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Microwave weekend F5KSE – contacts on 5 and 10 GHz near Toulouse
Radio-Club de la Haute-Garonne F5KSE summarized its September microwave activity. The portable station operated from the hills near Auzeville-Tolosane, making contacts on 5 and 10 GHz.
GB0ATA and GB0MMR with Airfields on the Air distinctions
Bracknell Amateur Radio Club has received RAFARS distinctions for contacts made by special event stations during activities associated with British airfields.
ARICA-2 opens a space-based radio message mailbox
From September 29, radio amateurs will be able to send messages via the Japanese CubeSat ARICA-2. The experiment will run until October 13.
Record-breaking 24 GHz – 236 km between VK4IF/p and VK2SRC/p
During the Australian Spring VHF-UHF Field Day, radio amateurs made a 24 GHz contact over a distance of 236 km, first using Q65 and then SSB.
SSB Field Day 2026 – RADARC tests a new switched antenna in the field
Reading and District Amateur Radio Club summed up this year’s SSB Field Day. The team operated in the low-power category, using an Elecraft K4 and a new automatically switched dipole antenna designed G0LHZ.
RADE V2 goes on the air – FreeDV begins testing the next generation of digital voice
The FreeDV project has begun recruiting amateur radio operators to test RADE V2. The new mode will be evaluated in real radio contacts using a test version of FreeDV 3.0.
Amateur radio operators supported Septemberfest – SARC provided communications during the three-day event
Members of the Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club helped support Septemberfest 2026, providing communications assistance during one of Schaumburg’s largest local events.
POTA/SOTA activation on Diamond Head turned into a real rescue operation
Michael Miller KH6ML completed his eleventh QSO when he was asked to help a hiker who had collapsed in an observation bunker. He called 911 and prepared a handheld amateur radio as a backup means of communication.
From SMD to 3D printing – RSGB will show how to build your own projects more easily
5 October Tom Wardill M9TWM will host a Tonight@8 webinar on modern tools, PCB manufacturing, 3D printing and equipment available to the home builder.