ARRL Teachers Institute Application Deadline

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Applicants for the summer 2025 sessions of the ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology must apply by April 30 to be considered. The application process is straightforward. Interested educators can find the web form at http://www.arrl.org/ti. ARRL covers all the costs of the TI, including travel, but there is a $100 application fee if the teacher is accepted.

The Teachers Institutes are a productive week for those who attend. The program is designed to not just introduce amateur radio to classrooms, but more importantly to enable teachers to build content around wireless technology of all kinds into their lessons. 

Part of ARRL’s mission is to inspire the next generation of radio amateurs, but through this program the ripple effects spread into all things related to radio engineering. ARRL Education and Learning Manager Steve Goodgame, K5ATA, said teachers leave fired up about radio. “To see the excitement these educators have after a TI is very rewarding. We see success when that enthusiasm ripples out across communities, and we want to reach more teachers than ever before,” said Goodgame. 

ARRL has expanded the program for 2025, doing sessions around the country. The first field session was held on Staten Island in New York City. Other regions are planned for 2025. 

ARRL Teachers Institute Application - http://www.arrl.org/ti

Efforts to Save Marconi Towers in Canada

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Efforts to Save Marconi Towers in Canada

There’s an effort underway to save some of Marconi’s original towers, and an online poll is open for people to vote on it being a restoration project through the “Next Great Save” project from the National Trust for Canada.

Some of Marconi’s first messages were received and transmitted using the Battle Harbour Marconi Towers, thought to be the last of their kind standing in North America. News of Admiral Robert Peary’s 1909 North Pole expedition was transmitted by these towers. After 100 years, the twin towers are in need of repair.

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Hams Invited to Monitor Meteor Scatter Events

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There will be April showers - meteor showers, that is - and volunteers are needed to monitor an event this month that is known as the Lyrids shower.

This is a big year for meteor-scatter experiments to be conducted by HamSCI during the Perseids showers in August and the Geminids showers in December. For hams who are hoping to participate in either or both of the Meteor Scatter QSO Parties taking place during those events, there is important work to be done this month.

The citizen science research group is encouraging operators to get ready by setting up your equipment now in time for the Lyrids shower, which will be peaking on the 21st and 22nd of April. The days before and after those dates are also expected to provide good opportunities to take advantage of meteor scatter. Radio operators may participate either actively by calling CQ or passively, by monitoring and reporting.

Operators may use MSK144 within the WSJT-X software on both 10 and 6 metres. SWLs and hams may also participate passively by monitoring via PSK Reporter to send in their findings.

More Information - http://www.hamsci.org/msqp-poster