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2025 ARRL Board of Directors Election Results

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® announces the results of the 2025 ARRL Division elections.In the ARRL Pacific Division, current Director John Litz, NZ6Q (1,270 votes), of Stockton, California, [...]

The ARRL Solar Update

Solar activity has remained low this past week. The largest flarewas a C9.9 on November 19 from a region just beyond the NE limb nearN17. Region 4284 grew slightly in [...]

SKYWARN Recognition Day 2025 Cancelled

NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) has announced the cancellation of SKYWARN™ Recognition Day (SRD) 2025. The necessary time and resources required to plan a comprehensive national event for SKYWARN™ Recognition [...]

ARRL VEC Ready to File 2,500+ Ham Radio License Applications; FCC Extends Renewal Filing Deadline

Updated 11/20/2025 (FCC System Issues Affecting Application Processing)Original story 11/18/2025ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® reports that the FCC has extended the filing deadline to March 5, 2026, for [...]

The ARRL Solar Update

There were two nights of visible aurora throughout the continentalUS and dead HF bands due to a severe geomagnetic storm caused bywhat Space.com calls "a colossal X5.1 class solar flare" [...]

Get On the Air for 2025 ARRL November Sweepstakes

Amateur radio operators throughout the US and Canada are getting ready for one of the most anticipated weekends of the year. The 2025 ARRL November Sweepstakes phone (SSB voice) contest [...]

Images Beamed from Space Celebrate 25 Years of Ham Radio on the ISS

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) will mark two major milestones this month with a special Slow Scan Television (SSTV) event aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Beginning [...]

The ARRL Solar Update

Solar activity has reached high levels due to a pair of X-classflares. The first was an X1.8 on November 4 from Region 4274. Associatedwith the flare were Type IV radio sweeps, [...]