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Am Tag der Vereinten Nationen wird die schwedische Radiostation SAQ wird am 24. Oktober im UNESCO-Welterbe in Grimeton, Schweden, in die Luft gehen. Die Veranstalter feiern den internationalen Festtag, indem sie mit dem Langwellensender SAQ eine Friedensnachricht in die Welt senden. Anschließend wird die Varberger Band Green Hill ein Konzert im irischen Folkstil geben.

Another good week although Thursday and Friday were pretty poor. I managed St. Helena, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Argentina and loads of Eu. (I even squeezed in the Dominican Republic but that was on 17m.)

The ARRL Contest Branch has announced that participants in the 2019 ARRL RTTY Roundup will be permitted to use the new FT8 protocol, which is part of the WSJT-X software suite

The RSGB has released an interim report - Determination of impact of VDSL interference on the Amateur Radio Service

The SSA reports Swedish DIY retailer Jula has agreed to withdraw an LED lamp that pollutes the RF spectrum causing interference to radio communications

David Stansfield G0EVV, from Morpeth in Northern England, has reached SOTA Mountain Goat status after six years of participating as an activator

Sweden's SSA has announced a new edition of the 370 page amateur radio textbook KonCEPT is available for free download

A complete lists of Portuguese stations that will be active during this weekend for the 61st Jamboree On The Air and 22nd JOTI 2018 is now available

Glasgow's Evening Times reports Terry Robinson GM3WUX is using the special event callsign GR150NIB to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Royal National Institute of Blind People

The Portuguese ARLA - Associação de Radioamadores do Litoral Alentejano has re-activated VHF and UHF multi beacons CS5BAL - CW in Aldeia dos Chãos, IM57px

The excitement is building with 2 days to go as final preparations are put in place and the logistics work begins by the 3rd Limerick Scout Group who are participating in the largest Scouting event in the world, the 61st International Jamboree-On-The-Air

It seems Ofcom are now issuing short callsigns for those who've passed the RSGB Intermediate (2x2 call) or Advanced (1x2 call) exams. This change provides a major incentive for radio amateurs to upgrade their licence

US Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi has tweeted about the work radio amateurs have been doing in assisting with disaster response efforts in Florida after Hurricane Michael

Get ready for a very nice comet. In exactly two months, Comet 46P/Wirtanen will sweep past Earth, making one of the 10 closest approaches of a comet to our planet during the Space Age

TV broadcaster KOLO 8 NewsNow reports amateur radio operators ready to help with natural disasters

To help the Government’s work to make it easier for rail passengers to get online while travelling, Ofcom has published technical advice originally provided to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in August

Our next free Amateur Radio Exam will be November 3, 2018, at the Thanksgiving Fire Department, 2375 Thanksgiving Fire Rd, Selma, NC

Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

Auf der DARC-Webseite sind die Anträge zur DARC-Mitgliederversammlung erschienen: www.darc.de/der-club/allgemeines/. Bitte loggen Sie sich zunächst als Mitglied ein, um die hinterlegte PDF-Datei lesen zu können. Die DARC-Mitgliederversammlung tagt am 17. und 18. November im Hotel Stadt Baunatal. Bereits am Freitagabend trifft sich der Amateurrat zu einer Vorbesprechung. Die Sitzungszeiten sind am Samstag von 12 bis 18 Uhr und Sonntag von 9 bis 12 Uhr.

Am 16. Oktober gab es einen Funkkontakt mit Alexander Gerst, KF5ONO, mit seiner ehemaligen Schule in Künzelsau. Darüber berichtete auch das Magazin „Brisant“ der ARD am selben Tag in der Sendung mit dem Beitrag „Grüße aus dem All – Weshalb Alexander Gerst in seine ehemalige Schule schaltet“. Dieser knapp dreiminütige Beitrag ist in der ARD-Mediathek bis zum 23. Oktober verfügbar.