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Four radio hams will head to space station ARRL reports four radio amateurs will head to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a commercial flight, thanks to Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) FUNcube-1 (AO73) returns to full sunlight After a few months of normal eclipse periods, FUNcube-1 (AO73) will re-enter full sunlight from next week for a period of approximately two months Amplitude Modulation Amateur Radio Society announces monthly 80m AM net The recently formed Amplitude Modulation Amateur Society has announced the date of it's very first monthly AM Net! W9VT Tri-Town Radio Club YB7ZGP Pamaton repeater Pamaton Repeater 146.76 Mhz, in Martapura Distric Banjar, South Kalimantan Indonesia Cigarette Pack for 20 meters Revised Technical Reference/QRP Projects Revision of the Cigarette Pack 14MHz SSB QRP Micro-Transceiver DDUtil for Flex Radio Software/Radio Control Data Decoder Utility is designed to enhance the operating experience for Flex Radio users by providing advanced connectivity to Peripheral equipment and radio control programs (RCPs) otherwise not available. ‘Havana syndrome’ and the mystery of the microwaves Doctors, scientists, intelligence agents and government officials have all been trying to find out what causes "Havana syndrome" - a mysterious illness that has struck American diplomats and spies Conway Reef one man DXpedition Dom, 3Z9DX (aka-3D2USU), member of the Rebel DX Group, announced that he has finally received the Navy's permission to leave the main island of Viti Levu, and will be planning a one man DXpedition (due to the Covid and travel restrictions) to Conway Reef for about 10 days California club assists animal rescue group with communication support The El Dorado County Amateur Radio Club (EDCARC) has been providing radio communication support for small and large-animal rescue efforts during the Caldor Fire Ham radio featured on Swiss TV Visually impaired radio amateur Niklaus HB9EXN and his partner Monika HB9EXM appeared on the Swiss SRF TV show Happy Day presented by Röbi Koller Online talk: Batteries and Amateur Radio Bill Coombes G4ERV will be giving an online talk, Batteries and Amateur Radio, to the Denby Dale Amateur Radio Club at 7:30pm (1830 GMT) on Wednesday, September 15, all are welcome to join the Zoom session Ofcom EMF Regulations talk now on YouTube At the G-QRP Convention on September 5 the Chair of the RSGB EMC Committee, John M0JAV, gave a talk about Ofcom's new EMF Assessment regulations Tokyo Ham Fair 2021 is cancelled Japan's JARL has announced the cancellation of the world's largest amateur radio event, the Tokyo Ham Fair 2021, which had been planned for October 2-3 Austria and Germany release new ham radio call books The communications regulators in Austria and Germany have made new editions of their national amateur radio call books available for free download VE2CBS Club Radio Amateur Sorel-Tracy NFDXA NFDXA is a small group of amateurs located in and around the Jacksonville area in Northeast Florida Riviera ARC Riviera Amateur Radio Club was formed in 2012 in Torbay, Devon, England. HF SIGNALS Manufacturers/QRP Kits The Home of BITX transceivers. Founded to encourage people all over the world to become more active in amateur radio, analog electronics and self-learning. Building and modifying radios is a great education. Revised copy of the Digital Operating Manual Steve EI5DD has revised the content of the Digital Radio Operating Manual to include Northern Ireland Digital Repeater Systems and Digital Gateways Braveheart on the move We were happy to receive some news from our old friend Nigel Jolly. He has sold the Braveheart to a new owner who will make her available for amateur radio DXpeditions Hot air and amateur radio Members of the Helvetia Telegraphy Club (HTC) will activate the callsign HB9HC/AM in the air from a hot air balloon MDXC presentation The Madison DX Club (MDXC) will have a ZOOM presentation on September 14th. The program will be '6m Earth-Moon-Earth System Construction' presented by David Schmocker, KJ9I A message to the examination candidates On behalf of the IRTS Committee and myself I would like to wish all the candidates every success in their HAREC examination which took place on Saturday 11th of September How many radio amateurs are there worldwide ? In his YouTube talk of September 7 the RSGB General Manager quoted 3 million as the number of radio amateurs worldwide but where did this number come from ? IZ7AUH.com Official Site of IZ7AUH Mr. Frank The KA7OEI FT-817 Battery Types Radio Equipment/HF Transceivers/Yaesu FT-817 Operating the FT-817 from various types of batteries, such as Alkaline Cells, NiCd or NiMH rechargeable batteries. An useful article that compares usage of different types of batteries for the Yaesu FT-817 NZ Draft Repeater Maps 2021 NZART report the New Zealand Draft Repeater Maps 2021 are ready for checking. In this update only the UHF South Island map has been updated. The previous update to this was 6 September 2021 SARL Wednesday 80m Club Sprint The fifth leg of the SARL Wednesday 80 m Club Sprint takes place from 17:30 to 18:30 UTC (19:30 to 20:30 CAT) on Wednesday 15 September Groups added to DX Awards program The WIA has added an exciting new feature to its DX Awards Program - Groups. A Group is similar to a leaderboard, but very much more flexible, and are available for all members of the Awards Program, not just VKs Amateur radio association to conduct licensing class Educational Committee Chairman for the Fort Herkimer Amateur Radio Association, Inc. (New York) Chris Bouck, amateur radio callsign KB4CMF, announces that the association will be teaching an entry-level Technician Class licensing course, from September 21st through December 15th, 2021 CW Pow Wow The Peel Amateur Radio Group has been encouraging its newer members to learn the art of CW, and for us oldies, re-kindle whats probably a lost skill SARL engages ICASA at spectrum public hearing This past week the SARL presented amateur radio’s frequency requirements during the three days-long public hearing about the Draft National Radio Frequency Plan Review of the Motorola 'MotoTrbo Ion' The Motorola MotoTrbo Ion is a 'Solid Radio.' The build quality is superb. When holding it in your hand it feels heavy, solid, and unbreakable. The screen is bright and the colors are vivid RSGB General Manager on YouTube The Stockport Radio Society have released a video of a talk given to the club on September 7 by the RSGB General Manager Steve Thomas M1ACB