The K7RA Solar Update

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States (Canada celebrates the same holiday on the second Monday in October, same as Columbus Day in the United States) we had a short bulletin on Wednesday last week, and a catch-up bulletin on Monday morning, December 2. If you missed it, you can catch up at http://www.arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive/ARLP049/2013 and see last week?s early bulletin ...

Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, Receives Radio Club of America?s Sarnof…

Retired FCC Special Counsel for the Spectrum Enforcement Division Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is the 2013 recipient of the Sarnoff Citation. The Radio Club of America established the award in 1973 to recognize an individual or club member for ?significant contributions to the advancement of electronic communications.? The Sarnoff Citation has been made to RCA member...

K2TQC Wins ARRL Diamond Challenge Trophy

Bill Gibbons, K2TQC, of Jamesville, New York, is the recipient of the ARRL Diamond DXCC Challenge trophy. In 2012 the League marked the diamond anniversary (75 years) of the ARRL DXCC Award, Amateur Radio?s preeminent DX accomplishment, with the Diamond DXCC Challenge. The goal was to work as many of the entities on the DXCC list in 1937, the year the award was established. Gibbons, who managed...

Amateur Radio Disaster Response in Philippines Winds Down

2013 ARRL 10 Meter Contest Next Weekend!

A perennial favorite with many operators, the ARRL 10 Meter Contest is again poised to make a splash on the highest of the HF bands. Conditions on 10 already look much better than they were in 2012, according to early predictions. In fact, the recent CQ World Wide contests provided many operators with outstanding rates on 10, where the band was busy almost from end to end!

The 10 meter band, of ...

ARRL Granted Use of W1ØØAW for League?s Centennial

The FCC has authorized the Maxim Memorial Station W1AW to also use the call sign W1ØØAW during 2014, the ARRL?s centennial year. Contacts made from the Maxim Memorial Station in Newington, from regional Centennial conventions, and during the IARU HF Championship will use W1ØØAW, with portable designators as appropriate. The ?W1AW WAS? operations throughout 2014 from each of the 50 states will u...

Plans Announced to Update the Communications Act of 1934

The US House Communications and Technology Subcommittee has announced plans for a multi-year effort to examine and update the Communications Act of 1934, the overarching law under which the FCC functions. The subcommittee, part of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee, is chaired by Oregon Republican Greg Walden, W7EQI. Walden and Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Fred Upton of Michigan ...

Former FMRE President Carlos Levy, XE1YK, SK

2013 ARRL 160 Meter Contest This Weekend!

This weekend will feature especially high activity levels on Top Band, thanks to the ARRL 160 Meter Contest. This contest provides an excellent opportunity for any station, regardless of size, to make QSOs on 160 meters. A popular event each year, this CW-only contest brings out operators of all experience levels.

Multipliers in the contest are ARRL/RAC Sections and DXCC entities. Alaska (KL7) a...

December is YOTA Month!

During December several European countries will promote ham radio to youth as part of a Youngsters On The Air (YOTA) event, on all bands and modes. Stations will be on the air with ?YOTA? as a call sign suffix or appendage.

?The idea for this is to break the ice for some youngsters,? said Bjorn Dettmaring, ON5CFG. ?This is not a contest but a shout out to the world of ham radio. Try to get as m...