ARRL Amateur Radio NewsThe National Association of Amateur RadioAre You "IN Shape" for the Doctor's Check-up- June 24, 2008 Starting this month, we at ARRL are introducing a brand new monthly feature: Amateur Radio quizzes! Stump your friends with your knowledge of arcane ham trivia. Stump yourself by trying to answer these easy (and sometimes not-so-easy) questions. See if the Doctor really does know best.http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2008/06/24/10181/ 2007 ARRL Annual Report Now Available- June 24, 2008 The ARRL Annual Report for 2007, now available online and in print, reviews the League's major events of the year and documents the renewed growth of both the ARRL and the activities of the Amateur Radio Service. Just 50 years ago, there were fewer than 90,000 ARRL members; in 2007, ARRL achieved its highest level of membership growth since 1993. By the end of 2007, there were 153,535 ARRL members -- a single year increase of 3.3 percent. In this period of growth, ARRL has upheld its commitment.http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/06/24/10178/ A Summer of E-Skip- June 24, 2008 Tired of the lousy conditions on the HF bands Come join the crowd on the "Magic Band." Each summer regardless of where the sunspot cycle is, sporadic E -- or E-skip -- blooms on 6 meters and sometime even on the bands above that. What often appears to be a dead band jumps to life with signals -- some relatively close, only hundreds of miles away -- but some representing worldwide DX on 6 meters.http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/06/24/10176/ ARRL Audio News Via Phone Suspended- June 23, 2008 For the near future, ARRL Audio News will not be accessible via phone at 860-594-0384. It is still available online. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and we hope to be able to return ARRL Audio News to this delivery mode soon.http://www.arrl.org/?artid=8295 Strong Support for Amateur Radio Week- June 23, 2008 ARRL Field Day is many things to many people. It ranges from a contest to a picnic to an emergency drill and more. But according to ARRL Media and Public Relations Manager Allen Pitts, W1AGP, it is also a public relations event and groups can score more than 500 points for working the public relations angle before the weekend even begins.http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/06/23/10177/ Global EmComm Conference to Be Held in Germany This Month- June 22, 2008 The fourth annual Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications (GAREC) Conference is scheduled for June 26-27, 2008 in Friedrichshafen, Germany, held just prior to HamRadio 2008. That event, called "the Dayton of Europe," is scheduled for June 27-29. GAREC's schedule is continuously being updated and is subject to change.http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/06/22/10169/ Using Community Events to Promote Amateur Radio- June 21, 2008 Did you know you can receive bonus points for setting up your Field Day site in a public place Why not take the opportunity this year to bring Amateur Radio to your community.http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2008/06/21/10175/ ARRL Audio News: Jun 20, 2008; Vol 27 Number 24- June 20, 2008 ARRL Audio News--OPEN--In this edition . . .; Ham Radio Volunteers Provide Support during Santa Cruz Fire; Hams Ready to Respond to Iowa Floods; ARRL Audio News ID--Satellite Update--BREAK; California Hands-Free Law to Go into Effect July 1; Ham Radio Not Affected Says Counsel; German Ham Claims First DXCC on 432 MHz; World Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) Championships Fast Approaching; ARRL Audio News--News Briefs--CLOSEhttp://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/audio/ German Ham Claims First DXCC on 432 MHz- June 20, 2008 The world of Amateur Radio DXing has passed a new milestone: On Friday, June 6, Jan Bruinier, DL9KR, of Niedernhausen, Germany, worked his 100th country on 432 MHz (70 cm). via moonbounce (EME) and CW.http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/06/20/10172/ The K7RA Solar Update- June 20, 2008 We are lucky to see sunspot activity this week, although it is only one. Sunspot 999 is currently in its most geo-effective position -- near the center of the Sun -- as we see it. This is another old Solar Cycle 23 spot. The sunspot number for the last few days has been 11, which is the minimum non-zero sunspot number. A value of 10 is assigned because there is just one cluster of sunspots, although in this case it is a cluster of just one; a value of one is added to that for the single spot. A.http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/06/20/10174/ |