Category: ARRL

09/12/2024 ARRL® The National Association for Amateur Radio® has filed comments [PDF] with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging that the 902 – 928 MHz amateur radio band be protected. ARRL joins hundreds of licensed radio amateurs who utilize the…

09/03/2024 Updated 9/3/2024 As previously reported, the ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (VEC) Program continues to operate during the systems service disruption. ARRL Volunteer Examiners (VEs) should continue to submit exam registrations and material requests. We are able to post new…

From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT August 15, 2024 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB015 ARLB015 ARRL Urges Protecting the Amateur Radio 902-928 MHz Band The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) accepted for public comment a Petition for Rulemaking filed…

From the Hurricane Watch Net website.  Sunday 20 meters: 14.325 MHz (USB) at 2:00 PM EDT (1800 UTC) until we lose propagation at night. 40 meters: 7.268 MHz (LSB) at 2:00 PM EDT (1800 UTC). We will remain active on this frequency…

Lou Janis WB5YFW is organizing an “Introduction to Electronics” class to be held on Saturdays August 10th through October 5th at Cisco College in Abilene. See the attached flyer for more information. Brochure_Introduction_to_Electronics_2024-1

West Texas was rattled by a series of earthquakes, including a 4.9 magnitude event, Monday night in Scurry County. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Scurry County was rocked Monday night by a reported 4.9-magnitude earthquake. Most of…

ARRL Board Completes 2024 Second Meeting, Approves Report to Advance a 3-Year Strategy ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, gaveled in the 2024 Second Meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors on Friday, July 19, in Windsor, Connecticut. The Board meeting…

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) finally confirmed that some of its employees’ data was stolen in a May ransomware attack initially described as a “serious incident.” ARRL, the National Association for Amateur Radio, said in data breach notifications recently…

Updated 07/09/2024 As previously reported, ARRL® Logbook of The World® (LoTW®) returned to service on Monday, July 1, 2024. As anticipated, there was a significant rise in use to catch up on processing logs following the outage. It took 4…

07/02/2024 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 Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (ARRL VEC). Exam Registrations and Materials. ARRL Volunteer…