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Four (4) Items for Sale by Paul “Scooter” Dyson, KK4YVE on Dec. 26, 2020 |

Network for Lightning and Thunderstorms in Real Time – Live Lightning Map |

About ARRL Radiograms |

How to register your D-STAR radios & devices |

Should you consider a digital radio? |

Amateur Radio Is More Relevant Today |

ARRL’s Headline News |

Always use Anderson Powerpoles |

Quorum changed from 33-1/3% to 15% |

MOU Signed With Hospital |

Network for Lightning and Thunderstorms in Real Time – Live Lightning Map

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Spring Red Cross Emergency Communications Drill Set February 27, 2021
The spring 2021 Red Cross Nationwide Emergency Communications Winlink Drill will be held on May 8, which is World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day 2021. Details and instructions are available. Sign up for email updates. Ahead of the May nationwide exercise, the American Red Cross (ARC) Emergency Communications training group will continue its Winlink […]
Video Documents Removal, Preservation of 250 kW Voice of America Transmitter February 26, 2021
With the former Voice of America Delano relay site in Central California scheduled for eventual demolition for resale, the Collins Collectors Association (CCA), in association with the Antique Wireless Association (AWA), came up with a plan in 2014 (working, among others, with past ARRL Midwestern Division Director Rod Blocksome, K0DAS, a former Collins engineer), to […]
The K7RA Solar Update February 26, 2021
Wildlife Outnumber Participants in Winter Yellowstone VHF Radio Rally February 25, 2021
Wyoming and southern Montana hams belonging to the north Yellowstone Amateur Radio Club and Park County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) took to the wilderness in late January during heavy snow to take part in an emergency preparedness exercise. The groups have about 15 members in all; many more bison and elk roam the roads […]
ARRL Interview Explains Background of Ham Radio in Space Film Short February 25, 2021
Josh Tanner, the Australian filmmaker who produced the thriller Decommissioned by Perception Pictures, has explained how he came up with the idea to develop the movie short. In the approximately 6-minute film, SuitSat returns in the future to haunt International Space Station commander “Diaz,” played by Joey Vieira, who spots SuitSat, the surplus Russian Orlan […]
Amateur Radio Helping to Fill Earthquake Report “Donut Holes” February 25, 2021
An article describing how radio amateurs can help fill the information “donut hole” by providing post-earthquake “did you feel it” (DYFI) reports via Winlink HF radio email appeared on February 22 in the American Geophysical Union (AGU) magazine Eos. As the article points out, “Ham radio networks gear up to provide real-time, on-the-ground information about […]
“Whirlwind Boom” Emergency Communications Exercise Set in Northern Florida February 24, 2021
The amateur radio communications team of the Florida Baptist Disaster Relief has created a multi-site radio communications exercise dubbed “Whirlwind Boom,” designed to bring together volunteers and local agencies across northern Florida and throughout the southeastern US. The 2-hour drill is set for Friday, March 19. Invitations have gone out to Amateur Radio Emergency Service […]
ARES and Red Cross Cooperate to Assist Storm-Affected Residents in Texas February 24, 2021
ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®) and American Red Cross volunteers joined forces in Texas under the ARRL/Red Cross memorandum of understanding in responding to the situation resulting from unseasonably frigid weather. Kevin McCoy, KF5FUZ, said the Red Cross formally requested an ARES activation in Texas to address the effects of the natural disaster, which […]
Youth on the Air will Make Final Decision on Summer Camp in April February 23, 2021
ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, to Keynote QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo February 23, 2021
The K7RA Solar Update February 19, 2021
Ham Radio in Friedrichshafen, Germany, Tentatively on for 2021 February 18, 2021

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