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Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

IOL reports Zimbabwe's first satellite ZimSat-1, carrying an amateur radio APRS digipeater is expected to be be launched to the ISS in October

In India on 15 Sep 2022, on the occasion of National Engineering Day, an excellent Workshop titled 'Fascinating World of Ham Radio and Amateur Radio Satellites' was conducted by AMSAT-INDIA's Regional Coordinator Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP at reputed Marwadi University Rajkot (Gujarat) INDIA

Students at the National Technical University of Ukraine 'Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute' have built an amateur radio CubeSat expected to launch soon

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted an ARRL emergency request for a 60-day temporary waiver intended to facilitate amateur radio emergency communications for hurricane relief

For the first time in more than 20 years, NASA is about to buzz Europa

The European Radio Amateurs' Organization announces a new party on the air, this time with the motto: 'CQ mobile'

Ofcom is today urging telecoms firms to do more to support their customers through the cost-of-living crisis, as new research reveals record numbers of households are struggling to afford their communications services

Loads of stations and DX all week.V31XX (Belize), 5K0YD, 5K0T, 5K0C, (all San Andres and Providencia) 8Z92ND, (Saudi Arabia special), and many, many more.

The Chair of IARU Region 1 Spectrum and Regulatory Liaison Committee, Barry Lewis G4SJH, reports ITU-R Study Group 4 has finalised the study report regarding the amateur radio 1240-1300 MHz band

The IARU member-societies have voted to admit the Sudan Amateur Radio Union (SARU) as its newest member society

Wisconsin's Office of Emergency Communications reports radio amateurs participated in a national exercise designed to promote interoperable communications between local, state, tribal, and federal levels of government

The 10 meters band is opening for the last 10 days as the sunspots are above 100. I am sure you all are Dxing on 10. I am logging more than 100 stations per opening, but the noise of 'Over The Horizon Radar' is disturbing/ blocking the QSO's

Monday's NASA's DART spacecraft hit asteroid Dimorphos--a dramatic bullseye 11 million kilometers from Earth

The Cyprus Amateur Radio Society (CARS) reports that for the second year in a row a record number of candidates took the HAREC exam

The ARRL reports the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service groups and volunteers have ramped up preparations as the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that Hurricane Ian continues to quickly intensify

Special thanks to AMSAT-NA (AMSAT.ORG) for the following Keplerian data

Andy, G0SFJ has made available public domain leaflets from Iran about the drones they sell

You are reminded that the next Sandton ARC Power Hour Tech Talk will take place from 19:00 CAT on Thursday 29 September

This is a call for papers for the 40th annual AMSAT Space Symposium