This weeks letter contains the following items:

• + Public Service: Tornadoes and Thunderstorms Keep Radio Amateurs Busy in Midwest, Southeast
• + Counting Down to Dayton -- Where Global Friendship Takes Center Stage
• + Silent Key: James McLaughlin, WA2EWE/T6AF, Killed By Afghan Pilot
• + FCC News: Anchorage VEC Asks FCC to Grant Lifetime Credit for Expired Licenses
• + On the Air: Find an ARRL Field Day Station Near You
• WX4NHC Assistant Coordinator Honored at National Hurricane Conference
• + On the Air: Space Weather Prediction Center to Discontinue Broadcasts on WWV and WWVH
• Solar Update
• Voting Now Open for May QST Cover Plaque Award
• This Week on the Radio
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:   www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2011-04-28

We need Northland hams for communications supporting the Jack and Coke Bike Ride on Saturday, May 14, 2011.  The ride is in memory of Jack Polson and benefits the American Cancer Society.  The ride starts at Park Hill High School near Barry Road, runs through Dearborn to Faucett, and returns through Edgerton and Ridgely.  For more information, go to www.jackandcokebikeride.org.  To volunteer or for more information, contact Jeff Dayton N0UQO at 913.927.4698 or jdayt@hotmail.com.

There will again be HAM Classes held in the Northland

On April 30th and May 7th from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

At the NWS Training Center 7220 N.W. 101st Terrace, KCMO

To Sign up or if you have any questions, you can call 913-638-7373

This weeks letter contains the following items:

• + FCC News: ARRL Scores Partial Victory in ReconRobotics Proceeding
• + California Supreme Court Declines to Hear Antenna Zoning Case
• Spectrum Defense: "Eternal Vigilance" Is the Price We Pay for Our Spectrum
• + On the Air: Find an ARRL Field Day Station Near You
• On the Air: Transatlantic Amateur Radio Balloon Launch
• + ARRL West Gulf Division to Host Webinar on Antenna Zoning
• + HQ News: ARRL HQ to Close in Observance of Good Friday
• + Postage Price Increase Now in Effect
• Voting Now Open for May QST Cover Plaque Award
• Solar Update
• ARRL Seeks Book Editor
• + Silent Key: World Radio Labs Founder Leo Meyerson, W0GFQ (SK)
• On the Air: DXCC Approves Two Tristan Da Cunha and Gough Operations
• This Week on the Radio
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:     www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2011-04-21

Effective Friday, April 15, the SkyWarn net is moving. We are moving all SkyWarn Operations to the 146.70 - repeater. For now, this repeater has a

107.2 tone on it, but we are working on making it able to shut off tones during storm sessions. There are several advantages to this repeater for SkyWarn. One is that it has backup power available. As long as the diesel generator doesn't run out of fuel, we can power the repeater during a power outage. It also has better coverage to the southwest of the KC metro, into Miami and Lynn counties, where a lot of the weather effecting the Missouri side of the area comes from. It will also allow us to work stations in Warrensburg, which will allow their net to get better info from Pleasant Hill.

This weeks letter contains the following items:

• + Public Service: Hams Provide Communications Support During West Texas Wildfires
• + On the Air: World Amateur Radio Day Set for Monday, April 18
• + On the Air: Ofcom to Issue Special Temporary Call Signs for Royal Wedding
• + From the Hearts: Providing a Way for Others to Communicate with the ISS
• + ARRL West Gulf Division to Host Webinar on Antenna Zoning
• ARRL to Change Insurance Company for Equipment Protection, Club Liability Services
• Solar Update
• Amateur Radio Fun: New QuickStats Poll Now Available on ARRL Website
• ARRL Seeks Book Editor
• + Silent Key: Legendary Recording Engineer Roger Nichols, KE4BDA (SK)
• This Week on the Radio
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:     www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2011-04-14

Tom Bridges W7LN Ham Class 100% passed one element, one passed Three.

Name:                         Elements Passed                    Call Sign

Edward D. Harper      Technician                              KD0OEG

Betsy E. Edwards        Technician                              KD0OEH

Michael S. Guthrie     Technician                              KD0OEI

Rebecca Morgan        Technician                              KD0OEJ

Savannah J. Morgan   Technician                              KD0OEK

Emiley N. Morgan      Technician                              KD0OEL

Luke S. Rader              General & Extra                     KD0LFX

Robert P. Jameson     Technician                              KD0OEM

Jennifer L. Rader        Technician, General & Extra  KC0VO

Emily Foley                 Technician                              KD0OEN

Thanks to VE's David Copland N0RL,  Jay Akin W0AFS,

James Wagner KG0H, Tom Bridges W7LN, and

Mike Doherty W0JMD

1 Saturday Kearney Library Test Session

James N. Justus          General                                   N0NZW

George A. Evans         Extra                                       KD0ISQ

Brice A. Fawcett JR.    Technician                              KD0OCZ

David L. MCKinney     Extra                                       KD0BSF

Gailen Gillespie          Technician                              KD0OCY

Mark A. Fagan             General                                 K9VFO

Thanks to VE's Jay Akin W0AFS, David Copland N0RL,

K. Porter Hensen KC0ZYW

The Next Test Session Kearney City Hall 7 May 2011 de

Bill Gerle N0JJA

This weeks letter contains the following items:

• + Japan Suffers Large Aftershock; Tsunami Warning Issued, Lifted
• + Amateur Radio in the Classroom: Alabama High Schools Successfully Launch High Altitude Balloon
• + Public Service: Bill Smith, K1ARK, Receives National Recognition for Storm Spotting Activities
• + Check out the May Issue of QST
• + On the Air: Rev Up the Rookies -- the 2011 SSB Rookie Roundup Is Here!
• ARRL to Change Insurance Company for Equipment Protection, Club Liability Services
• + Amateur Radio Fun: Announcing the Winners of the ARRL Video Contest
• ARRL in Action : What Have We Been Up to Lately?
• + FCC News: FCC Launches Complete Overhaul of Website
• Solar Update
• + ARRL Recognizes: Howard "Skip" Teller, KH6TY, Wins March QST Cover Plaque Award
• + On the Air: ARRL Frequency Measuring Test Scheduled for Tuesday, April 12
• On the Air : NIST to Conduct Time and Frequency User Survey
• This Week on the Radio
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:     www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2011-04-07

This weeks letter contains the following items:

• + Public Service: Hams Help When Phones Fail at Southern California Hospital
• Public Service : Western Pennsylvania Hams Respond as Tornado Sweeps Through Area
• + Amateur Radio in Space: Two Astronauts Get Their Ham Ticket
• + NCVEC Deletes Question from Amateur Extra Question Pool
• + ARRL Nebraska Section Introduces "Elmer Squad"
• + New Mars Rover to Feature Morse Code
• On the Air : NIST to Conduct Time and Frequency User Survey
• Solar Update
• + Silent Key: Internet Pioneer Paul Baran, W3KAS (SK)
• + Silent Key: Owner of Industrial Communication Engineers Mike Koss, W9SU (SK)
• This Week on the Radio
• Upcoming ARRL Section, State and Division Conventions and Events

To read the full letter go to:     www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2011-03-31