2024 Field Day / via ARRL It is the radio event of the summer: 2024 ARRL Field Day is June 22-23 The annual operating event is part contest, part emergencycommunications exercise, part public relations and outreach activity, and often a social highlight of the operating year. Many ARRL Affiliated Clubs will be set up in […]
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2024 ARRL National Convention Forums Available on YouTube
2024 ARRL National Convention Forums Available on YouTube / via ARRL The 2024 ARRL National Convention included a track of forums featuring a variety of engaging topics of interest to amateur radio operators. If you didn’t make it into the packed house of Forum Room 3 during the three short days of Dayton Hamvention®, or […]
Solar Activity Significantly Affecting Ionosphere, FCC Opens Docket for Comments on Impact
Solar Activity Significantly Affecting Ionosphere, FCC Opens Docket for Comments on Impact / via ARRL05/30/2024 Aurora Propagation, Northern Lights The sun has been busy, and it’s been a mixed bag for radio amateurs. Earlier this month, millions of people got a chance to see the aurora borealis for the first time, as the northern lights […]
ARRL Foundation Club Grant Program
ARRL Foundation Club Grant Program / via ARRL The ARRL Foundation is pleased to announce the return of the Club Grant Program for 2024. ARRL Club Grant Program at a glance: Applications will be accepted between June 3rd and July 26th Grants will be available up to $25,000 Clubs who receive grants will be required […]
Changes in the ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section / via ARRL
Changes in the ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section / via ARRL05/03/2024 Steven Hendricks, KK6JTB, has been appointed as Section Manager of the ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section. He fills the vacancy left by John Litz, NZ6Q, who was appointed as Vice Director of the ARRL Pacific Division. Hendricks has always had a love for radio, […]
The 2024 ARRL Field Day
Start Your Field Day Planning / via ARRL The 2024 ARRL Field Day is June 22 and 23 and is always one of the biggest operating events of the year. Many clubs across the country say that Field Day is their most popular event for a variety of reasons. Some clubs treat it as a […]
The Central States VHF Society 2024 Conference
Coming up – The Central States VHF Society 2024 Conference, July 25-27, 2024 The registration link is: 56th Annual CSVHFS Society Conference-Annual Conference https://tinyurl.com/3shfcwuh Room Reservation link is: https://www.choicehotels.com/reservations/groups/G9668829 A special conference room rate at this link — Convention website: https://2024.csvhfs.org/ […]
BAEARS is happy to announce our next one day ham class in Dublin
QST de WB6ZBU – BAEARS is happy to announce our next one day ham class in Dublin on Saturday, June 8, 2024. Reservations are required, so please see our website: https://www.baears.com/ for class information and registration. Please pass this on to anyone that may be interested in getting their Ham license. Ross Peterson [email protected] […]
Armed Forces Day Crossband Test
Armed Forces Day Crossband Test, May 11, 2024 The US Department of Defense will host this year’s Armed Forces Day (AFD) Crossband Test on May 11, 2024. For more than 50 years, military and amateur stations have taken part in this event, which is an interoperability exercise between hobbyist and government radio stations. The event […]
ISS News
ISS News / via ARRL Students at Mountain View Elementary School in Marietta, Georgia, held an amateur radio contact with the International Space Station (ISS) in the afternoon on April 18, 2024. More than 800 students experienced the contact with the help of the Cherokee Amateur Radio Society (an ARRL Affiliated Club) and the North […]