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American Radio Relay League

Congresswoman Lesko Reintroduces Bill to Replace Symbol Rate Limit with Bandwidth Limit

Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) introduced The Amateur Radio Communications Improvement Act (H.R. 3241) on May 11, 2023, to require that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) eliminate the obsolete HF digital symbol rate limit with a 2.8 kHz bandwidth limit. After being…

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ARRL Advocates for Radio Amateurs as FCC Proposes Changes to 60-Meter Band

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking comments about changing the secondary allocation available to radio amateurs on 60 meters. The FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on April 21, 2023, that deals with the band. In a…

Field Day 2023

2023 ARRL Field Day Gear is Now Shipping!

ARRL Field Day is June 24 – 25. Get ready for amateur radio’s largest on-air operating event with official 2023 ARRL Field Day merchandise available for order now. T-shirts, hats, pins, patches, and stickers are great ways to show off your involvement in this annual event. This…

Generator

Emergency Generators Maintenance Tip

Many of us have portable emergency generators that we bought for use during electric outages. After we use them, we store them away until we need them again. Many of us just put them away in the back of the…

QSO Virtual Ham Expo

  QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo Will Return March 25-26, 2023 ​ Exhibition Opens and Presentations Begin Los Angeles (USA – California) Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 08:00:00 PST UTC-7 hours UTC (Time Zone)    Saturday, March 25th, 2023 at 15:00:00 UTC 2nd…

Volunteers on the Air (VOTA 2023)

2023 will be celebrated by ARRL as “The Year of the Volunteer.” More information will be available throughout the year as the details are confirmed. However, the first adventure has been announced as a project called “Volunteers On The Air…

Arctic Weather and Seasons Greetings

Folks, The next few days are going to  be very cold.  Please do Not take this Severe Cold weather lightly.Thankfully we will only see this severe cold for a few days. We must be prepared for it and use extreme…

Hurricane Watch Net

Hurricane Watch Net

Tuesday, November 8, 2022 @ 11:00 AM EST (1700 UTC) The Hurricane Watch Net is in Stand-By Mode. The Hurricane Watch Net is closely monitoring the progress of Tropical Storm Nicole. Nicole is forecast to make landfall somewhere along the…

ARRL

W1AW 2022 Winter Operating Schedule

Morning Schedule: Time                  Mode     Days ——————-   —-     ——— 1400 UTC (9 AM EST)   CWs      Wed, Fri 1400 UTC (9 AM EST)   CWf      Tue, Thu Daily Visitor…

Old Glory

ARRL HQ to Close on Veteran’s Day

ARRL Headquarters will be closed on Friday, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions on that day. ARRL HQ will reopen on Monday, November 14, at 8 AM EST.