ARRL ARES Volunteers Were Ready to Assist in Wake of Nashville Blast ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) volunteers went on alert, ready to deploy in Williamson County, Tennessee, in the aftermath of an apparently intentional explosion early on Christmas Day in front of an AT&T switching facility in downtown Nashville. The blast injured several […]
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Happy New Year 2021
Happy New Year 2021 to you all! Here’s to substantially improved living conditions regionally, and beyond. To be sure, the previous months have been unprecedented; an especially challenging time for all of us. Despite the odds, we have what must be one of the most active sections anywhere. Thank you all for making this work! […]
A Licensing Class That’s Coming up in Just a Few Days
QST via John / N6QX: a licensing class that’s coming up in just a few days — To Technician License Holders: Santa Cruz County ARES will conduct a free series of Zoom classes beginning January 11 to prepare Technician Class amateur radio license holders to pass the General Class exam. The class will be more […]
The San Benito County Amateur Radio Association
Upgrading and returning amateurs: The San Benito County Amateur Radio Association continues to offer remote license examinations. See also the detailed notes regarding exam preparation strategies — https://sbcara.org/testing-training/ […]
Testing the W6JWS Repeater in Bonny Doon
W6JWS repeater update, from Bob / K06XX — Hi everyone, Paul K6EH and Jim WO6BZ just finished testing the W6JWS repeater in Bonny Doon. It has great coverage except for those very low areas. This repeater was placed here specifically to cover the San Lorenzo Valley area. It has been very costly not only for […]
The ARRL Pacific Division Meeting
A recording of the ARRL Pacific Division meeting on December 12, 2020 has been posted to YouTube. Thanks, Director Kristen McIntyre / K6WX — https://youtu.be/mPcC8GqIbj4 […]
FCC to Require Email Addresses on Applications
QST, via ARRL Headquarters, 12/02/2020: FCC to Require Email Addresses on Applications http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-to-require-email-addresses-on-applications Amateur radio licensees and candidates will have to provide the FCC with an email address on applications, effective sometime in mid-2021. If no email address is included, the FCC may dismiss the application as defective. The FCC is fully transitioning to electronic […]
Nathan Simington Confirmed as Newest FCC Member
Via ARRL HQ, 12/09/2020: Nathan Simington Confirmed as Newest FCC Member http://www.arrl.org/news/nathan-simington-confirmed-as-newest-fcc-member On a 49 – 46 vote, the US Senate on December 9 confirmed Nathan Simington to be a Commissioner at the FCC. Simington previously served as a senior advisor at the US Department of Commerce. Earlier, he was a legal associate at various […]
The New ARRL Contests Portal
QST, via ARRL — “The new ARRL Contests Portal https://contests.arrl.org/ is your one-stop shop for all of your ARRL contest interests (Log Submission, Logs Received, Raw Scores, Searchable access to scores and Contest Records, Log Checking Reports, Online Certificates, Club Membership Eligibility lists, etc). From here you can access everything from the starting bell of […]
ARRL Headquarters’ Articles of Interest
ARRL Headquarters has forwarded several articles of interest. The first is on ham radio of yesteryear: “CLARK, NJ – A brown house with lots of glass panels, hidden in overgrowth for years, situated across from Manny’s Diner on Raritan Road, was recently demolished and will soon be replaced by apartments. In the 1950s, […]