European Radio Amateurs' Organization

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is still at low levels. The sun is nearly blank of sunspots and the current streak of daily spots which stands at 53 may soon come to an end. The effective sunspot number is expected to be less than 25 for the coming week

The September 2010 edition of the free WorldRadio Online magazine is now available for download

A collection of videos from the Tokyo Ham Fair taking place this weekend have been posted on YouTube. Among the videos is one showing ICOM's eagerly-awaited IC-9100 (HF~1200MHz) transceiver

The Vanuatu DXpedition YJ0VK takes place August 27 through September 2, 2010

Two videos on YouTube video show the concept for a CubeSat propulsion system using plasma electrolysis of water

The Montenegrin Amateur Radio Pool (MARP), formed in October 2008, has been accepted as the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) member society

The Kettering And District Amateur Radio Society got some good publicity for their Spurn lightship operation GB0MMH in Hull this weekend

This week's ARRL Surfin’ column looks at new HF APRS applications originating from the UK - the Cross Country Wireless APRS Messenger

W5KUB is broadcasting streaming video and audio of the Huntsville hamfest

There are now over 440 registrations in some 40 countries, setting the scene for a great weekend

A one-day ATV event, to be called 'Network Day', aims to attract as many stations as possible to take part by creating a series of high power well sited stations on key locations

The Camb-Hams, the social side of the Cambridgeshire Repeater Group, will be active from the village of Brinkley (6 miles south of Newmarket) for this Sunday's ATV activity day

The Irish Radio Transmitters Society asks that radio amateurs and short wave listeners keep a listening watch around 28.265MHz FM as there have been incursions by churches on this frequency heard throughout Europe

With solar activity on the rise, August 2010 has been a good month for auroras

Digital Amateur Television is coming to New Zealand, but not necessarily because the Kiwi ham radio community wants to make the change

Thanks so much to Tomas Hood, NW7US, who wrote last week's bulletin while K7RA was in California at dance camp

The ARMIC ONCE EA3RKR Team have been authorised to transmit from inside the Cathedral of Barcelona, something unheard of since its construction

ICPO - Islands, Castles and Portable Operations. Probably the most comprehesive ham radio activity listings available anywhere on the internet

Members of Sands Contest Group and Workington Radio Club along with Brendon Minish, EI6IZ will be visiting the Isle of Arran off the coast of south western Scotland, and operating under the callsign MS0SCG

The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity