The latest news from the American Radio Relay League
- The ARRL Solar Report May 9, 2025The Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast from theUSAF/NOAA indicates that solar activity has been at low levels forthe past 24 hours.There are currently four numbered sunspot regions on the solar disk.Solar activity is expected to be low with a chance for M-classflares on May 10 and 11.A simultaneous filament eruption produced a narrow Coronal Mass […]
- Promote Your Club’s 2025 ARRL Field Day With Posters May 9, 2025
- Johns Hopkins University to Hold ARRL Teachers Institute May 9, 2025A session of the ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology (TI) is being hosted this summer by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Maryland. This marks the first time a major research university has hosted the ARRL program.The TI program is expanding significantly in 2025. Already, an institute was held on Staten Island, New York […]
- Plan Your Hamvention With ARRL App May 6, 2025
- Heritage CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Inductees Named May 2, 2025The Heritage CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, created by longtime amateur radio publisher Richard Ross, K2MGA (SK), will continue to honor amateur radio operators on a new section of the Hamgallery.com website.CQ magazine ceased publication in October 2023. Ross died on April 27, 2024, and the change was made with the permission of his widow, Cathy. The Herita […]
- Clock is Ticking Down to 2025 Dayton Hamvention May 2, 2025
- The ARRL Solar Report May 2, 2025On May 2, Spaceweather.com reported: "Astronomers are monitoring avery large sunspot now turning toward Earth. Sunspot AR4079stretches more than 140,000 km from end to end and has two darkcores each large enough to swallow Earth. Moreover, it is surroundedby a ring of Ellerman Bombs."Ellerman bombs are a sign of magnetic complexity in a sunspot.Opp […]
- 630-Meter Band Worked All States Awards Issued May 1, 2025by Sierra Harrop, W5DXEric Tichansky, NO3M, of Saegertown, Pennsylvania, has been issued the first Worked All States award from ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® for the 630-meter band. He picked up the award at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut, on April 21, 2025. That was the culmination of years of study, work, and experimentation […]
- ARRL Announces Change in Atlantic Division Leadership April 29, 2025Martin J. “Marty” Pittinger, KB3MXM, has resigned as Vice Director of the ARRL Atlantic Division, effective April 28, 2025.Pittinger had been Vice Director since January 2023, when he was appointed to the role. He was elected in November 2023 to a three-year term that began January 1, 2024. Pittinger previously served as Section Manager of the ARRL Maryland/ […]
- New Book Release: Salty Walt’s Portable Antenna Sketchbook April 25, 2025