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• 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...

• Interview with the ARRL CEO: Remote Operating

  ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, and Dick Strassburger, N9EEE, Editor of Solid Copy, the monthly newsletter of CWops, were guests on episode 94 of The DX Mentor (May 15, 2026) for a discussion about remote operating. The show is hosted on YouTube by Bill Salyers, AJ8B.

  Strassburger led the discussion, which included Minster describing the contest station he frequently operates on the Caribbean isl...

• Report from the World’s Largest Hamfest

  Radio amateurs from around the world descended on Xenia, Ohio, last weekend for Hamvention® 2026. The three-day event featured five indoor exhibit halls for vendors and organizations, four parallel tracks of forums, and a massive flea market that filled the infield of a horse racing track and spilled over into surrounding areas. In addition, Hamvention served as the anchor for a variety of outs...