ARRL News

  • The theme for 2024 ARRL Field Day is "Be Radio Active." The event will run on June 22 – 23, and it will be one-part contest, one-part emergency communications exercise, and one-part open house — and a great time. The theme encourages radio amateurs to take advantage of the peak of Solar Cycle 25, which […]
  • The upcoming April 8, 2024, solar eclipse has many excited about the opportunity to witness the darkness of totality. Spectators from across the country are traveling to the path of total darkness that will stretch from South Texas to Northeastern Maine.Some states are anticipating more than a million travelers for the event. In the impacted […]
  • The recipients of the 2024 Hamvention Awards were announced on March 8, 2024.Special Achievement Award: Anthony Luscre, K8ZT   Luscre is from near Akron, Ohio, and he was first licensed in 1981. He has been a low-power operator, contester, and teacher throughout his amateur radio career. He received his Amateur Extra-class license in 2000. Luscre […]
  • Updated 3/15/2024 at 7:58 PM EDTAn update was completed for ARRL by its merchant services provider today. Credit card processing for all services has resumed. Thank you for your patience as we completed the system update. Members and prospective members can again access the following online services:www.arrl.org/joinwww.arrl.org/donatewww.arrl.org/shopUpdated 3/15/2024 at 2:37 PM EDT ARRL is wo…
  • Six new sunspot groups appeared over the past reporting week, March7-13, and one more on March 14.The first group emerged on March 7, two more appeared on March 12,and three more on March 13.Solar activity was down. Average daily sunspot number went from106.7 to 82.3, and solar flux from 147.4 to 130.4. Geomagneticindicators were somewhat […]
  • A total solar eclipse that will be seen across North America will occur on Monday, April 8th. It will be the last of its kind in the US for the next 20 years.Hams across North America are asked to participate in a study about how the ionosphere functions by getting on the air to help […]
  • Robert B. "Bob" Vallio, W6RGG, has been honored by the ARRL Board of Directors as an Honorary Vice President.In a motion that passed with an extended standing ovation, the Board awarded the honor at their Annual Meeting in January 2024.  The motion honored Vallio's lifetime of service to ARRL and amateur radio. He was first […]
  • The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has a job opening that might be a good opportunity for recently graduated amateur radio operators who have knowledge of the spectrum and RF.This is a Recent Graduates position in the FCC's Pathways Program, and it will be located in the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) in Washington, […]
  • Until March 6, new sunspot groups emerged daily over the pastreporting week, February 29 through March 6.One new sunspot group appeared every day on February 29 throughMarch 3, then two new groups on March 4 and another on March 5.It seems odd, but average daily sunspot number was about the same(changing from 106.4 to 106.7), […]
  •  Amateur radio operators and radio astronomers are being asked to help monitor a new research project by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP).The project officially began on February 28, but it will run until March 3, 2024.Some examples of experiments planned for the project are the production of extremely low frequency (ELF) and very […]