ARRL

• Registration is Open for the 2026 ARRL National Convention in Huntsville

  ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® and the Huntsville Hamfest will host the 2026 ARRL National Convention and Huntsville Hamfest, August 21 - 23, in Huntsville, Alabama.

  The convention will kick off on Friday, August 21, with a series of day-long ARRL Training Tracks and a National Convention Luncheon at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Huntsville. Then join ARRL on Friday night for a...

• The ARRL Solar Update

  Solar activity has remained at low levels this past week. The largest event of the period was a C3.4 flare originating from Region 4446.   

  There are nine numbered regions on the visible disk. Region 4452 showed notable growth and new flux emergence. Region 4450 decayed to plage, though unassociated transitory pores were observed to its east and west. Region 4443 decayed into a unipolar spot as...

• RAC Vice-President Brent Taylor, VY2HF, Silent Key

  by Allan Boyd, VE3AJB/VE3EM, President, Radio Amateurs of Canada

  Radio Amateurs of Canada has received the sad news that RAC Vice-President Brent Taylor, VY2HF, became a Silent Key on May 21, 2026, at the age of 66.

  The sudden loss of Brent has deeply shocked Radio Amateurs of Canada and the Amateur Radio community across Canada and beyond. RAC extends its sincere condolences to Brent’s wife Jani...

• Senator Ted Cruz Praises Amateur Radio Volunteers for Emergency Preparedness

  Senator Ted Cruz, in a strong pre-Memorial Day message, publicly highlighted the critical role that Amateur Radio Service volunteers play during disasters, praising and thanking ham radio operators who provide essential communications when storms and emergencies knock out power and cellular networks and communities are cut off. Sen. Cruz observed that in these emergencies it is ham radio operat...

• ARRL Solar Update

  Solar activity continued at low levels during the past 24 hours with
  four active regions on the visible disk. The largest events were a
  C1.0 on May 20 from the northeast limb and a C1.0/Sf, also on May 20,
  from Region 4439 that was accompanied by Type-III radio sweeps. This
  region was responsible for the majority of the period’s activity,
  which otherwise included a B8.7 flare on May 20 from Region 4...