La Sezione ARI VERSILIA-VIAREGGIO, indice ed organizza un Diploma in occasione degli 80 anni dall’eccidio di Sant’Anna di Stazzema e della Liberazione dei Comuni della Versilia.
Per conseguire il Diploma gli OM ed SWL dovranno collegare/ascoltare le stazioni attivatrici.
Periodo: 01 Agosto 2024 – 30 Settembre 2024
The Vice Director of the ARRL Southeastern Division, Jeffrey J. “Jeff” Beals, WA4AW, has become a Silent Key. He died on July 20, 2024. Beals, who was born in 1951, devoted a lifetime of service to amateur radio, having served in many local clubs, the ARRL Field Organization, and on the ARRL Board of Directors. He was also elected Vice President of the Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA...
HamCon: Zion 2024, hosting the ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention, the Young Ladies Radio League 85th Convention, and the RV Radio Network’s 2024 Western Rally, was a success. The inaugural event, held in St. George, Utah, was well attended and many reported the facility and events were first rate.
ARRL National Instructor Gordon West, WB6NOA, was in the ARRL booth greeting visitors and ga...
Big increase in solar activity this week, with average daily sunspot number rising from 129 to 215.9, and solar flux from 176.6 to 226.5.
Fourteen new sunspot groups emerged. Two were on July 11, one on July 12, three on July 13, one on July 14, two more on July 15, three more on July 16 and two more on July 17.
On Thursday (after the reporting week) the daily sunspot number was 276, the highes...
VHF contesting season is in full swing! Summer weather brings with it enhanced propagation. With good conditions, stations hundreds of miles away can be worked via tropospheric ducting, E-skip, and perhaps even meteor scatter. If you have an HF rig that includes 6 meters or VHF/UHF capability, you’ve got just the tools you need to take advantage of these enhancements! US amateurs of all license...
The ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology continues to bring educators from around the country to ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut, to learn how to engage students with amateur radio and radio technology. The program helps tie wireless technology into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.
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This week, TI1, or the initial course o...
Randall Carlson, WB0JJX, has become a Silent Key. He passed away June 7, 2024. Carlson was the Section Manager of the ARRL Delaware Section from December 1992 until 2005. He was originally licensed in the 1970s, according to his obituary. Carlson was 66 years old.
ARRL Director Nomar Vizcarrondo, NP4H, who has represented the Hudson Division since March 2023, has stepped down, effective July 12, 2024, at 5 PM Eastern.
Vice Director Ed Wilson, N2XDD, will accede to the Director’s chair to complete the remainder of a 3-year term ending December 31, 2024. Wilson has served as Vice Director since June 2023. He has held ARRL Field Organization appointments as ...
New sunspot groups, nine in all, emerged on every day of this reporting week, July 4 to 10. One on July 4, another on July 5, two more on July 6, another each on July 7 and July 8, two more on July 9 and another on July 10.
On July 11, two more sunspot groups emerged, and the total sunspot area expanded by 13 per cent.
Despite the appearance of so many new sunspots, average daily sunspot number...
ARRL® The National Association for Amateur Radio® joined The Weather Channel on Thursday, July 11, 2024, for a live chat about the value of amateur radio during hurricane season and beyond. ARRL’s Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, talked about how radio helps inform the warning process through surface observations relayed through the Hurricane Watch Net and other nets to WX4NHC, the amateur radio station ...
At Ham Radio 2024, the International amateur radio exhibition, last week in Friedrichshafen, Germany, the Software Defined Radio Academy (SDRA) celebrated its 10-year anniversary. Founded in 2014, the SDRA has become a new platform for the exchange of knowledge surrounding software defined radio. In the early years, the academy’s lectures were recorded with primitive camera technology, but toda...
Remnants of Hurricane Beryl, now a post-tropical cyclone, were moving northeast as of early Thursday morning with heavy rain and 35 mph winds. The storm is forecast to continue its current direction as it moves through Pennsylvania, upstate New York, northern New England and Canada, moving ENE at 20 mph. Beryl was the fastest and earliest storm of the hurricane season and during its 8-day run t...
The numbers for ARRL 2024 Field Day continue to grow. As of Thursday, July 11, there were nearly 3,500 entries posted. Remember, the deadline for entries is July 23, 2024. It’s a good idea to check the ARRL Field Day website daily for the latest updates and to make sure your entries are completed. If you see “complete” in the status column, your entries are good. If you see ‘pending documents,’...
Solar activity increased this week, with average daily sunspot numbers rising from 149.6 to 181.6. For some reason average daily solar flux decreased from 178 to 175.
Seven new sunspot groups emerged this week, one on June 27, two on June 28, three on June 29, and one more on July 3.
Average daily planetary index rose from 10.3 to 15.6 while average middle latitude A index rose from 10.1 to 11....
Al fine di incentivare la presenza di stazioni attive nel contest IARU HF Championship 2024, nonché di supportare al meglio l’attività del nostro Team Nazionale HQ, viene istituito il concorso “IIxHQ SPEED AWARD!!” volto a premiare le stazioni italiane e estere, che avranno effettuato un significativo numero di contatti con le stazioni IIxHQ attive sulle bande (160 m, 80 m, 40 m, 20 m, 15 m e 10 m) e nei due modi (SSB e CW) nel minor tempo possibile, secondo il regolamento dello IARU HF Championship 2024.
Stazioni Italiane attive nel IARU HF World Championship
To encourage the presence of active stations in the IARU HF Championship 2024 contest and to support the activity of our National HQ Team, the "IIxHQ SPEED AWARD!!" competition is established. This award aims to recognize both Italian and foreign stations that achieve a significant number of QSOs with IIxHQ stations across various bands (160 m, 80 m, 40 m, 20 m, 15 m, and 10 m) and modes (SSB and CW) in the shortest possible time, in accordance with the IARU HF Championship 2024 rules.
Nominations for 2024 ARRL Section Managers have been made. All nominees listed ran unopposed and returned their nomination forms by the June 7, 2024, deadline. They have been notified by mail and elected for new terms beginning October 1, 2024.
Connecticut:
Douglas Sharafanowich, WA1SFH (new)
Idaho:
Dan Marler, K7REX
Minnesota:
Bill Mitchell, AEØEENorth Dakota:
Ralph Fettig, NØRDFOhio:
Thomas Sly,...
ARRL Logbook of The World® (LoTW®) returned to service July 1, 2024. It had been offline as part of a systems service disruption.
As work progressed on the network, some users encountered LoTW opening briefly during which some 6600 logs were uploaded. The logs were not processed until this weekend as we tested that the interfaces to LoTW were functioning properly.
We are taking steps to help mana...
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® will be closed on Thursday, July 4, for the Independence Day holiday. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions. ARRL Headquarters will reopen on Friday, July 5, at 8 a.m. EDT.
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