- newRadio Amateur, Fellow Astronaut Headed to Space Station after Historic Launch
A radio amateur is one of two NASA astronauts headed to the International Space Station (ISS) following a May 30 launch of a SpaceX rocket that marked the return of human spaceflight to US soil for the first time in almost a decade. The Saturday laun…
- 17 hours ago 30 May 20, 8:30pm -
- newBalloons with APRS Payloads to Race Across North America in Educational Challenge
- 22 hours ago 30 May 20, 3:49pm -
- The Latest Episode of ARRL Audio News is Now Available
Listen to the new episode of ARRL Audio News on your iOS or Android podcast app, or online at http://www.blubrry.com/arrlaudionews/. Audio News is also retransmitted on a number of FM repeaters. Click here and then scroll down to see the list.
- 2 days ago 29 May 20, 5:33pm -
- Social Distancing Exam Sessions Demonstrate Pent-Up Demand for Testing
A recent in-person “social-distancing” amateur radio exam session in Indiana and a “drive-in” session in California are representative of those that are relieving some of the pent-up demand for testing. As the COVID-19 pandemic lumbers on, in…
- 2 days ago 29 May 20, 3:44pm -
- The K7RA Solar Update
No significant solar activity over the past week, and still no sunspots observed since the end of April. According to Spaceweather.com, the percentage of spotless days in 2020 has inched up another notch to 79%. The percentage of days showing no su…
- 2 days ago 29 May 20, 1:34pm -
- Rocky Mountain Vice Director Resigns to Accept Appointment as Colorado Section Manager
ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Vice Director Robert Wareham, N0ESQ, has stepped down from that post to accept appointment as Colorado Section Manager. Wareham would succeed veteran Colorado SM Jack Ciaccia, WM0G, who resigned effective on June 1 after…
- 3 days ago 28 May 20, 9:19pm -
- Global COVID-19 Radio Event Set for June 6 – 7
- 3 days ago 28 May 20, 7:33pm -
- Temporary Rule Waivers Announced for 2020 ARRL Field Day
- 3 days ago 28 May 20, 7:24pm -
- Historic SpaceX Launch Carrying Radio Amateur, Fellow Astronaut, to ISS is Scrubbed
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken, KE5GGX, and Doug Hurley will have to wait a few more days to see if the can make US space history, as human spaceflight is poised to return to the US for the first time in almost a decade. SpaceX and NASA scrubbed the lau…
- 4 days ago 27 May 20, 8:43pm -
- Hurricane Exercise Carried Out in Southeastern US
- 4 days ago 27 May 20, 5:09pm -