| Feb 3 | Proposed Maritime Mobile Allocation Gets First Reading at WRC-12 Plena.. At the February 3 Plenary Session of the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference ( WRC-12 ), delegates heard the first reading and approved a worldwide exclusive allocation to Maritime Mobile of 495-505 kHz. There will need to be a second reading t.. |
| Feb 3 | The K7RA Solar Update Here are some yearly averages that we have neglected at the beginning of the year. These are the average daily sunspot numbers for whole calendar years, from 1994-2011: 48.1, 28.7, 13.2, 30.7, 88.7, 136.3, 173, 170.3, 176.7, 109.2, 68.6, 48.9, 26.1.. |
| Feb 3 | WRC Update: How Are Agenda Items Processed at a WRC? By Rod Stafford, W6ROD IARU Secretary The procedures used by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) before and during a World Radiocommunication Conference ( WRC ) seem complicated. They are somewhat complicated, but they are understandable.. |
| Feb 3 | Amateur Allocation at 472 kHz Moves a Step Closer to Acceptance While two hurdles still remain to be cleared, the effort to gain a new amateur medium frequency (MF) allocation reached a major milestone on Thursday, February 2 at the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference ( WRC-12 ) in Geneva, Switzerland. Acco.. |
| Feb 3 | New Rules for 5 MHz (60 Meters) To Go Into Effect March 5 On November 18, the FCC released a Report and Order ( R&O ), defining new rules for the 60 meter (5 MHz) band. These rules are in response to a Petition for Rulemaking ( PRM ) filed by the ARRL more than five years ago and a June 2010 Notice of Prop.. |
| Feb 3 | Surfin’: Wikipedia vs CIA By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Contributing Editor This week, Surfin’ tries to determine the best place to just get the facts (Ma’am) about new countries. Before Wikipedia , there was the Central Intelligence Agency. A decade ago, if I wanted to look up in.. |
| Feb 3 | WorldRadio Founder Armond Noble, N6WR (SK) Armond Noble, N6WR -- the founder of WorldRadio magazine and its publisher for 37 years -- passed away February 1 in Sacramento, California after a short illness. He was 77. WorldRadio was published monthly from July 1971 until the end of 2008, when.. |
| Feb 2 | 2012 Field Day Packet Now Available It’s that time of year again -- time to start gearing up for ARRL Field Day, June 23-24, 2012! ARRL’s flagship operating event -- always held the fourth full weekend in June -- brings together new and experienced hams for 24 hours of operating fun. .. |
| Feb 1 | ARRL in Action: What Have We Been Up to Lately? Compiled by S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA ARRL News Editor k1sfa@arrl.org This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment .. |
| Feb 1 | Ralph Taggart, WB8DQT, Wins January QST Cover Plaque Award The winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for January is Ralph Taggart, WB8DQT , for his article “ Vintage Low Power Radios. ” Congratulations Ralph! The QST Cover Plaque award -- given to the author or authors of the best article in each issue -- is.. |
| Jan 31 | Save the Date! Take a Virtual Tour of W1AW on February 12 Join W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, on a virtual tour of W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station , the Amateur Radio station at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut. Carcia will lead this tour via a live webcast on Sunday, Februa.. |
| Jan 29 | WRC-12: The First Week By Rod Stafford, W6ROD IARU Secretary The International Telecommunication Union ( ITU ) 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference ( WRC-12 ) began January 23 in Geneva, Switzerland. This is the “big show” for spectrum allocation matters and a very im.. |
| Jan 29 | Agenda Item 1.23 Update According to Colin Thomas G3PSM, CEPT Coordinator for Agenda Item 1.23, WRC-12 delegates are progressing with what he calls a “compromise proposal” for an MF secondary allocation to the Amateur Radio Service. Agenda Item 1.23 calls for WRC-12 delega.. |
| Jan 29 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: New Year, New Goals, More Calculus -- and More W0E.. By Sterling Coffey, N0SSC ARRL Youth Editor n0scc@arrl.net After celebrating the New Year and holiday festivities with some well-deserved rest -- and lots of time spent on the air -- I look back at the break, and like all of you in school, I always .. |
| Jan 28 | W1AW Gets New Antennas The freak snow storm in late October wreaked havoc on the ARRL HQ antenna farm . According to W1AW Station Manager Joe Carcia, NJ1Q, both of W1AW’s M-Squared 40 meter Yagis were severely damaged, as was the 80 meter cage antenna, and an element on t.. |
| Jan 26 | FCC Denies Anchorage VEC’s Waiver Request On January 24, the FCC issued an Order that denied a waiver request from the Anchorage VEC, one of 14 Volunteer Examiner Coordinators in the US. In its July 2011 Waiver Request, the Anchorage VEC asked the Commission to permit individuals who have pr.. |
| Jan 26 | Amateurs Asked to Listen for RS-39 Satellite The Chibis-M microsatellite, also known as RS-39 (RadioSputnik 39), was jettisoned from the Progress M-13M cargo spacecraft Tuesday evening (UTC). The satellite is designed to study atmospheric phenomena such as Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes (TGFs) a.. |
| Jan 26 | Hams in Arkansas and Alabama Help Provide Assistance to NWS During Sev.. Strong winds and tornadoes moved through Arkansas and Alabama on Sunday, January 22. In response to the storms, the National Weather Service office in Little Rock activated Arkansas SYWARN the same afternoon, while ARES® members were activated in par.. |
| Jan 26 | FCC Fines Florida Pirate $10,000 The FCC fined Robenson Thermitus $10,000 for operating an unlicensed radio transmitter on 98.7 MHz in Miami. Following up on a complaint in July 2011, Miami Enforcement Bureau agents traced the unauthorized signal to an FM transmitting antenna mounte.. |
| Jan 26 | British Antenna Company InnovAntennas Appoints First American Dealer The full line of high performance HF, VHF and UHF amateur radio antennas from fast-growing British company InnovAntennas are now available to customers across the United States via Hamilton, Ohio’s R&L Electronics. |