(from Florida Skip Magazine – 1959)
Have you ever wondered why radio amateurs are called “HAMS?” Well, it goes like this: The word “HAM” as applied to 1908 was the station CALL of the first amateur wireless stations operated by some amateurs of the Harvard Radio Club. They were ALBERT S. HYMAN, BOB ALMY and POOGIE MURRAY. Continue reading
07/25/2017
ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, is calling on League members to urge their US Senators to support the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2017, S. 1534. ARRL has opened a RallyCongress page to simplify the task. “[W]e are at a crossroad in our efforts to obtain passage of The Amateur Radio Parity Act,” Roderick said. He said the campaign to secure passage of the bill scored a major victory earlier this year when H.R. 555 passed unanimously in the US House of Representatives. Obtaining passage of the companion Senate bill, S. 1534, is the final legislative hurdle. Continue reading
Field Day 2017 is in the books — and it was a great success. Thank you to everyone who attended and participated! Continue reading
“APRS” is the topic of the latest (July 6) episode of the “ARRL The Doctor is In” podcast. APRS is for more than just tracking position. You can use your APRS radio to send message to and from the cellular network — a great podcast.
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The latest Net Control schedule had been posted to the ClayARES site.
For those who want to take the Net Control training, I have added you to the backup net control slots. We will offer a training class very soon.
Also, a PDF version of hte schedule is available for you to print.