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Are Amateur Radio National Society Members Really More “Active” Than Non-Members?

k4fmh
January 12, 2025
ARRL
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No, not really. Here’s actual evidence… In a previous article, I quoted current ARRL CEO David Minster NA2AA from one of his monthly Second Century columns in QST. I’ll reproduce it below: “We know, and have known for years, that ARRL members represent the lion’s share of active hams. Moves to grow the hobby…have grown […]

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“There is NO formal study document..[just] a pile of data,” says the ARRL CEO

k4fmh
January 7, 2025
ARRL
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Corporate annual reports can be real snoozers to read. Unless you have a specific interest in the contents. A high school teacher once used a similar analogy as I tried to stay awake in her class which was just before basketball practice. History is boring. Unless it touches your life! If you’re a licensed ham […]

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The Decline in ARRL Membership and Market Share, 2001-2024 (provisional)..UPDATED

k4fmh
January 2, 2025
ARRL
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Come gather ’round hamsWherever you roamAnd admit that the LeagueHas far from grownAnd accept it that soonIt will be skin and bonesIf the League to you is worth savin’You’d better start engagin’Or it will sink like a stoneFor the times they are a-changin'(adapted from Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-changin’) With the publication of […]

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Antenna Use by Frequency Band Among Canadian Amateur Operators

k4fmh
September 20, 2024
RAC
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This is the final installment on my analysis of the RAC Survey 2021 on Canadian amateur operators. The previous article examined RF power reported by this national sample of ham operators. The other shoe on power use is the prospect of gain residing in the antenna used for transmitting. I begin with the HF through […]

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