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The ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology is a tremendously successful advocacy for inspiring youth, and it is growing significantly. The program is entirely donor-funded, and that effort is getting a huge shot in the arm. A YouTube telethon to raise money for the program will be held...

On Tuesday, November 19, ballots were counted at ARRL Headquarters for the ARRL South Carolina Section Manager election that was conducted this fall. ARRL members in South Carolina have elected incumbent Matthew Crook, W1MRC, to continue as their Section Manager with a new term of office...

ARRL® The National Association for Amateur Radio® has two closures coming up for our headquarters in Newington, Connecticut: ARRL will close early at 12 PM Eastern Standard Time (1700 UTC) on Thursday, November 21, 2024. The ARRL Headquarters lobby and store, as well as W1AW, will be open to...

Dear Member, At the 2024 ARRL Annual Meeting held in January, the Board of Directors unanimously voted to approve the establishment of a committee to assure the existence of a set of ethical standards and guidelines for Board Members as called for in ARRL By-Law 42. In addition, the committee...

Only five new sunspot groups emerged this week. First was on November 7, next on November 9, two more on November 11, and another on November 13. Average daily sunspot number declined from 193.4 to 141.6, while average daily solar flux went from 248.4 to 203.7. Predicted solar flux is 145 on...

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The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) Question Pool Committee (QPC) has removed one Extra Class pool question and one General Class pool question from use. Both Extra pool question E2A13 and General pool question G8C01 have been deleted from use on examinations as...

ARRL® The National Association for Amateur Radio® announces the results of the 2024 ARRL Division elections. In the ARRL New England Division, Tom Frenaye, K1KI (1,593 votes), of West Suffeld, Connecticut, was declared the winner, defeating current Director Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC (1,452 votes)...

The ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology is growing next year, and a number of social media stars are coming together to help it happen. On Saturday, November 30, a live fundraiser telethon is set to take place on the Ham Radio Crash Course YouTube channel. Host Josh Nass, KI6NAZ, will...

A rare November hurricane made landfall in western Cuba as a Category 3 storm Wednesday and continued to move slowly toward the northwest Thursday morning. Volunteer ham radio operators were there to provide surface reports to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Hurricane Rafael left Cuba’s...

On Armed Forces Day, May 1971, 53 years ago, two amateur operators working as WZ6SNI, activated San Nicolas Island, IOTA NA-066. At 61 miles, San Nicolas is the most remote of the Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California and is owned by the US Navy. Now, weather permitting, Will...

Results are published, and the numbers are in. They paint a picture of a very active 2024 ARRL Field Day. Nearly 1.3 million contacts were reported during the 24-hour event. That is up from 2023’s 1.25 million contacts. That’s likely indicative of the continued rise of Solar Cycle 25 leading up...

ARRL® The National Association for Amateur Radio® has two closures coming up for our headquarters in Newington, Connecticut: ARRL will be closed on Friday morning, November 8, 2024, for an employee meeting. During the short closure, members are encouraged to use the ARRL website, www.arrl.org...

Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 11:00 AM Eastern Update: The following information is from the Hurricane Watch Net: The Hurricane Watch Net will be activated today, Tuesday, as planned, with one minor update. After further review of the timing of the storm and the distance from land, we need to...

Solar activity increased this week. Average daily sunspot number went from 127.7 to 197.4 and average solar flux from 170.5 to 240.2. Predicted solar flux is 270 on November 1-2, 265 and 260 on November 3-4, 250 on November 5-7, 214, 195 and 182 on November 8-10, 172, 168, 174 and 165 on...

ARRL® The National Association for Amateur Radio® is pleased to announce that the 19th annual ARRL Online Auction, sponsored by RT Systems Inc, raised $47,000 for amateur radio STEM education. The event was held from October 18- 24, 2024. In addition to hundreds of views, the auction saw 329...

The University of Scranton in Pennsylvania has a new amateur radio station, W3USR. A dedication was held at the university’s Loyola Science Center on Friday, October 25, 2024, led by Dr. Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, an associate professor of physics and electrical engineering, and club advisor for...

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The 2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program will begin accepting applications on October 30, 2024. Applications will be accepted through January 6, 2025. More than 100 scholarships ranging from $500 to $25,000 will be awarded. All applicants must be active, FCC-licensed amateur radio...

Key solar indicators were lower this week, with average daily solar flux down from 194.3 to 170.5 and average daily sunspot numbers declining from 129.3 to 127.7. On October 22, Spaceweather.com reported: "THE SUN IS TAKING A QUICK BREAK: Solar Max is hard work. Just ask the Sun. After flaring...