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The ARRL Letter


John E. Ross, KD8IDJ [ mailto:jross@arrl.org ] , Editor | July 10, 2025

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In this Issue:
â-¢Amateur Radio Volunteers Serving During Texas Floods 
â-¢Special Call Signs for this year's International Amateur Radio Union
(IARU) Contest 

â-¢Great Numbers Stacking Up for 2025 ARRL Field Day 
â-¢ 'Tripp' Owens, N4NTO, Silent Key 
â-¢Changes in the ARRL Idaho Section 
â-¢Amateur Radio in the News 
â-¢ARRL Live Events and Podcasts 
â-¢In Brief... 
â-¢Announcements 
â-¢The ARRL Solar Report 
â-¢Just Ahead in Radiosport 
â-¢Upcoming Section, State, and Division Conventions

Amateur Radio Volunteers Serving During Texas Floods

Volunteer amateur radio operators in the ARRL(R) Amateur Radio Emergency
Service(R) [
http://www.arrl.org/ares?utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=ARRL
] (ARES(R)) are embedded with local served agencies in the areas of central
Texas affected by devastating floods.

 
The needs and assignments have been changing, but ARES volunteers are
stepping up to the dynamic needs of their communities. "This is a very fluid
situation. It changes by the hour," said ARRL South Texas Section District 7
Emergency Coordinator Terry Jones, K5LGV.


[http://www.arrl.org/ares]


The trained ham radio operators were activated starting on Friday, July 4,
2025. Radio amateurs are providing communications capabilities to agencies
whose primary systems were damaged in the flooding event or where they suffer
poor connectivity due to the terrain. 

 
ARES members helped the American Red Cross with setup of a reunification
shelter in response to the floods. Ten hams were assigned to
search-and-rescue teams. 

 
Dozens of health and welfare messages were passed by ham radio operators who
provided a critical link when phone lines were overwhelmed. "A lot of this is
tied to circuit overload preventing folks from making direct contact with
family members in the area," said Kevin McCoy, KF5FUZ. 

 
During the flooding event and subsequent search and recovery missions, ARES
members have been deployed to serve many different counties, including
hard-hit Kerr and Kendall Counties. Mutual aid has been offered between
several surrounding ARRL sections. 

 
This story continues to develop, please refer to ARRL News for more
information [
https://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-volunteers-serving-during-texas-floods?utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=ARRL
] as it comes in.


Special Call Signs for this year's International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
Contest


[https://contests.arrl.org/ContestRules/IARU-HF-Rules.pdf]


Amateur radio operators in Puerto Rico will represent the United States in a
worldwide amateur radio contest during the International Amateur Radio Union
(IARU) HF World Championship on July 12 - 13, 2025. The operators will use
the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Headquarters station call sign,
W1AW/KP4. The identifier of /KP4 is added to indicate the signal is being
transmitted from Puerto Rico.


"We are very happy and honored that ARRL has given us the opportunity to use
its call sign for this important contest," said Angel Santana, WP3GW, Public
Information Coordinator for the ARRL Puerto Rico Section, and the amateur
radio operator in charge of organizing the 2025 event in Puerto Rico.


[https://contests.arrl.org/ContestRules/IARU-HF-Rules.pdf]


"Although W1AW/KP4 has been used in recent years in special events, the
particularity this year is that, in addition to representing the United
States, it takes place in the context of the founding of the IARU 100 years
ago, which makes it more attractive while we are on the air as W1AW/KP4,"
Santana added. 

 
The call sign 1AW was originally issued to Hiram Percy Maxim, co-founder of
ARRL and the first president of the IARU in 1925. W1AW became the official
call sign of the ARRL Headquarters station and is today one of the most
recognized amateur radio stations in the world, with its transmissions of
bulletins, contests, and messages during emergencies. 

 
ARRL is the International Secretariat of the IARU, and a team of operators is
planning to activate the International Secretariat call sign, NU1AW, from the
W1AW facility. 

 
The objective of his year's IARU HF World Championship is to support amateur
radio self-training in radio communications, including improving amateur
operating skills, conducting technical investigations, and
inter-communication with other amateurs around the world, especially IARU
member society headquarters stations, using the 160-, 80-, 40-, 20-, 15-, and
10-meter bands.

 
The contest begins at 1200 UTC Saturday July 12 and runs through 1159 UTC
Sunday July 13. Both single and multi-operator stations may operate the
entire 24-hour period.

 
For all IARU contest rules, visit [IARU HF World Champtionship Rules v1.21 [
https://contests.arrl.org/ContestRules/IARU-HF-Rules.pdf ] ]


Dr. Duino
[http://www.digirig.net/]


Great Numbers Stacking Up for 2025 ARRL Field Day

[https://www.arrl.org/field-day]


The numbers for 2025 ARRL Field Day [
https://www.arrl.org/field-day?utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=ARRL
] continue to grow. As of today, July 10, 3227 entries have been received and
each day the list gets bigger, according to ARRL Contest Program Manager Paul
Bourque, N1SFE. "Get those entries in!" he encouraged. The deadline is July
29. 
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