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ARRL News

23 October 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.

• Tropical Storm Melissa Update

  All eyes and ears are on Tropical Storm Melissa, now in the Caribbean Sea. As of 11:00 AM EDT on Wednesday October 22, 2025, Melissa was drifting west-northwestward in the central Caribbean. Heavy rain and flooding are expected over portions of Hispaniola and Jamaica for the reminder of the week.

  A hurricane watch is in effect for the southwestern peninsula of Haiti, from the border with the Dom...

• The ARRL Solar Update

  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

  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...

• ARRL Year of the Club Website Contest — Call for Submissions!
• Amateur Radio Runs with the Chicago Marathon

  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...

• ARRL Online Auction Closes October 16
• Ed Hare, W1RFI, Long time ARRL Lab Engineer, Passes Away

  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,...

• The ARRL Solar Update

  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...

• Zoe Rodriguez Named 2025 Craigie Memorial Educator
• ARRL Year of the Club Newsletter Contest - Call for Submissions
• ARRL Foundation Accepting Grant Applications in October

  The ARRL Foundation is accepting grant applications from amateur radio organizations for eligible amateur radio-related projects and initiatives, particularly those focused on educating, licensing, and supporting amateur radio activities. To grow amateur radio's future, youth-based projects and initiatives are especially encouraged.

  The ARRL Foundation grants program accepts proposals on a cycli...

• Amateur Radio Licensing Update During US Government Shutdown

  Original Story 10/1/2025
  Updated 10/2/2025 (CORES is not available for new registrants)
  Updated 10/3/2025 (Temporary testing procedures for examinees without FRNs)

  A bulletin sent to members of ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® included information about the impact of the US Government shutdown on licensing for the Amateur Radio Service.

  The government shutdown began at 12:01 Eastern...

• The ARRL Solar Update

  Solar activity, which has been at low levels, has returned to
  moderate levels. Region AR4232 produced the largest event of the
  period, an impulsive M3.6 flare (R1-minor) on October 1, 2025.
  
  An associated Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was observed in subsequent
  SOHO LASCO/C2 coronagraph imagery that began on September 29.
  Analysis and modelling of the ejecta is ongoing.
  
  Newly numbered Region AR4237 rema...

• FCC Issues Notice of Violation for Unauthorized One-Way Transmissions and Denial of Inspection

  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Notice of Violation (NoV) to Mike F. Conte of Naples, Florida, citing alleged rule violations related to unauthorized transmissions and refusal to allow station inspection. The FCC notice by the Regional Director, Region One, Enforcement Bureau, was released on September 29, 2025, and includes that Conte holds an Amateur Radio Service lic...

• Hurricane Imelda Strengthens, Threatens Bermuda

  Hurricane Imelda, now a strong Category 1 storm, is forecast to make landfall on, or come extremely close to Bermuda, late Wednesday evening into early Thursday morning. The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) will activate for the first time this season beginning Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at 3:00 PM EDT (1900 UTC).

  Activation times and frequencies are as follows:

  3:00 PM EDT (1900 UTC) on 14.325 MHz

  7:00...

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