Category Archives: ARRL

Happy New Year 2026!!

Posted on January 1, 2026 by robert

With the love and care of my bride and help from many good friends, I survived 2025.  While it was a very chaotic year, there were still many fun things that happened along the way. In terms of POTA, I … Continue reading →

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New ARRL Trident Award

Posted on December 5, 2025 by robert

I heard from the ARRL that they have a new DXCC Award called the Trident.  The basic requirement is to have 100 or more countries confirmed using CW, Phone, and Digital modes (those three modes being the basis of the … Continue reading →

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POTA Antenna Shootout

Posted on April 10, 2025 by robert

A friend of mine, Jim Sammons KA1ZOU and I had an article published in the May 2025 QST (pp 58-60).  Our club, Newport County Radio Club, with about 150 members, had a fair number interested in Parks on the Air … Continue reading →

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40+ Years in the ARRL

Posted on January 18, 2025 by robert

I received a 40th year pin and certificate from the ARRL (not to be picky, but I think I first joined the ARRL in 1980, so that would be 44 years).  In any event it has been a long time.  … Continue reading →

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Hello Old Friend!

Posted on July 2, 2024 by robert

From the ARRL:  “Effective 12:00pm ET / 16:00 UTC we will be returning Logbook of The World® (LoTW®) to service.”  That is fantastic news! I uploaded the logs that I had waiting since things went down in early May.  When I … Continue reading →

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Kudos to the ARRL

Posted on December 3, 2021 by robert

Often it is far too easy to complain about things that aren’t working well, than to recognize when things work so smoothly that you don’t even notice them.  This was the case with the ARRL and the DXCC Desk.  I … Continue reading →

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Something new to chase — VUCC-Sat

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Bob Beatty

The ARRL has had a VUCC (VHF UHF Century Club) Award for a long time.  Not being a VHF/UHF/SHF guy, it never caught my attention until I noticed that they had a specific award for Satellite contacts.  The requirement is … Continue reading →

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ONE BILLION QSOs in LotW

Posted on December 19, 2018 by robert

I’ve been a little obsessed making year-end QSOs for the International Grid Chase, and watching LotW count up to ONE BILLION QSOs. It happened at 23:32:06 UTC on December 19, 2018 (6:32:06 PM EST). Fantastic job ARRL and IT staff … Continue reading →

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Only one million to go in LotW

Posted on December 17, 2018 by robert

At approximately 10:15 AM EST (15:15 UTC), the QSO count in Logbook of the World rolled over to 999 million, only 1 million QSOs to go before it hits a BILLION. LotW has been going up about 3 million QSOs … Continue reading →

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QSO #9,000 in LotW

Posted on May 29, 2018 by robert

Silly, I suppose, but I note almost every accomplishment.  I’m happy to say that today I worked Ron, K4AKK, from Savannah, TN on 15-Meter FT-8.  He found his way into my LotW database as Contact #9,000 (since I started back … Continue reading →

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