US Radio Orienteering Champs Crowned

2025 ARRL Field Day a Success

Tens of thousands of hams are celebrating a successful 2025 ARRL Field Day! The largest annual amateur radio event is also one of the most beloved, as shown by countless social media posts. Activity was high, with 1536 sites in the ARRL Field Day Site Locator, and that doesn’t even count home stations, portable operations, or other participants.“There’s a reason that hams look forward to ARRL F...

ARRL Headquarters Will be Closed on Independence Day, Friday, July 4

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® Headquarters will be closed on Friday July 4, 2025, for the Independence Day holiday. There will be no W1AW bulletin or code practice transmissions on that day. ARRL Headquarters will reopen on Monday July 7, at 8 AM ET. We wish everyone a festive and safe holiday!

ARRL® Logbook of The World® Return to Service

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® will return Logbook of The World® (LoTW®) to service at 10:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.We are happy to be bringing the upgraded LoTW servers online, as we know radio amateurs around the world rely on LoTW to receive QSLs and apply for awards. The improvements we made will make no change in the visual appearance of LoTW but will provide e...

Call for Nominations for ARRL Director and Vice Director

Attention: Full ARRL members in the PACIFIC, ROCKY MOUNTAIN, SOUTHEASTERN, SOUTHWESTERN, and WEST GULF Divisions. You have the opportunity to choose a Director and Vice Director to represent you for 3-year terms beginning January 1, 2026.ARRL is governed by its Board of Directors. A voting Director is chosen by ballot by the full (licensed) ARRL members in each of its 15 divisions. Vice Directo...

The ARRL Solar Report

Solar activity has been at low levels for the past 48 hours, withlow-level C-class flares. There was a narrow coronal mass ejection (CME), likely associatedwith minor flaring from Regions AR4117 and AR4118 between 1439 UTCand 1524 UTC on June 24. Initial modeling indicated a miss, southand behind Earth's orbit. However, it should be noted that analysisof this event is low confidence given the a...

Field Day Safety – Tips From an Experienced Compliance Officer

By: Bill Mader, K8TE, Section Manager of the ARRL New Mexico SectionOne of the many ways to earn bonus points during ARRL Field Day is to have a Safety Officer on site who makes use of the Safety Officer Checklist [PDF]. Safety shouldn’t stop there! Many pictures of Field Day sites indicate that running that checklist alone is inadequate. Having been involved with safety professionally in the U...

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SteppIR to Cease Consumer Antenna Production by August 2025

SteppIR to stop consumer antenna production by August 31, 2025, support will continue.

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Reviews For: Kenwood TS-440S/AT

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Kenwood TS-440S Manual

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