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05/23/2012 | Former ARRL First Vice President Steve Mendelsohn, W2ML (SK)
After a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer, Steve Mendelsohn, W2ML, of Dumont, New Jersey, passed away May 23. He was 67. An ARRL Life Member, Mendelsohn began his time with ARRL in 1983 when he was elected as Vice Director of the Hudson Division...
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05/11/2012 | Surfin’: Weekending at 39.8211°N, 84.2561°W
This week, Surfin’ reviews what you need for traveling well to the Dayton Hamvention®.
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05/08/2012 | BSA to Offer Morse Code Interpreter Strip
For many years, Boy Scouts and Scouters have been able to earn an interpreter strip to wear on their uniforms. This strip -- worn on the uniform above the right pocket -- denotes proficiency in a foreign language or sign language. Each language has its ow
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04/27/2012 | Surfin’: Get On the Air with SDRThis week, Surfin’ gets its feet wet with SDR by means of a bevy of online SDR receivers.
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04/22/2012 | The Amateur Amateur: ManicI cleaned my shack this morning. Okay, that might not even be physically possible, but I certainly made a serious dent in the clutter. I removed everything that was keeping me from opening my file cabinets. I extracted a bunch of junk from behind them and
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04/21/2012 | Youth@HamRadio.Fun: The First Contact -- Explaining the Excitement of Your First QSOExperienced hams knew it all too well. Volunteer Examiners expect it. And for some reason, newly licensed hams fear it. What could it be? As the title suggests, completing your first contact is a daunting -- yet exciting -- event for many. Why is that? Wh
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04/20/2012 | Surfin’: It’s Hacking Time!This week, Surfin’ loses the DIY blahs after learning about new ham radio modules that require hacking.
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04/18/2012 | Robert L. Shrader, W6BNB, QST Author
Robert L. Shrader, W6BNB, author of several QST technical articles, died April 11 at age 98.
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