ARRL on The Weather Channel

ARRL® The National Association for Amateur Radio® joined The Weather Channel on Thursday 11th July 2024, for a live chat about the value of amateur radio during hurricane season and beyond. ARRL’s Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, talked about how radio helps inform the warning process through surface observations relayed through the Hurricane Watch Net and other nets to WX4NHC, the amateur radio station at the National Hurricane Centre.

Viewers were told how local ARRL volunteers serve their local agencies through the Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) and how they could get licensed through ARRL materials and become a part of it.

ARRL - http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-on-the-weather-channel

From Hackers to Hams? Sure!

Fellow ICQ Podcast presenter, ham radio lecturer and educator Dan Romanchik KB6NU came to New York City to help those in the hacker and STEM/STEAM community blaze a trail into amateur radio. By the time he had finished teaching his one-day course, "Ham Radio for Hackers," on 13th July, 25 hackers had passed the Technician test. The Hackers On Planet Earth, or HOPE, conference turned out to be a ripe place for nurturing amateurs along this non-traditional path to radio. Ed, N2XDD and Nicole, AD2IM, who were part of the Volunteer Examiner team, told Newsline that the new licensees included a 9-year-old girl. They said they shared Dan's hope that the worlds of hackers and hams will continue to merge successfully.

More Information - https://www.kb6nu.com/back-to-the-future-are-hackers-the-future-of-amateur-radio/