Amateur Radio saves the day, “when all else fails” in “Chasing Vega” a new cop thriller from author Terry Shepherd. “As a licensed radio amateur, I was excited to include both real-life amateurs and the robust technology of our essential avocation,” Shepherd said. “Amateurs provide crucial assistance in the climactic…
Category: ARRL
I’m at the ARRL Rocky Mountain Division “Hamcon 2016” in beautiful Keystone, Colorado this weekend in my role as chair of the League’s Public Relations Committee. So naturally, I’ve been on the lookout for good ideas about how to promote the hobby. Here’s a really good one. One of our…
It’s eventually every radio amateur’s dream, to visit the World Headquarters of the American Radio Relay League. I found myself among the towers, beams and dipoles in Newington to congratulate Michigan State University alumnus, Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, who has served the League for nearly 4 decades. On April 19, he…
SPECIAL EVENT: Boy Scouts of America’s National Order of the Arrow Conference Special Event Amateur Radio Station, K2BSA/8, is coming to Michigan State University August 3rd to 7th in East Lansing Michigan. The National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC) is the premier event for the Order of the Arrow…
The ARRL Great Lakes Division Conference is fast approaching, held on August 1st in Dayton, Ohio. Here’s more information. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be4KRZi7vZE
Convention: Debra Johnson K1DMJ, ARRL’s Education Services Manager will be our guest and our keynote speaker for the 2015 ARRL Great Lakes Division Convention. Debra joins us from ARRL Headquarters and is directly involved with getting school kids involved with Amateur Radio. Among her many duties, she heads up the…
Michigan Section Manager Larry Camp WB8R and I recently had the opportunity to attend The Auto State Young Ladies (TASYLs) 50th Anniversary luncheon in Holt, MI. We were able to present congratulatory letters from the Section Managers from Ohio, Kentucky and Michigan as well as a Congratulatory Certificate from the Michigan Section and…
Via ARRL.org Attendance at the ARRL’s on-the-air Centennial celebration in 2014 was through the roof! Approximately 3.5 million contacts were recorded for W1AW portable operations and the Centennial Points Challenge during the Centennial QSO Party last year.
From the American Radio Relay League – Editor: Rick Lindquist, WW1ME ARES, SKYWARN Volunteers Go On Alert for Massive East Coast Winter Storm FCC “Paperless” Amateur Radio License Policy Goes into Effect on February 17 ARRL Board Names Award Recipients New Legislative Issues Advocacy Fund Gets Initial Boost from Hudson…