Applications for the 2020 ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program will be accepted between September 1 and December 31, 2019.
All applicants must be FCC-licensed radio amateurs, and many scholarships have other specific requirements, such as intended area of study, residence within a particular ARRL Division, Section or state, and license class. Applicants should review the scholarships and check off the ones for which they are eligible.
If you complete an online application, you must also email a PDF of academic transcripts from your most-recently completed school year by January 13, 2020.Applications that are not accompanied by transcripts will not be considered. The ARRL Foundation Scholarship Committee will review all applicants for eligibility and award decisions. Scholarship recipients will be notified in May 2020 via USPS mail and email.
For more information, visit the ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program page.
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Equipment
Release the KrakenSDR!
KrakenSDR is now available for crowdfunding on Crowd Supply. Thank you to all interested parties for your patience while we navigated recent pandemic-... Read more
XPA125 Tuner – Any good?
Today I take the XPA125 Tuner and put it through its paces with a 9:1 EFRW Random Wire Antenna Read more
Xiegu X6100 HF/50MHz Portable SDR Transceiver
Xiegu X6100 is a revolutionary self-contained 10 watt HF and 6m SDR transceiver with a large color display, automatic antenna tuner and a built-in hig... Read more
QDX 4-band 5W Digi transceiver
The “QDX” (QRP Labs Digital Xcvr): a feature-packed, high performance, four-band (80, 40, 30, 20m) 5W Digi-modes trans... Read more
Tech-out of the Xiegu XPA125B Auto Tuner + Amplifier
Today we take a look at the Xiegu XPA125B QRP Amplifier and Auto Tuner hooked up to the Icom IC-705. This amp will work with a variety of QRP rigs inc... Read more
YAESU M-90D Desktop Microphone: UNBOXING
Yaesu M-90D Desktop Microphones utilize a finely tuned dynamic element to deliver rich low to mid frequency response, desirable for a clear and concis... Read more
Choosing Lightning Arresters
Robert, KG5BJF, is getting ready to set up his station and his question is “How do you determine which lightning arresters are the correct ones... Read more
Review
Set up an entire HF station for under $1000?
“A viewer asks: I want a home base station trans/receiver so I can listen till I am licensed. Need an antenna too. But all for under $1000 if po... Read more
How To Power Your Ham Radio Station, Power Supplies, Batteries, Mobile
An important first step in ham radio is figuring out how you want to power your radio station. Reagrdless if it being at home or in the field, you nee... Read more
HF Band Plan Review
Over the past 18 month a proposal for an IARU HF Digital Mode reorganization has been undertaken by representatives of all three IARU Regions IARU-R1... Read more
RF Ground Rod vs Concrete Patio
Dave, KO4DLQ, lives in Florida and has to deal with mass amounts of lightning. Dave can relate having served there for several years when he was young... Read more
Using the ARRL RF Exposure Calculator
Brent, KI5HXM, has a question relating to RF exposure in a mobile environment. Dave wants to show a cool online tool to helps know the save distance p... Read more
Yaesu FT5DR Ham Radio Handheld Unboxing
Brand new from Yaesu is the FT5D Dual Band Fusion Handheld Ham Radio. Let’s take a look at this brand new HT and compare it to the FT3D, its pre... Read more
Solar Power for Ham Radio, a presentation – Ham Radio Q&A
This is an educational presentation I gave on setting up a solar system for use with amateur radio. It goes into the components necessary and talks on... Read more
Antenna
NTE Low Temp Solder Wire Connections
DX Engineering carries the NTE Low Temp Solder Wire Connectors. All you need is a heat gun to make solder connections between wires. Four sizes for wi... Read more
CHA EMCOMM III Base – 3.5-30 MHz
The EMCOMM III Base antenna, is an effective multi-band High Frequency (HF) antenna specially designed for short to long range base station HF communi... Read more
Can a Balun be Too Big?
“Oggie Jon McAdams, K3MAH, is getting back into HF and wants to try QRP. Will baluns, coax, etc., rated for higher power cause his small signal... Read more
6 Meter Beam Antenna
6 Meter Beam Antenna 1.5 KW Power Handling Capacity Transmits and receives in an uni-directional (one direction) pattern Horizontal and Vertical Polar... Read more
How To Use An Antenna Tuner
How To Use An Antenna Tuner Read more
Can Adding a Metal Mast Disrupt an Antenna?
“Stacy Pharis, KI5MIT, has a homebrew antenna very similar in concept to the DX Commander, all held up by a tree. She wants to know if using a m... Read more
Building the Moxon Antenna
Building the Moxon Antenna is fairly easy and lends itself to imagination. No two Moxon’s are identical save the dimensions of the elements... Read more
