Changes in the ARRL Iowa Section

02/21/2025 Election results have been finalized in the ARRL Iowa Section. Barry Buelow, WØIY, received 283…

High School and a Sci-Fi Movie Spark Interest in Amateur Radio

02/21/2025 Steve Schickel was a young high school student in the late ’80s and was introduced…

Hubble Captures a Cosmic Cloudscape

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals clouds of gas and dust near the Tarantula Nebula, located…

More Seats Available for On the Air Live

02/21/2025 Due to significant demand, ARRL has expanded the number of available spots for this month’s…

Strange Winds Blow Through this Exoplanet’s Atmosphere

Some exoplanets have characteristics totally alien to our Solar System. Hot Jupiters are one such type.…

The ARRL Solar Report

02/21/2025 Solar activity is expected to range from low to moderate levelsthrough March 15.  There is…

William R. Lucas, Official Blamed in Challenger Tragedy, Dies at 102

William R. Lucas, who oversaw development of rockets for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and…

Bob Buus, W2OD, ARRL Northern New Jersey Section Manager, Silent Key

02/21/2025 Robert “Bob” Buus, W2OD, passed away on February 18, 2025. He has served as the…

Fluffy Molecular Clouds Formed Stars in the Early Universe

Stars form in Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs), vast clouds of mostly hydrogen that can span tens…

Neutral Hydrogen: The Next Big Game in Cosmology

The majority of the universe remains unmapped, but we have a potential window into it through…