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04/21/2025 | ARRL Ham Radio Open House Events Making Headlines

ARRL Ham Radio Open House events are garnering press around the country. Read More
04/18/2025 | The ARRL Solar Report

Spaceweather.com reports a Cannibal Coronal Mass Ejection on April 15 sparked geomagnetic storms. Read More
04/18/2025 | Former ARRL Vice Director Wayne Overbeck, N6NB, SK

Former ARRL Vice Director and Contest Advisory Committee Chairman Wayne Overbeck, N6NB, passed away Saturday April 12, 2025 Read More
04/18/2025 | Paul “Tad” Cook, K7RA, SK

Paul “Tad” Cook, K7RA, passed away on April 13, 2025 Read More
04/17/2025 | World Amateur Radio Day – International Amateur Radio Union Formed 100 Years Ago

April 18th is honored as World Amateur Radio Day, when we celebrate the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). The organization was born out of a meeting in Paris on April 17, 1925. ARRL took a leadership role in its founding. Read More
04/17/2025 | ARRL Videos Document Next Generation DXing Program at International DX Convention

ARRL was at Visalia to document the Next Generation DXing Program. The first of many NextGen DX presentations is available now on the ARRLHQ YouTube channel. The playlist will be built out in coming days with the rest of the material. Read More
04/14/2025 | ARRL Files Comments Responding to FCC Request for Input

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® filed comments [PDF] with the Federal Communications Commission in response to its request for public input on alleviating unnecessary regulatory burdens by deleting or modifying rules, In the Matter of Del Read More
04/11/2025 | The ARRL Solar Report

Solar wind parameters are expected to trend further towards nominal levels as the Coronal Hole High-Speed Stream effects continue to wane. Read More
04/10/2025 | Effort to Save Marconi Towers in Canada – Public Invited to Vote on Project

There’s an effort underway to save some of Marconi’s original towers, and an online poll is open for people to vote on it being a restoration project through the “Next Great Save” project from the National Trust for Canada Read More
04/10/2025 | Interesting ARRL Ham Radio Open House Locations

ARRL Ham Radio Open Houses are happening all over the Western Hemisphere, and more dates are being added by clubs each week Read More
04/09/2025 | ARRL Iowa Section Wins Ham Exemption to Handsfree Law

ARRL volunteers in the Iowa Section have cause to celebrate. Their state-level advocacy work on behalf of amateur radio has resulted in an exemption to the state’s handsfree law that covers ham operators. Read More
04/04/2025 | ARRL DXCC Statement on Mount Athos Operation SV1GA/A

The ARRL DXCC Desk has determined that the operation by a DXpedition team from Mount Athos meets the DXCC award program’s accreditation criteria. Read More
04/04/2025 | The ARRL Solar Report

Solar activity is likely to be moderate (R1-R2, Minor-Moderate) with a slight chance for X-class flares through April 5. Read More
04/04/2025 | HamSCI Call for Operators and Monitors 2025

HamSCI, Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, is preparing now for a series of meteor scatter (MS) experiments later this year and need amateur radio operators to help Read More
04/04/2025 | The ARRL Repeater Directory® — 2025 Edition Now Powered by RepeaterBook

ARRL is excited to announce that the new 2025 edition of The ARRL Repeater Directory® is now powered by RepeaterBook, amateur radio's worldwide repeater database Read More
04/04/2025 | Fram2 Astronaut Conducts First Amateur Radio Contacts from SpaceX Dragon

Rabea Rogge, LB9NJ/KD3AID, a private astronaut on the crew of the Fram2 mission, has conducted the first amateur radio contacts from aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule Read More