The ARRL Solar Update

Solar flare activity is expected to remain at very low levels, with a
chance for isolated C-class flares through September 19, according to
NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). Solar wind speed was
steady near 530 km/s, and negative polarity CH HSS (coronal hole
high-speed stream) effects are anticipated to persist through September
18, with additional enhancements likely today due to flan...

18-Sep-2026, 14:23:00 (www.arrl.org)

Also in GB2RS this week…

Jamboree on the Air is taking place between Wednesday, 16 October and Friday, 18 October. It is the world’s largest radio Scout event and is a brilliant celebration of amateur radio among the groups within the Scout Association. It also promotes friendship and global citizenship. The RSGB Youth Vice-Chair and Youth Champion for Scouts, Sam […]
18-Sep-2026, 13:41:09 (https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/headlines/2026/09/18/also-in-gb2rs-this-week-537/)

Rallies and Events News – 20 September 2026

The Broadcast Engineering Museum has an open day today, 20 September from 11am. The museum is located at 41 Capper Avenue, Hemswell Cliff, near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire DN21 5XS. The museum is home to one of the largest collections of historic broadcasting equipment in the world. For more information visit becg.org.uk/events National Hamfest, the UK’s largest amateur […]
18-Sep-2026, 13:36:38 (https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/rallies-and-events/2026/09/18/rallies-and-events-news-20-september-2026/)

Special Events News – 20 September 2026

Vendeen Radio Club, F6KUF is active as TM4GGR until Friday, 9 October. The special callsign’s suffix stands for ‘Golden Globe Race’, the single-handed, round-the-world sailing race that started from Les Sables-d’Olonne, on Sunday, 6 September. For more information, visit live.f6kuf.fr Huntingdonshire Amateur Radio Society will be running special event station GB2RMR on Sunday, 27 September […]
18-Sep-2026, 13:33:50 (https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/special-events/2026/09/18/special-events-news-20-september-2026/)

DX News – 20 September 2026

Kasimir, DL2SBY is active as S79/DL2SBY from Mahe, AF-024, in the Seychelles until tomorrow, 21 September. He is operating using CW, FT8 and SSB on the HF and 6m bands. QSL via Logbook of the World, OQRS or directly to Kasimir. Yuris, YL2GM and Eugene, EA5EL are active as KH8WW from Aunu’u Island, OC-045, in […]
18-Sep-2026, 13:30:16 (https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/dx-news/2026/09/18/dx-news-20-september-2026/)

Contest News – 20 September 2026

Today, 20 September the RSGB 70MHz Affiliated Societies Contest runs from 0900 to 1200UTC. Using all modes on the 4m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also today, 20 September the British Amateur Radio Teledata Group PSK63 Sprint runs from 1700 to 2100UTC. Using PSK63 on the 80 to 10m bands, […]
18-Sep-2026, 13:27:53 (https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/contest-news/2026/09/18/contest-news-20-september-2026/)


Contest University Celebrates 100 Years of Yagis

The Yagi-Uda beam antenna was invented 100 years ago, in 1926, and Contest University (CTU) is celebrating its centennial with a live Zoom webinar this Saturday, September 19, 2026, at 1600 UTC (noon Eastern). The free webinar, titled “The Yagi Turns 100,” will be available online at https://w3lif.org/yagi. There is no pre-registration. Click on the link before 1600 Zulu on Saturday to watch. Q...

16-Sep-2026, 17:29:00 (www.arrl.org)

The ARRL Solar Update

Solar flare activity was at low levels in the past week with
isolated C-class flare activity, according to NOAA’s Space Weather
Prediction Center. The largest flare of the period was a C3.4 on
September 8 from otherwise stable Region 4528. Region 4530 developed
asymmetric penumbra on both its leading and trailing poles while
undergoing consolidation in its intermediate area. New flux
emergence in the...

14-Sep-2026, 15:09:00 (www.arrl.org)

Special HAARP Transmission for 9/11

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will be making a special transmission on 9.11 MHz at 0030-0035 UTC on September 12, 2026 (8:30-8:35 PM eastern time Friday evening). The transmission will consist of a Morse code QST, followed by a slow-scan ...

11-Sep-2026, 21:40:00 (www.arrl.org)