Hamvention 2026 Thursday -- Setup Day and Much More
Friday, May 15, 2026
Hamvention® 2026 in Xenia, Ohio, officially begins on Friday morning, May 15. But several hundred hams arrived early to take part in pre-Hamvention activities. ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® was already on site at the Greene County Fairgrounds, exhibitors were busy setting up th... .. read more..
The ARRL Solar Update
Friday, May 8, 2026
Solar activity was at low levels this past week with occasional B-class and isolated low-level C-class flares. The largest event of the period was a C1.4/Sf flare from Region 4429 on May 5. There are currently six numbered regions on the visible disk as 4434 decayed to plage and Region 4428 rotat... .. read more..
STEM On and Off the Air
Friday, May 8, 2026
The Garden School Amateur Radio Club in Jackson Heights, New York, K2GSG, was started in September 2016 as a way to implement the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) standard at the school. Currently, the Club has 13 members ranging from 4th graders to 12th graders and is an ... .. read more..
Learn More About SDR
Friday, May 8, 2026
The Boston Software Defined Radio User Group, SDR-Boston, is hosting the New England Workshop for Software Defined Radio 2026 (NEWSDR), June 4 - 5, at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts. The primary goal of this workshop is to provide a forum that enables software d... .. read more..
The Ham Radio World Heads to Ohio
Friday, May 8, 2026
Hamvention® 2026 is just over a week away, and the world’s largest in-person amateur radio gathering promises another three-day weekend of total immersion in all things ham radio. According to the Dayton Amateur Radio Association, more than 30,000 people are expected to descend on the Greene Coun... .. read more..
Salty Walt Goes “Next Level” with New Portable Antenna Sketchbook
Friday, May 8, 2026
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Free ARRL Events App Now Live for 2026 Dayton Hamvention®
Friday, May 1, 2026
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FCC Approves Limited Emergency Use of 70 cm Band by AST SpaceMobile Satellites Outside the US
Friday, May 1, 2026
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New Book Release: Satellite Operating for Amateur Radio
Friday, May 1, 2026
Ever wanted to operate amateur radio satellites but felt intimidated by tracking the “birds” or unsure about the equipment needed? ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio®'s new book, Satellite Operating for Amateur Radio , is now shipping and shows just how approachable, exciting, and r... .. read more..
2025 Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Winners Awarded
Friday, May 1, 2026
The ARRL Foundation’s 2025 Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Award has been awarded to Dr. Ethan Miller, K8GU, and Dr. Nathaniel A. Frissell, W2NAF, for their August 2025 QST article, “About Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances.” The editors of QST nominated Miller and Frissell in August 2025,... .. read more..