ARRL Ham Radio Open House events are garnering press around the country. In Yaphank, New York, on Long Island, an event held by the Suffolk County Radio Club was featured in Newsday (paywall). Reporter Joe…
Paul “Tad” Cook, K7RA, SK
Paul “Tad” Cook, K7RA, passed away on April 13, 2025. For 36 years, Cook wrote the weekly W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin and the K7RA Solar Update for the ARRL Letter. He retired in January 2025,…
Former ARRL Vice Director Wayne Overbeck, N6NB, SK
Former ARRL Vice Director and Contest Advisory Committee Chairman Wayne Overbeck, N6NB, passed away Saturday April 12, 2025. He was 82 years old. Overbeck held an Amateur Extra-class license and was active in amateur radio…
World Amateur Radio Day – International Amateur Radio…
April 18th is honored as World Amateur Radio Day, when we celebrate the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). The organization was born out of a meeting in Paris on April 17, 1925.…
ARRL Files Comments Responding to FCC Request for…
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® filed comments [PDF] with the Federal Communications Commission in response to its request for public input on alleviating unnecessary regulatory burdens by deleting or modifying rules, In the…
The ARRL Solar Report
Due 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…
Interesting ARRL Ham Radio Open House Locations
ARRL Ham Radio Open Houses are happening all over the Western Hemisphere, and more dates are being added by clubs each week. April 18 is World Amateur Radio Day and this year celebrates 100 years…
Effort to Save Marconi Towers in Canada –…
There’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…