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Our Sun has again become very quiet. We saw 13 days with no sunspots, April 15-27, then new sunspot group 1063 appeared April 28, and on April 29 it was gone again. Although the sunspot number for April 29 is 0, early on April 30 I can still see group 1063 in a magnetogram, so perhaps it rises again. We watch the STEREO mission, looking for bright hints of activity, but lately they just seem to…

By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor

This week, Surfin’ plans to visit the biggest source of ham radio parts this side of the Sun.

Every year about this time, I compile a want list of parts and gadgets I need for future projects because soon I will visit one of the biggest sources of ham radio parts and other sundry electronics: the Dayton Hamvention®.

Between the dealers in booths inside th…

Jim Cain, K1TN, has donated an archive-quality set of the first 325 The DX Bulletin to the ARRL. Organized in binders, the collection will be housed in the ARRL Library and available to anyone who wants to come in to ARRL Headquarters and read them. Written and published weekly from July 1979-February 1986 by Cain — and carried on by Chod Harris, VP2ML until 1996 — The DX Bulletin was a devot…

Jim Cain, K1TN, has donated a complete, archive quality set of The DX Bulletin to the ARRL. Organized in binders, the collection will be housed in the ARRL Library and available to anyone who wants to come in to ARRL Headquarters and read them. Published weekly from July 1979-February 1986 — a total of 325 issues — The DX Bulletin was a devoted to news of interest to DXers worldwide, with ab…

The May/June issue of NCJ, The National Contest Journal, is filled with the latest news from the contesting world. Whether you are new to contesting or are a seasoned pro — or somewhere in the middle — you will find something in NCJ just for you.

Since the early 1970s, most of the stations that Tom Taormina, K5RC, and Grady Ferguson, W5FU, have built have had at least two operating positions. …

All this week, representatives from various European Amateur Radio societies have come to the Espace Léopold — the European Parliament building located in Brussels, Belgium — to provide information about the Amateur Radio Service to members of the European Parliament. Using the motto European Amateur Radio Benefiting Society, the event is sponsored by the IARU Region 1 EUROCOM Working Group a…

As more and more people use the new ARRL Web site, we are finding some minor bugs in the system and fixing them. Here are the latest improvements to the Web site:

• A link to your Section News is located right underneath the “Edit Your Profile” link at the top of the page. Just click on “Section News” and you will be directed to the appropriate page. This link is only available on the home page of…

Registration remains open through Sunday, May 23, 2010, for these online course sessions beginning on Friday, June 4, 2010: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 1; Antenna Design and Construction; Propagation; Analog Electronics, and Digital Electronics.

Each online course has been developed in segments — learning units with objectives, informative text, student activities and quizzes. …