Pine View School for the Gifted (PVS) in Osprey, Florida, has an opportunity to achieve a historic milestone on Tuesday, January 28, at 12:21 PM (EST), when students and faculty make live contact with astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The event marks the first time any school in Sarasota County has been selected to take part in the Amateur Radio on the International Space...

Thirty-seven amateur radio clubs benefitted from $500,502 in grants through the ARRL Club Grant Program to implement projects that educate, recruit, train, and promote amateur radio in their communities. Funding for the grants comes from Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC).   

There were 110 applicants to the 2024 ARRL Club Grant Program, with applicants from all ARRL Divisions and 40 st...

Dr. Emil Pocock, W3EP, has become a Silent Key. He passed away on January 10, 2025, at the age of 78. From 1992 to 2002, Pocock edited “The World Above 50 MHz” for ARRL’s membership journal, QST. He served as a volunteer in the ARRL Laboratory for many years. 

Pocock was first licensed at the age of 12 and found a career as an academic. He was well-regarded by colleagues at ARRL as always being ...

To help promote amateur radio science and technology, and to honor the 100th anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU), ARRL is inviting radio clubs and schools to organize a Ham Radio Open House in April, built around World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) on April 18.

The event is intended to highlight the Amateur Radio Service for its development and practice of the latest radio com...

Camp Family Justice serves pediatric survivors of violence in Contra Costa County, California, providing them with an opportunity to enjoy the outdoors in a safe environment surrounded by support services, including a medical clinic. The camp provides the opportunity for children to decompress, learn resiliency skills and build a path forward. Children who applied this year, and attended last y...

ARRL will be closed on Thursday morning, January 23, 2025, for a company-wide meeting. During the short closure, members are encouraged to use the ARRL website, www.arrl.org, for membership renewals, publication purchases, and to access most benefits, services, and programs. The ARRL Headquarters lobby & store, and W1AW will be re-open to visitors at 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (1700 UTC) on...

There are two great contests for amateur radio operators this weekend, January 18 - 20, 2025, and a bonus opportunity for a college club station to win a national championship.

Whether you’re interested in contesting on the HF bands, the VHF bands of 50 MHz and above, or both, there’s likely a contest to fit your needs this weekend. ARRL Contest Program Manager Paul Bourque, N1SFE, said there i...

Sorry to say this is the last ARRL Propagation Forecast Bulletin I
will write.  I took over in 1991 from Ed Tilton, W1HDQ when he was
too ill and weak to continue, and now with ALS I have similar
problems.

Geomagnetic influencers were more stable this week (planetary A
index shifted from 16.9 to 10.7) and solar indicators were weaker.
Average daily sunspot number changed from 159.1 to 103.3 and avera...

DXCC® application processing is back to typical processing times.

In October, we reported that the ARRL DXCC® System had been returned to service following work that was completed to ensure the security and integrity of the system following the cyber-attack in May. Over 4,000 DXCC applications have been logged into the system for processing since returning the system to service.

We are currently ...

Former ARRL and Yaesu employee, World Radiosport Team Championship competitor, and award-winning radio amateur Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV, has become a Silent Key. Motschenbacher passed away on January 9, 2025, after a long illness.

Motschenbacher was first licensed at the age of 13. According to his obituary, “His Amateur Radio activities took him to 35 countries and his ham radio call sign, K...

As the firestorms across Southern California continue to threaten millions of residents, trained amateur radio operators are serving critical volunteer roles to help officials spot fires before they get out of control. Dry conditions and wind gusts of 100 miles per hour have fueled days of devastating wildfires. Entire neighborhoods have been leveled by infernos.

The Eaton fire burned to the top...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) assessed a record $34,000 forfeiture against an amateur radio licensee for “willfully and repeatedly operating a radio station without authorization and interfering with the radio communications of the United States Forest Service … while the U.S. Forest Service and the Idaho Department of Lands were attempting to direct the operations of fire suppres...

The ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology is going mobile in 2025. In addition to the cohorts hosted at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut, there will be several sessions around the United States this year. The first, hosted by ARRL model school Staten Island Technical High School in New York City, will be held January 21-24.

The format is being refined this year from five day...

Solar activity was a bit weak during recent days. Average daily
sunspot number was 159.1. During the previous week the average was
194.7.

Predicted solar flux for the near term is 165 on January 10-11, 160
on January 12, 155 on January 13-17, 200, 210 and 220 on January
18-20, then 230 on January 21-25, then 225, 220, 215, 210, 205 and
200 on January 26-31, 170 on February 1-2, 165 on February 3-4, 1...

By HWN Net Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV  

It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of Terrence "Terry" Redding, Sr., Ph.D., W6LMJ, SK. Just before Christmas, I heard from one of Terry’s daughters that he suffered a bad stroke a few months earlier. Sadly, he passed away January 4, 2025. His daughter said he passed holding the hand of his bride as they listened to their favorite song.

A...

• Radios: Icom IC-7610, Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark-V, Icom IC-9100, Icom 756 Pro III, Icom 706 MKIIG, Yaesu FT-891
• Amplifiers: Ameritron AL-1500, Ameritron AL-811H, Alpha 76A, Heathkit SB-200 Converted to 6-Meters
• Antennas: Force 12 XR-5; Tennadyne T8 ; Inverted-V's; Double-L; K4KIO Hexbeam
•                  Cushcraft R-6000 Vertical; ZEROFIVE 43 Foot Vertical; 160-6m Carolina Windom
• Rotator: Hy-Gain Tailtwister; Yaesu G-450A
• Tuners: Ameritron ATR-30, MFJ-998 IntelliTuner, MFJ-939Y Auto Tuner
• Remote Coax Switch: Ameritron RCS-10L
• Headset: Heil Pro-Set Plus!; Heil Pro 7 Boomset
• Microphone: Yaesu MD-200A8X, Heil PR-781G Microphone
• Computers: Dell XPS 8300 64-Bit i5-2320 processor 3.00 GHz, 8 GB Memory, 1 TB Disk; HP ProBook 4540s 64-Bit i5-3340M CPU @ 2.70GHz, 8 GB Memory, 1TB SSD; RCA Model W101SA29 Widows 10 Tablet, 64-Bit Atom x5-Z8350 CPU @ 1.44 GHz, 2 GB Memory, 300GB SSD; Apple iPad; Apple iPhone
• Weather Station Computers (2): ASUS EeeBox PC Model EB1007P, Atom CPU D425 @ 1.81 GHz, 2GB Memory; 256GB Disk
• Operating System: Windows 10 64-Bit Professional
• Logging Software: DX4WIN; N3FJP; HAMRS
• Contesting Software: Win-Test, WriteLog, N1MM
• Computer Interface: RigBlaster Pro; SignalLink USB; microHAM USB III
• CW Interface: K1EL WKUSB WinKeyer
• CW Paddles: Vibroplex Iambic Deluxe Key, Bencher BY-1 Iambic Key
• VHF Radios: Yaesu FT-625RD (6 Meters); Yaesu FT-1500M; Kenwood TM-G707; Yaesu FTM-400XDR; AnyTone D-878UV Plus; AnyTone D-878UV II Plus; Yaesu FT-70DR;
• Power Supply: Astron RS-35A