Robert Macedo, KD1CY, ARES SKYWARN Coordinator and Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator, provided this report on the afternoon of Friday, September 3:

The following is a situation report from the Eastern Massachusetts ARRL Section on Hurricane Earl. The good news is that Earl has weakened to a Category-1 hurricane. The other good news is that its track remains on target with ...

 The Air Force Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) organization has a new ?interim? Chief. Outgoing USAF MARS Chief Allen Eiermann, K3LSR, retired at the end of May and was replaced by TSgt Jason E. Sandifer. Sandifer is a systems manager stationed at the Air Force Network Integration Center (AFNIC) at Scott AFB, Illinois. AFNIC is the headquarters of the national Air Force MARS organization...

Over this past week, four new sunspot groups appeared. Group 1101 was already in place since August 24, and 1102 emerged on August 29. On September 1, two new sunspot groups -- 1103 and 1104 -- appeared, and on September 2, sunspot group 1105 arrived. Through August 26-September 2, the daily sunspot numbers were 23, 11, 11, 25, 28, 27, 51 and 52 and these same eight days saw the relative total ...

By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor

This week, Surfin? makes plans for emergency communications of the hurricane variety.  

As I write this, Connecticut and the Northeast are looking down the barrel of Hurricane Earl. It looks like my neck of the woods will only receive a glancing, but powerful blow, but points south and east of us will not be so lucky.

Having lived through direct hits fro...

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. Earl is now moving north at a speed near 18 MPH, and is expected to turn north-northeast with an increase in forward speed on Friday. The center...

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 Hartford-New Britain, Connecticut area. The antenna is on the roof of the Headquarters building with the repeater locat...

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 to 90 miles from the center, and tropical storm force winds extending outward up to 200 miles. According to the National Hurricane C...

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 festive holiday weekend.

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.

ARRL Sections along the Atlantic Coast are watching and monitoring the progress of Hurricane Earl, with many assisting WX4NHC...

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 issue -- is determined by a vote of ARRL members on the QST Cover Plaque Poll Web page. Cast a ballot for your favorite article in the...

May 15, 2010-May 29, 2011 -- Marion I -- ZS8M -- QSL: ZS1X Direct -- Source: MM0NDX (Feb 5, 2010) -- By ZS1HF fm AF-021; SSB, perhaps RTTY; dipole; Marion I was the 3rd most wanted DXCC entity in 2009; exact dates unsure

Jul 21-Sep 9, 2010 -- Rwanda -- 9X0TL -- QSL: DL2RUM -- Source: DL2RUM (Jul 15, 2010) -- By DL2RUM fm Kigali; 80-6m; CW SSB RTTY; 600w; vertical + wires; spare time operation

Aug 2-Sep 30, 2010 -- Haiti -- HH2 -- QSL: unknown -- Source: OPDX (Aug 2, 2010) -- By S21RC as HH2/S21RC fm Port au Prince; QRV weekday evenings

Aug 12-Sep 10, 2010 -- Vietnam -- XV2LC -- QSL: VK6LC -- Source: MM0NDX (Jun 12, 2010) -- By VK6LC fm Ho Chi Minh City; 40-15m; SSB CW; also using XV4LC fm Mekong Delta w/ delta loop + quad loop (may try 160m fm here)

Aug 22-Sep 10, 2010 -- Fiji -- 3D2II -- QSL: LotW -- Source: 425DXN (Aug 21, 2010) -- By DK1II fm Viti Levu (OC-016); 40-10m; CW; QSL also OK via DK1II; spare time operation

Aug 27-Sep 6, 2010 -- Taiwan -- BW -- QSL: LotW -- Source: KT8X (Aug 10, 2010) -- By KT8X as BW/KT8X; spare time operation; QSL only via LotW

Sep 1-30, 2010 -- Singapore -- 9V1 -- QSL: LotW -- Source: OPDX (Aug 2, 2010) -- By AD6ZJ as 9V1/AD6ZJ; focus on 30 17 12m; CW SSB RTTY; spare time operation; QSL also OK via AD6ZJ, Buro or direct

Sep 2-5, 2010 -- Luxembourg -- LX -- QSL: Home Call -- Source: PA3GVI (Aug 21, 2010) -- By PA5WT as LX/PA5WT, PE1BBI PC5T PE1ITR PA1TK likewise; spiderbeam + dipoles; QRV for VFH Contest

Sep 2-6, 2010 -- East Malaysia -- 9M6 -- QSL: JK2VOC -- Source: JK2VOC (Aug 1, 2010) -- By JK2VOC as 9M6/JK2VOC; QRV for All Asia DX Contest, Phone

Sep 3-5, 2010 -- Mariana Is -- AH0BT -- QSL: 7L1FPU -- Source: 7L1FPU (Sep 2, 2010) -- By W1FPU KH0UA N2QP NY8L W1NDE AH0BR; M/M entry in All Asian DX Contest, phone