Category: ARRL

On December 18, 2025, the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) Question Pool Committee (QPC) released the revised 2026-2030 Technician Class (Element 2) question pool. It will be required for all Amateur Radio License exam sessions beginning July 1, 2026….

Senator Ted Cruz, in a strong pre-Memorial Day message, publicly highlighted the critical role that Amateur Radio Service volunteers play during disasters, praising and thanking ham radio operators who provide essential communications when storms and emergencies knock out power and cellular…

Good afternoon ARES and RACES members! This email contains some important information. There is a state level alerting exercise that will take place on April 2, 1000-1200 local. This is focused as a statewide test of public alerting systems (sirens,…

2 Meter, 70 Centimeter and 23 Centimeter FT8/FT4 Activity-NA. This is Mike – KD5KC in El Paso Texas. Many of you know I was a soldier in Europe for over 6 years of my 20+ year career, 1976 – 1984….

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® reports that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted changes to its rules to require that every holder of an FCC Registration Number (FRN) update their contact information in the CORES system (email and postal addresses) within…

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The 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…

NOTE:For a Club letter template, email a request to w5jdo@arrl.org Please share this with ALL your amateur radio friends. ARRL members and non-members as well. Send Your Letters Now September 18, 2025 ARRL has launched a nationwide grassroots campaign aimed…

What follows is a Blog post from Rachael Ward, KI5JTB, on her site thedailyrae.com July 8, 2025 • Rae This blog post is going to be a little different today. I wanted to take a moment to tell you a story –…

The Roll Radio Amateurs played on September 11, 2001 Amateur Radio operators mobilized within minutes of the first attack on the World Trade Center, then responded magnificently in the Washington, DC, area and Pennsylvania. On September 11, 2001, and in…