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Amateur Radio
- Posted on Monday October 27, 2025
The October 2025 West Coast Qualifying Run originally scheduled for Saturday, October 25 at 2 PM PDT (October 25 at 2100z) had to be rescheduled.The new date and time are Wednesday, October 29 at 9 PM PDT (October 30 at 0400z).West Coast Station K6XX will transmit the official ARRL Qualifying Run on 3581.5, 7047.5, and 14047.5 kHz. The speeds will run from 10 to 35 WPM. Continue Reading » - Posted on Monday October 27, 2025
Updated Tuesday, October 28, 2025 @ 3 PM EDT Hurricane Melissa made land fall in Jamacia just after 1:00 EDT, as one the most powerful hurricane landfalls in the Atlantic basin. Hurricane winds at 165 miles per hour are battering the area and the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida reports that Melissa is expected to bring rainfall of 15 to 30 inches to portions of Jamaica and additiona... Continue Reading » - Posted on Friday October 24, 2025
Tropical Storm Melissa is nearly stationary in Caribbean on Friday, October, 24, 2025. Forecasters warn it could quickly intensify, impacting Jamaica as a hurricane and causing catastrophic flooding and landslides Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) a group of licensed Amateur Radio Operators trained and organized to provide essential communications support to the Na... Continue Reading » - Posted on Friday October 24, 2025
Solar activity reached moderate levels this past week, but has nowreturned to, and remains at, lower levels. Region 4248 produced anM1.1 flare on October 20, which was the largest event of the period.Region 4261 was numbered this period as it rotated into betterviewing conditions.Region 4262 was numbered this period as well, splitting it fromRegion 4257. Additionally, new spots were noted near ... Continue Reading » - Posted on Friday October 17, 2025
Region AR4246 underwent significant evolution, growing in overallsize while gaining multiple new spots. Subsequently, AR4246 was themain provider of activity which included an M1.2 flare on October13. Several coronal mass ejections (CMEs) with potentialEarth-directed components are in the mix at this time.Additional modeling efforts are underway to perhaps confirm thosesuspicions. The largest f... Continue Reading » - Posted on Friday October 17, 2025
As part of a much larger overhaul focused on deleting almost 400 obsolete wireless regulations, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced plans to delete or modify four minor provisions of Part 97. ARRL’s Washington Counsel has reviewed the proposal and agrees that the deletions are to obsolete rules and will have no impact on today’s modern Amateur Radio Service. One of the del... Continue Reading » - Posted on Friday October 17, 2025
- Posted on Thursday October 16, 2025
Amateur radio operators serve their communities across the United States in many ways, before and When All Else Fails®. Using their skills as communicators, their personal equipment, and the Amateur Radio Service, the “hams” provide a needed boost to public safety radio systems.The 47th Bank of America Chicago Marathon, held on October 12, 2025, featured 55,000 runners from around the world. An... Continue Reading » - Posted on Wednesday October 15, 2025
- Posted on Tuesday October 14, 2025
Edward F. “Ed” Hare, Jr., W1RFI, who spent decades as an employee of ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio®, has become a Silent Key. He died on October 10, 2025, at the age of 75 after an illness.Hare first earned his Amateur Radio Service license as a teenager as WN1CYF (later WA1CYF and KA1CV) and was active in ham radio throughout his life. He was an avid QRP (low power) operator,... Continue Reading » - Posted on Friday October 10, 2025
Solar activity has been at moderate levels for the past 24 hours. Solaractivity is expected to be low with a chance for M class flares. Solar windspeed reached a peak of 1124 km/s.Solar activity reached moderate levels following an M2.0 flare (R1-Minor) atfrom a region just around the Northwestern limb. Only low-level C-classactivity was observed from the remaining spotted regions on the visibl... Continue Reading » - Posted on Friday October 10, 2025
- Posted on Friday October 10, 2025
- Posted on Friday October 10, 2025
The ARRL Foundation is accepting grant applications from amateur radio organizations for eligible amateur radio-related projects and initiatives, particularly those focused on educating, licensing, and supporting amateur radio activities. To grow amateur radio's future, youth-based projects and initiatives are especially encouraged.The ARRL Foundation grants program accepts proposals on a cycli... Continue Reading » - Posted on Friday October 03, 2025
Original Story 10/1/2025Updated 10/2/2025 (CORES is not available for new registrants)Updated 10/3/2025 (Temporary testing procedures for examinees without FRNs)A bulletin sent to members of ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® included information about the impact of the US Government shutdown on licensing for the Amateur Radio Service.The government shutdown began at 12:01 Eastern... Continue Reading »
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