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The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

  • The ARRL Solar Update

    Solar activity remained at low levels this week. Most of the C-class activity came from either Region 4414 or Region 4409, which has developed a delta spot in its intermediary area. All remaining spots were either stable or in slight decay, with Region 4406 rotating over the west limb by the end of the reporting period.
     
    Coronal activity was observed in CCOR-1, LASCO and STEREO available imager...

  • ARRL Announces Change in Central Division Leadership

    Brent Walls, N9BA, has resigned as Central Division Director of ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio®, citing professional and personal commitments. He served as Director since 2025, and before that as Vice Director beginning in 2021.

    “Serving in the capacity of Division Director has been a truly rewarding experience and the highlight of my amateur radio journey,” said Walls in a mess...

  • Register Now for the 2026 ARRL Youth Rally at Dayton Hamvention®

  • 2026 ARRL Field Day Merch Now Shipping—Celebrate America250 with a Commemorative Design

  • Elecraft Donates Amateur Radio Station to W1AW

    ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® has welcomed a new high-performance Elecraft station to Studio 3 at W1AW, the Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, at its headquarters in Newington, Connecticut.

    Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Watsonville, California, Elecraft produces high-performance amateur radio equipment available both factory-assembled and as kits. Its product line span...

  • The ARRL Solar Update

    Solar activity has been at low levels with only C-class flares
    produced by Regions 4401, 4405, and 4409. There were 9 numbered
    active regions on the solar disk, with 4409 showing the most
    significant growth during the period and producing the largest flares
    on April 1. A new region emerged but it has not yet been numbered.
     
    Multiple filaments erupted during the day on April 1, producing
    coronal mass...

  • ARRL Dakota Division has a New Vice Director

    Chris Stallkamp, KIØD, of Selby, South Dakota, has been appointed Vice Director of the ARRL Dakota Division. ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, appointed Stallkamp who has been South Dakota Section Manager since 2012. 

    Stallkamp, an ARRL Life Member, has been a radio amateur since 2006 and holds an Extra Class license. He is a member of the Black Hills Amateur Radio Club and Lake Area Radio Klu...

  • ARISS Outlines Opportunities for Space Station Contacts in 2027

    The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking formal and informal educational institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an amateur radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS.  

    Crew members will participate in scheduled amateur radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to...

  • FCC Warns Licensee on Out-of-Band Transmissions

    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has responded to a complaint involving a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, amateur for operating outside the privileges of his Technician Class license and causing interference to local emergency service communications by transmitting on a public service frequency, 470.4375 MHz.  

    According to a letter released by the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, agents investiga...

  • ARRL Solar Update

    Solar activity was at low levels with seven numbered active regions

    on the disk.

     

    The largest event of the period was a C3.7 flare on March 25 from

    Region 4400. Region 4403, which was numbered last period, is the

    suspected source of several flares observed beyond the limb prior to

    its rotation onto the disk. Due to its proximity to the northeast

    limb, foreshortening continues to prevent a definitive

    c...