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2024 ARRL Field Day Theme: Be Radio Active
The theme for 2024 ARRL Field Day is "Be Radio Active." The event will run on June 22 - 23, and it will be one-part contest, one-part emergency communications exercise, and one-part open house -- and a great time. The theme encourages radio amateurs to take advantage of the peak of Solar Cycle 25, which we are nearing. Activity this year is likely to be extremely high thanks to favorable solar ...
Amateur Radio Stands Ready to Support Eclipse Operations
The upcoming April 8, 2024, solar eclipse has many excited about the opportunity to witness the darkness of totality. Spectators from across the country are traveling to the path of total darkness that will stretch from South Texas to Northeastern Maine.
Some states are anticipating more than a million travelers for the event. In the impacted areas, schools will be letting students out early for...
Dayton Hamvention® 2024 Award Winners Announced
The recipients of the 2024 Hamvention Awards were announced on March 8, 2024.
Special Achievement Award: Anthony Luscre, K8ZT Luscre is from near Akron, Ohio, and he was first licensed in 1981. He has been a low-power operator, contester, and teacher throughout his amateur radio career. He received his Amateur Extra-class license in 2000. Luscre is active on HF and VHF/UHF, and he operates on ...
ARRL: Credit Card Processing Available Again
Updated 3/15/2024 at 7:58 PM EDT
An update was completed for ARRL by its merchant services provider today. Credit card processing for all services has resumed. Thank you for your patience as we completed the system update. Members and prospective members can again access the following online services:
www.arrl.org/join
www.arrl.org/donate
www.arrl.org/shop
Updated 3/15/2024 at 2:37 PM EDT
ARRL is wo...
ARRL: Credit Card Processing Temporarily Unavailable
The K7RA Solar Update
Six new sunspot groups appeared over the past reporting week, March
7-13, and one more on March 14.
The first group emerged on March 7, two more appeared on March 12,
and three more on March 13.
Solar activity was down. Average daily sunspot number went from
106.7 to 82.3, and solar flux from 147.4 to 130.4. Geomagnetic
indicators were somewhat quieter, with average daily planetary A
index dropping fr...
ARRL Headquarters Closed Morning of Wednesday, March 13, 2024
ARI YOTA Italia alla Fiera di Montichiari
I nostri ragazzi YOTA alla Fiera di Montichiari. TNX a Gaggini (IZ5DIY) e Fucelli (IK0XBX) per l’ottimo lavoro svolto. Da dx a sx: Matteo IU4LGT, Martin IN3IBW, Tsuf IU0RBC, Nevet IU0RBB, Sofia IU3PSR, Marco IU0RAZ, Hannes IN3HKZ, Claudia IN3HJX
Solar Eclipse One Month Away
A total solar eclipse that will be seen across North America will occur on Monday, April 8th. It will be the last of its kind in the US for the next 20 years.
Hams across North America are asked to participate in a study about how the ionosphere functions by getting on the air to help scientists in a series of ionospheric experiments.
Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI) has present...
Bob Vallio, W6RGG, Named ARRL Honorary Vice President
Robert B. "Bob" Vallio, W6RGG, has been honored by the ARRL Board of Directors as an Honorary Vice President.
In a motion that passed with an extended standing ovation, the Board awarded the honor at their Annual Meeting in January 2024.
The motion honored Vallio's lifetime of service to ARRL and amateur radio. He was first licensed as a Novice with the call sign WN6RGG in July 1952, and he lat...
FCC Job Opportunity for Recent Engineering Graduates
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has a job opening that might be a good opportunity for recently graduated amateur radio operators who have knowledge of the spectrum and RF.
This is a Recent Graduates position in the FCC's Pathways Program, and it will be located in the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) in Washington, DC. Applications are being accepted for engineering gr...
The K7RA Solar Update
Until March 6, new sunspot groups emerged daily over the past
reporting week, February 29 through March 6.
One new sunspot group appeared every day on February 29 through
March 3, then two new groups on March 4 and another on March 5.
It seems odd, but average daily sunspot number was about the same
(changing from 106.4 to 106.7), but the average daily solar flux had
a substantial drop, from 175 to 1...
Yota Contest
La IARU Regione 1 Youth Working Group in collaborazione con la MRASZ (Hungarian Amateur Radio Society) organizza il YOTA Contest 2024 con lo scopo di aumentare l'attività dei giovani (under 26) on the air. 1° round: 10 marzo, dalle 10:00 alle 21:59 UTC.
Decreto direttoriale sulle modalità di espletamento degli esami per il conseguimento della patente di operatore radioamatoriale per l’anno 2024.
Con decreto del Direttore generale per i servizi territoriali (link decreto), ai sensi dell’articolo 3, comma 2, dell’allegato n. 26 al Codice delle comunicazioni elettroniche, sono state disciplinate le modalità di svolgimento della prova d’esame per il conseguimento della patente di operatore radioamatoriale, di cui all’art. 136 del decreto legislativo 1° agosto 2003 n. 259 (Codice delle comunicazioni elettroniche).
L’atto di programmazione temporale di svolgimento degli esami presso le sedi territoriali viene pubblicato da ciascun Ispettorato territoriale (Casa del Made in Italy) nella rispettiva home page della sezione del sito istituzionale.
HAARP Needs Ham Help
Amateur radio operators and radio astronomers are being asked to help monitor a new research project by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP).
The project officially began on February 28, but it will run until March 3, 2024.
Some examples of experiments planned for the project are the production of extremely low frequency (ELF) and very low frequency (VLF) emissions and stud...
Bob Heil, K9EID, Silent Key
The man who defined the sound of live rock ‘n’ roll music and brought audio engineering principals into mainstream amateur radio use, Dr. Bob Heil, K9EID, has passed away at the age of 83. He was an ARRL Life Member and in the ARRL Maxim Society. A Facebook post from Heil Ham Radio paid tribute to their founder: “Bob fought a valiant, yearlong battle with cancer, and passed peacefully surrounde...
YLRL Celebrates International Women's Day with Special Event
The Young Ladies Radio League (YLRL) is hosting an International Women's Day YL Parks on the Air® (POTA) Party from 0000Z - 2359Z on March 8.
International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. This year's theme is Inspire Inclusion.
To celebrate the day, the goal of this special event is to activate any POTA park during the 2...
The K7RA Solar Update
"ASWFC GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE WARNING ISSUED AT 2208 UTC/29 FEBRUARY 2024 BY THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE WEATHER FORECASTING CENTRE.
"A filament eruption was observed at 28/0855UT from the solar
southeast quadrant. The associated CME has been determined to
contain an Earth-directed component, with an arrival to Earth's
magnetosphere at 02/1100 UTC +/- 12 hours. G1 geomagnetic conditions
are expected.
"INCR...
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