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27 November 2023
The K7RA Solar Update
Geomagnetic conditions were very quiet last weekend, good conditionsfor the ARRL Phone Sweepstakes. But there was much more geomagneticactivity toward the end of the reporting week, when the planetary Aindex jumped to 30 and Alaska's College A index reached 60, a veryhigh value.This past weekend was the CW portion of the CQ World Wide DXContest.Solar activity really picked up in the past few da...
22 November 2023
2023 Fall Section Manager Election Results

Two balloted Section Manager elections were conducted this fall. Ballots were counted on Tuesday, November 21, at ARRL Headquarters. All two-year terms of office will begin on January 1, 2024.
For Section Manager of the ARRL Alaska Section:
David Stevens, KL7EB (incumbent), received 105 votes
Jeffrey Wolf, N8EX, received 72 votes
David Stevens, KL7EB, of Anchorage, Alaska, has been declared re-el...
21 November 2023
ARRL Headquarters to Be Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut, will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 23, 2023, and Friday, November 24, 2023. There will be no W1AW bulletins, code practice, or visitor operations during that time. ARRL Headquarters will reopen at 8:00 AM Eastern Time on Monday, November 27, 2023. We wish you and yours a hap...
21 November 2023
Former Illinois Section Manager Tom Ciciora, KA9QPN, SK
ARRL is sad to report that Thomas "Tom" T. Ciciora, KA9QPN, of Sandwich, Illinois, has become a silent key. He was 66 years old. Ciciora served as the Section Manager of the ARRL Illinois Section from 2006 - 2017. He was an ARRL Life Member.
According to an obituary, Ciciora was active in several amateur radio clubs and had been the director of the Sandwich Emergency Management Agency.
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17 November 2023
2023 ARRL Board of Directors Election Results
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® announces the results of the 2023 ARRL Division elections.
ARRL Great Lakes Division Vice Director Scott Yonally, N8SY (2,175 votes), of Lexington, Ohio, defeated candidate Michael Kalter, W8CI (2,023 votes), for the position of Division Director. Yonally will assume the role when Director Dale Williams, WA8EFK, who has held the seat since 2014, ...

5 February 2022 – n2rj
Vice-Director Bill Hudzik, W2UDT retires
Our dear friend and my colleague Bill Hudzik, W2UDT has decided to retire as Vice-Director of the Hudson Division effective February 1, 2022. It was not an easy decision, but …
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26 June 2019 – n2rj
Long Island CW Club/LIMARC Build-A-Thon
By Howard Bernstein, WB2UZE Local members:Bud, W2BUDJim, W2KFV (ARRL section manager)Ed, N2GSL John, AC2KZ Bob, KD2NFSNeil, W2NDGHoward, WB2UZE Peter, AA2VG Nick, KF2P Hal, WA2AKV Russ, N2FRBJohn, W2ABO Gary, KE2YKRob, AC2KQBob, W2OSR LIMARC: (Long Island Mobile …
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3 June 2019 – n2rj
Museum Ships Weekend with the Long Island CW Club, aboard the Fire Fighter
By Howard Bernstein, WB2UZEVP, Long Island CW Club The Long Island CW club (LICW) supports and operates from the historic museum ship Fire Fighter which is a living and fully …
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28 April 2019 – n2rj
International Marconi Day April 27 2019 Special event stations W2LCW and W2GSB
Report by Howard, WB2UZE, VP, Long Island CW Club What a fun event the Long Island CW Club (LICW) in partnership with the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club (GSBARC) …
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16 April 2019 – n2rj
Guest Editorial – CW: What’s the attraction in today’s high tech world and how does one learn it?
by Howard Bernstein, WB2UZE VP, Long Island CW Club NOTE: Occasionally we feature guest editorials like this one. The opinions expressed are those of the author and are not those …
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1 December 2023 – Fastradioburst23
Radio of the imaginary kind
Hi all SWLing Post Community, FastRadioBurst 23 here. This week via the ionosphere, the Imaginary Stations crew bring you WS10S featuring a celebration of the Ten inch single. This show will be beamed to Europe by Shortwave Gold on Sunday 3rd December 2023 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then on 3975 kHz at […]
30 November 2023 – Thomas
Radio Exterior de España suspends shortwave service Dec 4-5 due to power cuts
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following announcement from Radio Exterior de España (originally in Spanish): Temporary suspension of shortwave emission We inform you that the next few days December 4-5 Radio Exterior de España will be forced to suspend its shortwave broadcasts. The reason: a cut in the electricity […]
28 November 2023 – Thomas
Multiple CMEs and “Almost” X-Class Flare Incoming
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Troy Riedel, who shares the following item from Spaceweather.com. MULTIPLE CMEs ARE COMING: At least three CMEs are heading for Earth following a series of magnetic filament eruptions (#1, #2 & #3) earlier this week. Their collective arrival could spark G2-class geomagnetic storms with mid-latitude auroras on Nov. 30th […]
28 November 2023 – Jock Elliott
Radio Reminiscences . . . A Reader Participation Post
By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM The other night, at 10 pm Eastern Time (0300 UTC), I was listening to Zoomer Radio from Toronto, Canada, on 740 kHz (medium wave) when a program called “Theatre of the Mind” came on. This wonderful program airs Monday through Friday and presents “Old Time Radio” programs from back in the […]
27 November 2023 – Thomas
Jarno spots vintage radios in “The Undeclared War”
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jarno (PA3DMI), who writes: Hi Thomas, I found some radio’s in the UK spy series ‘The Undeclared War.’ It’s GCHQ the spy department in the UK. In episode 4 one of the leading characters makes a visit and look so many Yaesu, Eddystone, Heathkit and many more radio’s. Bye […]

27 May 2011 – T. Carter Ross
Backtiming to the Top of the Hour
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14 April 2011 – RadioWorld
Phil Simon at the 2011 NAB Show
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13 April 2011 – RadioWorld
Michael LeClair at the 2011 NAB Show
The Calm Before the Storm Sunday, April 10 Today is the calm before the storm. It’s the official opening of the Broadcast Engineering Conference and primarily it is just that a conference, with

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5 April 2011 – RadioWorld
‘Ageless Eiji’ Takes on Pro Boxers and World Peace
Paul McLane is U.S. editor in chief.He’s the flyweight one writer nicknamed “The Compassionate Pugilist.”I recently shared with you a first person commentary from Eiji Yoshikawa in Tokyo about his experience of the natural disaster in Japan. Eiji is a

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29 March 2011 – RadioWorld
Where the Next Generation Will Come From
Brett Moss is gear & technology editor.I’ve got to give Loyalist College of Belleville, Ont., credit. The Canadian school has a Broadcast Engineering Technology degree program and is in the last semester of its first class of “pioneer” broadcast engineers.

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