ARRL

• The ARRL Solar Update

  Solar activity was at low levels this past week with occasional
  B-class and isolated low-level C-class flares. The largest event of
  the period was a C1.4/Sf flare from Region 4429 on May 5.
  
  There are currently six numbered regions on the visible disk as 4434
  decayed to plage and Region 4428 rotated beyond the western limb as
  an E-type group. The remaining regions mostly showed signs of decay.
  Region...

• STEM On and Off the Air

  The Garden School Amateur Radio Club in Jackson Heights, New York, K2GSG, was started in September 2016 as a way to implement the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) standard at the school.

  Currently, the Club has 13 members ranging from 4th graders to 12th graders and is an Affiliated Club of ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio®.

  Well, last week they got a big su...

• Learn More About SDR

  The Boston Software Defined Radio User Group, SDR-Boston, is hosting the New England Workshop for Software Defined Radio 2026 (NEWSDR), June 4 - 5, at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts.

  The primary goal of this workshop is to provide a forum that enables software defined radio (SDR) enthusiasts to get together, collaborate, and introduce SDR concepts to those inte...

• The Ham Radio World Heads to Ohio

  Hamvention® 2026 is just over a week away, and the world’s largest in-person amateur radio gathering promises another three-day weekend of total immersion in all things ham radio. According to the Dayton Amateur Radio Association, more than 30,000 people are expected to descend on the Greene County Fair and Expo Center in Xenia, Ohio, on May 15-17. Attendees will discover the latest and greates...

• Salty Walt Goes “Next Level” with New Portable Antenna Sketchbook