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Report Summary

  • 25

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    44% of other websites

  • 65

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 30% of websites

  • 58

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    20% of websites

  • 62

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    23% of websites

arrl.org

ARRL - Home

Page Load Speed

2.9 sec in total

First Response

892 ms

Resources Loaded

1.7 sec

Page Rendered

298 ms

arrl.org screenshot

About Website

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

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.org page load time and found that the first response time was 892 ms and then it took 2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 40% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

arrl.org performance score

25

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.3 s

73/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value12.0 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.8 s

10/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,020 ms

26/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.264

46/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.6 s

23/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

arrl.org

892 ms

style.css

115 ms

fd35b8f337d3856bc83bf7a995edbf6e_1714154437.css

42 ms

4b1e36f83acf011ab91c2a6e757af96f_1714154552.js

147 ms

adsbygoogle.js

124 ms

Our browser made a total of 66 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 67% of them (44 requests) were addressed to the original Arrl.org, 23% (15 requests) were made to Ads.arrl.org and 5% (3 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (892 ms) belongs to the original domain Arrl.org.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 331.7 kB (19%)

Content Size

1.8 MB

After Optimization

1.4 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Arrl.org main page is 1.8 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. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.2 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-76%

Potential reduce by 41.4 kB

  • Original 54.6 kB
  • After minification 50.1 kB
  • After compression 13.2 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 41.4 kB or 76% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 96.4 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

-27%

Potential reduce by 106.0 kB

  • Original 390.0 kB
  • After minification 390.0 kB
  • After compression 283.9 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 106.0 kB or 27% 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.org 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 16 (26%)

Requests Now

61

After Optimization

45

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 61 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 10 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

arrl.org

arrl.org

892 ms

style.css

style.css

115 ms

fd35b8f337d3856bc83bf7a995edbf6e_1714154437.css

fd35b8f337d3856bc83bf7a995edbf6e_1714154437.css

42 ms

4b1e36f83acf011ab91c2a6e757af96f_1714154552.js

4b1e36f83acf011ab91c2a6e757af96f_1714154552.js

147 ms

adsbygoogle.js

adsbygoogle.js

124 ms

js

js

67 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

73 ms

ajs.php

ajs.php

55 ms

spriteme1.png

spriteme1.png

132 ms

wrap-bg.png

wrap-bg.png

56 ms

spriteme2.png

spriteme2.png

286 ms

spriteme3.png

spriteme3.png

131 ms

Read_QST_issue.jpg

Read_QST_issue.jpg

89 ms

Homepage_feature_graphic___ARRL_Membership.jpg

Homepage_feature_graphic___ARRL_Membership.jpg

135 ms

ARRL_LearningCenter_Homepage590x315.jpg

ARRL_LearningCenter_Homepage590x315.jpg

287 ms

Handbook_100_home_graphic_590x315.jpg

Handbook_100_home_graphic_590x315.jpg

163 ms

news_icon.png

news_icon.png

150 ms

trophy.png

trophy.png

284 ms

Hendricks.jpg

Hendricks.jpg

172 ms

2024-Collegiate-Amateur-Radio-Program-Logo.jpg

2024-Collegiate-Amateur-Radio-Program-Logo.jpg

287 ms

Dick%20Ross%20Square.jpg

Dick%20Ross%20Square.jpg

291 ms

DSC02816.JPG

DSC02816.JPG

291 ms

HV24%20Logo_C-2_3.jpg

HV24%20Logo_C-2_3.jpg

292 ms

latest_1024_HMIIF_4.jpg

latest_1024_HMIIF_4.jpg

293 ms

NASA%20Hurricane%20photo%20for%202024.jpeg

NASA%20Hurricane%20photo%20for%202024.jpeg

293 ms

IOWA%20tornado%20photo%202024%20NOAA.jpeg

IOWA%20tornado%20photo%202024%20NOAA.jpeg

294 ms

latest_1024_HMIIF_5.jpg

latest_1024_HMIIF_5.jpg

293 ms

MFJ.jpg

MFJ.jpg

294 ms

paul%20buck%20athens%20kw5tnt_2.jpg

paul%20buck%20athens%20kw5tnt_2.jpg

294 ms

Boston.jpg

Boston.jpg

295 ms

latest_1024_HMIIC_30.jpg

latest_1024_HMIIC_30.jpg

295 ms

DV1.jpg

DV1.jpg

296 ms

but-6.png

but-6.png

341 ms

ota202108.jpg

ota202108.jpg

370 ms

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xctmpXMFwO3.png

368 ms

xctmpMKmeW8.png

xctmpMKmeW8.png

371 ms

xctmppJXTys.png

xctmppJXTys.png

371 ms

Eclectic_podcast_logo.jpg

Eclectic_podcast_logo.jpg

371 ms

info.png

info.png

384 ms

diamond_logo.png

diamond_logo.png

555 ms

book.png

book.png

552 ms

ARRL_New%20Books_June%2023_sm.jpg

ARRL_New%20Books_June%2023_sm.jpg

557 ms

wh_instagram.png

wh_instagram.png

555 ms

show_ads_impl.js

show_ads_impl.js

252 ms

wh_facebook.png

wh_facebook.png

509 ms

ajs.php

ajs.php

80 ms

wh_twitter.png

wh_twitter.png

474 ms

js

js

48 ms

wh_youtube.png

wh_youtube.png

433 ms

wh_linkedin.png

wh_linkedin.png

432 ms

599928aeabb8d1b36e6ea3081be891ab.gif

599928aeabb8d1b36e6ea3081be891ab.gif

10 ms

lg.php

lg.php

157 ms

ajs.php

ajs.php

3 ms

ajs.php

ajs.php

29 ms

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7d89443bc614710ae2f7cd88244a05be.png

3 ms

lg.php

lg.php

125 ms

ajs.php

ajs.php

4 ms

ajs.php

ajs.php

116 ms

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511b47b10b802824793a355b2b66090d.gif

86 ms

lg.php

lg.php

86 ms

ajs.php

ajs.php

73 ms

zrt_lookup.html

zrt_lookup.html

39 ms

ads

ads

189 ms

ajs.php

ajs.php

31 ms

lg.php

lg.php

157 ms

print.css

print.css

23 ms

Accessibility Review

arrl.org accessibility score

65

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.

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.org 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.org 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.org 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.org 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.org

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: