ARRL member-volunteers will be part of the excitement as the 2019 International Experimental Aircraft Association annual AirVenture show gets under way this week in Oshkosh,
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Centenarian Radio Amateur’s Efforts Helped Pave the Way to the Moon
The Nashville Tennessean newspaper recently featured the story of a 104-year-old ARRL member who contributed to NASA’s effort to put the first humans on the moon 50 years
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Award for Top Homebrew Designers in Amateur Radio Announced
The ICQ Podcast has announced a partnership to establish an annual “Homebrew Heroes Award” to recognize individuals, groups, or organizations that help to define the frontiers in
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FAA Reauthorization Act Language Serves to Exclude Vast Majority of Amateur Radio Towers
Language in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2018 will exclude all but a small number of Amateur Radio towers from marking requirements. Thanks to
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Historic Amateur Radio Contact Reported via Moon-Orbiting Satellite
A contact between a radio amateur in Germany and China took place on July 1 via the moon-orbiting LO-4 satellite, DSLWP-B, launched in May 2018.
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Portable Power for Amateur Radio – Ham Radio Q&A
News LightSail 2 Launches, Will Transmit CW Beacon June 27, 2019 in: News No comments The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 CubeSat, launched on June 25, will transmit
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Pennsylvania Radio Amateur Dies in Tower Installation Mishap
A 62-year-old Union Dale, Pennsylvania, radio amateur — Leland L. “Lee” Parsons III, N3LPJ — was killed on June 14 during a tower installation project when
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Radio Amateur to Lose License as Part of Enforcement Case Settlement
A New Jersey radio amateur, David S. Larsen Sr., WS2L, of Highland Park, will surrender his Amateur Extra-class license and pay a $7,500 civil penalty
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ARRL Offers “What is Amateur Radio?” Video and PowerPoint Presentation
ARRL has produced and is making available the downloadable video, “What is Amateur Radio?” to use at club meetings and at public events, including ARRL Field Day,
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Over-the-Horizon Radars Continue to Plague Amateur Bands
The International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS) reports a “new kind” of over-the-horizon (OTH) radar on 20 meters. The intruding signal, which appears to
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