ARRL West Texas Section

A note from our Section Manager 7/19/24

Hello Everyone, With the ARRL’s bulk internet server still inoperative I am using our Zoom meeting roster to convey some important information to you and to share some thoughts regarding the current situation and the potential for more of the…

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…

Hurricane Watch Net Stood Down

The Hurricane Watch Net concluded operations for Tropical Cyclone Beryl Monday at 12:00 PM EDT (1600 UTC). This has been a long 8 days of starting and stopping. However, this in no way compares to those who’ve lived through this…

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…