25th Annual SKYWARN Recognition Day, December 7, 202411/22/2024 SKYWARN Recognition Day is December 7, 2024. The annual event is celebrating its 25th anniversary. SRD was established in 1999 by the National Weather Service and ARRL® to commemorate the contributions of SKYWARN volunteers. Using amateur radio and other means of communication, SKYWARN spotters provide real time […]
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Extract from The ARRL Letter
ARRL® has published its 2023 Annual Report, which includes a summary of the year’s program activities, along with the 2023 and 2022 financial statements and an independent auditor’s report. ARRL marked 2023 as the Year of the Volunteers, recognizing the nearly 57,000 volunteers who contribute to supporting the organization and the wider amateur radio community. […]
From ARRL Headquarters
From ARRL headquarters, November 19, 2024 – Dear Member, At the 2024 ARRL Annual Meeting held in January, the Board of Directors unanimously voted to approve the establishment of a committee to assure the existence of a set of ethical standards and guidelines for Board Members as called for in ARRL By-Law 42. In addition, […]
Pacificon 2024
Pacificon 2024: Fascinating, state of the art technology from multiple vendors and PAARA’s special events station, W1AW/6 made this year’s convention among the best in recent memory. A few images are posted to our section Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/arrlscv See also this summary from ARRL headquarters – https://tinyurl.com/yc25vwu4 […]
Wei / AG6AQ Ran a successful QRP HF SOTA Operation
Wei / AG6AQ ran a successful QRP HF SOTA operation from Mt. El Sereno (elevation 2,600’) on October 11, 2024. Several images are posted here. Thanks, Wei! https://www.facebook.com/arrlscv […]
The CW Weekend of the ARRL November Sweepstakes
ARRL November Sweepstakes, CW / via ARRL headquarters The CW weekend of the ARRL November Sweepstakes is November 2 – 3. ARRL Sweepstakes is the “oldest domestic contest, beginning in 1930” with competition at the individual, multi-operator, and school club levels. In this contest, multipliers are the 85 ARRL and RAC Sections; each may be […]
ARRL Systems Service Disruption
ARRL Systems Service DisruptionUpdated 10/23/2024 by ARRL headquarters The ARRL DXCC® System has been returned to service, and our staff is again processing applications for credit toward DXCC awards. The queue includes nearly 3,000 award applications submitted via Logbook of The World® (LoTW®) accounts and mailed paper applications. We are processing the backlog as quickly […]
Systems Service Disruption
Systems Service Disruption / via ARRL headquarters Updated 9/25/24 Two major systems that have not been returned to service include DXCC and our accounting system. Most other systems have returned to full service, and we are working to clean up the stragglers. DXCC® System Our DXCC software was written some 20 years ago. Although an […]
Club Grant Program and Club News
Club Grant Program and Club News, via ARRL headquarters The ARRL Foundation Club Grant Program is in the review phase as of this publication. With 110 grant applications received, the grant review committee has their work cut out for them. Each grant will be reviewed and evaluated following the guidelines specified in the application. With […]
PACIFICON℠
QST: PACIFICON℠ is October 18-20, 2024. See you there! https://www.pacificon.org/ […]