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The WWV Centennial Committee reports that it will conduct a trial run of special event station WW0WWV over the August 24/25 weekend

Sweden's national amateur radio society, the SSA, has written again to their regulator, the PTS, pointing out the interference the Aeronautical Mobile Service would cause to amateur radio

On August 16, a few policemen arrived at the house of Vadamalai Raman in village Purandarai located in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu with photographs of a patient who has been staying at the Bangaon Subdivisional Hospital in West Bengal for over two years

Look for special event station K4MIA/8 to be active between September 13-22nd. Activity is to honor and support our Veterans

The Wire reports shortwave radio transmission presents an effective way to communicate when conventional networks are down

Members of the Lake County Amateur Radio Association (LCARA, N8BC) will activate special event station W4G for the 103rd anniversary celebration of the National Park Service in conjunction with the James A. Garfield Presidential Home in Mentor, OH

AMSAT has issued a call for papers for the 50th Anniversary AMSAT Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of October 18 – 20 at The Hilton Arlington, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, Virginia

Operators Thomas/OZ1AA, Bo/OZ1DJJ, Dave/OZ5DM, Mikkel/OZ7AKT, Alex/OZ7AM and possibly others will be active as OX7A from Kangerlussuaq during the CQWW DX SSB Contest (October 26-27th). Operation class TBD

CITEL, the telecommunications committee of the Organization of American States, concluded a week of meetings on Friday, August 16 at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa

The telecommunications and internet service provider Hutchison 3G UK Limited has started using its 5G spectrum at 3580-3680 MHz in a very limited number of areas

The Huntsville Hamfest was an amazing event - I understand the attendance on Saturday may have broken a few records

The 2019 W/VE Island QSO Party is this coming weekend

An uncrewed Russian Soyuz spacecraft is set to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Aug. 21 on a test flight to validate the spacecraft’s compatibility with a revamped Soyuz booster rocket. The booster will be used to transport crews to the International Space Station beginning in spring 2020

In November the FUNcube-1 CubeSat will have been in orbit for 6 years and the FUNcube team are now soliciting suggestions for the next satellite

In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Leslie Butterfield G0CIB, Edmund Spicer M0MNG, Matthew Nassau M0NJX, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Ruth Willet KM4LAO and Ed Durrant DD5LP to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief and this episode’s feature is Long Island CW Club

G'day, this is Peter VK2PR with the WIA Contest Champion results for 2018. The WIA Contest Champion is awarded annually for the best combined effort in WIA Sponsored Contests

Sunday 11 August in South Africa saw the latest running of the King Williams Town Adventure Race. This challenges participants to a series of fun activities including mountain biking, walking, running, kloofing and puzzle solving

Jefferson Public Radio (JPR) reports on the vital role played by radio amateurs when disaster strikes

In the second of his mini documentary series Lewis M3HHY covers the history of the Altrincham Wireless Society 2QV

The Cuba DX Group will be celebrating its 39th anniversary with special activity on September 1st