Crawford Amateur Radio Society

Supporting Amateur Radio in NW PA since 1972

Supporting Amateur Radio in NWPA since 1972

Crawford Amateur Radio Society

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Amateur Radio News

ARRL Closed for New Years Day, January 1, 2025

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® will be closed on New Years Day, Wednesday, January 1, 2025. The last W1AW transmission of 2024 will be the regularly scheduled code [...]

The K7RA Solar Update

Strong solar activity continues, with worldwide propagation on 10and 12 meters quite commonplace.Predicted solar flux is 255, 250, 210, 200, and 195 on December 30,2024 through January 3, 2025, 190 [...]

ARRL Systems Service Disruption

These are periodic updates to an original story published on May 16, 2024.Updated 12/27/2024The following is an update on DXCC® application processing:In October, we reported that the ARRL DXCC® System [...]

2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarships - Final Weeks to Apply

The ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program continues to accept applications for the 2025 scholarship cycle. The application period is open until 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on January 6, 2025. The [...]

ARRL Straight Key Night: January 1, 2025

ARRL Straight Key Night is January 1, 2025, from 0000 UTC through 2359 UTC. This 24-hour event is not a contest but rather a day dedicated to celebrating our CW [...]

ARRL Kids Day - January 4, 2025

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® Kids Day runs January 4, 2025 from 1800 UTC - 2359 UTC. Operate as much or as little as you like.The event is [...]

Call for Nominations: ARRL Awards Recognize Excellence in Ham Radio

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® seeks nominations for awards.It probably isn’t hard to think of someone you know in the hobby who goes above and beyond in service [...]

Experimental Station to Commemorate Fessenden Transmission December 24

Brian Justin, Jr., WA1ZMS, of Forest, Virginia, will operate experimental station WI2XLQ on 486-kHz AM for the Reginald Fessenden commemorative transmission starting approximately at 22:00 UTC on December 24, 2024.Transmissions [...]