2025 ARRL Field Day this Weekend

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2025 ARRL Field Day is 28-29th 2025. It North America’s amateur radio’s biggest yearly event. The sun has been very active at the peak of Solar Cycle 25. ARRL is hopeful that it will mean 2025 becomes a legendary Field Day. Get out to an activation and enjoy a good time with your fellow hams.

Use the Field Day Site Locator, featuring more than 1200 sites, if you don’t already have a site you plan to attend. Don’t forget to take the 2025 Field Day guide with you to your Field Day site.

For clubs that are activating a location, here are tips to make the most of your 2025 ARRL Field Day - https://www.arrl.org/news/view/2025-arrl-field-day-is-next-weekend

PRESENTER OPINION : Does Anyone Make a Homebrew SteppIR?→

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PRESENTER OPINION : Does Anyone Make a Homebrew SteppIR?

In case you haven’t heard by now, SteppIR, the manufacturer of very expensive HF antennas is getting out of the amateur radio business. Their announcement has caused a minor uproar in the amateur radio world, but personally, it’s not a big surprise to me. If MFJ couldn’t seem to find enough customers for their $300 – $500 Hy-Gain antennas, how many $5,000 antennas could SteppIR really sell?

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RSGB Examinations Standards Committee Publishes Annual Report

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The RSGB Examinations Standards Committee, or ESC, has published its annual report, relating to activities in 2024. The report shows that overall candidate numbers have increased to above pre-pandemic levels and are well above the extrapolation of the declining trend over the decade before the pandemic.

The ESC believes that this is probably due to the availability of remote invigilation online examinations taken at home and the increase in provision of distance learning courses, making the hobby much more accessible than in the past.

More Information - https://rsgb.org/main/blog/examinatáion-standards-committee-reports/2025/06/18/examinations-standards-committee-report-2025/