[SFDXA] ARRL Member Bulletin for July 22, 2025

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ARRL Member Bulletin for July 22, 2025


	

July 22, 2025



*ARRL Board Reviews and Approves By-Law Changes, Establishes 2026 as 
Year of the Club, and Creates 10-Band DXCC*

The ARRL Board of Directors met in Windsor, Connecticut, for its Second 
Meeting, July 18 –19, 2025. ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, presided 
over the meeting.

President Roderick recognized Pacific Division Director John Litz, NZ6Q, 
who previously served as Vice Director.

/Prior to the Board meeting, Board committees met on July 17 with the 
following actions highlighted below:/

The Programs & Services Committee and Headquarters staff from the 
Radiosport Department, on the heels of creating the DXCC Trident award 
in January, are moving ahead with the creation of another new DXCC award 
— *10-Band DXCC* — which will recognize those who achieve DXCC on all 
bands from 6 meters to 160 meters (excluding 60 meters). Higher 
achievement endorsements can be earned at the 200, 300, and Honor Roll 
levels, like the DXCC Trident. The 10-Band DXCC award challenges 
participants in the DXCC program to establish station capabilities and 
operator skills for dealing with myriad band conditions in pursuing DXCC 
across all 10 bands.

The Administration & Finance Committee discussed the current status of 
ARRL’s *Washington advocacy*. This includes continuing work to build 
Congressional support for bills H.R.1094 and S.459 — the Amateur Radio 
Emergency Preparedness Act — for passage. The committee recommended to 
the Board that the ARRL CEO take the lead on the efforts, including 
executing a campaign to involve members in reaching out to their 
Congressional representatives later this year.

The Emergency Communications and Field Services Committee reviewed 
year-to-date activities, including a complete rewrite of the ARES® 
training modules and the recently executed Memorandum of Understanding 
between ARRL and Radio Relay International (RRI). The committee also 
discussed making 2026 the Year of the Club and proposed ideas for 
consideration by the Board.

The Historical Committee met to review the ARRL Heritage Museum’s online 
collection, Radio Alpha, which currently features more than 3,000 images 
and documents. The repository is now online and can be found at 
*www.arrl.org/arrl-museum-and-research-library 
<https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzkwMzc4JnA9MSZ1PTUyNTQ3MzY2NCZsaT0zODkzMjg0OA/index.html>.*

/Here are highlights of actions taken at the Board meeting:/

  * Board members, after having an additional 6 months to review the
    *Report and Recommendations of the Special Committee on By-Law 46*
    that was submitted during the Annual Board Meeting in January,
    undertook a discussion and voted to approve the motion to adopt the
    report. The proposed updated language was reviewed by ARRL’s
    Connecticut counsel who was present for questions and discussion.
    The changes affect By-Law 46, the Board's Conflict of Interest
    Policy, and By-Law 42, the charter for the Ethics & Elections
    Committee. The most significant change is that this introduces an
    unbiased competent third party to provide the Board with the results
    of its own determination in an E&E matter before submitting it to
    the ARRL Board.
  * The Board approved a year-long celebration of the semiquincentennial
    of the United States. This will include commemorative ARRL US250
    Worked All States awards from contacts made during 2026, as well as
    other on-air activity.
  * The Board approved making 2026 the Year of the Club and passed other
    motions in support of the initiative including:
      o Creation of a book featuring high-performance clubs.
      o Establishment of working with and recognizing outstanding club
        websites while helping clubs with ineffective websites.
      o Recognizing ARRL Affiliated Clubs that maintain a
        higher-than-required ARRL membership level for affiliation.
        Clubs that achieve a 70% or a 90% ARRL membership level within
        their clubs will receive acknowledgment and special recognition.

The complete minutes of the 2025 Second Meeting of the ARRL Board of 
Directors will be available soon on the ARRL website.

The next Annual Meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors is scheduled for 
January 16 – 17, 2026.



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