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Three earthquakes hit West Texas late Monday night, according to officials.
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 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…
ARRL finally confirms ransomware gang stole data in cyberattack
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…
ARRL Systems Service Disruption Update
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…
ARRL VEC Services Update During Systems Disruption
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…
Logbook of the World Returns to Service
MEMBER BULLETIN July 1, 2024 Dear ARRL member, Effective 12:00pm ET / 16:00 UTC we will be returning Logbook of The World® (LoTW®) to service. As work progressed on the network, some users encountered LoTW opening briefly during which some…
Hurricane Watch Net to activate July 3rd, at 7:00 AM EDT (1100 UTC)
Hurricane Beryl should remain south of the Dominican Republic and Haiti today. The past few Advisories from the National Hurricane Center have the forecast track moving slightly to the right each time. This movement is bringing Hurricane Beryl extremely close…
ARRL Foundation Club Grant Program – Application Deadline Approaching
Now is the time to gather your club members and start thinking about how you can improve the future of amateur radio — and we have funding available to help! The ARRL Foundation is pleased to announce the return of…
2024 ARRL Field Day is This Week!
The amateur radio event of the year is just a few short days away, June 22-23. Hundreds of thousands of hams around North America and beyond will participate in the beloved operating event. If you’re still looking for a place…
ARRL Systems Service Disruption 6/6/24 update
Updated 6/6/2024 We are aware that certain members believe we should be openly communicating everything associated with this incident. We are working with industry experts, including cyber crime attorneys and the authorities, who have directed us to be conservative and…