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07/02/2009 | The Amateur Amateur: Please Answer the Following QuestionLike many other ARES groups, St Louis County ARES has a weekly 2 meter voice net. It's a directed net, so there isn't much chit-chat. It's very business-like. And no doubt very dull, you're thinking.
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07/01/2009 | Surfin': ATVing Digitally and APRSing SuccessfullyThis week, Surfin' looks at Digital Amateur Television again and finds the new home of WB4APR.
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06/24/2009 | ARDF Update: Foxhunting Fun in the Blue Hills of BostonDozens of beginners and experts discover that New England's forests are ideal for hidden transmitter hunting.
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06/19/2009 | Mystery TransmissionWhen I tell this story to friends who are not hams all I get is a blank look, but I know you will understand why the event left me feeling amazed and disoriented. It started out mundanely enough. I was cruising the neighborhood of Oakland, California&rsqu
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06/19/2009 | ARRL Introduces Second Edition of VoIP: Internet Linking for Radio Amateurs
Through a technique called Internet linking, ham radio operators are harnessing the immediacy and portability of radio communication to the global reach of the Internet. Today's radio amateurs are using the Internet as the relay between their radio base s
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06/18/2009 | Fun, Fresh Air, Friends and Food: It Must Be Time for ARRL Field Day!
The 2009 ARRL Field Day will be here before you know it, so now is the time to grab your rig, grab your friends, grab some grub and get ready to get outside June 27-28. If you haven't yet started planning for this year's Field Day, it's not too late -- Fi
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06/11/2009 | Join the Fun in the ARRL VHF QSO Party This Weekend
VHF enthusiasts will be generating lots of RF on 6 meters and up this weekend (June 13-15 UTC) during the 2009 ARRL VHF QSO Party. While many amateurs think of the VHF+ bands as a "local" band used primarily for public service, emergency communi
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06/05/2009 | Rufz CW Trainer: A Big Hit in Dayton
If you walked past the IARU booth in the ARRL EXPO at the Dayton Hamvention this year, you might have noticed a few amateurs sitting in front of PCs with headphones on typing intently, a serious look on their faces. They were in the middle of a session wi
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