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Hams in Germany who have been enjoying temporary privileges on some bands will be able to use them for six more months.
Free weekly classes are about to start online for hams hoping to obtain their Extra Class license.
Green = worked and confirmed.
Yellow = worked but awaiting confirmation.
All stations worked from my QTH (KG33) in Gauteng, South Africa.
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URL: http://www.arrl.orgTropical Storm Melissa Update
26 October 2025
Updated Saturday, October 25, 2025 @ 7:00 PM EDT (2300 UTC)
ARRL thanks Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, and the Hurricane Watch Net (www.hwn.org) for this update.
Hurricane Watch Net Monitoring Hurricane Melissa
The information contained in this email is being shared with amateur radio networks, government and non-government agencies, and amateur radio news outlets.
The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) is closely m...
Read moreImportant Notice: Keep Clear of Emergency Frequencies During the Contest Weekend
24 October 2025
Tropical Storm Melissa is nearly stationary in Caribbean on Friday, October, 24, 2025. Forecasters warn it could quickly intensify, impacting Jamaica as a hurricane and causing catastrophic flooding and landslides Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) a group of licensed Amateur Radio Operators trained and organized to provide essential communications support to the Na...
Read moreThe ARRL Solar Update
24 October 2025
Solar activity reached moderate levels this past week, but has now
returned to, and remains at, lower levels. Region 4248 produced an
M1.1 flare on October 20, which was the largest event of the period.
Region 4261 was numbered this period as it rotated into better
viewing conditions.
Region 4262 was numbered this period as well, splitting it from
Region 4257. Additionally, new spots were noted near ...
The ARRL Solar Update
17 October 2025
Region AR4246 underwent significant evolution, growing in overall
size while gaining multiple new spots. Subsequently, AR4246 was the
main provider of activity which included an M1.2 flare on October
13. Several coronal mass ejections (CMEs) with potential
Earth-directed components are in the mix at this time.
Additional modeling efforts are underway to perhaps confirm those
suspicions. The largest f...
FCC Announces Intent to Delete Minor Part 97 Provisions
17 October 2025
As part of a much larger overhaul focused on deleting almost 400 obsolete wireless regulations, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced plans to delete or modify four minor provisions of Part 97.
ARRL’s Washington Counsel has reviewed the proposal and agrees that the deletions are to obsolete rules and will have no impact on today’s modern Amateur Radio Service. One of the del...
Read moreARRL Year of the Club Website Contest — Call for Submissions!
17 October 2025
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Amateur Radio Runs with the Chicago Marathon
16 October 2025
Amateur radio operators serve their communities across the United States in many ways, before and When All Else Fails®. Using their skills as communicators, their personal equipment, and the Amateur Radio Service, the “hams” provide a needed boost to public safety radio systems.
The 47th Bank of America Chicago Marathon, held on October 12, 2025, featured 55,000 runners from around the world. An...
Read moreARRL Online Auction Closes October 16
15 October 2025
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Ed Hare, W1RFI, Long time ARRL Lab Engineer, Passes Away
14 October 2025
Edward F. “Ed” Hare, Jr., W1RFI, who spent decades as an employee of ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio®, has become a Silent Key. He died on October 10, 2025, at the age of 75 after an illness.
Hare first earned his Amateur Radio Service license as a teenager as WN1CYF (later WA1CYF and KA1CV) and was active in ham radio throughout his life. He was an avid QRP (low power) operator,...
Read moreThe ARRL Solar Update
11 October 2025
Solar activity has been at moderate levels for the past 24 hours. Solar
activity is expected to be low with a chance for M class flares. Solar wind
speed reached a peak of 1124 km/s.
Solar activity reached moderate levels following an M2.0 flare (R1-Minor) at
from a region just around the Northwestern limb. Only low-level C-class
activity was observed from the remaining spotted regions on the visibl...
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