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December 16, 2025

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The ARRL Solar Update
Help Someone Get Their FIRST Ham Radio License by the End of 2025
FCC Allocates 60-Meter World-Wide Amateur Band Approved at WRC-15; Continues Amateur Use of Four Additional 60-Meter Channels, and Updates 420 MHz Coordination Information
ARRL to Host 2026 HamSCI Workshop at Central Connecticut State University
The ARRL Solar Update
Operators/Monitors Wanted for Meteor Scatter QSO Party December 12-13
“Space Sailors” Seeking Download Help from Ham Radio Operators
LIVE YouTube Telethon to Support ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology
2025 ARRL Board of Directors Election Results
The ARRL Solar Update

New England Division ARRL

Big Changes Coming to the 60 Meter Band
KI1U Appointed New Rhode Island Section Manager Effective January 1, 2026
New Year’s Day Fox Hunt, South Windsor CT, January 1, 2026
Quicksilver Radio Temporarily Closes for Management Transition
2026 Boston Marathon Volunteer Registration Opening Soon!
SKYWARN Recognition Day 2025 Cancelled
Maine ARRL Section News
IMPORTANT: Clear Frequencies for Caribbean Hurricane Impacts
W1IS Awarded August 2025 QST Cover Plaque Award
Granite State ARA POTA Meetup, Clough State Park, Weare NH, October 18, 2025

Rhode Island ARRL

ARRL Rhode Island Section Email List
New Rhode Island Section Manager
Blue Skies for RI ARRL Flea Market at East Greenwich Wireless Museum
Nearby World Amateur Radio Open House Events, April 16-21+, 2025
Get licensed and on the air by Field Day!
RI Section Updates
Welcome to our RI Section Newsletter for February 2025
Amateur Radio Alive and Well in Rhode Island
ARRL Board of Directors Election Results
RI Field Day 2024 results posted

Western MA ARRL

New WMA Amateurs for November 2025
Foxhunt on New Years Day
2026 Boston Marathon Ham Radio Volunteer Registration Opens
Sawmill River 10K Run on January 1, 2026
Section Manager’s Report Dec.2025
Section Manager Report Nov. 2025
ARES SET After Action Report
New Ham Report For Oct. 2025
Tech Class Available Nov 4 on Zoom!
Section Manager’s Report Oct. 2025

Northeast HamXposition

KE1IU to Chair Program Committee
QuickSilver Radio to Reopen in January 2026
QCWA Donation to FEMARA Acknowledged
KC1TCM: “Summer Field Trips in Ham Radio, Computers, and Engineering” at Sci-Tech ARS Hybrid Meeting, October 7, 2025
2025 HamX Club Track YouTube Recordings
“Northeast HamXposition and New England Division Convention a Resounding Success!”
Youth Forum at 2025 HamX
KD1CY Honored for 20 Years of VoIP Hurricane Net Service at HamX
Trip to W1AW
miniCTU Door Prize Winner

WX1BOX SKYWARN/Weather

Storm Coordination Message #2 – Sunday 12/14/25 – Accumulating Snow Event
Hello to all… ..Storm system to bring Accumulating Snow to Southeast New England late Saturday Night through Sunday Evening – 1-2″ of snow has fallen over portions of Rhode Island and Southeast Coastal Massachusetts as of 7 AM Sunday Morning.. ..A Winter Weather Advisory is now in effect from 10 PM Saturday Evening until 7 […]
Storm Coordination Message #1 – Late Saturday Evening 12/13/25-Sunday 12/14/25 Accumulating Snow Potential
Hello to all… ..Storm system to bring Accumulating Snow to Southeast New England late Saturday Night through Sunday Evening.. ..A Winter Weather Advisory is now in effect from 10 PM Saturday Evening until 7 PM Sunday Evening for Kent, Bristol, Washington and Newport Counties of Rhode Island and South Coastal Massachusetts including Cape Cod and […]
Wind Coordination Message #2 – Thursday AM 12/11/25-Friday AM 12/12/25 – Strong to Damaging Wind Potential
Hello to all… ..Strong to Damaging Wind Gusts for Thursday into Friday Morning with colder temperatures as another Arctic Air Mass settles over the region.. ..A Wind Advisory is now in effect from 10 AM Thursday to 10 AM Friday and expanded to cover the entire NWS Norton MA Coverage Area for sustained winds 20-30 […]
Wind Coordination Message #1 – Thursday AM 12/11/25-Friday AM 12/12/25 Strong to Damaging Wind Potential
Hello to all… ..Strong to Damaging Wind Gusts for Thursday with colder temperatures as another Arctic Air Mass settles over the region.. ..A Wind Advisory is now in effect from 10 AM Thursday to 10 AM Friday for Western Franklin, Western Hampshire, Western Hampden, Northern Worcester, Eastern Essex, Southeast Middlesex, Suffolk, Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes, […]
Storm Coordination Message #2 – Tuesday 12/2/25-Early Wednesday AM 12/3/25 – Coastal Winter Storm Potential
Hello to all… ..We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday weekend period! A coastal storm is on track to impact Southern New England likely bringing a plowable snowfall to interior Southern New England Tuesday Morning through late Tuesday Night with heavy rainfall and strong wind gusts to coastal Southern New England. Model alignment and […]
Storm Coordination Message #1 – Tuesday 12/2/25-Early Wednesday AM 12/3/25 – Coastal Winter Storm Potential
Hello to all… ..We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday weekend period! A coastal storm will impact Southern New England likely bringing a plowable snowfall to interior Southern New England Tuesday Morning through late Tuesday Night with heavy rainfall and strong wind gusts to coastal Southern New England. Snowfall amounts are more uncertain than […]
Special Announcement: Happy Thanksgiving to All Amateur Radio and non-Amateur Radio SKYWARN Spotters!
Hello to all… On behalf of the entire WX1BOX Amateur Radio team, we wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and we are forever grateful to all the help given by Amateur Radio and non-Amateur Radio SKYWARN Spotters during times of reportable and severe weather conditions across the region. Many times it is your reports that help […]
Special Announcement: SKYWARN Recognition Day 2025 Cancelled
Hello to all… Please see the announcement below that due to the government shutdown and the impacts it had on planning for 2025 SKYWARN Recognition Day (SRD), the 2025 event is canceled. The complete announcement is at the link below: https://www.arrl.org/news/skywarn-recognition-day-2025-cancelled While we are all disappointed within the national committee that I’m part of that […]
Wind/Severe Weather Coordination Message #2 – Wednesday Night 11/5/25-Thursday AM 11/6/25 – Strong to Damaging Wind Potential
Hello to all… ..Another Round of strong to damaging winds likely late Wednesday Night through the overnight into Thursday Morning and perhaps isolated strong to severe thunderstorms with that potential anywhere in Southern New England though western areas may be a bit more favored.. ..A High Wind Warning is in effect from 7 PM Wednesday […]
Wind/Severe Weather Coordination Message #1 – Late Wednesday Night 11/5/25-Thursday AM 11/6/25
Hello to all… ..Another Round of strong to damaging winds likely late Wednesday Night through the overnight into Thursday Morning and perhaps isolated strong to severe thunderstorms as well particularly in Western Massachusetts and Western Connecticut.. ..A High Wind Watch is in effect from late Wednesday Night through Early Thursday Morning for all of Southern […]