ARRL

1. Safety Stand-Down: Look Up and Live

   By Sierra Harrop, W5DX
   ARRL Public Relations and Outreach Manager

   Electricity is a killer. About 150 people die each year at work from contact with electricity, according to the Electrical Safety Foundation International. Half of those are from contact with power lines. That data is just workplace deaths, so recreational and public service volunteering aren’t even accounted for.

   In a recent articl...

2. The ARRL Solar Report

   Spaceweather.com reports solar activity was at low levels with only C-class flares observed. The largest flare during the period was a C8.9 from an unnumbered region beyond the east limb at S13. This region was also responsible for the majority of the remaining flares alongside Regions 4136 and 4137.

   An approximate M2 was observed by Solar Orbiter at 10/1326 UTC just beyond the east limb, bri...

3. Great Numbers Stacking Up for 2025 ARRL Field Day

   The numbers for 2025 ARRL Field Day continue to grow. As of today, July 10, 3227 entries have been received and each day the list gets bigger, according to ARRL Contest Program Manager Paul Bourque, N1SFE. “Get those entries in!” he encouraged. The deadline is July 29. 

   It was a big year for ARRL Field Day on social media. 260 public posts across several platforms used the hashtag #ARRLFD. That...

4. Special Call Signs for this year’s International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Contest

5. 'Tripp' Owens, N4NTO, Silent Key

   Ambrose "Tripp" L. Owens, III, N4NTO, passed away on July 4, 2025. He was 57 years old. Investigators from the Harnett County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina believe the cause of death was accidental electrocution but a final determination has not been made. Owens was working with an antenna mast in the Chicora Civil War Cemetery at the Averasboro Battlefield during a Parks on the Air (POTA)...