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How to register your D-STAR radios & devices

These directions are intended only for Technician Class amateur radio operators living anywhere in South Carolina or Georgia, particularly in the Central Savannah River Area of Georgia and South Carolina. NOTE: You do not have ....

QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo to Become Twice-Yearly Event August 13, 2020
US Department of Defense to Share 3450 – 3550 MHz with 5G Commercial Operations August 12, 2020
Arecibo Observatory Reflector Dish Damaged after Cable Snaps August 12, 2020
An auxiliary cable that helps to support a metal platform above the Arecibo Observatory radio telescope’s reflector dish in Puerto Rico snapped in the early morning hours of August 10, causing a 100-foot gash in the reflector dish. Operations at the world-famous observatory, managed by the University of Central Florida (UCF) have been halted until […]
ARRL Hires Paul Z. Gilbert, KE5ZW, as Director of Emergency Management August 12, 2020
As another step in ARRL’s increased focus on strengthening its emergency communications capabilities and long-standing working relationships with federal and state agencies and private emergency response organizations, ARRL has hired Paul Z. Gilbert, KE5ZW, of Cedar Park, Texas, as its first Director of Emergency Management. Gilbert brings more than 30 years of experience in public […]
Grid and Prefix Award Program Announces Digital Awards Program August 12, 2020
The Grid and Prefix Award Program (GAPA) has announced the establishment of a comprehensive Digital Awards Program. Awards are available for radio amateurs and shortwave listeners (SWLs) for confirmed grids and prefixes worked or heard using digital modes.“This is not an award based on the station you are using, but rather the operating prowess of […]
Outages Affect Receipt of Applications, FCC License Processing August 7, 2020
The Newington, Connecticut, US Post Office, which serves ARRL Headquarters, is without power, so ARRL is receiving little or no mail, affecting the receipt of amateur radio exam session paperwork as well as other mail and parcels. The outage is a result from damage due to Tropical Storm Isaias. In addition, the FCC electronic batch […]
The Latest Episode of ARRL Audio News is Now Available August 7, 2020
Listen to the new episode of ARRL Audio News on your iOS or Android podcast app, or online at http://www.blubrry.com/arrlaudionews/. Audio News is also retransmitted on a number of FM repeaters. Click here and then scroll down to see the list.
The September Issue of Digital QST is Now Available! August 7, 2020
Campus Radio Clubs Face an Altered Fall Landscape August 7, 2020
Many colleges and universities are preparing incoming students for fall classes, amid a complex landscape of re-entry plans due to COVID-19. Schools are pursuing a variety of instructional modalities, including live and asynchronous online classes, reduced-size or no in-person classes, and hybrid classes with some mix of it all. At schools where in-person attendance is […]
The K7RA Solar Update August 7, 2020
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Sunspot Cycle 25 is under way. We saw one new spot on July 28 and two new ones on August 2 and 3. The daily sunspot numbers were 22 and 23 on the dates of their appearance, and the total sunspot area grew on Wednesday to 160 millionths of the […]
SAQ Alexanderson Day in the Age of COVID-19 August 6, 2020
Despite mid-summer conditions, at least seven US listeners, most of them radio amateurs, were able to copy the 17.2-kHz signal from the SAQ Alexanderson Alternator at the World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station in Sweden. The July 5 transmission from the vintage electro-mechanical transmitter commemorated the annual Alexanderson Day. All told, more than 600 reception reports [report […]
Meet Up with ARRL Virtually August 7 – 9 at QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo August 6, 2020

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