Teenage Amateur Radio Operators Featured Network TV

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Teenage Amateur Radio Operators Featured Network TV

A student-led contact with astronauts through the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program was a great success that earned significant media attention. On Monday 11th December 2023, students at Harbor Creek High School in Harborcreek, Pennsylvania, used amateur radio to talk with Astronaut Andreas Mogensen, KG5GCZ.

The students are part of the Advanced Technologies Group, KC3SGV, an after-school club at Harbor Creek. Fifteen of the students are licensed radio amateurs. Their faculty advisor, Assistant Principal Drew Mortensen, AC3DS, is a graduate of the Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology, a professional development program led by ARRL Mortensen utilized what he learned in the program and brought it back to the school. The ARISS contact is just one of the many successes the program has had.

ARRL Education and Learning Manager Steve Goodgame, K5ATA, was on hand for the contact, and he was impressed by the skills demonstrated by the students.

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M0PLA achieves Mountain Goat award

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Paul Athersmith, M0PLA of Telford, Shropshire, has achieved the coveted Mountain Goat award for gaining 1,000 activator points in the Summits on the Air scheme.

Paul completed his mission on the summit of Pole Bank, on the Long Mynd in Shropshire.

The feat took Paul just over seven years, following his debut activation in December 2016.

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ARRL 2023 Fall Section Manager Election Results

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ARRL 2023 Fall Section Manager Election Results

Two balloted Section Manager elections were conducted this fall. Ballots were counted on Tuesday 21st November 2023, at ARRL Headquarters. All two-year terms of office will begin on 1st January 2024.

For Section Manager of the ARRL Alaska Section:

  • David Stevens, KL7EB (incumbent), received 105 votes

  • Jeffrey Wolf, N8EX, received 72 votes

David Stevens, KL7EB, of Anchorage, Alaska, has been declared re-elected. Stevens has been the Section Manager of the ARRL Alaska Section since 2020. Stevens’ first term as Section Manager in Alaska was from 1998 through 1999, and he also served as Section Manager from 2002 through 2007.

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