ARRL News
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West Central Florida Section ARES Keeping Close Eye on Alberto
ARRL West Central Florida Section ARES® has gone to a Level 3 activation (standby) at 1800 EDT due to the issuance of Tropical Storm Warnings in advance of Sub-Tropical Storm Alberto for coastal areas of WCF Section counties and for all of Pinellas County, which is surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico, Tampa Bay, and Old Tampa Bay.
“At this time our respective ARES groups are in stand-by mode, but w...
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Montana ARES Group Activated in Advance of Anticipated Flooding
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QST Honored with E.T. Krenkel Medal for Outstanding Global Contributions to Amateur Radio
The Russian National Academy of Researches and Discoveries has honored QST with an E.T. Krenkel Medal for “outstanding global contributions to Amateur Radio.”
The award’s namesake, Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel, was a radio amateur who, over the years, used the call signs RAEM, U3AA, and UA3AA. Born in Poland, Krenkel was an Arctic explorer who took part in the first Soviet “drifting station,” North...
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The K7RA Solar Update
Sunspot activity resumed this week, after no sunspots for seven consecutive days. Average daily sunspot number was 7.7, rising from 6.4 in the previous reporting week. Average daily solar flux was 70.1, changed little from 70.2 last week.
According to Spaceweather.com, in 2018 56% of days so far have been spotless.
Currently sunspot group 2710 and 2711 are active (2711 is growing), and 2712 is ab...
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ARRL Headquarters Will Be Closed on Monday, May 28
ARRL Headquarters will be closed on Monday, May 28, for the Memorial Day holiday. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions that day. Headquarters will re-open on Tuesday, May 29, at 8 AM EDT. We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend!