House Resolution 607 threatens Amateur Radio

By Joshua Carroll, N5JLC - Arkansas Section Public Information Coordinator

In this video Mary Hobart (K1MMH) describes House Resolution 607 which threatens Amateur Radio use of the 440 band. Please take a moment to watch the video and contact your representatives in Congress. If we don't act, there will be no one to blame but ourselves.

You can watch this video in the window below, or for a page on which the video will automatically play, browse to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsW5AjS65U0.

[Please note that there is an ARRL "slate" that displays for 30 seconds at the beginning; the presentation starts after that.]

Fort Smith ham impresses with a homebrew project

By Joshua Carroll, N5JLC - Arkansas Section Public Information Coordinator

Dennis Burton, N5DRB has made a very impressive "brass pounder".  Burton tells about it and provides more details on the Fort Smith Area Amateur Radio Club web site:

http://fsaarc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110:homebrew-brass-straight-key&catid=31:general