Modern communication systems may seem robust, but they prove useless during disasters for want of power or due to spotty...
Two major sunspot regions (2993 and 2994) have now rotated onto the earth-facing solar disk. These regions were already very...
Once a weather balloon is launched – payload attached – Gloversville Middle School science teacher Chris Murphy is behind the...
84 years ago, a teenager built a TV set in a basement in Hammond, Indiana. The teen was a radio...
Out of nowhere yesterday we were surprised by M-class solar activity. A sunspot region that is hiding behind the north-east...
Ham radio and freemasonry: both integral parts of American history and subcultures in their own right. Both also boast strong...
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1206 Release Date: April 9, 2022 Here is a summary of the news...
The national societies of both Switzerland (USKA) and the USA (ARRL) have reported difficulties in getting hold of the paper...
Here’s how much Tim Berry loves radio: So much that he bought and maintains a 140-foot tower in Blount County...
We ran an article this week about RS-485, a noise resistant differential serial multidrop bus architecture. (Tell me where else you’re...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) staff has clarified in response to an ARRL request that the new $35 application fee...
Hi, my name is Dan and I’m a crimpoholic. Honestly, I didn’t know I was a serial abuser of crimping...
BBC journalist and long-time RSGB member Laurie Margolis broke the fact of the invasion of the Falklands through amateur radio....
Release Date: April 2, 2022 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's...
M-class flaring continues today from sunspot region 2975 with an M2.9 solar flare this night and a spectacular long duration...
An Erie man accused of using an emergency radio frequency to broadcast threats against people and property and to air...
decided to build a wideband SDR – for satellite communication research and monitoring, you know, the usual. He decided on a battery...
A scheduled annual maintenance shutdown of the MSF 60kHz Radio Time Signal service is planned. It will allow safe working...
Follow these steps to sign in and access ARRL features and services: Go to arrl.org and click “Login” which will...
The court of Versailles (Yvelines) sentenced a 65-year-old resident of La Falaise to a one-year suspended prison sentence, Monday, March...
What an eventful few days we are having. Solar flares, coronal mass ejections and now even geomagnetic storming! Indeed, the...
ARRL.org is now back online after system upgrades to their membership portal and a new look. Screenshot of ARRL.org 3/31/2022
Compounding the concern around explosive wildfires in rural California, modern communications infrastructure has proven vulnerable in times of natural disasters. "It's that...
Back in the day, just about everything that used a battery had a hatch or a hutch that you could...
If there’s one thing that amateur radio operators are good at, it’s turning just about anything into an antenna. And...
