{"id":1437,"date":"2018-07-03T12:11:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T17:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/wordpress1\/?page_id=1437"},"modified":"2018-07-03T12:11:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T17:11:40","slug":"arrl-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/wordpress1\/arrl-news\/","title":{"rendered":"ARRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feedzy-050d04a91d8b079575e4d473e33c3053 feedzy-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/\" class=\"rss_title\" rel=\"noopener\">American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources<\/a> <span class=\"rss_description\"> The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/view\/radio-amateurs-prepare-for-tropical-storm-isaias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Radio Amateurs Prepare for Tropical Storm Isaias<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on October 7, 2026 at 7:55 pm <\/small><p>The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has issued public advisories for Tropical Storm Isaias, which is forecast to pass north of the Yucatan Peninsula on Thursday, October 8, 2026, and approach the U.S. northern Gulf Coast on Friday. Landfall is anticipated late Friday night into Saturday morning. ARRL North Florida Section Emergency Coordinator Arc Thames, W4CPD, who also serves as the Amateur R...<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/view\/watching-the-gulf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Watching the Gulf<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on October 6, 2026 at 4:52 pm <\/small><p>The\u00a0Hurricane Watch Net\u00a0(HWN) is closely monitoring\u00a0Invest 92L, which is expected to become\u00a0Tropical Storm Isaias\u00a0in the next 24 hours. According to HWN Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, the potential area of concern for this storm is a wide swath of the Gulf coast, extending from Louisiana to Florida. Graves says there is\u00a0no\u00a0HWN activation at this time, but the net will go into operation if offici...<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/view\/2026-collegiate-qso-party-is-october-3-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">2026 Collegiate QSO Party is October 3 \u2013 4<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on October 2, 2026 at 5:18 pm <\/small><p>Get ready to contact college and university radio clubs during this weekend\u2019s Collegiate QSO Party, 0000 UTC October 3 through 2359 UTC ImageOctober 4 (Friday evening through Sunday in the US). Students, faculty, staff, and alumni will be on the air using the call sign of a college, university, or other post-secondary academic institution. Look for stations on CW, phone, and digital modes on an...<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/view\/remembering-four-silent-keys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Remembering Four Silent Keys<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on September 27, 2026 at 3:00 pm <\/small><p>We are saddened to report this week on the passing of four well-known amateurs, including two members of the extended \u201cARRL family.\u201d\u00a0Longtime ARRL Rhode Island Section Manager Robert George \u201cBob\u201d Beaudet, W1YRC, became a Silent Key on September 10, 2026, at age 88. An ARRL Life Member, Gold-Level Diamond Club member, and Maxim Society member in the President Class, Beaudet served as Rhode Islan...<\/p><\/div><\/li><li  style=\"padding: 15px 0 25px\" class=\"rss_item\"><span class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/view\/video-podcast-with-arrl-ceo-david-minster-na2aa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\">Video\/Podcast with ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA<\/a><\/span><div class=\"rss_content\" style=\"\"><small>on September 26, 2026 at 3:00 pm <\/small><p>ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, was a guest on episode 103 of\u00a0The DX Mentor, which aired September 19, 2026. Hosted by Bill Salyers, AJ8B, with Joe Pater, W8GEX, the discussion covered highlights from the ARRL Board of Directors\u2019 annual Second Meeting, held July 17; the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU); the August ARRL National Convention hosted by the Huntsville Hamfest, and recent supp...<\/p><\/div><\/li><\/ul> <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{float:left;position:relative;border:none;text-decoration:none;max-width:100%}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image span{display:inline-block;position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;background-position:50%;background-size:cover}.feedzy-rss .rss_item .rss_image{margin:.3em 1em 0 0;content-visibility:auto}.feedzy-rss ul{list-style:none}.feedzy-rss ul li{display:inline-block}<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":623,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-1437","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1438,"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1437\/revisions\/1438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}