The latest news from the American Radio Relay League
- The ARRL Solar Report April 11, 2025Due to most of the regions on the solar disk being fairly simple intheir magnetic complexity, solar activity is expected to remain atlow levels with a chance for M-class flares (R1 to R2, or Minor toModerate).Solar wind parameters are expected to trend further towards nominallevels as the Coronal Hole High-Speed Stream effects continue towane.Additional enha […]
- Effort to Save Marconi Towers in Canada – Public Invited to Vote on Project April 10, 2025There’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 the Battle Harbour Marconi Towers, thought to be the last of their k […]
- Interesting ARRL Ham Radio Open House Locations April 10, 2025ARRL Ham Radio Open Houses are happening all over the western hemisphere, and more dates are being added each week. Throughout the entire month of April, radio clubs, schools, and even museums are opening their doors to help introduce the public to amateur radio. They will show of their ham radio stations, demonstrating the technology and innovation enjoyed […]
- ARRL Iowa Section Wins Ham Exemption to Handsfree Law April 9, 2025ARRL 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 since 2020. Former ARRL Section Manager Lelia Garner, WAØUIG, and […]
- ARRL DXCC Statement on Mount Athos Operation SV1GA/A April 4, 2025The 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 taken by local authorities that resulted in the early termination o […]
- The ARRL Solar Report April 4, 2025Solar activity is likely to be moderate (R1-R2, Minor-Moderate) witha slight chance for X-class flares through April 5.The geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet to minor storm levelson April 4 and 5.NOAA Geomagnetic Activity Probabilities for April 5 and 6 forecast a15% chance, and then a 1% chance, of a Moderate storm for thereporting period.The forecas […]
- HamSCI Call for Operators and Monitors 2025 April 4, 2025HamSCI, 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 is a combination 'special event' and a contest to gener […]
- The ARRL Repeater Directory® — 2025 Edition Now Powered by RepeaterBook April 4, 2025ARRL 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 up-to-date collections of repeater information available,” said Ga […]
- Fram2 Astronaut Conducts First Amateur Radio Contacts from SpaceX Dragon April 4, 2025Rabea 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 first German woman in space. The mission is funded and commanded […]
- ARRL Learning and Education Programs in Front of 15,000 Science Teachers April 4, 2025