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• The ARRL Solar Report May 9, 2025
  The Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast from theUSAF/NOAA indicates that solar activity has been at low levels forthe past 24 hours.There are currently four numbered sunspot regions on the solar disk.Solar activity is expected to be low with a chance for M-classflares on May 10 and 11.A simultaneous filament eruption produced a narrow Coronal […]
• Promote Your Club’s 2025 ARRL Field Day With Posters May 9, 2025
• Johns Hopkins University to Hold ARRL Teachers Institute May 9, 2025
  A session of the ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology (TI) is being hosted this summer by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Maryland. This marks the first time a major research university has hosted the ARRL program.The TI program is expanding significantly in 2025. Already, an institute was held on Staten […]
• Plan Your Hamvention With ARRL App May 6, 2025
• Heritage CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Inductees Named May 2, 2025
  The Heritage CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, created by longtime amateur radio publisher Richard Ross, K2MGA (SK), will continue to honor amateur radio operators on a new section of the Hamgallery.com website.CQ magazine ceased publication in October 2023. Ross died on April 27, 2024, and the change was made with the permission of his widow, […]
• Clock is Ticking Down to 2025 Dayton Hamvention May 2, 2025
• The ARRL Solar Report May 2, 2025
  On May 2, Spaceweather.com reported: "Astronomers are monitoring avery large sunspot now turning toward Earth. Sunspot AR4079stretches more than 140,000 km from end to end and has two darkcores each large enough to swallow Earth. Moreover, it is surroundedby a ring of Ellerman Bombs."Ellerman bombs are a sign of magnetic complexity in a sunspot.Opposite polarities […]
• 630-Meter Band Worked All States Awards Issued May 1, 2025
  by Sierra Harrop, W5DXEric Tichansky, NO3M, of Saegertown, Pennsylvania, has been issued the first Worked All States award from ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® for the 630-meter band. He picked up the award at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut, on April 21, 2025. That was the culmination of years of study, work, and […]
• ARRL Announces Change in Atlantic Division Leadership April 29, 2025
  Martin J. “Marty” Pittinger, KB3MXM, has resigned as Vice Director of the ARRL Atlantic Division, effective April 28, 2025.Pittinger had been Vice Director since January 2023, when he was appointed to the role. He was elected in November 2023 to a three-year term that began January 1, 2024. Pittinger previously served as Section Manager of […]
• New Book Release: Salty Walt’s Portable Antenna Sketchbook April 25, 2025
• ARRL Teachers Institute Application Deadline April 30 April 25, 2025
  Applicants for the summer 2025 sessions of the ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology must apply by April 30 to be considered. The application process is straightforward. Interested educators can find the web form at www.arrl.org/ti. ARRL covers all the costs of the TI, including travel, but there is a $100 application fee if the […]
• ARRL Exhibits and Forums Planned for 2025 Dayton Hamvention April 25, 2025
• The ARRL Solar Report April 25, 2025
  Solar activity has been at low levels with only minor C-classflaring through April 24, 2025, and is expected to be moderate witha chance of M-class flares (R1-R2, Minor-Moderate) through April 26.No Earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) have been observed.A southwest CME was observed on April 23 and is considered to befar-side due to the lack […]
• Amateur Radio Helps 2025 Boston Marathon April 25, 2025
  Over 280 amateur radio operators volunteered during the 129th running of the Boston Marathon on April 21, 2025. Operators were working at virtually every location connected with the race, including the starting line, the entire course, the finish line, transportation, and various operations centers including the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), the State EOC Unified Command […]
• W1AW Facility Closed to Visitors April 28-30 for Maintenance April 24, 2025