Short Wave News –
Atlantic Division to Host Webinar
Periodically, the ARRL’s Atlantic Division hosts a “webinar” — an interactive Web-based seminar, designed to facilitate communication between a small number of presenters and a large remote audience using the Internet. On Wednesday, January 6 at 9 PM EST, ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, along with attorneys Bob Famiglio, K3RF, and Mike Lazaroff, K3AIR, will present a webinar for Amateur Radio club officers or prospective club officers entitled Presentation on Legal Issues for Amateur Radio Clubs. According to Bill Edgar, N3LLR, this presentation will touch on legal issues for Amateur Radio clubs or organizations. The panel will cover club incorporation, liability issues and legal issues for clubs. Please click here to register for this informative, interactive Internet meeting.
ARRL Seeks Emergency Preparedness and Response Manager
The ARRL currently has an opening for an Emergency Preparedness and Response Manager to be based at ARRL HQ. The successful applicant will represent the League with governmental and non-governmental emergency and disaster response organizations and partners — primarily at the national level — for planning, continuity and operational purposes.
ARRL Announces KF2YN’s ARRL Antenna Designer’s Notebook
Radio amateurs are making true advances in the state of the art through antenna experimentation. The most effective effort begins with an idea — and that idea is developed into a workable antenna design. Aided by personal computers and antenna modeling software, today’s reliable antenna solutions move from the drawing board to construction with greater ease. The ARRL Antenna Designer’s Notebook by Brian Cake, KF2YN, is certain to open a window into the mind of the antenna designer as the design is imagined, perfected and finally constructed.