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12/19/2025 | Up to $25,000 at Stake in New ARRL Student Coding Competition
Pre-registration is now open for a Student Coding Competition, a new national challenge sponsored by ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio®. The project is designed to engage young radio amateurs in shaping the future of amateur radio through...
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12/19/2025 | Obsolete Part 97 Rules to be Deleted February 10, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in October 2025 adopted a Report and Order to delete almost 400 obsolete rules pertaining to its wireless services. As previously reported by ARRL, among the deletions were four in Part 97 that govern the Ama...
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12/12/2025 | The ARRL Solar Update
Solar activity reached high levels this past week when Region 4299 produced an M1.1 (R1/Minor) flare on December 6.
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12/12/2025 | Help Someone Get Their FIRST Ham Radio License by the End of 2025
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® has produced a two-day online course for prospective hams to earn their first license: The ARRL Technician Class LIVE Video Course for Ham Radio Licensing
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12/11/2025 | FCC Allocates 60-Meter World-Wide Amateur Band Approved at WRC-15; Continues Amateur Use of Four Additional 60-Meter Channels, and Updates 420 MHz Coordination Information
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on December 9, 2025, released a long-awaited Report and Order adopting a new amateur radio spectrum allocation in the 60-meter band that was approved for world-wide use on a secondary basis in the WRC-15 (World
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12/11/2025 | ARRL to Host 2026 HamSCI Workshop at Central Connecticut State University
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® will host the 9th Annual HamSCI Workshop, March 14–15, 2026, at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) in New Britain, Connecticut
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12/05/2025 | The ARRL Solar Update
Solar activity was at low levels this past week with only C class flares.
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12/05/2025 | Operators/Monitors Wanted for Meteor Scatter QSO Party December 12-13
HamSCI — the Ham Radio Citizen Science Investigation program — is looking for “ping jockeys,” or ham radio operators who enjoy making contacts via meteor scatter (MS), to take part in its Meteor Scatter QSO Party during the Geminids meteor shower on Decem
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