The latest news from the American Radio Relay League
- Remembering Four Silent Keys September 27, 2026We are saddened to report this week on the passing of four well-known amateurs, including two members of the extended “ARRL family.” Longtime ARRL Rhode Island Section Manager Robert George “Bob” Beaudet, W1YRC, became a Silent Key on September 10, 2026, at age 88. An ARRL Life Member, Gold-Level Diamond Club member, and Maxim Society member in the Presiden […]
- Video/Podcast with ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA September 26, 2026ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, was a guest on episode 103 of The DX Mentor, which aired September 19, 2026. Hosted by Bill Salyers, AJ8B, with Joe Pater, W8GEX, the discussion covered highlights from the ARRL Board of Directors’ annual Second Meeting, held July 17; the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU); the August ARRL National Convention hosted by th […]
- Will RADE Be the Next SSB? September 25, 2026It’s been a half century since single sideband (SSB) supplanted amplitude modulation (AM) as the most popular voice mode on HF, due largely to its spectrum efficiency, occupying roughly half the bandwidth of an AM signal. Now, there’s a new digital voice mode from FreeDV called Radio Autoencoder, or RADE, that occupies half the bandwidth of an SSB signal and […]
- FCC and HHS Initiate New Proceedings on RF Exposure September 25, 2026ARRL with ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® is following two new federal proceedings concerning radio frequency (RF) exposure. On September 17, 2026, the FCC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initiated parallel comment periods on RF safety issues. Neither inquiry changes the current FCC RF exposure rules that apply to […]
- The ARRL Solar Update September 25, 2026Solar activity is likely to continue at low levels with isolated tooccasional C-class flare activity, along with a slight chance forR1-R2 (Minor-Moderate) M-class flare events, through September 25,according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center. The SWPC reportsthat nine sunspot regions are on the visible disk, including a newRegion 4541. There were thr […]
- The ARRL Solar Update September 18, 2026Solar flare activity is expected to remain at very low levels, with achance for isolated C-class flares through September 19, according toNOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). Solar wind speed wassteady near 530 km/s, and negative polarity CH HSS (coronal holehigh-speed stream) effects are anticipated to persist through September18, with additi […]
- Get Ready for Jamboree on the Air September 17, 2026
- Contest University Celebrates 100 Years of Yagis September 16, 2026The Yagi-Uda beam antenna was invented 100 years ago, in 1926, and Contest University (CTU) is celebrating its centennial with a live Zoom webinar this Saturday, September 19, 2026, at 1600 UTC (noon Eastern). The free webinar, titled “The Yagi Turns 100,” will be available online at https://w3lif.org/yagi. There is no pre-registration. Click on the link bef […]
- The ARRL Solar Update September 14, 2026Solar flare activity was at low levels in the past week withisolated C-class flare activity, according to NOAA’s Space WeatherPrediction Center. The largest flare of the period was a C3.4 onSeptember 8 from otherwise stable Region 4528. Region 4530 developedasymmetric penumbra on both its leading and trailing poles whileundergoing consolidation in its interm […]
- Special HAARP Transmission for 9/11 September 11, 2026To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will be making a special transmission on 9.11 MHz at 0030-0035 UTC on September 12, 2026 (8:30-8:35 PM eastern time Friday evening). The transmission will consist of a Mor […]