The 2025 Lifetime Sea Otter Classic will be held on April 10-13, 2025. Help from amateur radio operators has been a vital resource for communication in the Fort Ord National Monument backcountry and the Gran Fondo (“Great Endurance”) Carmel Valley Route. The Lifetime Sea Otter Classic attracts thousands of athletes and spectators and is now […]
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Just Ahead in Radiosport
Just Ahead in Radiosport January 31 — UKEICC 80-Meter Contest (CW) February 1 – 2 — LABRE-RS Digi Contest (digital) February 1 – 2 — VHF/ UHF Vermont QSO Party (CW, phone, digital) February 1 – 2 — 10-10 Int’l Winter Contest SSB (phone) February 1 – 2 — European Union DX Contest (CW, phone) […]
Get Ready for “Ham Radio Open House” on World Amateur Radio Day
Get Ready for “Ham Radio Open House” on World Amateur Radio Day 202501/24/2025 To help promote amateur radio science and technology, and to honor the 100th anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU), ARRL is inviting radio clubs and schools to organize a Ham Radio Open House in April, built around World Amateur Radio […]
ARRL Club Grant Program Awards a Half Million Dollars to Grow Ham Radio
ARRL Club Grant Program Awards a Half Million Dollars to Grow Ham Radio01/24/2025 Thirty-seven amateur radio clubs benefitted from $500,502 in grants through the ARRL Club Grant Program to implement projects that educate, recruit, train, and promote amateur radio in their communities. Funding for the grants comes from Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC). There were […]
ARRL Club Grants Fund Hardware for Florida students to make contact with the International Space Station
ARRL Club Grants Fund Hardware for Florida students to make contact with the International Space Station01/24/2025 Pine View School for the Gifted (PVS) in Osprey, Florida, has an opportunity to achieve a historic milestone on Tuesday, January 28, at 12:21 PM (EST), when students and faculty make live contact with astronauts aboard the International Space […]
2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarships
Happy New Year! 2025 ARRL Foundation Scholarships – Final Weeks to Apply The ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program continues to accept applications for the 2025 scholarship cycle. The application period is open until 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on January 6, 2025. The scholarships are available to eligible amateur radio operators pursuing higher education. There are […]
An Image from the Latest Mt. El Sereno SOTA Operation
An image from the latest Mt. El Sereno SOTA operation is available here – https://www.facebook.com/arrlscv Thanks, Lincoln / KK6OLN! […]
ARRL Straight Key Night
ARRL Straight Key Night will be January 1, 2025, from 0000 UTC through 2359 UTC. This 24-hour event is not a contest but rather a day dedicated to celebrating our CW heritage. Participants are encouraged to get on the air and simply make enjoyable, conversational CW QSOs. The use of straight keys or bugs to […]
25th Annual SKYWARN Recognition Day
25th Annual SKYWARN Recognition Day, December 7, 202411/22/2024 SKYWARN Recognition Day is December 7, 2024. The annual event is celebrating its 25th anniversary. SRD was established in 1999 by the National Weather Service and ARRL® to commemorate the contributions of SKYWARN volunteers. Using amateur radio and other means of communication, SKYWARN spotters provide real time […]
Extract from The ARRL Letter
ARRL® has published its 2023 Annual Report, which includes a summary of the year’s program activities, along with the 2023 and 2022 financial statements and an independent auditor’s report. ARRL marked 2023 as the Year of the Volunteers, recognizing the nearly 57,000 volunteers who contribute to supporting the organization and the wider amateur radio community. […]