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Report Summary

  • 28

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    48% of other websites

  • 63

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 28% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 62

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    23% of websites

arrl.net

ARRL - Home

Page Load Speed

2.4 sec in total

First Response

21 ms

Resources Loaded

2.1 sec

Page Rendered

264 ms

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About Website

Click here to check amazing ARRL content. Otherwise, check out these important facts you probably never knew about arrl.net

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Arrl.net page load time and found that the first response time was 21 ms and then it took 2.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 45% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

arrl.net performance score

28

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.0 s

23/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.9 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.2 s

30/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value520 ms

56/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.353

31/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value12.9 s

13/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

arrl.net

21 ms

arrl.org

131 ms

www.arrl.org

1044 ms

style.css

141 ms

fd35b8f337d3856bc83bf7a995edbf6e_1723056491.css

64 ms

Our browser made a total of 61 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Arrl.net, 75% (46 requests) were made to Arrl.org and 18% (11 requests) were made to Ads.arrl.org. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (1 sec) relates to the external source Arrl.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 296.4 kB (19%)

Content Size

1.5 MB

After Optimization

1.3 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Arrl.net main page is 1.5 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 40.4 kB

  • Original 52.4 kB
  • After minification 47.9 kB
  • After compression 12.0 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 40.4 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-5%

Potential reduce by 62.2 kB

  • Original 1.2 MB
  • After minification 1.1 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. ARRL images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-49%

Potential reduce by 105.9 kB

  • Original 217.2 kB
  • After minification 217.2 kB
  • After compression 111.2 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 105.9 kB or 49% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 87.8 kB

  • Original 104.0 kB
  • After minification 83.9 kB
  • After compression 16.2 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Arrl.net needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 87.8 kB or 84% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 14 (24%)

Requests Now

58

After Optimization

44

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 58 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of ARRL. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 8 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

arrl.net

arrl.net

21 ms

arrl.org

arrl.org

131 ms

www.arrl.org

www.arrl.org

1044 ms

style.css

style.css

141 ms

fd35b8f337d3856bc83bf7a995edbf6e_1723056491.css

fd35b8f337d3856bc83bf7a995edbf6e_1723056491.css

64 ms

4b1e36f83acf011ab91c2a6e757af96f_1723055565.js

4b1e36f83acf011ab91c2a6e757af96f_1723055565.js

195 ms

adsbygoogle.js

adsbygoogle.js

122 ms

js

js

64 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

66 ms

ajs.php

ajs.php

84 ms

spriteme1.png

spriteme1.png

181 ms

wrap-bg.png

wrap-bg.png

112 ms

spriteme2.png

spriteme2.png

253 ms

spriteme3.png

spriteme3.png

186 ms

Read_QST_issue.jpg

Read_QST_issue.jpg

147 ms

ARRL_ARES_Retractable_Web_Graphic_590x315_2.jpg

ARRL_ARES_Retractable_Web_Graphic_590x315_2.jpg

197 ms

Homepage_feature_graphic___ARRL_Membership_2.png

Homepage_feature_graphic___ARRL_Membership_2.png

218 ms

ARRL_Momobeam_Web_Graphic_590x315.jpg

ARRL_Momobeam_Web_Graphic_590x315.jpg

306 ms

Student_Membership___Homepage_Banner___590x315.jpg

Student_Membership___Homepage_Banner___590x315.jpg

334 ms

news_icon.png

news_icon.png

245 ms

trophy.png

trophy.png

274 ms

sun081624.jpg

sun081624.jpg

282 ms

SolarCycle_25_Final.jpg

SolarCycle_25_Final.jpg

308 ms

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sun080924.jpg

313 ms

KM2O.jpg

KM2O.jpg

338 ms

Andy%20Milluzzi.jpg

Andy%20Milluzzi.jpg

340 ms

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Carter%20.jpg

370 ms

Mimi_Hy_Cruise.jpg

Mimi_Hy_Cruise.jpg

372 ms

ernesto_amo_2006240.jpg

ernesto_amo_2006240.jpg

377 ms

FCC%20and%20ARRL%20logo_9.jpg

FCC%20and%20ARRL%20logo_9.jpg

397 ms

Staten%20Photo.jpg

Staten%20Photo.jpg

400 ms

Debby.jpg

Debby.jpg

401 ms

ARRL-W1AW-Buglewicz184.JPG

ARRL-W1AW-Buglewicz184.JPG

428 ms

sun080224.jpg

sun080224.jpg

429 ms

Untitled-28.jpg

Untitled-28.jpg

432 ms

but-6.png

but-6.png

461 ms

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ota202108.jpg

484 ms

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485 ms

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485 ms

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xctmppJXTys.png

493 ms

Eclectic_podcast_logo.jpg

Eclectic_podcast_logo.jpg

497 ms

info.png

info.png

546 ms

diamond_logo.png

diamond_logo.png

561 ms

book.png

book.png

547 ms

ARRL_New%20Books_June%2023_sm.jpg

ARRL_New%20Books_June%2023_sm.jpg

592 ms

wh_instagram.png

wh_instagram.png

509 ms

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185d2693fa2cbfdb5f5556cc7d697a09.gif

16 ms

lg.php

lg.php

64 ms

ajs.php

ajs.php

10 ms

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2 ms

lg.php

lg.php

51 ms

ajs.php

ajs.php

6 ms

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28705a20c7b4cf7472f98f012ba835f9.gif

6 ms

lg.php

lg.php

86 ms

ajs.php

ajs.php

7 ms

wh_facebook.png

wh_facebook.png

451 ms

lg.php

lg.php

46 ms

wh_twitter.png

wh_twitter.png

464 ms

wh_youtube.png

wh_youtube.png

435 ms

wh_linkedin.png

wh_linkedin.png

430 ms

print.css

print.css

68 ms

Accessibility Review

arrl.net accessibility score

63

Accessibility Issues

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

arrl.net best practices score

58

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

arrl.net SEO score

62

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Arrl.net can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Arrl.net main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

arrl.net

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of ARRL. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: