ARRL

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.
  1. ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® headquarters will close at 12 PM Eastern time on Friday, September 19, 2025, for a staff event.

    The ARRL Headquarters lobby and store, as well as W1AW, will be open to visitors from 8 AM to 12 PM EDT. Members are reminded that many transactions may be completed on our website at www.arrl.org.

    There won’t be any interruptions to the W1AW bulletin o...

  2. Solar activity has been at very low to low levels this past week.
     
    Low level C-class flaring was observed from Regions AR4210 and
    AR4207. Slight growth was observed in Regions AR4213 and AR4214. The rest of the spotted regions were either stable or in decay. Solar
    activity is expected to remain at low levels, with a chance for
    isolated M-class flares (R1-R2/minor-moderate) through September 13.
     
    A C...

  3. Amateur radio volunteers serving in the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) and the National Weather Service SKYWARN® program were active over the weekend. They were serving their communities in New England as tornado-warned storms moved across New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Five EF1 tornadoes struck the central Massachusetts communities of Paxton, Holden, Berlin and Stow. ...