Thank You for Making Our Hamfest a Success
Thank-you to the sponsors, attendees, seminar speakers, vendors, volunteers, and our hosts: the Minnesota National Guard. Your support and involvement made this event a great success!
See you next year ‼️
The 10 worst antennas for Amateur Radio
Learn how you can choose and deploy a better performing and more appropriate antenna to meet your operating goals during K8ZT’s 10 Worst Antennas for Amateur Radio & How You Can Do Better! presentation at the March RRRA Meeting.
After the Chilean Blackout, Social Media Pays Tribute to Battery Operated Radios
Social media users highlighted the importance of battery-operated radios as the only reliable source of emergency information, while critics pointed to the fragility of the current system.
After a large blackout left much of Chile without electricity last Tuesday, millions of people were affected and left without communication. All courtesy of the fact that the telecommunications antenna service and the internet completely collapsed.
HamCation Presentation Shows How to Ramp Up Club Participation
At HamCation [2025 in Orlando], Ken, KN2D, gave [a] presentation on how to increase your club’s member participation. He’s a marketing guy by profession, and it shows.
Have a Ham Radio Open House in April
“World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) is April 18 every year, and in 2025, WARD is extra special [because IARU is celebrating its centenary]. ARRL invites radio clubs and schools to organize a Ham Radio Open House in April, to highlight the Amateur Radio Service for its development and practice of the latest radio communications and technology, and as a hands-on pathway into STEM fields for the next generation. ARRL Public Relations and Outreach Manager Sierra Harrop, W5DX, and Associate Professor of Physics and Engineering at the University of Scranton, Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, join the podcast to talk about what a Ham Radio Open House might include, and how your club or group can start organizing one.”1
March Contest Corral
The March 2025 Contest Corral is available for download from the ARRL Contest Calendar page.
