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The Civilian Conservation Corps placed thousands of unemployed men in work camps often located in very remote areas. The US Army, tasked with managing this multitude, established the Army Amateur Radio System to provide communications between the men at these remote camps and their families.

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With Tropical Storm Alex now Category 1 Hurricane Alex, three Amateur Radio mainstays during the Atlantic hurricane season — WX4NHC, VoIP Hurricane Net and Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) — activated at 8 AM EDT on Wednesday, June 30; WX4NHC is the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida. NHC officials are forecasting that Alex should turn more to the west-nor…

After the first ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology (TI) of 2010 concluded this past February in Tucson, Arizona, three more TIs happened in quick succession — New Mexico, South Carolina and California — in May and June.

The Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology is a four-day, expenses paid in-residence learning opportunity designed for motivated teachers and other school staff …

Tropical Storm Alex is on the verge of becoming the first hurricane of the season. As of 11 AM EDT on Tuesday, June 29 (1500 UTC), Alex was located about 355 miles to the southeast of Brownsville, Texas with top winds of 70 MPH. On its current forecast track, Alex should make landfall Wednesday evening, just south of the Rio Grande in Northeast Mexico, with the possibility of becoming a Categor…

The IARU International Amateur Radio Satellite Forum will be held in conjunction with the AMSAT-UK Colloquium in Guildford, England on the weekend of July 31-August 1. The forum — chaired by IARU Amateur Satellite Advisor Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV — will take place on the Sunday morning, August 1. A report back on the activities of the IARU Satellite Adviser and his Advisory Panel will…

ARRL Headquarters will be closed in observance of Independence Day on Monday, July 5. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions that day. League Headquarters will reopen Tuesday, July 6 at 8 AM Eastern Daylight Time. We wish everyone a safe and festive holiday weekend.