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ARRL Ham Radio Open Houses are happening all over the Western Hemisphere, and more dates are being added by clubs each week. April 18 is World Amateur Radio Day and this year celebrates 100 years since the International Amateur Radio Union was founded in Paris. ARRL Founder Hiram Percy Maxim...

There’s an effort underway to save some of Marconi’s original towers, and an online poll is open for people to vote on it being a restoration project through the “Next Great Save” project from the National Trust for Canada. Some of Marconi’s first messages were received and transmitted using...

ARRL volunteers in the Iowa Section have cause to celebrate. Their state-level advocacy work on behalf of amateur radio has resulted in an exemption to the state’s handsfree law that covers ham operators. Iowa Senate File 22 (SF22), a bill addressing distracted driving, had been in development...

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Rabea Rogge, LB9NJ/KD3AID, a private astronaut on the crew of the Fram2 mission, has conducted the first amateur radio contacts from aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule. The Fram2 flight sets many firsts, including being the first crewed mission to do polar orbits of the Earth, and Rogge became the...

ARRL is excited to announce that the new 2025 edition of The ARRL Repeater Directory® is now powered by RepeaterBook, amateur radio's worldwide repeater database. “This collaboration ensures that amateur radio operators across the country have access to one of the most comprehensive and...

HamSCI, Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, is preparing now for a series of meteor scatter (MS) experiments later this year and need amateur radio operators to help. While the target storms are in August (Perseids) and December (Geminids) preparation and testing is already underway. This...

Solar activity is likely to be moderate (R1-R2, Minor-Moderate) with a slight chance for X-class flares through April 5. The geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet to minor storm levels on April 4 and 5. NOAA Geomagnetic Activity Probabilities for April 5 and 6 forecast a 15% chance, and...

The ARRL DXCC Desk has determined that the operation by a DXpedition team from Mount Athos meets the DXCC award program’s accreditation criteria. Contacts with the team, which operated in January 2025 using the call sign SV1GA/A, will therefore count toward DXCC. Additionally, due to actions...

On Wednesday, March 26, around 2130 UTC a Major Storm occurred. At one point, the Planetary A Index was 49, and the Planetary K Index was at 6. Solar wind parameters are expected to remain enhanced due to continued coronal hole high-speed stream influences with waning effects likely by March...

ARRL is inspiring the next generation of radio amateur with a full day fun, learning, community building, and on the air activity. Registration is now open for the ARRL Youth Rally at Dayton Hamvention®. This amazing event is set to be a great day full of hands-on radio activities for people...

By: Angel Santana, WP3GW Amateur radio operators in Puerto Rico participated in the Caribe Wave 2025 Tsunami exercise on March 20. The event is an annual tsunami exercise, designed to validate and advance tsunami preparedness efforts in the Caribbean and adjacent regions. The National...

A 2-hour interview with ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, is available on The DX Mentor Podcast, hosted by Bill Salyers, AJ8B. Minster was elected by the ARRL Board of Directors as CEO in 2020, and has led the association’s operations since. Minster talked about a wide range of topics from how he...

Solar activity reached moderate levels due to an isolated M1.5/1n flare on March 19 at 2040 UTC from Region AR4031. Regions AR4028, AR4034, and AR4035 exhibited slight growth. Region AR4026 re-emerged in the Southwest quadrant. Regions in the Northwest quadrant, including AR4020, AR4022...

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Dozens of amateur radio clubs have made plans to host an ARRL Ham Radio Open House in April. The nationwide event is centered around World Amateur Radio Day on April 18. 2025 is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). While we’ve been using radio...

By: Rich Moseson, W2VU Some 175 scientists, students, professors, and amateur radio operators from around the world gathered in person and virtually on March 14 and 15 to share research, educate each other, and network at the annual HamSCI Workshop. HamSCI, the Ham Radio Science Citizen...

While eating breakfast last Saturday morning at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, ARRL staff member Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, was also on the air from Bonaire, remotely working a pileup from a station he visits often on the island. Physically in Newark, New Jersey, for the annual HamSCI...

In a Public Notice titled “In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete,” issued on March 12, 2025, the FCC is soliciting public input on any FCC rules in any service that members of the public believe should be deleted or modified “for the purpose of alleviating unnecessary regulatory burdens.” This is the...

ARRL Ham Radio Open House is a national event being hosted by local amateur radio clubs in April to coincide with World Amateur Radio Day on April 18. The event is designed to highlight technical innovations in ham radio, and show off the current state of the art. It will serve as a tool to tell...