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On The Air Live Offers Learning Opportunities for ARRL Members |
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If you’ve wanted to learn a new data mode, how to enhance your portable operations, or learn a new method for building an antenna, then check out ARRL’s On the Air Live video live stream. My name is Wayne Greene, KB4DSF, and I’m ARRL’s Education Specialist and the host of On the Air Live. My goal is to inspire ham radio operators to try something new or try different approaches to enhance their ham radio experience.
In the past year, we’ve covered topics including how to use your handheld transceiver, a deep dive into APRS, how to send and receive SSTV images, and how to use your ham radio privileges to keep in contact with family and loved ones outside of a disaster area where you may be at that moment.
On the Air Live airs on the ARRL Learning Center website, learn.arrl.org, on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 8 PM Eastern. What makes On the Air Live different from other live streams and podcasts is our sessions are completely interactive.
You can ask questions or even provide your own experiences for the benefit of all the participants anytime during the session.
I believe we all have something to learn from each other.
The sessions are free, but pre-registration is required.
Please join us for the next session on January 27 to discuss near vertical incidence skywave antennas for regional HF communications.
— Thanks to Wayne Greene, KB4DSF
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Last Call for the Website and Newsletter Contest |
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The deadline is quickly approaching for your club to participate in the Club Website or Club Newsletter contests.
All submissions must be submitted by January 30, 2026. We have had several submissions and want to encourage everyone to submit before the deadline.
Submit Your Club’s Newsletter or Website
The Year of the Club
contests for ARRL Affiliated Clubs include a Club Newsletter Contest and a Club Website Contest.
ARRL wants to see what your club does with the mix of information that can go into a newsletter or onto a website.
Enter one or both of our Year of the Club contests for a chance to have your club newsletter or website honored in QST.
The Club Newsletter Contest is open to ARRL Affiliated Clubs that have published a newsletter for at least one (1) year.
The Club Website Contest is open to ARRL Affiliated Clubs that maintain a club website.
Winners will be notified in May 2026, with awards presented at Huntsville Hamfest in August 2026.
Winners will be announced in a 2026 issue of QST, as part of ARRL’s Year of the Club celebration.
The submission deadline for both contests is Friday, January 30, 2026, 4 PM Eastern time.
For more information and complete rules for both contests, visit www.arrl.org/year-of-the-club.
Submit a Club Photo to QST
QST will feature club photos in every 2026 issue, as just one way of honoring various clubs. If your club wants a shot at being highlighted in the pages of QST, visit www.arrl.org/year-of-the-club for details on how to take photos for publication in QST.
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Get your club together like the Metrocrest Amateur Radio Society in Argyle, Texas, did and take a photo to send to QST. Each 2026 issue of QST will include club group photos. Get all the details at www.arrl.org/year-of-the-club.
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ARRL Call for Technical Manuscripts |
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ARRL Call for Technical Manuscripts Share technical insights on your Field Day setups and Emergency Communications activities.
QST invites submissions of technical manuscripts from licensed amateur radio operators for upcoming issues focused on ARRL Field Day and Emergency Communications operations. We're looking for educational, how-to pieces that help fellow hams improve their setups, strategies, and technical know-how.
What We’re Looking For:
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Innovative or proven techniques for emergency preparedness and response.
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Technical solutions for Field Day operations — power, antennas, logging, digital modes, etc.
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Integration of new technologies (e.g., SDR, mesh networking, solar power) in field scenarios.
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Examples of how the popularity of Parks on the Air (POTA) portable activations has changed your approach to setting up Field Day and EmComm stations.
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Examples of how portable antennas and LiFePO batteries have replaced base station antennas and generators.
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Manuscripts should have a strong “how-to” component. Tell us what you did, but more importantly, tell us how you did it.
Submission Guidelines:
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Audience: Licensed amateur radio operators
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Length: 1,000 – 1,800 words, plus high-resolution images with caption and photo-credit information (name and call sign of photographer)
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Tone: Educational and collaborative — share what works
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Format: Plain text or Word document
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Deadline: January 31, 2026
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Submit to: qst@arrl.org
Why Contribute? Your article could be published in QST, ARRL’s membership journal, which reaches thousands of fellow amateurs across the country and beyond. It’s a great way to give back to the community and inspire others with your experience.
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$25,000 Award for ARRL Student Coding Competition |
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Here's an opportunity to show off your coding chops while helping to strengthen the future of amateur radio and ARRL. The ARRL Student Coding Competition is your shot to make a real impact. Design your app and submit your project by March 31, 2026. You'll be competing for national recognition and cash awards up to $25,000. Don’t wait: start your app now and help shape the future of ham radio. Go to coding.arrl.org
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Submitting Info for this Newsletter |
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ARRL Club News is for radio clubs to show how they are working in the community and the hobby to advance amateur radio.
If your club completes a project, supports an event, does an EmComm activation, or activates a park, we want to hear about it.
You can submit your newsletter article to us at
clubs@arrl.org. We like to get them as text or Word files instead of PDFs.
If you have pictures, please submit them with caption information, as well as the name and call sign of the photographer.
We want to highlight the good work being done by the clubs and show others in the community.
Think of this as a chance to show off your club and your programs.
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How to Plan and Apply for an ARRL Hamfest or Convention |
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If your amateur radio club is planning to host a convention, hamfest, tailgate, or swapfest, please consider applying for it to be an ARRL-sanctioned event. To learn what it means to be an ARRL-sanctioned event, and to get some ideas on how to prepare for and conduct a hamfest or convention, visit
www.arrl.org/arrl-sanctioned-events.
To have your event sanctioned, complete the online application at
www.arrl.org/hamfest-convention-application.
Please send a copy of the application that returns to you to Steve Ewald at sewald@arrl.org.
The ARRL Hamfests and Conventions Calendar can be found online at
www.arrl.org/hamfests. In addition, the Convention and Hamfest Calendar that runs in QST each month also presents information about upcoming events.
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ARRL Home: www.arrl.org
Find an ARRL Affiliated Club: www.arrl.org/clubs
Find your ARRL Section: www.arrl.org/sections
Find a license class in your area: www.arrl.org/class
Find a license exam in your area: www.arrl.org/exam
Find a hamfest or convention: www.arrl.org/hamfests
Email ARRL Clubs: clubs@arrl.org
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ARRL Club News is published every month (12 times each year). ARRL members may subscribe at no cost or unsubscribe by editing their Member Data Page at
www.arrl.org/opt-in-out.
Copyright © 2026 American Radio Relay League, Incorporated. Use and distribution of this publication, or any portion thereof, is permitted for non-commercial or educational purposes, with attribution. All other purposes require written permission.
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