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												07/29/2009 | Amateurs Provide Communications Support During Gas LeakOn Friday, July 23 at 2 PM, Sacramento City CERT activated Sacramento City Fire CERT and Sacramento County ARES® for a large natural gas leak in South Sacramento. According to ARRL Sacrament 
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												Feature 07/06/2009 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: Another Field Day in the BooksContest or drill -- call it what you like, but we can all agree that ARRL Field Day 2009 was another big success! The fourth weekend in June is probably the most famous operating weekend in the United States and Canada. Whether you're doing 20A or 1D, Fie 
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												05/27/2009 | ARRL Field Day Tips and Techniques that Everyone Can UseMany amateurs treat ARRL Field Day (June 27-28) as a contest, even though it isn't one. But if your idea of Field Day fun is to go for the highest score possible, ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, offered the following suggestions at the ARRL 
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												03/24/2009 | Hurricane Watch Net Seeks New MembersWith hurricane season approaching, the various organizations that assist the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami are gearing up for what could be a very active storm season. One organization that assists the NHC is the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN). To b 
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												02/23/2009 | Field Day Station Locator Service Returning for 2009First introduced in 2008, the ARRL's Field Day Station Locator Service was a popular addition to the Field Day toolbox. This service -- an interactive map that helps amateurs or those interested in Amat 
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												01/21/2009 | David J. Strout Sr, W2YC, #1 Triple PlayOn Thursday, January 15, ARRL officials confirmed that David J. Strout Sr, W2YC, of Williamstown, New Jersey, is the recipient of the very first Triple Play Award. "Strout received the final needed confir 
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												01/20/2009 | Coy Day, N5OK, Resigns from ARRL Board of DirectorsAfter more than 12 years as a member of the ARRL Board of Directors -- 10 of them as West Gulf Division Director -- Coy Day, N5OK, announced that he is resigning from ARRL elected office, effective January 20. Per the ARRL Articles of Association 
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												01/12/2009 | Earthquake Strikes Costa Rica, Emergency Ham Frequency DeclaredOn Thursday, January 8 at 1921 UTC, an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck the Central American country of Costa Rica. The earthquake, with an epicenter located about 22 miles northeast of San Jose, comes after a series of almost 60 seism 
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