Hurricane Earl -- once again a Category 4 storm -- is currently aiming for North Carolina?s Outer Banks. At 11 AM (EDT), Earl is located about 300 miles south of Cape Hatteras and 765 mles south of Nantucket Island, just off the coast of Massachusetts....

The ARRL Lab has installed a D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio) repeater in the Lab at the ARRL Headquarters building. Operating with an output of 147.390 MHz, positive offset, the W1HQ D-STAR repeater is a local repeater with a modest footprint covering the...

On August 30, Hurricane Earl intensified into a Category 4 hurricane -- sustained winds 131-155 MPH -- before leveling out back into a Category 3 storm. But even as a Category 3 hurricane, Earl is still a major storm with hurricane-force winds extending outward up...

ARRL Headquarters will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Monday, September 6. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions that day. ARRL Headquarters will reopen Tuesday, September 7 at 8 AM Eastern Daylight Time. We wish everyone a safe and...

Compiled by S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA
ARRL News Editor
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This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of August.

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The winner of the QST Cover Plaque Award for August is James Garland, W8ZR, for his article ?The StationPro Master Station Controller.? Congratulations, James! The winner of the QST Cover Plaque award -- given to the author or authors of the best article in each...

September is here, and according to ARRL Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, that means the VHF bands are getting a workout: ?If you?ve never experienced the fun of VHF+ operating, the ARRL September VHF QSO Party is a great place to start. With many...

The SD Attorney General says two Minnehaha County deputies were justified in the shooting death of a wanted Sioux Falls man.

Stocks rise...Retail surprised...Oil platform fire

It started as a way to get her kids to eat healthy now Breann Stiefel is making sure your kids have healthy vending options too.

You may have noticed neon bracelets lining kids' arms, sometimes to their elbows.

Oklahoma State University?s Amateur Radio Club is making a comeback. Having been around since the 1920s, Amateur Radio Club is one of the oldest clubs on campus.

Long before Facebook, email, cell phones and satellites, a select group of people were able to communicate across continents, often broadcasting from obscure locations using ham radios. By today?s standards it may not seem too impressive. But what happens when the next big earthquake hits us?

During emergencies and disasters, the Clinton County Sheriff's Office relies on a vital yet obscure member of their volunteer quartet to provide emergency communications. The Clinton County Emergency Communications Team is a group of volunteer amateur radio operators who help area first responders communicate with one another when normal communications channels are broken or overloaded.

The radio club will make use of the new applied mathematics and engineering lab in Stutzman-Slonaker, room 303. The radio club uses shortwave and high frequency radio to broadcast on wavelengths not used for commercial or other specific broadcast purposes.

Colorful, flashing buttons proudly worn by Ernie Chiles and Phil Nash sport the saying, "When all else fails ... Amateur Radio."