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By Sterling Coffey, N0SCCARRL Youth Editor About three years ago, I became familiar with the idea of hamfests — a convention of hams who go there to take their exams, check QSL cards, buy stuff from traveling vendors and flea marketers, as well as win prizes and participate in lectures or activities. My local club, [...]

The average daily sunspot numbers for the past week declined by more than half, nearly 52 points to 35.1, when compared to the previous week. Sunspot numbers for June 9-15 were 46, 35, 37, 16, 16, 48 and 48, with a mean of 35.1. The 10.7 cm flux was 87.5, 86.7, 84.5, 84.6, 86.6, 99.3 [...]

By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOUContributing Editor This week, Surfin’ considers hacking ham radio projects and one thing leads to another. Hack a Day rightfully claims that it “serves up fresh hacks each day, every day from around the web, as well as hacking related news.” Occasionally, the hacks are ham radio specific. Oftentimes, the hacks are [...]

At the 2007 Annual Meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors, the ARRL National Emergency Response Planning Committee — led by then-ARRL Vice President Kay Craigie, N3KN — presented a report to the Board that outlined how the League should respond to emergencies. One of the key concepts proposed by the committee was the Major [...]

May 31st 2011 marked the last day at ARRL HQ for ARRL Information Technology Manager Jon Bloom, KE3Z. Bloom — an ARRL Life Member who had been with the League for 27 years — resigned from the League to pursue other opportunities. Bloom began his tenure at ARRL HQ in 1984 as an engineer in [...]

The ARRL National Convention — held in conjunction with the ARRL West Gulf Division Convention and Ham-Com in Plano, Texas June 10-11 — featured the ARRL EXPO, a large exhibition area within the main exhibit hall. The ARRL EXPO featured a project building activity and the ARRL Youth Lounge, while booths highlighting various ARRL departments [...]

For the past 10 years, the US Office of Personnel Management has designated the ARRL to participate in the 2010 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). In that time, this campaign for federal government civilian employees, US Postal Service workers and members of the military has generated more than $170,000 for ARRL programs since it first became [...]