Organisation Européenne des Radioamateurs

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

The presentation on Amateur Radio on the International Space station (ARISS) given by Ciaran Morgan M0XTD and Eleanor Griffin M6NWZ has been released on YouTube

The RSGB has issued a short statement regarding the new M7 Foundation amateur radio licences

RAC President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA, is in Washington, DC attending meetings for the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program

JOTA / JOTI 2018 runs from Friday 19 to Sunday 21 October 2018. This is the 61st year this event is running and is the largest Scouting event on the calendar with approximately 1,5 million Cubs, Scouts and Guides taking part

After 18 months of intensive planning we will soon begin our long journey to Ducie Island. This is a team effort and you are part of the team. Please help us to work you by reviewing this important information

In South Africa, CQ Hou Koers is the Voortrekkers' national amateur radio day and takes place on Saturday 20 October with most Voortrekker stations active from 08:00 until 12:00 on 40 and 20 m and local repeaters

As announced earlier, on Tuesday 16 October 2018 two International Space Station school contacts are planned for Alexander Gerst KF5ONO. The downlink signals will be audible in parts of Europe on 145.800 MHz FM. Moreover, the event in Turnhout, Belgium will be webcast

Amateur radio permit application to Kure Atoll “denied”; Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources cites 1990 textbook, “Vertical structures such as the radio antenna… for ham radio operations, pose a direct bird strike hazard.”

Dover's GB3KS 2M repeater is now operational dual mode - FM and Fusion

The Banbury Amateur Radio Society has won a constructors prize at the RSGB Convention in the UK

CBC News interviews Mike Johnson VE1MWJ who is trying to drum up enthusiasm for ham radio, "our numbers are dwindling" he says

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Valley High School, Albuquerque, NM on 18 Oct.