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09/04/2009 | ARES® Awaits Activation for Wildfire, Tropical Storms

Even as the Station fire threatens Los Angeles' communications infrastructure atop Mt Wilson and Tropical Storm Erika and Hurricane Jimena die down in the tropics, emergency officials in the affected areas have not requested assistance from any Amateur Ra
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05/07/2009 | Hams Provide Communications as 911 Service Goes Offline in Oregon

With snow and ice impacting all parts of the Pacific Northwest, local ARES® groups are on the job assisting served agencies, including local Emergency Operations Centers. According to District Emergency Coordinator for Oregon's District One David Kidd
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04/27/2009 | The Amateur Amateur: Packet, Part II

I ended my last column by saying that I had purchased an Alinco DR-135 transceiver with a built-in TNC (Terminal Node Control, in this case a Tasco Radio Modem) and that all of my difficulties with packet radio had disappeared. Oh boy. Was that ever an op
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03/20/2009 | Global Simulated Emergency Test Scheduled for April

IARU Region 1 has invited the HQ stations of IARU Member-Societies, as well as the EOCs of Emergency Communications Groups (ECGs), to participate in the 2009 Global Simulated Emergency Test (GlobalSET), on Saturday, April 18, 2009 from 1100-1500 UTC. The
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09/15/2008 | Texas Hams Braced for Ike

As Tropical Storm Ike slowly weakens over Southeast Texas, hams in the three ARRL Texas Sections -- South Texas, North Texas and West Texas -- are assisting served agencies that are coping with the after-effects of was once a Category 2 hurricane. At 2:1
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06/17/2008 | ARRL In Action: What Have We Been Up To Lately?

This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of May.
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05/07/2008 | Colorado Group Receives D-STAR Equipment

The Colorado Council of Amateur Radio Clubs (CCARC) recently teamed up with Ham Radio Outlet (HRO) in Denver to donate a 2 meter, 70 cm and 23 cm D-STAR system stack. According to ARRL Colorado Section Manager and CCARC Board Member Jeff Ryan, K0RM, the t
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