Paul Szczerbinski, W9KHO, an employee of Ham Radio Outlet in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, received a Certificate of Honor from HRO President Robert Ferrero, W6KR, for 60 years as an amateur radio operator. This is just the second time the award has been presented.

Szczerbinski’s history in radio dates to 1964, when, after being honorably discharged from the United States Air Force, he began working for...

By Ward Silver, NØAX

Imagine a weekend without a single full-bore pro football game. (American football, my DX and soccer-aficionado friends.) Not one. No hours of pre-game jabber. No amazing on-screen graphics and gadgets. No breathless half-time reports or injury updates. What is a right-thinking person to do? How about the CW Sprint?

The NCJ North American CW Sprint runs on Saturday evening, F...

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® celebrates that the first field session of the ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology reached nine New York City area educators, but the ripple effects will reach thousands of students. The session was held at the Staten Island Technical High School, home of a thriving and active amateur radio club. It was led in part by Everton Henriques...

Solar Update Report January 30, 2025

The sun has been moderately active this past week. The greater than 2 MeV (solar particle event) electron flux at geostationary orbit is expected to remain mostly at normal to moderate levels January 30 - 31. A coronal hole high-speed stream is expected to arrive February 1. Particle injection during this time will likely elevate the 2 MeV electron flux to hi...

Brett Pruitt, K7BDP, has been named the new Section Manager of the ARRL Utah Section. He has previously served as the Section Emergency Coordinator and has been active in leadership of his local Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) group. Pruitt has been instrumental in expanding use of AREDN networks within Utah.

Pruitt was appointed to the role effective February 1, 2025. The change comes ...

ARRL Audio News January 31, 2025

Pine View School for the Gifted (PVS) in Osprey, Florida, has an opportunity to achieve a historic milestone on Tuesday, January 28, at 12:21 PM (EST), when students and faculty make live contact with astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The event marks the first time any school in Sarasota County has been selected to take part in the Amateur Radio on the International Space...

Thirty-seven amateur radio clubs benefitted from $500,502 in grants through the ARRL Club Grant Program to implement projects that educate, recruit, train, and promote amateur radio in their communities. Funding for the grants comes from Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC).   

There were 110 applicants to the 2024 ARRL Club Grant Program, with applicants from all ARRL Divisions and 40 st...

Dr. Emil Pocock, W3EP, has become a Silent Key. He passed away on January 10, 2025, at the age of 78. From 1992 to 2002, Pocock edited “The World Above 50 MHz” for ARRL’s membership journal, QST. He served as a volunteer in the ARRL Laboratory for many years. 

Pocock was first licensed at the age of 12 and found a career as an academic. He was well-regarded by colleagues at ARRL as always being ...

To help promote amateur radio science and technology, and to honor the 100th anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU), ARRL is inviting radio clubs and schools to organize a Ham Radio Open House in April, built around World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) on April 18.

The event is intended to highlight the Amateur Radio Service for its development and practice of the latest radio com...

Camp Family Justice serves pediatric survivors of violence in Contra Costa County, California, providing them with an opportunity to enjoy the outdoors in a safe environment surrounded by support services, including a medical clinic. The camp provides the opportunity for children to decompress, learn resiliency skills and build a path forward. Children who applied this year, and attended last y...

ARRL Audio News January 24, 2025

ARRL will be closed on Thursday morning, January 23, 2025, for a company-wide meeting. During the short closure, members are encouraged to use the ARRL website, www.arrl.org, for membership renewals, publication purchases, and to access most benefits, services, and programs. The ARRL Headquarters lobby & store, and W1AW will be re-open to visitors at 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (1700 UTC) on...

Winter Field Day is among us. Field days are a great way to learn how to operate your radios or other peoples’ radios. Typically, a field day operation starts mid-day on Saturday and operates for 24 hours straight. I’ve listed all the Winter Field Day sites I’m familiar with, so you can join the fun no matter where you live. Also, you can operate from your house to contact as many folks as possible. More information (and the new rules for this year) are available at https://winterfieldday.com/. Visit one of these sites, or fire up your radio to make some noise on HF!

OKLAHOMA CITY

Oklahoma City Emergency Management will be standing up an Outdoor “2O” Winter Field Day operation on Saturday, January 25th, from 10 a.m. to Sunday, the 26th, at 3:30 p.m. You are invited to drop by and visit or sign up to operate.

Location: 4600 N M L King –  The OKC Regional Multi-Agency Coordination Center RMAC/EOC. The operation will be in a tent above the underground facility with a generator-providing 120 VAC source. ( …and some heat) Come to the second gate east of M L King on Meyers Place and press the intercom button. You can’t miss the huge, heavily loaded radio tower site.

Lt David Storer and Officer Kevin Long are providing this as an opportunity for those who volunteered and attended the AUXCOMM training course to begin completing activities required in their Position Task Books.  But you do not have to be one of their volunteers to come by and visit or operate. If you wish to sign up to operate one of the stations, you can do so. The link to sign up is

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A45AEAE2AA6FEC16-54149977-winter#/

Times are set up in 6-hour blocks to help them with scheduling operators.

