Cowtown Hamfest 2024

COWTOWN HAMFEST AND ARRL NORTH TEXAS SECTION CONVENTION, JAN 19-20, 2024. FRI 3PM-7PM AND SAT 7AM-3PM. VENDORS MAY SET UP AT 10:00AM FRI AND 6:00AM ON SAT. MANY OF OUR VENDORS WILL BE RETURNING THIS YEAR. WE HAVE INVITED A…

Alien City Hamfest

Pecos Valley Amateur Radio Club is hosting their 3rd annual indoor Alien City Hamfest on May 11th 8:00am to 2:00pm at New Beginnings, 3908 SE. Main (US285), Roswell New Mexico. Hope you can plan to come join us. Grand prize…

W1AW 2024 Winter Operating Schedule

Morning Schedule: Time                  Mode     Days ——————-   —-     ——— 1400 UTC (9 AM EST)   CWs      Wed, Fri 1400 UTC (9 AM EST)   CWf      Tue, Thu Daily Visitor…

The ARRL Board Is Back In Town

HAPPY NEW YEAR!   The message below should be shared with any ARRL members or potential members that you can think of…  The recent actions by the ARRL Board of Directors and HQ Leadership, in my opinion, does not reflect the needs…

VOTA Badges on the Air

Join all of ARRL  The National Association for Amateur Radio®’s volunteers on December 31, 2023, from 0000 – 2359 UTC, for the last day of the yearlong Volunteers On the Air (VOTA) operating event for your final chance to get…

VOTA Red Badges On The Air Event December 17

2023 has been a fun operating year for ARRL’s Year of the Volunteers with the Volunteers On the Air (VOTA) event. To help members boost their VOTA point totals, ARRL is hosting a Red Badges on the Air activity on…

How to Plan and Apply for an ARRL Hamfest or Convention

If your amateur radio club is planning to host a convention, hamfest, tailgate, or swapfest, please consider applying for it to be an ARRL-sanctioned event. To learn what it means to be an ARRL-sanctioned event, and to get some ideas…

Submitting Info for ARRL Newsletter

ARRL Club News is for radio clubs to show how they are working in the community and the hobby to advance amateur radio. If your club completes a project, supports an event, does an EmComm activation, or activates a park,…

ARRL Youth Licensing Grant Program

Clubs around the country sponsor VE sessions in order to help new hams get their licenses and to help existing hams upgrade. One of the changes in the last couple of years if the introduction of the $35 FCC License…

ARRL Asks Hams to Comment on FCC 60-Meter Proposal

The ARRL is asking hams who use the 60-meter (5-MHz) band to file comments in response to the FCC’s proposal to bring the U.S. allocation for the band into conformity with the structure approved several years ago by a previous…