The latest news from the American Radio Relay League
- The ARRL Solar Update December 19, 2025Solar activity has been at low levels with only a few C1 flares fromRegion 4307. Slight growth and consolidation were observed in thatregion as it neared the southwestern limb. Slight decay andseparation were observed in Region 4311. The rest of the spottedregions were either stable or in decay. CME analysis will beconducted as imagery becomes available. Sol […]
- Up to $25,000 at Stake in New ARRL Student Coding Competition December 19, 2025Pre-registration is now open for a Student Coding Competition, a new national challenge sponsored by ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio®. The project is designed to engage young radio amateurs in shaping the future of amateur radio through software development. Open to ARRL-member amateur radio operators aged 21 and younger, the competition will […]
- Obsolete Part 97 Rules to be Deleted February 10, 2026 December 19, 2025The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in October 2025 adopted a Report and Order to delete almost 400 obsolete rules pertaining to its wireless services. As previously reported by ARRL, among the deletions were four in Part 97 that govern the Amateur Radio Service.ARRL reports that the notice of the Report and Order has now been published in the Federa […]
- The ARRL Solar Update December 12, 2025Solar activity reached high levels this past week when Region 4299produced an M1.1 (R1/Minor) flare on December 6. Shortly after, theregion produced an M8.1/2b (R3/Strong) flare, also on December 6.Associated with the M8.1 flare was a 1,100 SFU Tenflare, a 1,143km/s Type II sweep and a Type IV sweep. (A "sweep" is a solar radioburst that sweeps thr […]
- Help Someone Get Their FIRST Ham Radio License by the End of 2025 December 12, 2025
- FCC Allocates 60-Meter World-Wide Amateur Band Approved at WRC-15; Continues Amateur Use of Four Additional 60-Meter Channels, and Updates 420 MHz Coordination Information December 11, 2025The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on December 9, 2025, released a long-awaited Report and Order adopting a new amateur radio spectrum allocation in the 60-meter band that was approved for world-wide use on a secondary basis in the WRC-15 (World Radiocommunication Conference 2015) Final Acts. The Commission also agreed with a petition from ARRL The […]
- ARRL to Host 2026 HamSCI Workshop at Central Connecticut State University December 11, 2025
- The ARRL Solar Update December 5, 2025Solar activity was at low levels this past week with only C classflares. Region 4294 remains the largest region on the disk but isappearing to be simplifying magnetically. Region 4296, on the otherhand, gained a delta region in its intermediary region, though withno corresponding increase in flare activity as of yet. New fluxemerged along the eastern side of […]
- Operators/Monitors Wanted for Meteor Scatter QSO Party December 12-13 December 5, 2025
- “Space Sailors” Seeking Download Help from Ham Radio Operators December 4, 2025Update 12/4/2025 (See original story, below.)ChipSat Signals Received; Listeners Still NeededUpdating the story, ‘Space Sailors’ Seeking Download Help from Ham Radio Operators,” posted on December 2, 2025, Cornell University’s “ChipSat”-equipped light sail was successfully deployed on December 3 and several dozen telemetry signals from its ChipSat flight com […]