No food will be provided.  Operators should bring sufficient food to be self-sustaining, as per the training for deployments.

MID-DEL

Event by Mid-Del Amateur Radio Club
Joe B. Barnes Regional Park
8700 E Reno Ave, Midwest City, OK 73130
Duration: 2 days
Public  · Anyone on or off Facebook

The Winter Field Day event runs on Saturday and Sunday. We are still making plans, so times are subject to change. We will finalize our schedule at our Monday, 1/13 club meeting.

The Mid-Del Amateur Radio Club will host a public Winter Field Day event on Saturday, 1/25, and Sunday, 1/26.

We will be open to the public on Saturday from Noon to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm.

All are welcome to visit, chat, observe, or get on the air.

On Saturday, we will also hold a VE Test session from 3 to 5 p.m. for those wishing to obtain or upgrade their Amateur Radio license.

Where: Joe B Barnes Regional Park in Midwest City. South of the Fred Quinn Happy Trails Dog Park. 8517 E Reno Ave, Midwest City, OK 73110. Look for the Mid-Del Club banner.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/547QSNBZdrdMWpt9A

The day will help enhance the essential skills of those who generously volunteer their time and equipment to these organizations. Preparedness is the key to a professional and timely response during any event, and local and state authorities expect this when they reach out to emergency service groups that offer their services.

Members: Setup will be on Saturday at 10  a.m. All help will be appreciated. Tear down will begin at 4 p.m. on Sunday.

Please come by and help with the event if you are available. Also, please bring your own chair, as the club chairs will be dedicated to operator use, testing, and guests.

TULSA

The Tulsa Amateur Radio Club (TARC) will operate Winter Field Day at Haikey Creek Park,

11327 S Garnett Rd, Broken Arrow, OK 74011-9600, starting at noon on Saturday.

TECUMSEH

Name: Tecumseh Amateur Radio Club

Callsign: KD5WAV

Category: O

Visitors are welcome!

We will be operating on the oval of Oklahoma Baptist University and would love for people to come by and observe and ask questions.

LAKE EUFAULA STATE PARK

Crossroads Amateur Radio Club

Callsign: AD5MC

Category: O

Visitors are welcome! See info below for more details.

Winter Field Day January 25-26th

Lake Eufaula State Park at Yurt on Longhorn Loop

Talk in on 146.52 or KB5QAI repeater 443.9750 +5 PL 100.0

carcradio.org

facebook.com/ad5mc

BARTLESVILLE

Name: Bartlesville Amateur Radio Club

Callsign: W5NS

Category: I

Visitors are welcome!

https://bartlesvilleamateurradioclub.com/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/barcbartlesville

The public is welcome to visit on Saturday, although the best time to see the action is from Noon to about 5 pm.

We are planning on being at Cabin 3. Look for vehicles with antennas on them.

Hams: Talk-in frequency will be the 146.655 repeater (88.5hz PL).

Note: All vehicles are required to pay to park at the park. There are signs to pay for parking or visit the office as you enter. Seniors and Veterans, please let them know as there are discounts. For more information, call the park office at Osage Hills State Park | TravelOK.com – Oklahoma’s Official Travel & Tourism Site

ELK CITY

Name: West Central Ok Amateur Radio Club

Callsign: K5WCO

Category: I

Visitors are welcome!

sites.google.com/view/wcoarc

Visitors welcome!

105 Alee Dr, Elk City, OK

The building is open Friday afternoon/Saturday morning for setup.

VE Testing 1:00 PM Saturday, pre-register on the website.. no fee to test

There are two great contests for amateur radio operators this weekend, January 18 - 20, 2025, and a bonus opportunity for a college club station to win a national championship.

Whether you’re interested in contesting on the HF bands, the VHF bands of 50 MHz and above, or both, there’s likely a contest to fit your needs this weekend. ARRL Contest Program Manager Paul Bourque, N1SFE, said there i...

Sorry to say this is the last ARRL Propagation Forecast Bulletin I
will write.  I took over in 1991 from Ed Tilton, W1HDQ when he was
too ill and weak to continue, and now with ALS I have similar
problems.

Geomagnetic influencers were more stable this week (planetary A
index shifted from 16.9 to 10.7) and solar indicators were weaker.
Average daily sunspot number changed from 159.1 to 103.3 and avera...

ARRL Audio News January 17, 2025

DXCC® application processing is back to typical processing times.

In October, we reported that the ARRL DXCC® System had been returned to service following work that was completed to ensure the security and integrity of the system following the cyber-attack in May. Over 4,000 DXCC applications have been logged into the system for processing since returning the system to service.

We are currently ...

Former ARRL and Yaesu employee, World Radiosport Team Championship competitor, and award-winning radio amateur Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV, has become a Silent Key. Motschenbacher passed away on January 9, 2025, after a long illness.

Motschenbacher was first licensed at the age of 13. According to his obituary, “His Amateur Radio activities took him to 35 countries and his ham radio call sign, K...