Recent News
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07/26/2010 | John Robert Stratton, KE5ISX, Appointed West Gulf Division Vice Director
After review of eligibility by the ARRL Ethics and Elections Committee, President Kay Craigie, N3KN, has appointed John Robert Stratton, KE5ISX, of Austin Texas, to serve as Vice Director of the ARRL’s West Gulf Division for the remainder of the current t
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07/26/2010 | Ubuntu Linux for HamsA free operating system provides your PC with many features including ham radio applications.
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07/24/2010 | ARDF Update: Radio Foxhunters Find Their Champions in OhioNo shack potatoes here! These radio-orienteering enthusiasts took to the beautiful woods of the Buckeye State in pursuit of transmitters and medals.
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07/23/2010 | ARRL Argues that Oklahoma Town’s RFI Ordinance is “Null and Void”
Saying that only the Federal Communications Commission is empowered to regulate radio frequency interference (RFI), the ARRL has notified Midwest City, Oklahoma, that its local ordinance 27-3(9), seeking to regulate radio transmissions and RFI, is “null a
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07/23/2010 | The K7RA Solar Update
Sunspot activity increased recently, although it is foolish to call this a trend, since solar activity has great variability. Sunspot group 1087 was visible for 13 days over July 9-21. In millionths of a solar hemisphere, its size was 30, 100, 120, 130, 7
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07/23/2010 | Surfin’: Searchin’This week, Surfin’ searches the FCC database and finds more musical hams.
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07/20/2010 | QuickStats to Debut on Web and QST
Member polls have returned to the ARRL Web, but with a twist. Rather than a single weekly poll, the new QuickStats page at http://www.arrl.org/quickstats offers several polls at once with new questions every 30 days. The results will be published in QST b
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07/20/2010 | FCC: Vanity Call Sign Fees to Decrease August 17
On July 19, the FCC announced via the Federal Register that the cost of an Amateur Radio vanity call sign will decrease 10 cents, from to $13.40 to $13.30. The new fees take effect 30 days after publication, making August 17, 2010, the first day the new f
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