On the Air

There are a variety of antennas that a ham can use on the VHF and UHF bands, from simple w... more

World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) is April 18 every year, and in 2025, WARD is extra special.... more

In preparation for the first On the Air Live interactive livestream launching on January 2... more

In early 2025, the ARRL Education & Learning Department will launch an interactive livestr... more

December is Youth on the Air Month, also known as YOTA Month, and there are plans to celeb... more

The ARES Task Book is an important resource and reference for amateur radio operators who ... more

The 10-meter band offers something for hams of every license class, including Technicians,... more

The podcast takes a field trip to W1AW, ARRL’s Hiram Percy Maxim Memorial Station, to hear... more

ARRL Director of Emergency Management Josh Johnston, KE5MHV, joins the podcast to share de... more

ARRL Radiosport and Regulatory Information Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, and ARRL Contest Pro... more

This year’s Dayton Hamvention, coming up May 17-19 in Xenia, Ohio, will be extra special —... more

We often hear about served agencies when hams talk about disaster response and emergency c... more

The Solar Eclipse QSO Party (or SEQP), is an on-air event coming up on April 8, the same d... more

The January/February 2024 issue of On the Air featured a story from Brian McSpadden Garden... more

Maintaining a “junk box” — a collection of odds and ends that can be used in future projec... more

This episode ties into a feature in the November/December issue called “Bits and Baud,” wh... more

“Contesting encompasses so much of the hobby,” says seasoned contester Craig Thompson, K9C... more

Gary Mikitin’s, AF8A, article, “The Solar Eclipse QSO Party: A Fun Way Support Radio Scien... more

The cover story of On the Air’s September/October 2023 issue, “Foxhunting Basics,” doesn’t... more

This month, we talk with Steve Simons, W1SMS, the Technical Coordinator for the Connecticu... more

Passing traffic is a ham radio activity that’s nearly as old as ham radio itself, and gett... more

For the June 2023 episode of the On the Air podcast, ARRL Radiosport & Regulatory Informat... more

With this year's ARRL June VHF Contest fast approaching on the weekend of June 10, seasone... more

The March/April 2023 issue of On the Air featured an article on “The Incident Command Syst... more