Recent News
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01/30/2026 | ARRL to announce winner of Icom® Dream Station at HamCation®
ARRL will announce the winner of the ARRL Sweepstakes Icom® Dream Station at Orlando HamCation®
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01/30/2026 | ARRL Director Tharp, KB7HDX, Receives Search-and-Rescue Award
Mark Tharp, KB7HDX, Director of the ARRL Northwestern Division, has received the Hall of Honor Award for 35 years of service to the Yakima Search and Rescue group
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01/30/2026 | Student Coding Competition is Underway with $25,000 Award
ARRL is asking members to help encourage licensed youth in their communities to participate in the ARRL Student Coding Competition, an initiative focused on developing practical resources for the Amateur Radio Service
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01/30/2026 | Register Now for HamSCI 2026, Hosted by ARRL
ARRL will host the 9th annual Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI) Workshop on March 14 – 15, 2026
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01/25/2026 | Winter Storm Closes ARRL Headquarters on Monday, January 26
ARRL Headquarters and the Maxim Memorial Station, W1AW, will be closed on Monday, January 26, 2026, due to heavy snowfall across the Northeast.
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01/23/2026 | The ARRL Solar Update
Solar activity reached moderate levels with two M-class flares earlier this week.
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01/22/2026 | Now Shipping: the 2026 edition of The ARRL Repeater Directory® powered by RepeaterBook
ARRL is excited to announce that the 2026 edition of The ARRL Repeater Directory® is once again powered by RepeaterBook, amateur radio’s worldwide repeater database
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01/21/2026 | ARRL Honorary Vice President John Cadwallader Kanode, N4MM, Silent Key
John Cadwallader Kanode, N4MM, of Boyce, Virginia, passed away on January 13, 2026. First licensed in 1952, Kanode served on the ARRL Board of Directors for 21 years first as Roanoke Division Vice Director, then Director, and Vice President.
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