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Loads of activity especially at the weekend with there being both the EU HF contest and the 10-10 contest. TK9X was most popular during the week but failed to appear at the weekend. Even I managed to work quite a few mid-Europeans on Saturday and Sunday (but not enough to get into my own lists!)

Scott Redd, K0DQ, operating the 2008 CW weekend of the CQ World Wide DX Contest from Aruba as P40Q, racked up over a million more points than his closest competitor in the Single-Operator Low Power Class, and became perhaps the only person ever to win single-op world championships in all six major ham radio DX contests

Radio Amateurs are requested to listen out for and report any signals on 437.325 MHz from BEVO1 launched July 30

This year's Perseid meteor shower could be even better than usual, with the Perseid meteor rate surging to twice its normal value

The program for the RSGB Convention at Wyboston in October has now been published

A club meeting provided an opportunity for the Chairmen of the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS) and the Malvern Hills Radio Amateurs Club (MHRAC) to meet for the first time in ten years

Mike, ZL2CC will be giving a presentation on the ZL7T Chatham Island DXpedition 2009 on Tuesday, 18th August, at the Loughborough and District Amateur Radio Club

The Amateur Radio station on the International Space Station (ISS) was sending Slow Scan TV pictures on Monday Aug 3. The SSTV transmissions are part of the MAI-75 (Moscow Aviation Institute) experiments taking place on August 3rd and 4th

Members of Sands Amateur Radio Contest Group will be operating a number of Special event Stations on Saturday 15th August to celebrate Galloways Society for the Blind "The 25th Anniversary of the Cross Bay Walk" led by Queens Guide Cedric Robinson MBE

A group of Greek hams will activate the Dukato Lefkas Island Lighthouse ARLHS# GRE-060 between 6-9 August 2009

The dedicated team of Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS) volunteers will be starting their next Foundation evening course on the 3rd of September

Members of the Valley of the Moon Amateur Radio Club will be active as N6P from the Point Reyes lighthouse

In the past, amateur radio issues have been managed by a variety of different government agencies: Tonga Telecom, Marine and Ports, the Post Office, the Treasury, and most recently the Prime Minister's Office. Now, all that has changed

The 31st Clipperton DX Club Convention will be held in Strasbourg, France, between September 18-19th. Look for special event station TM9CDX to be on the air between September 5-19th

For amateur radio stations/SWL's around the world who contact/hear Geopark stations, the English Riviera Geopark is offering a special commemorative European Geoparks Network radio amateur certificate

Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Fredy, DE0MST of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

The Kentucky Division of Emergency Management and its Department of Military Affairs has invited the state's organized emergency communications groups to take part in a statewide pandemic influenza exercise - planned for August 3rd to the 7th

TAPR has been ham radio's pre-eminent digital voice and data technology group for over 25 years and it is now on Twitter under the username taprdigital

The toolbag that went missing during a space walk at the International Space Station on November 18, 2008 is due to re-enter the earth's atmosphere in the next couple of days

The July issue of the excellent AMSAT India newsletter is now available for free download