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ARRL News- ARRL DXCC Statement on Mount Athos Operation SV1GA/A April 4, 2025The ARRL DXCC Desk has determined that the operation by a DXpedition team from Mount Athos meets the DXCC award program’s accreditation criteria. Contacts with the team, which operated in January 2025 using the call sign SV1GA/A, will therefore count toward DXCC. Additionally, due to actions taken by local authorities that resulted in the early termination of […]
- The ARRL Solar Report April 4, 2025Solar activity is likely to be moderate (R1-R2, Minor-Moderate) witha slight chance for X-class flares through April 5.The geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet to minor storm levelson April 4 and 5.NOAA Geomagnetic Activity Probabilities for April 5 and 6 forecast a15% chance, and then a 1% chance, of a Moderate storm for thereporting […]
- HamSCI Call for Operators and Monitors 2025 April 4, 2025HamSCI, Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, is preparing now for a series of meteor scatter (MS) experiments later this year and need amateur radio operators to help. While the target storms are in August (Perseids) and December (Geminids) preparation and testing is already underway. This is a combination 'special event' and a contest to generate […]
- The ARRL Repeater Directory® — 2025 Edition Now Powered by RepeaterBook April 4, 2025ARRL is excited to announce that the new 2025 edition of The ARRL Repeater Directory® is now powered by RepeaterBook, amateur radio's worldwide repeater database. “This collaboration ensures that amateur radio operators across the country have access to one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date collections of repeater information available,” said Garrett Dow, KD6KPC, of […]
- Fram2 Astronaut Conducts First Amateur Radio Contacts from SpaceX Dragon April 4, 2025Rabea Rogge, LB9NJ/KD3AID, a private astronaut on the crew of the Fram2 mission, has conducted the first amateur radio contacts from aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule. The Fram2 flight sets many firsts, including being the first crewed mission to do polar orbits of the Earth, and Rogge became the first German woman in space. The […]
- ARRL DXCC Statement on Mount Athos Operation SV1GA/A April 4, 2025
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