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16-Year-Old ARRL Member Wins 2026 Student Coding Competition
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® is pleased to announce that member Ben Leovy, KC3ZPQ, of Ellicott City, Maryland, has been named the winner of the 2026 ARRL Student Coding Competition. Leovy, 16, recently completed his sophomore year at Howard High School. He designed a mobile application to help users prepare for their amateur radio license examinations. Leovy will receive a $5...
New Technician Question Pool Takes Effect July 1
On July 1, 2026, a new Element 2 Technician class question pool will take effect for license examinations. VECs and VEs must have new test designs available for use at exam sessions effective that date. The newly revised pool, released in December 2025 (updated and re-released on February 19, 2026) by the Question Pool Committee (QPC) of the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinator...
Guest Post: ARRL needs new blood
This is a guest post from Fred Hopengarten, K1VR Past Director, New England Division. The ARRL does a lot of good work. It fights for spectrum. It helps organize public service. It supports education and licensing. You should be a member. You should support the League. And yet: membership is shrinking, the mood is frayed, and […]
ICQPodcast Episode 485 – World Cup Special Event Station
In this episode, I join Martin Butler M1MRB, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG and Ed Durrant DD5LP to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Here are this episode’s topics: Number of Amateur Radio Operators in Japan Continues Declining. The decline is actually pretty dramatic. We consider how this might affect the […]
Button, button. Who’s got the button?
If you’ve read my blog at all in the past, you know I’m not a fan of David Minster, NA2AA, ARRL’s current CEO. He’s driving down membership, which is now well under 20% of licensed radio amateurs. He’s driving away staffers, too. The latest to go is Steve Goodgame, K5ATA, ARRL’s Education and Learning Manager. […]
Is anyone running for the board this year in the Great Lakes Division?
Yesterday, someone reminded me recently that Great Lakes Division seat is up for election this year, and that the deadline for filing petitions is two months away. I know that I’m late with this, but I’m trying to find out if anyone in the division is thinking about running, or if there is someone out […]
Registration is Open for the 2026 ARRL National Convention in Huntsville
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® and the Huntsville Hamfest will host the 2026 ARRL National Convention and Huntsville Hamfest, August 21 - 23, in Huntsville, Alabama. The convention will kick off on Friday, August 21, with a series of day-long ARRL Training Tracks and a National Convention Luncheon at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Huntsville. Then join ARRL on Friday night for a ...
Videos: HS ham club in NH, yet another Heathkit history, Cruz thanks ham radio
Students go hands on with ham radio Here’s a nice news story about a new ham club at a high school in New Hampshire. Yet another Heathkit history Here’s another YouTube video on the history of Heathkit. The author has disabled embedding, so you have to watch it on YouTube. Senator Ted Cruz on […]
Dayton Hamvention 2026: Day 3, Friday, May 15 – Forums
The forums at this year’s Hamvention were pretty good—and I’m not just saying this because I was on the schedule. I spent most of Friday morning cruising the vendor booths and schmoozing with people I know. I stopped by the CWops booth, the Amateur Radio Digital Communication (ARDC) booth, and the Youth on the Air […]
Dayton Hamvention 2026: Day 3, Friday, May 15
I feel a little guilty. I haven’t paid for a Hamvention ticket in several years. When I worked for ARDC, I had a vendor pass. That was nice because I could park in the vendor parking lot directly behind the fairground buildings. Last year, I finagled a media badge as a member of the ICQ […]
Dayton Hamvention 2026: Day 2, Thursday, May 14
Day 2 started out pretty early. The Four Days in May (FDIM) seminar starts at 8 am! After a short drive from my hotel, I arrived at the DoubleTree Hotel a little after 7:30 am, expecting to sail in and claim a seat. I was, however, was surprised to see a line snaking down one […]
Dayton Hamvention 2026: Day 1, Wednesday, May 13
Last Wednesday, I began my annual trek to the Dayton Hamvention. I live pretty close (three and a half hours driving), but I like to attend QRP-ARCI‘s Four Days in May on Thursday, so I head down early. I used to actually leave verrrry early on Thursday morning to get there by 8 am (and […]
New edition of my No Nonsense Technician Class License Study Guide now ready for review
The 2026 edition of my No Nonsense Technician Class License Study Guide is now available for review. I would love for you to download it, read through it, and comment on it, either here in this post or directly by email. I’ve improved some of the explanations in the text (at least I think that […]
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