{"id":40074,"date":"2026-02-27T13:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/?p=40074"},"modified":"2026-02-27T13:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:36:03","slug":"via-the-arrl-icom-america-named-official-sponsor-of-the-arrl-year-of-the-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/2026\/02\/27\/via-the-arrl-icom-america-named-official-sponsor-of-the-arrl-year-of-the-club\/","title":{"rendered":"via the ARRL: Icom America Named Official Sponsor of the ARRL Year of the Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\nNewington, CT \u2013 ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio\u00ae is pleased to announce that Icom America is the Official Sponsor of the ARRL Year of the Club, supporting the initiatives that spotlight and strengthen ARRL Affiliated Clubs throughout 2026.\n\n<p>The ARRL Board of Directors designated 2026 as the ARRL Year of the Club, recognizing the essential role that local amateur radio clubs play in building community, mentoring new operators, and delivering public service at the grassroots level. This nationwide focus celebrates clubs as engines of civic engagement and increases public awareness of the Amateur Radio Service through local connections across the United States.\n\n<p>\u201cAmateur radio clubs are the backbone of the hobby,\u201d said Ray Novak, N9JA, Senior Sales Manager at Icom America. \u201cIcom works closely with them to support education, growth, and engagement. Strong clubs create strong communities, and Icom is proud to support them.\u201d\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/view\/icom-america-named-official-sponsor-of-the-arrl-year-of-the-club\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read more at ARRL.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_16139062_16139062":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"twitter_16139062_16139062","service":"twitter","timestamp":1772217399,"status":"success"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"done","footnotes":""},"categories":[2356,1,165,4],"tags":[43,467,69,5810],"class_list":["post-40074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-general","category-news","category-newsreel","tag-arrl","tag-board-of-directors","tag-icom","tag-year-of-the-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40135,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40074\/revisions\/40135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twiar.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}