The latest news from the American Radio Relay League
- The ARRL Solar Update December 5, 2025Solar activity was at low levels this past week with only C classflares. Region 4294 remains the largest region on the disk but isappearing to be simplifying magnetically. Region 4296, on the otherhand, gained a delta region in its intermediary region, though withno corresponding increase in flare activity as of yet. New fluxemerged along the eastern side of […]
- Operators/Monitors Wanted for Meteor Scatter QSO Party December 12-13 December 5, 2025
- “Space Sailors” Seeking Download Help from Ham Radio Operators December 4, 2025Update 12/4/2025 (See original story, below.)ChipSat Signals Received; Listeners Still NeededUpdating the story, ‘Space Sailors’ Seeking Download Help from Ham Radio Operators,” posted on December 2, 2025, Cornell University’s “ChipSat”-equipped light sail was successfully deployed on December 3 and several dozen telemetry signals from its ChipSat flight com […]
- LIVE YouTube Telethon to Support ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology November 26, 2025Don’t miss it! The annual YouTube telethon to raise money for the ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology will be held on Saturday, November 29, 2025, beginning at 3 PM EST / 12 PM PST, on the Ham Radio Crash Course YouTube channel, hosted by Josh Nass, KI6NAZ.Join Nass and several other amateur radio contributors for a fun and entertaining livestream […]
- 2025 ARRL Board of Directors Election Results November 21, 2025ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® announces the results of the 2025 ARRL Division elections.In the ARRL Pacific Division, current Director John Litz, NZ6Q (1,270 votes), of Stockton, California, was declared the winner, defeating Bob Vallio, W6RGG (960 votes).In the Southeastern Division, current Director Mickey Baker, N4MB (1,596 votes), of W […]
- The ARRL Solar Update November 21, 2025Solar activity has remained low this past week. The largest flarewas a C9.9 on November 19 from a region just beyond the NE limb nearN17. Region 4284 grew slightly in the early part of the period butwas in decay after November 19.New Region 4287 was numbered. A Type II radio sweep (estimated at695 km/s) was observed on November 19 at 2215 UTC, likely associa […]
- SKYWARN Recognition Day 2025 Cancelled November 19, 2025NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) has announced the cancellation of SKYWARN™ Recognition Day (SRD) 2025. The necessary time and resources required to plan a comprehensive national event for SKYWARN™ Recognition Day 2025 are not available this year. Thus, the difficult decision was made to cancel this year's event by the NWS. The NWS will work with […]
- ARRL VEC Ready to File 2,500+ Ham Radio License Applications; FCC Extends Renewal Filing Deadline November 18, 2025Updated 11/20/2025 (FCC System Issues Affecting Application Processing)Original story 11/18/2025ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® reports that the FCC has extended the filing deadline to March 5, 2026, for amateur radio licenses that otherwise were due to expire from October 1, 2025, to March 5, 2026. The announcement is included in an FCC Pub […]
- The ARRL Solar Update November 14, 2025There were two nights of visible aurora throughout the continentalUS and dead HF bands due to a severe geomagnetic storm caused bywhat Space.com calls "a colossal X5.1 class solar flare" andassociated coronal mass ejection (CME) on Tuesday, November 11.Spaceweather.com for November 14 reports that a NASA model of thelatest CME suggests that it coul […]
- Get On the Air for 2025 ARRL November Sweepstakes November 14, 2025Amateur radio operators throughout the US and Canada are getting ready for one of the most anticipated weekends of the year. The 2025 ARRL November Sweepstakes phone (SSB voice) contest takes place November 15 - 17, beginning at 2100 UTC Saturday and running through 0259 UTC Monday. The CW (Morse code) event was held 2 weeks ago, Nov. 1 - 3.November Sweepsta […]