ARRL Club News for September 19, 2025 undefined

 

 

 

 

September 19, 2025

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CALLING ALL AMATEURS

 

As you have seen in the past day, ARRL has launched its legislative action campaign to get ALL radio amateurs involved in sending a message to their Congressional representatives that they want to see passage of bills H.R.1094 and S.459, the Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act.

 

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

 

NOW is the time for YOU to encourage ALL of your club members to go to to simply enter their call sign and hit the button to send letters on their behalf. It is nearly effortless! You do not need to be an ARRL member to use the website. EVERY licensed amateur radio operator is welcome to participate!

 

There is also an opportunity for YOU and YOUR CLUB to send letters on behalf of the entire club to Washington to let them know your club supports this legislation.

 

The links below give you access to the draft letter to be customized for your club, along with a set of step-by-step instructions on completing and sending the completed letters.

 

Instructions to create a club letter (PDF)

Draft Club Letter (DOCX)

 

2026 is the ARRL Year of the Club! Let’s get started early in making a major impact by getting you and your club on board with passing this important legislation!

 

Very 73,

 

David, NA2AA

ARRL CEO

 

 

Submitting Info for this Newsletter

ARRL Club News is for radio clubs to show how they are working in the community and the hobby to advance amateur radio. If your club completes a project, supports an event, does an EmComm activation, or activates a park, we want to hear about it. You can submit your newsletter article to us at . We like to get them as text or Word files instead of PDFs. If you have pictures, please submit them with caption information, as well as the name and call sign of the photographer. We want to highlight the good work being done by the clubs and show others in the community. Think of this as a chance to show off your club and your programs.

 

How to Plan and Apply for an ARRL Hamfest or Convention

If your amateur radio club is planning to host a convention, hamfest, tailgate, or swapfest, please consider applying for it to be an ARRL-sanctioned event. To learn what it means to be an ARRL-sanctioned event, and to get some ideas on how to prepare for and conduct a hamfest or convention, visit .

 

To have your event sanctioned, complete the online application at .

 

Please send a copy of the application that returns to you to Steve Ewald at .

 

The ARRL Hamfests and Conventions Calendar can be found online at . In addition, the Convention and Hamfest Calendar that runs in QST each month also presents information about upcoming events.

 

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