoria: ARRL
Hurricane Watch Net Recorded 300 On-Air Hours in 2021
Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, says 2021 was the third most-active hurricane season on record in terms of named storms, and was the sixth consecutive above-normal season.“We’ve completed another hurricane season. The Atlantic basin was extremely busy again for 2021,” Graves told... Read more
Commemorative December 1915 QST download
We apologize for the delivery issue of The 1915 Commemorative QST download offer on Christmas Day. The link below will provide ARRL Members with access to the document. http://www.arrl.org/qst-reissue If you have any further issues or comments, please email members@arrl.org. Read more
Experimental Station will Recreate 1906 Fessenden Transmissions
Experimental station WI2XLQ will be on the air on 486 kHz AM for the Reginald Fessenden commemorative transmission. Brian Justin, WA1ZMS, is the licensee. He will transmit for 24 hours starting at 2000 UTC on December 24, with a repeat transmission starting at 2000 UTC... Read more
ARRL to Oppose Forest Service Administrative Fees for Amateur Facilities
The US Forest Service is proposing to implement a statutorily required annual fee for new and existing communications use authorizations to cover the costs of administering its authorization program. ARRL plans to vigorously oppose the imposition of the proposed fees on Amateur Radio. The... Read more
Former Tennessee Section Manager Keith Miller, N9DGK, SK
Former ARRL Tennessee Section Manager Keith Miller Sr., N9DGK, of Rockvale, Tennessee, died of COVID on December 22. An ARRL Life Member, he was 75. Miller served four terms as ARRL Tennessee Section Manager from 2012 until December 2019, when he decided not to run... Read more
ARRL Headquarters will be Closed on Friday, December 24
ARRL Headquarters will be closed on Friday, December 24. The ARRL Letter will not publish on Thursday, December 23, and ARRL Audio News will be on hiatus on Friday December 24. There will be no W1AW bulletin or CW practice transmissions on that day. ARRL Headquarters will reopen on... Read more
Norway is Trying to Track Down 2-Meter Intruders
Norway’s International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) member-society, the Norwegian Radio Relay League (NRRL), is working with the Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom) to stop intruders from operating on 2 meters. Unlicensed stations in eastern Norway are operating on 144.200 MHz, 144.300 MHz, and 144.650 MHz. NRRL wants... Read more
Switzerland has its own AMSAT Organization
AMSAT-HB is the latest amateur radio satellite organization in the AMSAT fold. AMSAT-HB was formed in Switzerland on November 26. Switzerland’s IARU member-society USKA cited a sharp rise in interest in ham radio satellites in the country, as well as interest in the QO-100 geostationary... Read more
Georgia Club Donates License Manuals to Local Schools
The Dalton Amateur Radio Club (DARC) in Dalton, Georgia, has donated copies of the ARRL Ham Radio License Manual to several schools in its service area. The materials will be available in the schools’ media centers. On December 1, DARC President Jack Thompson, N5UOV, met... Read more
