ARRL

09/30/2022 | The K7RA Solar Update

Sunspot activity rose this reporting week, September 22-28, with average daily sunspot numbers increasing from 68 to 105.1. Read More
09/29/2022 | Online voting for ARRL Southeastern Division Election

In the next couple of days, ARRL members in the Southeastern Division will receive an email message indicating that the online voting site for the 2022 ARRL Southeastern Division Election is now open. Read More
09/29/2022 | Amateur Radio Operators Continue Response to Ian

As Hurricane Ian, now a tropical storm, makes its way across Florida, amateur radio operators continue to provide communications support for weather updates and requests for assistance. Read More
09/29/2022 | Hurricane Watch Net Update for Ian

The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) has been in operation since the morning of September 27, 2022, as Hurricane Ian swept across Cuba and headed toward Florida’s Gulf Coast. The HWN continues to operate on both 14.325 and 7.268 MHz as propagation permits. Read More
09/28/2022 | FCC Grants an ARRL Emergency Request to Permit Higher Data Rate Transmissions for Hurricane Relief Communications

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted an ARRL emergency request for a 60-day temporary waiver intended to facilitate amateur radio emergency communications for hurricane relief, adopted on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. Read More
09/27/2022 | Ham Radio Operators Get Ready as Hurricane Ian Strengthens

ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) groups and volunteers have ramped up preparations as the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that Hurricane Ian continues to quickly intensify. Read More
09/23/2022 | The K7RA Solar Update

Geomagnetic disturbances were down this week, but so were sunspot numbers and solar flux. Read More
09/22/2022 | Amateur Radio Operators Track Hurricane Fiona

The National Hurricane Center (NHC), the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN), the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Hurricane Net, and the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN) all have been engaged in tracking Hurricane Fiona. Read More
09/20/2022 | John Portune, W6NBC, and Jim Bailey, W6OEK, Win the August 2022 QST Cover Plaque Award

The winning article for the August 2022 QST Cover Plaque award is “The Inverted Hen-Delta 6-Meter Antenna,” by John Portune, W6NBC, and Jim Bailey, W6OEK The QST Cover Plaque Award — given to the author or authors of the most popular article in each ... Read More
09/16/2022 | The K7RA Solar Update

Solar activity bounced back this reporting week. Read More
09/15/2022 | Amateur Radio Helps Disabled Sailboat to Port

Amateur radio assists Jeanne (Jan) Socrates, VE0JS/MM / KC2IOV, and her sailboat, the SV Nereida, September 7, 2022. Read More
09/15/2022 | Amateur Radio Takes Center Stage at The Big E

The Big E, “New England’s Great State Fair,” kicks off on Friday, September 16, 2022, and includes Project Big E, a 17-day amateur radio exhibit that runs through October 2, 2022. Read More
09/15/2022 | ARRL Headquarters is Closing Early on Friday, September 16, 2022

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® will close early on Friday, September 16, 2022, at 12 PM Eastern time (1600 UTC), for a staff event.

The ARRL Headquarters lobby & store, and W1AW will be open to visitors from 8 AM to 12 PM EDT on Frid... Read More
09/09/2022 | The K7RA Solar Update

This week (September 1 to 7) new sunspot groups emerged and the sunspot number rose to 75, 7 points above the average for the previous seven days. Read More
09/09/2022 | QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo Returns September 17 - 18

The fully-interactive and full-featured virtual ham radio convention will provide great interactive presentations, new content, and excellent networking opportunities including 50+ amateur radio presentations on a wide variety of subjects. Read More
09/09/2022 | Richard Tell, K5UJU, Receives IEEE SA Lifetime Achievement Award

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association (IEEE SA) Awards and Recognition Committee has selected ARRL member Richard A. (Ric) Tell, K5UJU, as the recipient of the IEEE SA Lifetime Achievement Award. Read More