Jul 31, 2010 06:42AM

It?s a Bird, It?s a Plane! No, It?s an Asteroid -- Asteroid (31531) ARRL, To Be Exact!

John, Paul, George and Ringo are on the list. Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and Brahms -- even Frank Zappa and Elvis (but not Madonna). Of course Asimov and Sagan made the cut, Mr Spock, too, but not Captain Kirk. And now ARRL -- more precisely, (31531) ARRL -- joins this prestigious company as one of more than 16,000 named minor planets in our solar system. A minor planet -- such as an asteroid --is...

Jul 30, 2010 01:10PM

ARRL Board Considers Celebrations, Changes and Conferring of Awards at 2010 Second Meeting

The ARRL Board of Directors held its Second Meeting of 2010 July 16-17 in Windsor, Connecticut, under the chairmanship of President Kay Craigie, N3KN. International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Secretary Rod Stafford, W6ROD, and Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) President Geoff Bawden, VE4BAW, were guests of the Board. At the two-day meeting, the Board considered a number of reports and acted on sev...

Jul 30, 2010 09:25AM

The K7RA Solar Update

Sunspot activity increased again this week, but on Tuesday and Wednesday -- July 27-28 -- a stiff solar wind increased Earth?s geomagnetic activity, which is a negative for HF propagation. Sunspot numbers for July 22-28 were 39, 45, 41, 39, 39, 15 and 31, with a mean of 35.6. The 10.7 cm flux was 87.7, 86.4, 85.2, 85.2, 84.4, 82.6 and 85.3, with a mean of 85.3. The estimated planetary A indices...

Jul 30, 2010 10:00AM

Section 7 of the series Up the Coax is online

Our discussion in this chapter is about the more conventional horizontal dipole and the simplified theory behind dipole based designs. For clarity, we will prefer a reference to the so-called "flat top" dipole. This is for illustrative purposes only, as other types of dipoles are just as effective but have more variable characteristics. We will keep our discussion relatively simple for now.

Jul 30, 2010 07:40AM

This Solar Week is online now

Read this week in review for solar activity and DX information.

Jul 26, 2010 11:39AM

LA Section Swapmeet now online

The Louisiana Section has monitored the site for the past year, noting what has generated interest and what has wained in interest. One of the things that has the least amount of interest (by lack of activity) is the message forums. Therefore, in the interest of providing the maximum of utility to visitors to the Section Web Site, we are changing the message forums.

We announce the new Louisiana Section Online Swapmeet. This new forum will provide an opportunity for Section members who wish to provide information to potential buyers of new or used equipment and accessories for ham radio.

Jul 22, 2010 06:31PM

Situation update for Louisiana Section 10:20 CDT

Situation dispatch from Jim Coleman SEC

Jul 12, 2010 10:23AM

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