The ARRL Letter for November 2, 2017

Big Island ARRL News, 03 November 2017, 0325 UTC, Post #359

Source:

http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/?issue=2017-11-02

Accessed on 03 November 2017, 0325 UTC.

Editor:  Rick Lindquist (WW1ME).

Please click link to read the full article.

Here are the main topics discussed in the current edition of “The ARRL Letter”:

• American Red Cross Hails “New Partnership” with ARRL Following Puerto Rico Deployment
• ARRL Executive Committee Updated on Entry-Level License, Amateur Auxiliary Revision
• The Doctor Will See You Now!
• New Digital Modes Changing Complexion of Bands and Perhaps of Ham Radio
• Joe Spier, K6WAO, Ascends to AMSAT-NA Presidency, Announces Next CubeSat Initiative
• 630-Meter Special Operating Event on November 11 Commemorates Berlin Treaty
• HamSCI Workshop Aims to Foster Collaboration between Hams and Space Science/Weather Researchers
• CQ World Wide SSB Event Inaugurates Fall Contest Season
• In Brief…
• Getting It Right
• The K7RA Solar Update
• Just Ahead in Radiosport
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions

For the latest Amateur Radio news and information, please check the blog sidebars and links. These news feeds are updated daily and weekly.

Please send your Hawaii Island Amateur Radio news items to kh6jrm@arrl.net at least two weeks prior to your event so I can notify our local print and broadcast media in a timely manner.

Opinions expressed in this blog are mine unless otherwise stated.

Thanks for joining us today.

Aloha es 73 de

Russell Roberts (KH6JRm)

Public Information Coordinator

Hawaii County, ARRL Pacific Section

About Russ Roberts

Retired News director of Pacific Radio Group Radio Stations on Hawaii-the Big Island. I have more than 40 years of broadcast experience, including positons at KTUH-FM (UH-Manoa), KPOI-FM (Honolulu). KHLO-AM (Hilo), KKBG-FM (KBIG-FM)(Hilo/Kona), KAPA-FM (Hilo-Kona). Native-FM (Hilo-Kona), and ESPN Hawaii (Hilo-Kona). Former University of Hawaii-Hilo librarian. Retired Air Force Officer. Amateur (Ham) Radio operator since 1977 (currently holds the Amateur Extra Class License from the FCC-KH6JRM).... Can read, write, and speak Russian. Retired on 30 September 2011, but still maintains a Hawaii Island News Blog.