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ARRL News

10 May 2025

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

• The ARRL Solar Report

  The Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast from the
  USAF/NOAA indicates that solar activity has been at low levels for
  the past 24 hours.
  
  There are currently four numbered sunspot regions on the solar disk.
  Solar activity is expected to be low with a chance for M-class
  flares on May 10 and 11.
  
  A simultaneous filament eruption produced a narrow Coronal Mass
  Ejection (CME) signature that was fir...

• Promote Your Club’s 2025 ARRL Field Day With Posters
• Johns Hopkins University to Hold ARRL Teachers Institute

  A session of the ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology (TI) is being hosted this summer by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Maryland. This marks the first time a major research university has hosted the ARRL program.

  The TI program is expanding significantly in 2025. Already, an institute was held on Staten Island, New York, to mark the first regional session....

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• Heritage CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame Inductees Named

  The Heritage CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, created by longtime amateur radio publisher Richard Ross, K2MGA (SK), will continue to honor amateur radio operators on a new section of the Hamgallery.com website.

  CQmagazine ceased publication in October 2023. Ross died on April 27, 2024, and the change was made with the permission of his widow, Cathy.

  The Heritage CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame hono...

• Clock is Ticking Down to 2025 Dayton Hamvention
• The ARRL Solar Report

  On May 2, Spaceweather.com reported: "Astronomers are monitoring a
  very large sunspot now turning toward Earth. Sunspot AR4079
  stretches more than 140,000 km from end to end and has two dark
  cores each large enough to swallow Earth. Moreover, it is surrounded
  by a ring of Ellerman Bombs.
  
  "Ellerman bombs are a sign of magnetic complexity in a sunspot.
  Opposite polarities bump together, reconnect, and-...

• 630-Meter Band Worked All States Awards Issued

  by Sierra Harrop, W5DX

  Eric Tichansky, NO3M, of Saegertown, Pennsylvania, has been issued the first Worked All States award from ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® for the 630-meter band. He picked up the award at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut, on April 21, 2025. That was the culmination of years of study, work, and experimentation.

  Tichansky had a draw to 160 meters e...

• ARRL Announces Change in Atlantic Division Leadership

  Martin J. “Marty” Pittinger, KB3MXM, has resigned as Vice Director of the ARRL Atlantic Division, effective April 28, 2025.

  Pittinger had been Vice Director since January 2023, when he was appointed to the role. He was elected in November 2023 to a three-year term that began January 1, 2024. Pittinger previously served as Section Manager of the ARRL Maryland/DC Section.
  
  ARRL President Rick Roder...

• New Book Release: Salty Walt’s Portable Antenna Sketchbook
• ARRL Teachers Institute Application Deadline April 30

  Applicants for the summer 2025 sessions of the ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology must apply by April 30 to be considered. The application process is straightforward. Interested educators can find the web form at www.arrl.org/ti. ARRL covers all the costs of the TI, including travel, but there is a $100 application fee if the teacher is accepted.

  The Teachers Institutes are a product...

• ARRL Exhibits and Forums Planned for 2025 Dayton Hamvention
• The ARRL Solar Report

  Solar activity has been at low levels with only minor C-class
  flaring through April 24, 2025, and is expected to be moderate with
  a chance of M-class flares (R1-R2, Minor-Moderate) through April 26.
  No Earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) have been observed.
  A southwest CME was observed on April 23 and is considered to be
  far-side due to the lack of any on-disk plasma motion/flare
  activity.
   ...

• Amateur Radio Helps 2025 Boston Marathon

  Over 280 amateur radio operators volunteered during the 129th running of the Boston Marathon on April 21, 2025. 

  Operators were working at virtually every location connected with the race, including the starting line, the entire course, the finish line, transportation, and various operations centers including the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), the State EOC Unified Command Cen...

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