ARRL Straight Key Night Begins January 1, 2023 at 0000 UTC12/29/2022 ARRL Straight Key Night (SKN) is January 1, 2023, from 0000 UTC through 2359 UTC. In the US, SKN begins on New Year’s Eve. Many hams look forward to SKN as one of the highlights of their operating year. Operators participate using Morse code […]
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Rep. Lesko Introduces Bill to Replace Symbol Rate Limit with Bandwidth Limit
Rep. Lesko Introduces Bill to Replace Symbol Rate Limit with Bandwidth Limit12/22/2022 Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 9664) on December 21, 2022, to require that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) replace the current HF digital symbol rate limit with a 2.8 kHz bandwidth limit. After being […]
CW Operators’ Club Accepting Nominations for Advancing the Art of CW Award
CW Operators’ Club Accepting Nominations for Advancing the Art of CW Award The CW Operators’ Club (CWops) is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Advancing the Art of CW Award. This award recognizes individuals, groups, or organizations that have made the greatest contribution(s) toward advancing the art or practice of radio communications by Morse code. […]
SKYWARN Recognition Day Set for December 3, 2022
SKYWARN Recognition Day Set for December 3, 2022 The annual SKYWARN™ Recognition Day (SRD) on-the-air activity will take place Saturday, December 3, 2022, from 0000 to 2400 UTC. For US time zones, activity begins on the evening of Friday, December 2, 2022. SKYWARN Recognition Day was developed in 1999 by the National Weather Service (NWS) […]
Ellen White, W1YL, Silent Key, Devoted Lifetime to Amateur Radio and ARRL
Ellen White, W1YL, Silent Key, Devoted Lifetime to Amateur Radio and ARRL11/07/2022 Ellen White, W1YL, of Brandon, Florida, passed away on Saturday, November 5, 2022. She was 95. White became a radio amateur in 1946 and devoted over 75 years of her life to ham radio, including more than 25 years on the headquarters staff […]
Please Welcome La Honda Residents Peter Chupity / KI6FAO
Please welcome La Honda residents Peter Chupity / KI6FAO as an incoming DEC in our section, and Jeneen Sommers / W6NCS as EC. A special thanks to our outgoing DEC Linda Bennett / W6LJB and EC Angelo Dragone / N6QAD for their outstanding service. Both Linda and Angelo will continue to assist as advisors in […]
Pacificon 2022 in San Ramon was a Resounding Success!
Pacificon 2022 in San Ramon was a resounding success! I enjoyed meeting with section, division, and headquarters staff, and operating 20 meter CW from special event station W1AW/6, courtesy station captain Mikko / AB6RF and his assistant, Christopher / AI6AK. A few images are posted to our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/arrlscv/ […]
An ARES Update from Jeffrey / AJ6VF
Here’s an ARES update from Jeffrey / AJ6VF — Greetings and Happy Halloween! Attached is my report for October. It’s been a busy month and I’m very happy with the results for HMB ARES. Coastside Great ShakeOut involved ARES running two nets in support of Coastside CERT branches 1 & 2. We had a ham […]
The K7RA Solar Update
The K7RA Solar Update, via ARRL10/21/2022 Sunspot activity took quite a plunge over this reporting week (October 13-19). Average daily sunspot numbers declined from 114.9 to 57.3, while equivalent solar flux values went from 155.3 to 119.6. Geomagnetic indicators were slightly lower, with average planetary A index going from 13.3 to 10.6, and middle latitude […]
Proposals Sought For Amateur Radio Crew Contacts From The International Space Station
Via ARRL: Proposals Sought For Amateur Radio Crew Contacts From The International Space Station10/07/2022 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an amateur radio contact with a crew member onboard the International Space Station (ISS) in 2023. Organizations that […]