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QST, Your Monthly Membership Journal

QST is simply the source for news and information on any topic that's part of, or relates to, Amateur Radio. Here's some of what you'll find every month:

• Informative and hard-hitting Product Reviews of the newest radios and accessories from hand-held and mobile FM radios, to home-station transceivers, antennas and even shortwave radios.
• Advertisements. You'll find everything from full-color pages introducing new radios to a large classified ad section.
• Each month's Coming Conventions and Hamfest Calendar columns show you who's getting together every month at hamfests, conventions and swapmeets in your area.
• The Public Service column keeps you up to date on the public service efforts hams are providing around the country and shows you how you can join in this satisfying aspect of our hobby.
• Digital Dimension covers news in the Amateur Radio digital world and includes information on useful Web sites.
• The New Ham Companion section is filled with features and how-to information just for beginning hams. There's no jargon-filled "tech talk"--just straightforward, easy-to-understand articles designed to get you on the air doing the things you like best.

Whether you're interested in contesting, DXing, or radios, accessories and antennas you can build at home, QST covers them all: New trends and the latest technology, fiction, humor, news, club activities, rules and regulations, special events, packet radio, and much more.

New! Members-Only Web Access

• NEW! QST Archive - ARRL Members can access fully downloadable digital copies of all QST articles, from December 1915 through December 2005. View and print your favorite article and project.
• The ARRLWeb Extra Web 'zine -- Exclusive features, photos, reviews and sounds from the world of Amateur Radio!
• Product Review archive -- Get copies of any QST Product Review column from 1980 to the present in an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file.
• QST/QEX Search -- Search an index of all issues of QST and QEX.
• Member Data Page -- Review and update your QST mailing address and select email notification options.
• ARRL E-Mail Forwarding Service -- Sign up for this service, and email sent to your ARRL address ("your-callsign@arrl.net") will be forwarded to the email account you specify.

Technical Information Service (TIS)

The Technical Information Service (tis@arrl.org) has been around for a long time, but, thanks to the addition of new staff, it has an all new face! Questions on topics ranging from A (antennas) to Z (Zener diodes), and just about anything in between, are answered by expert ARRL Technical Coordinators and Technical Specialists in the field and at ARRL Headquarters. Our Headquarters technical staff will help you over the phone, refer you to a volunteer ARRL Technical Specialist in your area, or send you the needed information from a growing collection of information packages. For really difficult questions, one of our Laboratory Engineers will research our technical library and send you an answer by postal or electronic mail.

Member Benefit Programs and Discounts

ARRL Ham Radio Equipment Insurance Plan
Insurance is available to protect you from loss or damage to your amateur station, antennas and mobile equipment by lightning, theft, accident, fire, flood, tornado, and other national disasters.

MetLife® Auto, Home, Renters, Boaters, Fire Insurance and Banking Products
As part of a group discount program, you may be able to enjoy up to a 20% discount on various insurance programs depending on the state of your residence.

The ARRL Platinum Visa® Card
Show your ham radio pride with the ARRL Visa credit card. Every purchase supports ARRL programs and services – at not cost to you! It’s easy to apply!

Outgoing QSL Service

Let us be your mail carrier and handle your overseas QSLing chores. The savings you accumulate through this service alone can pay your membership dues many times over.

ARRL Field Organization

Be part of a League tradition and join a select group of ARRL Volunteers serving your fellow Radio Amateurs and the public.

Operating Awards

The League sponsors the most popular operating awards. You can increase your operating proficiency while you find out about the history and culture of places you've only dreamed of visiting.

And More!

Your ARRL Membership helps fund the following services. You may use one or two of these services during the course of your membership, or you might take advantage of them all. As an ARRL member, you insure their existence and continuation:

• Representation of your Amateur Radio interests in Washington, DC
• A Regulatory Information Branch that provides information on FCC and regulatory questions; problems with antenna, tower and zoning restrictions; and reciprocal licensing procedures
• Volunteer Counsel Program
• Volunteer Examiner Coordinator program
• Amateur Radio Emergency Service
• Registered Amateur Radio Instructor program
• W1AW code practice, bulletins and code proficiency sessions
• ARRL-sponsored contests
• Preferred subscription rates for QEX, the ARRL Forum for Communications Experimenters
• Discounts on Continuing Education Program courses

Join ARRL Today!

To obtain more information about any of these benefits and services, please write or call: