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Numbers taking up amateur radio in UK declining Figures in RSGB Board Proceedings suggest there has been a decline during this year in numbers joining the hobby but numbers are still much better than those before RI online exams were introduced Ham radio exams in Nieuwegein, Netherlands On October 2, the amateur radio Novice (equivalent to UK Intermediate) and Full exams were held in Nieuwegein. A day later, the Stichting Radio Examens (SRE) announced all the provisional exam results School for Deaf Children to talk to an astronaut on the International Space Station in a world first radio communication At 1212 hrs on 12 October 2021 Lloyd Farrington from the Newbury and District Amateur Radio Society (NADARS) will be calling the International Space Station using Amateur Radio equipment and callsign GB4MHN to enable ten deaf children to speak to NASA Astronaut Mark T. Vande Hei A Foot Switch for the Future Technical Reference/Headsets and Speakers A prototype of a switch foot made on a square aluminium stock frame Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2138 Trapped five band EFHW SOTA antenna, Multiband End-fed 80-10m Antenna, Portable magnetic loop antenna, SDR4Space, Coil-Shortened Vertical Antenna Calculator, QSO Map Pyton Script, UTSOURCE.net, MIARC The Michigan Area Repeater Council, Inc BAFARA Award Operating Aids/Awards The Belgian Air Force Amateur Radio Association sponsor of BAFARA Award Rodrigues Island Robert, 3B9FR, is once again active from Rodrigues Island (AF-017) and is NOT a PIRATE Bahamas 'Radio In a Box' operation Operators George/AA7JV, Tomi/HA7RY, Mike/KN4EEI, Don/N1DG, Gregg/W6IZT and Hal/W8HC will be active as C6AGU from Wood Cay (NA-001) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 27-28th and the ARRL 160m CW Contest (December 3-5th) Galapagos Islands Members of the Tifariti Gang/DX Friends will be active as HD8R from Galapagos Islands (SA-004) between October 26th and November 7th The AWA Valve QSO Party this afternoon The AWA Valve QSO Party is a phone only contest on 40 and 80 metres using AM and SSB. Preferably valve radios or radios with valves in them should be used. No linear amplifiers may be used Ham radio CubeSats to deploy from ISS include one on 76 GHz It is expected four CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads will be deployed on the morning of Wednesday, October 6, one of them has 76 GHz capability RSGB release 8 sets of Board proceedings The Proceedings for eight RSGB Board meetings held from December 2020 until August 2021 have now all been released Eire: Regulator to put ham radio exams out to tender Communications regulator ComReg is putting the running of amateur radio exams out to open tender, they are currently run by the national society IRTS QSO Today - Alan Thompson, W6WN Alan Thompson, W6WN, was a volunteer rescuer to the Camp Fire in Northern California a few years ago ARRL Audio News - October 1, 2021 ARRL Audio News - October 1, 2021 Make a Compatct Dipole for 7 MHz Antennas/40M/40 meter Dipole Antennas This article demonstrate how to build and mount a 40 meter loaded dipole using basic materials. This antenna reduce the overall length of an HF dipole through the use of loading coils. Troop 14 hosting Jamboree on the Air Troop 14 in Brownwood, Texas would like to invite all area units to participate in the Jamboree on the Air event from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16 at the Boy Scouts Hut located behind Fire Station 2 at Allcorn Park. The local Ham Radio Operators club will also be on hand WIA Contest Champion Award The Ross Hull Contest is one of 9 Contests that make up the Peter Brown VK4PR, WIA Contest Champion Award Essex Ham comments on removal of Foundation Practical Assessments Essex Ham reports on the RSGB announcement that the current mandatory Foundation Practical Assessments are, with immediate effect, permanently removed from the syllabus. Read the 'pros and cons' in this article, and then see what you think! There is a 'comments' section on the Essex Ham website ACMA release Five Year Spectrum Outlook 2021-26 WIA report the Australian communication regulator the ACMA has released the Five Year Spectrum Outlook document covering the 2021-2026 financial year WIA IARU-R3 Conference report The WIA reports on the IARU Region 3 conference attended by amateur radio societies in Asia and the Pacific, this included the UK's RSGB and USA's ARRL November deadline for EMF compliance checking The new Ofcom EMF regulations require compliance checking for all stations operating at above 110MHz from 18 November Face-to-face exams Now that Covid-related restrictions are ending, from Wednesday 6 October clubs will be able to start booking online exams for groups of candidates using a new club online booking system Foundation practical assessments Following a meeting of the RSGB Examinations Standards Committee at which Ofcom was represented, the current mandatory Foundation practical requirements are, with immediate effect, permanently removed Deaf Pupils Set to Speak with ISS Crew Member in a World-First Event Panoramic Adapter for the Yaesu FTDX-9000 Radio Equipment/HF Transceivers/Yaesu FT-9000 FTDX-9000MP + HDSDR + Ham Radio Deluxe. An IF Based Direct Sampling Panoramic Adapter for the Yaesu FTDX-9000 Yaesu FTM-6000 Dual Band Mobile Transceiver New from Yaesu, a dual-band 50W 2M/70CM FM mobile radio. Many ham radio organizations represented at 2021 ARRL New England Division Convention The ARRL report that this year’s Northeast HamXposition drew about 1,200 attendees to its new location in Marlborough, Massachusetts, during September 10 – 12. The event hosted the ARRL New England Division Convention, and was formerly held about 15 miles away in Boxborough, Massachusetts Amateur radio volunteers assist in major US cycling event The ARRL report that on September 11, some 115 amateur radio volunteers from five states provided communication support for LoToJa, the longest single-day USA Cycling (USAC)-sanctioned bicycle event in the country Earth can make its own auroras without solar storms Researchers from UCLA have discovered a new way Earth can make auroras Past AMSAT President and Director, and Amateur Satellite Pioneer Tom Clark, K3IO, SK AMSAT-NA Past President and ham radio satellite and digital pioneer Tom Clark, K3IO (ex-W3IWI), of Columbia, Maryland, died on September 28 after a short illness and hospital stay Ofcom release totals for licences issued since April 6, 2020 Ofcom have released figures for the number of amateur radio licences issued since the RSGB introduced remotely invigilated online exams on April 6, 2020 ARISS contact scheduled for students in France This will be a telebidge contact via amateur radio between astronaut Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG onboard the International Space Station and students at the Lycee Pierre Paul Riquet, St Orens De Gameville, France and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France Ofcom: Additional clarification of call sign policy In response to a Freedom of information request Ofcom have issued further clarification about their call sign policy