Nominations Now Being Accepted for 2009 ARRL Humanitarian Award

Nominations are open for the 2009 ARRL International Humanitarian Award. The award is conferred upon an amateur or amateurs who demonstrate devotion to human welfare, peace and international understanding through Amateur Radio. The League established the annual prize to recognize Amateur Radio operators who have used ham radio to provide extraordinary service to others in times of crisis or disaster.

ARRL Web Server to Undergo System Maintenance

The ARRL’s main Web server is scheduled to be down for system maintenance starting for approximately 3 hours, beginning at 2 AM (EDT) on Wednesday, September 30. During this time, the arrl.net e-mail forwarding service will continue as usual. Logbook of The World (LoTW) will not be affected and can be accessed during that time via its direct link.

The Amateur Amateur: Slippery-Slope Television

It all started because Chuck, N0EIS, told me to set up a SSTV (slow scan television) station.

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