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  • The ARRL Solar Update
    on October 17, 2025 at 7:03 pm

    Region AR4246 underwent significant evolution, growing in overallsize while gaining multiple new spots. Subsequently, AR4246 was themain provider of activity which included an M1.2 flare on October13. Several coronal mass ejections (CMEs) with potentialEarth-directed components are in the mix at this time.Additional modeling efforts are underway to perhaps confirm thosesuspicions. The largest f...

  • FCC Announces Intent to Delete Minor Part 97 Provisions
    on October 17, 2025 at 5:25 pm

    As part of a much larger overhaul focused on deleting almost 400 obsolete wireless regulations, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced plans to delete or modify four minor provisions of Part 97. ARRL’s Washington Counsel has reviewed the proposal and agrees that the deletions are to obsolete rules and will have no impact on today’s modern Amateur Radio Service. One of the del...

  • ARRL Year of the Club Website Contest — Call for Submissions!
    on October 17, 2025 at 4:35 pm
  • Amateur Radio Runs with the Chicago Marathon
    on October 16, 2025 at 6:57 pm

    Amateur radio operators serve their communities across the United States in many ways, before and When All Else Fails®. Using their skills as communicators, their personal equipment, and the Amateur Radio Service, the “hams” provide a needed boost to public safety radio systems.The 47th Bank of America Chicago Marathon, held on October 12, 2025, featured 55,000 runners from around the world. An...

  • ARRL Online Auction Closes October 16
    on October 15, 2025 at 3:48 pm
  • Ed Hare, W1RFI, Long time ARRL Lab Engineer, Passes Away
    on October 14, 2025 at 5:37 pm

    Edward F. “Ed” Hare, Jr., W1RFI, who spent decades as an employee of ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio®, has become a Silent Key. He died on October 10, 2025, at the age of 75 after an illness.Hare first earned his Amateur Radio Service license as a teenager as WN1CYF (later WA1CYF and KA1CV) and was active in ham radio throughout his life. He was an avid QRP (low power) operator,...

  • The ARRL Solar Update
    on October 10, 2025 at 10:58 pm

    Solar activity has been at moderate levels for the past 24 hours. Solaractivity is expected to be low with a chance for M class flares. Solar windspeed reached a peak of 1124 km/s.Solar activity reached moderate levels following an M2.0 flare (R1-Minor) atfrom a region just around the Northwestern limb. Only low-level C-classactivity was observed from the remaining spotted regions on the visibl...

  • ARRL Year of the Club Newsletter Contest - Call for Submissions
    on October 10, 2025 at 5:56 pm
  • Zoe Rodriguez Named 2025 Craigie Memorial Educator
    on October 10, 2025 at 5:56 pm
  • ARRL Foundation Accepting Grant Applications in October
    on October 10, 2025 at 5:45 pm

    The ARRL Foundation is accepting grant applications from amateur radio organizations for eligible amateur radio-related projects and initiatives, particularly those focused on educating, licensing, and supporting amateur radio activities. To grow amateur radio's future, youth-based projects and initiatives are especially encouraged.The ARRL Foundation grants program accepts proposals on a cycli...

  • Amateur Radio Licensing Update During US Government Shutdown
    on October 3, 2025 at 8:58 pm

    Original Story 10/1/2025Updated 10/2/2025 (CORES is not available for new registrants)Updated 10/3/2025 (Temporary testing procedures for examinees without FRNs)A bulletin sent to members of ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® included information about the impact of the US Government shutdown on licensing for the Amateur Radio Service.The government shutdown began at 12:01 Eastern...

  • The ARRL Solar Update
    on October 3, 2025 at 5:01 pm

    Solar activity, which has been at low levels, has returned tomoderate levels. Region AR4232 produced the largest event of theperiod, an impulsive M3.6 flare (R1-minor) on October 1, 2025.An associated Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was observed in subsequentSOHO LASCO/C2 coronagraph imagery that began on September 29.Analysis and modelling of the ejecta is ongoing.Newly numbered Region AR4237 rema...

  • FCC Issues Notice of Violation for Unauthorized One-Way Transmissions and Denial of Inspection
    on October 1, 2025 at 7:32 pm

    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Notice of Violation (NoV) to Mike F. Conte of Naples, Florida, citing alleged rule violations related to unauthorized transmissions and refusal to allow station inspection. The FCC notice by the Regional Director, Region One, Enforcement Bureau, was released on September 29, 2025, and includes that Conte holds an Amateur Radio Service lic...

  • Hurricane Imelda Strengthens, Threatens Bermuda
    on October 1, 2025 at 5:39 pm

    Hurricane Imelda, now a strong Category 1 storm, is forecast to make landfall on, or come extremely close to Bermuda, late Wednesday evening into early Thursday morning. The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) will activate for the first time this season beginning Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at 3:00 PM EDT (1900 UTC).Activation times and frequencies are as follows:3:00 PM EDT (1900 UTC) on 14.325 MHz7:00...

  • The ARRL Solar Update
    on September 26, 2025 at 9:06 pm

    Solar activity reached moderate levels this past week. An impulsiveM1.0 flare was observed on September 24 from Region AR4217. Slightgrowth was observed in Region AR4226 with an increase in spots nearthe leader. New Regions AR4229 and AR4230 were numbered this period.All other regions were either stable or in decay. No Earth-directedCMEs were observed. Solar activity is expected to return to lo...