Here are the latest Amateur Radio News-Features from HQ ARRL.

Views expressed in this Amateur/Ham Radio News update are those of the reporters and correspondents. Accessed on 30 July 2024, 1421 UTC.

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News & Features

07/26/2024 | The K7RA Solar Update

Solar activity was a bit lower this week. Seven new sunspot groups appeared.Read More
07/26/2024 | Ham Radio During Hurricane Season

Amateur radio plays a critical role in the warning and recovery process of hurricanes.Read More
07/24/2024 | Ted Rappaport, N9NB, Elected to IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Hall of Fame

Professor Theodore “Ted” S. Rappaport, Ph.D., N9NB, has been elected to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Vehicular Technology Society’s (VTS) Hall of Fame.Read More
07/23/2024 | ARRL Southeastern Division Vice Director Jeff Beals, WA4AW, SK

The Vice Director of the ARRL Southeastern Division, Jeffrey J. “Jeff” Beals, WA4AW, has become a Silent Key. He died on July 20, 2024. Beals devoted a lifetime of service to amateur radio.Read More
07/21/2024 | Amateur Radio Participates in World’s Largest Naval Exercise

Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, the world’s largest international military maritime exercise, which began June 27, and will come to a close on August 1Read More
07/20/2024 | HamCon:Zion 2024

HamCon:Zion 2024, hosting the ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention, the Young Ladies Radio League 85th Convention, and the RV Radio Network’s 2024 Western Rally, was a successRead More
07/19/2024 | The K7RA Solar Update

Big increase in solar activity this week, with average daily sunspot number rising from 129 to 215.9.Read More
07/19/2024 | Get On the Air During VHF Contest Season

VHF contesting season is in full swing! Summer weather brings with it enhanced propagationRead More
07/18/2024 | ARRL VEC Services Update During Systems Disruption

ARRL previously reported that we are responding to a serious incident involving access to our network and headquarters-based systems. Several services have been affected, including those administered by the ARRL VEC.Read More
07/18/2024 | Voices from the ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology

The ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology continues to bring educators from around the country to ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut, to learn how to engage students with amateur radio and radio technologyRead More
07/17/2024 | Randall Carlson, WB0JJX, Former Delaware Section Manager, Silent Key

Randall Carlson, WB0JJX, has become a Silent Key. He passed away June 7, 2024. Carlson was the Section Manager of the ARRL Delaware Section from December 1992 until 2005.Read More
07/16/2024 | ARRL Announces Leadership Changes in the Hudson Division

ARRL Director Nomar Vizcarrondo, NP4H, who has represented the Hudson Division since March 2023, has stepped down, effective July 12, 2024, at 5 PM Eastern.Read More
07/12/2024 | The K7RA Solar Update

New sunspot groups, nine in all, emerged on every day of this reporting week.Read More
07/12/2024 | ARRL on The Weather Channel

ARRL® The National Association for Amateur Radio® joined The Weather Channel on Thursday, July 11, 2024, for a live chat about the value of amateur radio during hurricane season and beyondRead More
07/12/2024 | Celebrating Software Defined Radio

At Ham Radio 2024, the International amateur radio exhibition, last week in Friedrichshafen, Germany, the Software Defined Radio Academy (SDRA) celebrated its 10-year anniversaryRead More
07/12/2024 | Hurricane Beryl Aftermath and Update

Remnants of Hurricane Beryl, now a post-tropical cyclone, were moving northeast as of early Thursday morning with heavy rain and 35 mph winds.Read More