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12/08/2010 | Saddle Up for the 2010 CW Rookie Roundup!
The ARRL’s newest on-the-air operating event -- the Rookie Roundup -- is designed to help newly licensed amateurs build their operating skills on HF. This is a contest specifically for those new to Amateur Radio, similar to the ARRL Novice Roundup that ra
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12/07/2010 | Body of Veteran Balloonist Richard Abruzzo, KC5VWK, Found off Italian Coast
The bodies of famed hot-air balloonist Richard Abruzzo, KC5VWK, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a companion were discovered on Monday, December 6 deep underwater off the coast of Vieste, Italy. Abruzzo, 47, and Carol Rymer-Davis, 65, of Denver, Colorado,
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12/03/2010 | ARRL Introduces Book on Selecting, Using Antenna Tuners in Your Station
Antenna tuners are devices often misunderstood in the Amateur Radio world. While not every station requires an antenna tuner to transmit radio signals, without one an incompatibility between the transmitter and the antenna system can result in poor perfor
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12/02/2010 | ARRL Strengthens the Case for Mandatory BPL Notching
On November 30, the ARRL filed an ex parte submission with the FCC, providing additional support for its position that the FCC should require mandatory notching of the amateur bands by Broadband over Power Line (BPL). The ARRL’s filing stated such devices
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11/30/2010 | The Spratly Islands DXpedition Gets Wings
The 37 operators from 15 countries who make up the DX0DX DXpedition Team that will go to the Spratly Islands are finalizing preparations for the almost month-long DXpedition that begins January 6, 2011. Instead of going by boat, the team will instead fly
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11/30/2010 | ISS Expedition 24/25 Crew Back on Terra Firma
After more than 160 days in space, ISS Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC -- along with Flight Engineers Shannon Walker, KD5DXB, and Fyodor Yurchikhin, RN3FI -- has returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS), landing in Kazakh
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![Attending the ARISS meeting at W1AW were (L–R) Mark Steiner, K3MS; Debra Johnson, K1DMJ; Cynthia McArthur, Deborah Brown-Biggs, Barry Baines, WD4ASW; Mark Severance, N5XWF; Rosalie White, K1STO; Ed Pritchard, and Dewey Rykard, KI4RGD. [N1BKE photo]](/img/122x89/News/News_Only/_DSC00827.JPG)
11/22/2010 | ARISS Aiming to Raise Its Educational Profile
Meeting at ARRL HQ Brings Changes to ARISS Program
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11/20/2010 | Hams Invited to Listen for New Satellites
Amateurs have an opportunity to monitor three new research satellites.
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