Sunday, October 6, 2024 9:00 PM Eastern Update:

Hurricane Milton was located just over 300 miles west-northeast of Progreso, Mexico, and 835 miles west-southwest of Tampa, Florida with winds of 100 miles per hour. Hurricane Milton was moving in an east-southeast direction at 6 mph and is forecasted to arrive near Tampa, Florida on Wednesday as at least a Category 3.

The Hurricane Watch Net is mak...

Editor’s note:  The following story was submitted by Don Gardner, W7PJ, ARRL Idaho Section Emergency Coordinator.

On the evening of September 21, 2024, Greg Owen, WX7Z, heard an amateur radio emergency call on the VHF frequency known as the national simplex calling frequency, 146.52 MHz. Ed Clark, K7ELC, was calling to get medical help for a 51-year-old man who had rolled his four-wheeler.

Mac M...

The first weekend of October is when ARRL encourages local groups to hold the Simulated Emergency Test, or SET. Throughout September, ARRL shared materials about resilience through National Preparedness Month. Now, as entire areas are washed away in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, the utility value of amateur radio is more necessary and visible than ever.

When disaster strikes, infrastructur...

There is funding available to organizations for eligible amateur radio-related projects and initiatives, particularly those with a focus on educating, licensing, and supporting amateur radio activities. Youth-based projects and initiatives are especially encouraged. The ARRL Foundation grants program accepts proposals on a cyclical basis three times a year, in February, June, and October. Award...

ASWFC GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING ISSUED AT 0042UT/04 OCTOBER 2024 BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE WEATHER FORECASTING CENTRE.

Two coronal mass ejections first observed on 01-Oct and 03-Oct are
expected to impact Earth over 04-05 Oct. Lack of analyzable corona
graph imagery makes arrival time predictions uncertain.

INCREASED GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY EXPECTED DUE TO CORONAL MASS EJECTION FROM 04-06 OCTOBER ...

ARRL® The National Association for Amateur Radio® is tracking how amateur radio is proving critical in areas hit hard by Hurricane Helene, especially in North and South Carolina, portions of Tennessee, and beyond. In the hardest-hit Asheville, North Carolina, area, homes and entire towns have been swept away by flood waters and mudslides. Over 200 people have been killed, and many more are stil...

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Buongiorno,
con riferimento a quanto in oggetto indicato, si ritiene opportuno comunicare a codesta Associazione che a decorrere dalla data odierna sono operative le nuove modalità  per effettuare i versamenti dei contributi relativi alle attività radioamatoriali e che pertanto i singoli radioamatori e gli enti interessati devono utilizzare il portale pagamenti Dgstl  https://pagamentidgst.mimit.gov.it/

Il portale pagamenti Dgst https://pagamentidgst.mimit.gov.it/ permette di eseguire i versamenti utilizzando la piattaforma digitale pagoPA e pertanto i pagamenti potranno essere effettuati tramite tutti i canali fisici e online previsti da pagoPA.

Nel restare a disposizione per eventuali delucidazioni con l’occasione si inviano cordiali saluti.

Assitenza tecnica al portale

https://appradioamatori.invitalia.it/

Viale America, 201 - 00144 Roma

Info.radioamatori@mise.gov.it

Dan Marler, K7REX, the challenger seeking the position of ARRL Northwestern Division Director, was declared disqualified Saturday by the ARRL Ethics and Elections Committee (E&E). Marler was running against incumbent Mark Tharp, KB7HDX. Due to the disqualification, the committee has declared Tharp elected.

ARRL’s election rules state, “All matters concerning campaigns, including remedies for iss...

The Staten Island Technical High School Robotics Team, in Staten Island, New York,  took its knowledge and skills to the baseball diamond.

The team created a robot that was capable of throwing a ceremonial first pitch and, in early September, the members were invited to showcase and execute their robot at a Staten Island FerryHawks minor league game. But Everton Henriques, KD2ZZT, engineering an...

Dale Durham, W5WI, has announced that he is retiring from the position of Section Manager of the ARRL West Texas Section. Dale has served in this role since July 1st, 2017. He has also served as the Section Emergency Coordinator, a Field Instructor, and as an Official Observer.

David Overton, W5JDO, has been appointed to fill the remainder of the current term which will end on June 30th, 2025. D...

All September, the ARRL® Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) has been promoting readiness and resilience for National Preparedness Month. As we come to the end of the month, a hurricane is churning in the Gulf of Mexico, with forecasts of up to 20 feet of storm surge expected to impact large portions of Florida.

This underscores the need to be prepared. Even experienced hams and those who h...

Seven sunspot groups emerged this week. The first was on September
19, three on September 20, one each on September 22 and 23, and the
last on September 25.

Average daily sunspot numbers increased from 120 to 137.2, and
average daily solar flux shifted from 175.7 to 164.3.

Geomagnetic numbers were much quieter. Average daily planetary A
index changed from 35.7 to 14.3, and middle latitude A index fro...

Amateur radio continues to respond to two different tropical events as of Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at 12:00 PM Eastern, now Hurricane Helene and Tropical Depression John

The National Hurricane Center reports that Tropical Storm Helene has been upgraded to a Category 1 Hurricane with  80 mph winds and is forecast to keep rapidly intensifying into a Category 3 hurricane by the time it makes ...

/Spe • ri • men • tà • re/
Alessio Sacchi, IZ4EFN

Quando, nel 2023, iniziammo un percorso di collaborazione con il MIMIT a tema sperimentazioni frequenziali ottenendo un primo GO per la gamma 70 MHz, ci sembrò utile e formativo creare un portale per monitorare l’andamento degli esperimenti su questa nuova banda, creando uno strumento inedito: il portale 70mhz.ari.it. A un anno di distanza, i radioamatori italiani possono continuare a sperimentare in 70 MHz, ma anche in 40 MHz e finalmente iniziare ad abbattere il muro dei 1830 kHz, decisamente rilevante per chi opera in 160 metri soprattutto verso altre regioni ITU e durante i contest. Da qui l’idea di spostarci su sperimentazioni.ari.it, con l’intento di creare un contenitore che raccolga le nostre esperienze e ci spinga a continuare l’attività in sinergia con il MIMIT, auspicabilmente anno dopo anno.

Amateur radio is responding to two different tropical events as of Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 1:00 PM Eastern.

Hurricane John

The National Hurricane Center reports that Hurricane John made landfall on Mexico's southern Pacific coast late Monday evening about 80 miles east of the resort of Acapulco as a Category 3 storm. Winds were reported up to 120 miles per hour (mph) before the storm began...