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The new 60-meter frequencies approved by the FCC in December will become available to amateurs as of February 13, 2026, along with new power restrictions on those frequencies. It’s a bit confusing, as different rules apply to different segments of the band. The changes result from the FCC’s...

Geomagnetic field activity is likely to reach G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels on January 13 and 14, and then from January 17 to 20. Unsettled levels are likely on January 12, and then from January 21 and 22. All enhancements in geomagnetic activity are due to the anticipated influence of...

by Mark Derks, KC1RVQ, ARRL Headquarters Staff Richard Dean Straw (“Dean”), N6BV, died on July 9, 2025. Amateur radio was one of his passions. Dean retired from the staff of ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® in 2008 following 15 years of service as the Senior Assistant Technical...

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® has awarded a $5,000 Colvin Award grant to the Delta-Xray Group, organizers of the upcoming 3YØK DXpedition to Bouvet Island, scheduled for February and March, 2026. Bouvet is a remote island in the Southern Ocean, populated only by seals and...

The January 2, 2026, report from Spaceweather.com has updated details about the Coronal Mass Ejections predicted to hit the Earth on January 3 and 4. Solar wind parameters are expected to be disturbed through January 4, 2026, due to a combination of Coronal Hole High Speed Stream and Coronal...

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® annouces four new Section Managers taking on the top volunteer leadership role in the ARRL Field Organization on January 1, 2026. Bret Stemen, KD8SCL, has been appointed as the Ohio Section Manager to finish the term that will end September 30...

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ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® will close our headquarters early at 12 PM Eastern Standard Time (1700 UTC) on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, and will be closed all day on Thursday and Friday, December 25 - 26 for the Christmas holiday. ARRL will also be closed on Thursday...

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 Amateur Radio Service. ARRL reports that the...

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 software development. Open to ARRL-member...

Solar activity has been at low levels with only a few C1 flares from Region 4307. Slight growth and consolidation were observed in that region as it neared the southwestern limb. Slight decay and separation were observed in Region 4311. The rest of the spotted regions were either stable or in...

Solar activity reached high levels this past week when Region 4299 produced an M1.1 (R1/Minor) flare on December 6. Shortly after, the region produced an M8.1/2b (R3/Strong) flare, also on December 6. Associated with the M8.1 flare was a 1,100 SFU Tenflare, a 1,143 km/s Type II sweep and a Type...

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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 Radiocommunication Conference 2015) Final...

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Solar activity was at low levels this past week with only C class flares. Region 4294 remains the largest region on the disk but is appearing to be simplifying magnetically. Region 4296, on the other hand, gained a delta region in its intermediary region, though with no corresponding increase in...

A group of students at Cornell University is seeking participation from radio amateurs who are equipped with satellite stations for help in listening for signals from a retroreflective laser sail that is scheduled to be deployed later this week. The sail is currently attached to a 1U CubeSat...

Don’t miss it! The annual YouTube telethon to raise money for the ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology will be held on Saturday, November 29, 2025, beginning at 3 PM EST / 12 PM PST, on the Ham Radio Crash Course YouTube channel, hosted by Josh Nass, KI6NAZ. Join Nass and several...

Solar activity has remained low this past week. The largest flare was a C9.9 on November 19 from a region just beyond the NE limb near N17. Region 4284 grew slightly in the early part of the period but was in decay after November 19. New Region 4287 was numbered. A Type II radio sweep...