ARRL News

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  1. Tropical Storm Melissa Update

    All eyes and ears are on Tropical Storm Melissa, now in the Caribbean Sea. As of 6:30:00 AM EDT on Thursday October 23, 2025, the National Weather Service Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida reports that Melissa is crawling over the central Caribbean sea and is expected to bring heavy rains and life-threatening flooding  to portions of Hispaniola and Jamaica over the weekend.

    A hurricane watch re...

  2. Important Notice: Keep Clear of Emergency Frequencies During the Contest Weekend

    Tropical Storm Melissa is nearly stationary in Caribbean on Friday, October, 24, 2025. Forecasters warn it could quickly intensify, impacting Jamaica as a hurricane and causing catastrophic flooding and landslides Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 

    The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) a group of licensed Amateur Radio Operators trained and organized to provide essential communications support to the Na...

  3. The ARRL Solar Update

    Solar activity reached moderate levels this past week, but has now
    returned to, and remains at, lower levels. Region 4248 produced an
    M1.1 flare on October 20, which was the largest event of the period.
    Region 4261 was numbered this period as it rotated into better
    viewing conditions.

    Region 4262 was numbered this period as well, splitting it from
    Region 4257. Additionally, new spots were noted near...

  4. The ARRL Solar Update

    Region AR4246 underwent significant evolution, growing in overall
    size while gaining multiple new spots. Subsequently, AR4246 was the
    main provider of activity which included an M1.2 flare on October
    13. Several coronal mass ejections (CMEs) with potential
    Earth-directed components are in the mix at this time.

    Additional modeling efforts are underway to perhaps confirm those
    suspicions. The largest f...

  5. FCC Announces Intent to Delete Minor Part 97 Provisions

    As part of a much larger overhaul focused on deleting almost 400 obsolete wireless regulations, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced plans to delete or modify four minor provisions of Part 97. 

    ARRL’s Washington Counsel has reviewed the proposal and agrees that the deletions are to obsolete rules and will have no impact on today’s modern Amateur Radio Service. One of the del...