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12/27/2021 | Straight Key Night is January 1, 2022 (UTC)

The annual ARRL Straight Key Night (SKN) returns on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, January 1, 0000 – 2359 UTC.Read More
12/24/2021 | ARRL to Oppose Forest Service Administrative Fees for Amateur Facilities

The US Forest Service is proposing to implement new annual administrative fees for communications use authorizationsRead More
12/24/2021 | Experimental Station will Recreate 1906 Fessenden Transmissions

Experimental station WI2XLQ will be on the air on 486 kHz AM for the Reginald Fessenden commemorative transmission.Read More
12/24/2021 | The K7RA Solar Update

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Solar activity was way up this week.Read More
12/23/2021 | ARRL Headquarters will be Closed on Friday, December 24

ARRL Headquarters will be closed on Friday, December 24. The ARRL Letter will not publish on Thursday, December 23, and ARRL Audio News will be on hiatus on Friday December 24. There will be no W1AW bulletin or CW practice transmissions on that day. AR…Read More
12/23/2021 | Former Tennessee Section Manager Keith Miller, N9DGK, SK

Former ARRL Tennessee Section Manager Keith Miller Sr., N9DGK, of Rockvale, Tennessee, died of COVID on December 22.Read More
12/22/2021 | WSJT-X Development Group Releases Version 2.5.3

The WSJT-X development group has announced the release of WSJT-X 2.5.3.Read More
12/21/2021 | David Benoist, AG4ZR, Appointed as ARRL Georgia Section Manager

David Benoist, AG4ZR, has been appointed to fill the vacant post of ARRL Georgia Section Manager (SM).Read More
12/21/2021 | Georgia Club Donates License Manuals to Local Schools

The Dalton Amateur Radio Club (DARC) in Dalton, Georgia, has donated copies of the ARRL Ham Radio License Manual to several schools in its service area.Read More
12/21/2021 | Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, Wins the December 2021 QST Cover Plaque Award

Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, has won the December 2021 QST Cover Plaque Award.Read More
12/21/2021 | Switzerland has its own AMSAT Organization

AMSAT-HB is the latest amateur radio satellite organization in the AMSAT fold.Read More
12/21/2021 | Norway is Trying to Track Down 2-Meter Intruders

The NRRL is working with the Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom) to stop intruders from operating on 2 meters.Read More
12/21/2021 | New Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite Could Launch on December 25

The CAMSAT XW-3 (CAS-9) amateur radio satellite could launch on December 25.Read More
12/21/2021 | ISS SSTV Transmission Set for Late December

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team will support Slow Scan TV (SSTV) transmissions from the International Space Station (ISS), December 26 – 31.Read More
12/17/2021 | The K7RA Solar Update

Sunspots disappeared December 8 – 11.Read More
12/15/2021 | Past ARRL Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH, SK

Former ARRL Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH, of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, died on December 12.Read More