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RRRA January Activity

Learn how you can build high performance portable antennas for POTA, SOTA, Emergency Communications and HOA Deployments during KJ6ER’s Zoom presentation at the January RRRA Meeting.

December 15 Reissue of QST

For a limited time a free downloadable reissue of the December 1915 QST (in PDF format) is available to ARRL members who visit http://www.arrl.org/qst-reissue.

This special reissue has been released on the occasion of the membership journal’s 100th anniversary.

More information about this download—including a contact address—is available from ARRL News

Leaving the Hobby ...

The other day I came across a how to video on becoming a radio amateur. It’s a recurring kind of publication, the kind that I’ve contributed to in the past.

I wondered what it would take to leave the hobby.

SAQ Grimeton Christmas Eve 2021 Transmission

It was a wonderful Christmas Eve morning in Grimeton, Sweden on December 24th. A little bit of white snow on the ground and -4 C in the air — great conditions for a successful SAQ transmission. The pandemic regulations did impact the event and no visitors could be present in the transmitter hall at the radio station. The limited number of staff and assistants did their best of the situation, by serving traditional swedish Christmas buns and ginger snaps, together with glög (non-alcoholic mulled wine) and we were all in a good Christmas sprit. 1

ARRL's Eclectic Tech - Episode 50

In this episode of ARRL’s biweekly Eclectic Tech podcast: “Chatting with Nelson Sollenberger, KA2C, about his ultra-sharp filters that allow two transceivers to operate in the same band at the same time. Also, a discussion of those mysterious computer POST beeps.1