Solar activity increased dramatically this reporting week (April 11-17), and thirteen new sunspot groups emerged. One appeared on April 11, two more on April 13, three more on April 14, another t...
Colorado State University (CSU) hurricane researchers predict an active Atlantic hurricane season (June 1 to November 30) in their initial 2024 forecast. ARRL Director of Emergency Management J...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/active-hurricane-season-predicted-for-2024
Death Valley National Park is in a remote desert in southern California, where mobile phone networks are spotty at best. On Saturday, April 6, a radio amateur and his family were enjoying the par...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/amateur-radio-saves-family-in-death-valley-national-park
Millions of people across the United States got to see a rare solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024. The path of totality -- the line of darkness where the moon fully occluded the sun -- stret...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/ham-radio-active-during-eclipse
I did not see last Monday's eclipse, except on television. Here in the Pacific Northwest, we only got a 20% exposure, and skies were overcast. As they moved across the country displaying success...
A poster promoting 2024 ARRL Field Day has been released on the Field Day web page, www.arrl.org/field-day. The two-sided informational poster features this year's theme "Be Radio Active". It inc...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/2024-arrl-field-day-poster-released
ARRL is working to engage the next generation of radio amateurs right in the classroom. Many young people have become active hams because of the ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology. ...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-seeking-applicants-for-assistant-education-and-learning-manager
As part of the fun at Dayton Hamvention®, youth attendees are invited to participate in the 2024 ARRL Youth Rally on Saturday, May 18. The day will include a special agenda of activities and pre...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/register-now-for-the-2024-arrl-youth-rally
In one of nature's most spectacular visual displays, on April 8, 2024, the sun will align with the moon and the Earth, casting a shadow that will transit much of North America. SPECTACULAR DISP...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/ham-radio-s-many-roles-during-solar-eclipse
With the big increase in sunspot numbers and solar flux reported in last week's Propagation Forecast Bulletin ARLP013, I hoped the trend would continue, but numbers this week were lower. Five ne...
A dramatic increase in solar activity emerged over the past week, and geomagnetic activity reacted as well. Two new sunspot groups appeared on March 21, then one new group emerged each day ov...
While attending the North Carolina State School for the Blind (now known as Governor Morehead School for the Blind) in Raleigh, Hampton met several sighted friends involved in the amateur radio c...
World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) is celebrated each year on April 18. The theme for 2024 is, "A Century of Connections: Celebrating 100 Years of Amateur Radio Innovation, Community, and Advocacy....
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/world-amateur-radio-day-is-april-18-2024
The ARRL Puerto Rico Section has a new online training course for prospective amateur radio operators. Fifty-three students have enrolled in the course, taught by ARRL Technical Coordinator and I...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/new-training-course-offered-by-the-arrl-puerto-rico-section
The National Hurricane Conference was held March 25 - 28, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. Amateur radio was well represented at the event. A series of workshops were held that focused on amateur radio...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/amateur-radio-importance-highlighted-at-national-hurricane-conference