Amateur Radio News

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ARRL News

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.
  • Massachusetts ARES Prepares as a Now-Weakened Hurricane Earl Approaches

    Robert Macedo, KD1CY, ARES SKYWARN Coordinator and Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator, provided this report on the afternoon of Friday, September 3:

    The following is a situation report from the Eastern Massachusetts ARRL Section on Hurricane Earl. The good news is that Earl has weakened to a Category-1 hurricane. The...

  • New Interim Chief Takes Over Air Force MARS

     The Air Force Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) organization has a new “interim” Chief. Outgoing USAF MARS Chief Allen Eiermann, K3LSR, retired at the end of May and was replaced by TSgt Jason E. Sandifer. Sandifer is a systems manager stationed at the Air Force Network Integration Center (AFNIC) at...

  • The K7RA Solar Update

    Over this past week, four new sunspot groups appeared. Group 1101 was already in place since August 24, and 1102 emerged on August 29. On September 1, two new sunspot groups -- 1103 and 1104 -- appeared, and on September 2, sunspot group 1105 arrived. Through August 26-September 2, the...

This Week in Amateur Radio

This Week in Amateur Radio: North America's Amateur Radio News Magazine. Podcast feeds expire after one week. Archives are available at archive.twiar.org
  • This Week in Amateur Radio #884 - Week of 3/21/10
    Special expanded Edition #884 of This Week in Amateur Radio, and This Week in Amateur Radio Headline News, have been released. Both are now posted and available for download at www.twiar.org. Release Date: March 21, 2010. This edition covers editions 882, 883, and 884. Subscribe on our site or: FIND US NOW ON I-TUNES! ...
  • This Week in Amateur Radio #880 - Week of 2/21/10
    Special expanded Edition #880 of This Week in Amateur Radio, and This Week in Amateur Radio Headline News, have been released. Both are now posted and available for download at www.twiar.org. This edition covers editions 880, and 879. Subscribe on our site or: FIND US NOW ON I-TUNES! --> You can also direct download through our...
  • This Week in Amateur Radio #877 - Week of 1/31/10
    Edition #877 of This Week in Amateur Radio, and This Week in Amateur Radio Headline News, have been released. Both are now posted and available for download at www.twiar.org. Subscribe on our site or: FIND US NOW ON I-TUNES! --> You can also direct download through our portal for web enabled devices (PS3, Blackberry, etc) at...

Radio Sport

Your home for ham radio contest news
  • NAQP SSB Looks to Avoid Solar Flare That Hit NAQP CW
    As the August 2010 NAQP SSB Contest arrives this weekend, contesters in North America don't want to see a repeat of the start of the NAQP CW from earlier this month, as the sun decided to throw out a decent-sized solar flare just as that test was getting underway. ...
  • Tennessee QSO Party Goal - Sweep 95 Counties in 9 Hours
    All 95 counties will be activated for the 2010 Tennessee QSO Party, giving you nine hours to try to put together a sweep of the Volunteer State. Bob Harder W0BH is the defending out of state Single Op champ, while Bob Edmondson N4VV was the 2009 Single Op High Power champ...
  • HI3TEJ Falls, UA9AM Takes Over radio-sport.net #1
    After his entry in the 2009 CQ WW SSB Contest was reclassified from Low Power to Assisted, Teddy Jiminez HI3TEJ has dropped out of the lead in the radio-sport.net Single Operator World Standings, clearing the way for Yuri Kurinyi UA9AM to grab the top spot, with a narrow lead over...