It's due since I heard they have not increased it since 2001. Glad I renewed for 3 years @ Dayton this year.... Just in time to beat this increase. I really Wish they offered a 5 or even a 10 year option since the only other option is lifetime and I cannot afford that one. Have also seen others suggest a reduced rate of lifetime membership fee for those over 65 because in reality they won't be around as long as someone younger, but you never know. I feel this hobby might help keep our minds working better longer due to the constant learning and many facets, but not necessarily our bodies which is probably more lifestyle / diet / genetics related.
K9PLG, They have an installment plan that allows you to spread the payments out. I was in the middle of a 3 year membership when I decided to go 'Life'. After I started the plan I emailed them about my remaining 3 year membership and they applied it to the balance remaining on my 'Life' installment plan. You can also make higher installment payments than the minimum. Once I got it down to a reasonable amount, I made a lump sum payment and was done with the payments. They are very flexible about getting your money. Mike
I have not always agreed with ARRL but for all you get, another $10 after all these years does not seem bad at all.
Sheesh. It's like hams are cheap or something. I have no problem with the increase, the value of the dollar has changed over the past few years if you haven't noticed. Steve KV6O
I also got an email ARRL membership renewal notice, today, for November 2015! I was thinking of looking at my digital QST again, for relevancy. I was thinking, instead, to purchase every issue of World Radio. I purchased the World Radio article based paperback "Kurt Speaks Out". If he could stop writing in "the third person" I would like his written communication more. At least, I didn't feel I wasted my money. Over my early years, I purchased ARRL published books. Each one was only an "introduction" without "how to" do anything about the promise of that book. I felt I wasted my money. I didn't see ARRL have a "win" in any dealings with the FCC, either. Is there some "win"? I paid one-year membership because I wanted an archived Review from QST. That was a hefty fee to get at a digital copy. I admit, I also thought I would look around the ARRL website, more, as a member. I didn't see anything for paid membership. I think it is wrong for ARRL to assert the ARRL represents all radio amateurs in the USA. It does not represent me: I feel that the ARRL promotes OM and denigates YL and XYL's by perpetuating all that OM and "ragchew" "talk" I hate. For that matter, I thought ARRL fought keeping the Morse Code license requirement long after it was abandoned to keep amateur radio as a "club" with all that "Readysnitch" and "Woulfhong" whatever OM's private "club" accutrement. The Morse Code requirement kept me back from an amateur radio license, for many years. Finally, I had a handicapped accomodation exam I passed. I think it was one of the last Morse Code exams. Don't get me started on Handi-hams. Help was rejected, because I am not blind. I am "only" print-handicapped, that and disabled by neurological impairments. The fact I am handicapped, got me an accomodation exam, I had never once heard of before. From the earliest years, I was told amateur radio was for boys: no babysitter for cub scouts I had to sit on the sidelines. Slightly older, I got to "share" an old Technician's Class license to "help" build stuff only to be told amateur radio exams are for boys. Lastly, handicapped Handi-Ham sent me an email I don't qualify for their help. Along came a radio amateur, that said, hey, there are handicapped accomodation exams. He was near deaf. There you are: in my senior years, I finally got my General Class license. The ARRL man even refused to do anything about interferance with a repeater. What is there to "like"? I was thinking my money would be well-spent on QRZ.com membership.
