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Recent content by ARRL

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    Get Ready for the 2024 ARRL National Convention and Youth Rally

    A full slate of programming has been committed for the 2024 ARRL National Convention, which will be hosted by Dayton Hamvention®, May 17 - 19, in Xenia, Ohio. Hamvention is the largest annual gathering of radio amateurs in the world. Coupled with the National Convention, this year promises to be...
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    FCC to Require Two Factor Authentication for CORES Users

    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced an upcoming change to the Commission Registration System (CORES) that licensees use to pay any application or regulatory fees, manage or reset a password on an existing FRN, or request a new FRN. Beginning March 29, 2024, multifactor...
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    International Marconi Day 2024

    This year, International Marconi Day (IMD) is on April 27. Italian inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi was born on April 25, 1874, and is credited for inventing the radiotelegraph system, creating Marconi's law, and sending the first wireless transmission over the...
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    The K7RA Solar Update

    Over March 14-20, new sunspot groups emerged every day except March 19. March 18 had two, and each of the other days saw one new sunspot group. It is now Spring in the Northern Hemisphere which is favorable to HF conditions, and solar and geomagnetic numbers both show improvement. Average...
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    ARRL: Credit Card Processing Available Again

    Updated 3/15/2024 at 7:58 PM EDT An update was completed for ARRL by its merchant services provider today. Credit card processing for all services has resumed. Thank you for your patience as we completed the system update. Members and prospective members can again access the following online...
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    Dayton Hamvention® 2024 Award Winners Announced

    The recipients of the 2024 Hamvention Awards were announced on March 8, 2024. Special Achievement Award: Anthony Luscre, K8ZT Luscre is from near Akron, Ohio, and he was first licensed in 1981. He has been a low-power operator, contester, and teacher throughout his amateur radio career. He...
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    Amateur Radio Stands Ready to Support Eclipse Operations

    The upcoming April 8, 2024, solar eclipse has many excited about the opportunity to witness the darkness of totality. Spectators from across the country are traveling to the path of total darkness that will stretch from South Texas to Northeastern Maine. Some states are anticipating more than a...
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    2024 ARRL Field Day Theme: Be Radio Active

    The theme for 2024 ARRL Field Day is "Be Radio Active." The event will run on June 22 - 23, and it will be one-part contest, one-part emergency communications exercise, and one-part open house -- and a great time. The theme encourages radio amateurs to take advantage of the peak of Solar Cycle...
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    The K7RA Solar Update

    Six new sunspot groups appeared over the past reporting week, March 7-13, and one more on March 14. The first group emerged on March 7, two more appeared on March 12, and three more on March 13. Solar activity was down. Average daily sunspot number went from 106.7 to 82.3, and solar flux from...
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    ARRL Headquarters Closed Morning of Wednesday, March 13, 2024

    ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut, will be closed from 8 AM to 12 PM EDT on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, for an employee communications meeting. There will not be a morning W1AW bulletin that day. During the short closure, members are encouraged to use the ARRL website, www.arrl.org, for...
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    The K7RA Solar Update

    Until March 6, new sunspot groups emerged daily over the past reporting week, February 29 through March 6. One new sunspot group appeared every day on February 29 through March 3, then two new groups on March 4 and another on March 5. It seems odd, but average daily sunspot number was about...
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    FCC Job Opportunity for Recent Engineering Graduates

    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has a job opening that might be a good opportunity for recently graduated amateur radio operators who have knowledge of the spectrum and RF. This is a Recent Graduates position in the FCC's Pathways Program, and it will be located in the FCC Office of...
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    Bob Vallio, W6RGG, Named ARRL Honorary Vice President

    Robert B. "Bob" Vallio, W6RGG, has been honored by the ARRL Board of Directors as an Honorary Vice President. In a motion that passed with an extended standing ovation, the Board awarded the honor at their Annual Meeting in January 2024. The motion honored Vallio's lifetime of service to...
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    Solar Eclipse One Month Away

    A total solar eclipse that will be seen across North America will occur on Monday, April 8th. It will be the last of its kind in the US for the next 20 years. Hams across North America are asked to participate in a study about how the ionosphere functions by getting on the air to help...
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    The K7RA Solar Update

    "ASWFC GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING ISSUED AT 2208 UTC/29 FEBRUARY 2024 BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE WEATHER FORECASTING CENTRE. "A filament eruption was observed at 28/0855UT from the solar southeast quadrant. The associated CME has been determined to contain an Earth-directed component, with an...