The Vice Director of the ARRL Southeastern Division, Jeffrey J. “Jeff” Beals, WA4AW, has become a Silent Key. He died on July 20, 2024. Beals, who was born in 1951, devoted a lifetime of serv...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-southeastern-division-vice-director-jeff-beals-wa4aw-sk
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/amateur-radio-participates-in-world-s-largest-naval-exercise
HamCon: Zion 2024, hosting the ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention, the Young Ladies Radio League 85th Convention, and the RV Radio Network’s 2024 Western Rally, was a success. The inaugura...
Big increase in solar activity this week, with average daily sunspot number rising from 129 to 215.9, and solar flux from 176.6 to 226.5. Fourteen new sunspot groups emerged. Two were on July 1...
VHF contesting season is in full swing! Summer weather brings with it enhanced propagation. With good conditions, stations hundreds of miles away can be worked via tropospheric ducting, E-skip, a...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/get-on-the-air-during-vhf-contest-season
ARRL previously reported that we are responding to a serious incident involving access to our network and headquarters-based systems. Several services have been affected, including those administ...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-vec-services-update-during-systems-disruption
The ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology continues to bring educators from around the country to ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut, to learn how to engage students with amateu...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/voices-from-the-arrl-teachers-institute-on-wireless-technology
Randall Carlson, WB0JJX, has become a Silent Key. He passed away June 7, 2024. Carlson was the Section Manager of the ARRL Delaware Section from December 1992 until 2005. He was originally licens...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/randall-carlson-wb0jjx-former-delaware-section-manager-silent-key
ARRL Director Nomar Vizcarrondo, NP4H, who has represented the Hudson Division since March 2023, has stepped down, effective July 12, 2024, at 5 PM Eastern. Vice Director Ed Wilson, N2XDD, ac...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-announces-leadership-changes-in-the-hudson-division-1
New sunspot groups, nine in all, emerged on every day of this reporting week, July 4 to 10. One on July 4, another on July 5, two more on July 6, another each on July 7 and July 8, two more on Ju...
ARRL® The National Association for Amateur Radio® joined The Weather Channel on Thursday, July 11, 2024, for a live chat about the value of amateur radio during hurricane season and beyond. ARR...
At Ham Radio 2024, the International amateur radio exhibition, last week in Friedrichshafen, Germany, the Software Defined Radio Academy (SDRA) celebrated its 10-year anniversary. Founded in 2014...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/celebrating-software-defined-radio
Remnants of Hurricane Beryl, now a post-tropical cyclone, were moving northeast as of early Thursday morning with heavy rain and 35 mph winds. The storm is forecast to continue its current direct...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/hurricane-beryl-aftermath-and-update
The numbers for ARRL 2024 Field Day continue to grow. As of Thursday, July 11, there were nearly 3,500 entries posted. Remember, the deadline for entries is July 23, 2024. It’s a good idea to c...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/2024-arrl-field-day-log-deadline-approaching
UPDATED 07/09/2024 As previously reported, ARRL® Logbook of The World® (LoTW®) returned to service on Monday, July 1, 2024. As anticipated, there was a significant rise in use to catch up on...
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-systems-service-disruption