Europäische Organisation der Funkamateure

The first Youngsters On The Air (YOTA) Contest has already taken place and was a big success, the next contest will take place on Sunday, July 18

A Freedom of Information request asked Ofcom for the frequencies to be used at the F1 British Grand Prix 2021 at Silverstone

Are you planning to participate in a Field Day soon? Or in a SOTA activation, in a DXpedition or in any other radio activity outside the QTH? Do you have any insurance that covers any unforeseen risk that may occur?

Students will take turns asking their questions of ISS Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, amateur radio call sign KG5FYG

The South Eastern Amateur Radio Group were active from the Old Copper Mine near Bunmahon, Co. Waterford over the weekend of the 5th and 6th June 2021

The Next Generation beacon fund administered by AMSAT SA topped the R18 000 mark and currently stands at R18 150

Don't forget that the WIA special event callsign VK 20 HOME is still available for members to use until December 31st 2021

According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 6th June, through Sunday, 13th June there were 215 countries active

The global pandemic has impacted the expedition charter vessel business very hard; this includes the venerable RV Braveheart which has provided outstanding safety and service to many DXpeditions. As you know, we had signed a contract with Braveheart for 3Y0J

ARISS report there will be an 'Amateur Radio on Shuttle, Mir and ISS' Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event from June 21-26. Transmissions from the International Space Station will be on 145.800 MHz FM using PD120

Look for Special Event Station (SES) N7C to be active between August 10-14th

An ARISS educational school contact is planned for Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG with students at College Albert Camus, La Norville, France and Universite Paris-Saclay, Saint Aubin, France

Tom Slemen writes in the Wirral Globe about a radio amateur who investigated Unidentified Flying Objects

The Roswell Daily Record interviews Jim Tucker KB0QNW who is Skywarn coordinator for amateur radio in Chaves County, New Mexico

Ofcom has today published qualitative research on the customer service some vulnerable people have experienced when getting in touch with their phone, broadband or pay-TV provider recently

Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW

The first amateur radio CubeSat from Mauritius is expected to be deployed from the International Space Station on June 22

On the 12th December 1921, Paul Godley, 2ZE, received the first complete and verified amateur radio short wave transatlantic message ever sent, from a station based in Greenwich, Connecticut '1BCG'

In response to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request Ofcom have released the database of 147,877 Amateur Radio callsigns for the UK and Crown Dependencies for May 2021

The following statement was issued by the IRTS Examination Board on Saturday June 12th