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The ARRL Solar Report
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/the-arrl-solar-report-10
Published: April 18, 2025 22:17
Spaceweather.com reports a Cannibal Coronal Mass Ejection on April 15 sparked geomagnetic storms. On April 16, the storm became severe (G4) with Northern Lights sighted as far south as France. The storm is subsiding now to a category G1/G2, which could…
Former ARRL Vice Director Wayne Overbeck, N6NB, SK
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/former-arrl-vice-director-wayne-overbeck-n6nb-sk
Published: April 18, 2025 19:19
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 for over 68 years. He served four…
Paul “Tad” Cook, K7RA, SK
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/paul-tad-cook-k7ra-sk
Published: April 18, 2025 18:56
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, citing a recent ALS diagnosis and on March 8, Cook…
World Amateur Radio Day – International Amateur Radio Union Formed 100 Years Ago
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/world-amateur-radio-day-international-amateur-radio-union-formed-100-years-ago
Published: April 17, 2025 18:53
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 took a leadership role in its founding, with ARRL…
ARRL Videos Document Next Generation DXing Program at International DX Convention
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-videos-document-next-generation-dxing-program-at-international-dx-convention
Published: April 17, 2025 18:48
ARRL Files Comments Responding to FCC Request for Input
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-files-comments-responding-to-fcc-request-for-input
Published: April 14, 2025 20:31
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 Matter of…
The ARRL Solar Report
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/the-arrl-solar-report-9
Published: April 11, 2025 19:20
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 toModerate).Solar wind parameters are expected to trend…
Effort to Save Marconi Towers in Canada – Public Invited to Vote on Project
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/effort-to-save-marconi-towers-in-canada-public-invited-to-vote-on-project
Published: April 10, 2025 19:01
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 National Trust for Canada.Some of Marconi’s first messages…
Interesting ARRL Ham Radio Open House Locations
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/interesting-arrl-ham-radio-open-house-locations
Published: April 10, 2025 18:35
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 since the International Amateur Radio Union was founded in…
ARRL Iowa Section Wins Ham Exemption to Handsfree Law
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-iowa-section-wins-ham-exemption-to-handsfree-law
Published: April 9, 2025 19:46
ARRL 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…