Red River Radio Amateurs

A recent Pocket-lint blog post reported about the 20 most common mobile phone passcodes (AKA “PINs”) used by mobile phone users revealed in 2019 by a cybersecurity expert. This blog post also lists the most common four-digit and six-digit PINs as determined in 2020 by a German-American team of IT security researchers.

Users of one of these insecure PINs are encourged to read the “How to change your mobile phone PIN” section of the Pocket-lint blog post to learn how to change their PIN.

Red River Radio Amateurs has a proud tradition of raising awareness about our hobby through various public service events and outeach activities—such as the Fargo Police Picnic—in the Fargo/Moorhead area.

But, due to a lack of volunteer support, RRRAES will NOT be able to staff and present the club communication trailer at the 2023 Fargo Police Picnic unless (at least) one more club member steps forward to help.

Please contact before My 20th if you care about the future of our hobby and are willing to help out.

May 3, 2023, was the end of the transition period for the new FCC rules governing RF exposure which eliminated previous station evaluation exemptions.

Licensees have enjoyed a 2 year grace period during which they could have performed these evaluations and made any needed adjustments to their stations.

RF exposure evaluation of ALL Amateur Radio stations—and compliance reassessment subsequent to station modifications which could affect exposure—is now mandatory.

The June 2023 Contest Corral is available for download from the ARRL Contest Calendar page.

On Monday, May 1, ARRL will launch a survey for members, encouraging their participation as we consider a dues increase.

The survey will include some short questions about raising dues and modifying the way some membership benefits are bundled. The survey will also include an opportunity for members to share their feedback.

The participation of every member is important. All RRRA mebers who are ARRL members are strongly urged to complete the survey in May.

The survey will open on May 1 at www.arrl.org/take-dues-survey. This is a member-only page.

ARRL Members need to be logged into the ARRL website to take the survey. Members who are not logged in may select the Login button on the top of the web page, and they will be prompted to enter their ARRL website username and password.

ARRL members who have not logged in since April 2022 should use these Login Instructions.

Thank you in advance for completing the survey!