BBC Radio Ulster listeners may be used to driving along to the sounds of Hugo Duncan’s popular afternoon programme, but they can now enjoy hearing the presenter keep them on the right path any time of the day by downloading the unique voice of Uncle Hugo to their SatNav system

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

The ZS6JVT 40 metre HF Youth Spring Competition will take place on Saturday 4 September between 10:00 and 12:00 CAT

The Austrian Military Radio Society celebrates its 50th anniversary from Sep 1 until Dec 31. Several special event stations will be activated for this event

The Herald newspaper reports that the Torbay Amateur Radio Society were given a presentation on fire safety by firefighter Simon M3VTO

Calcutta News reports that 25 Indian universities aspire to launch satellites but the Indian space agency indicates current launch opportunities are limited

A promotional video for an iPhone Amateur Radio satellite tracker App has been uploaded to YouTube

Radio communication is a vital part of today’s world. British Wireless for the Blind Fund invites you or your Club to take part in Transmission 2010, our annual competition to make as many contacts across the world as possible and raise money for a very worthwhile cause at the same time

By Duncan MacLachlan, KU0DM
ARRL Youth Editor
ku0dm@arrl.net

I desperately wanted to go on a DXpedition before I turned 18. I know not many kids my age have had the opportunity to travel abroad, let alone travel abroad for the sole purpose of doing something you love. So when Don DuBon, N6JRL, first contacted me, informing me that there was a possibility that I could accompany a group of young ope...

With Hurricane Earl now a category 2 storm -- and expected to become a major hurricane -- WX4NHC and the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) -- activated at 8 AM EDT on Monday, August 30; WX4NHC is the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida. As of 8 AM (EDT) on Monday, August 30, Earl’s center is approximately 25 miles east north-northeast of St Martin in the north...

Peter PD1AJJ and Elmar PD3EM will be active with the special event callsign PD55RADAR between 4 - 14 September 2010. RaDAR is short for Rapid Deployment Amateur Radio

The Sun has been generating some imaginative news headlines during the summer months, an Australian news website has just covered the issue

It is time to register for the 2010 AMSAT Space Symposium and General meeting. You can register on-line at the AMSAT Store

As of this week, the 2010 Amsat Symposium Committee has had several exciting offers for papers and presentations

There is a change of venue for this year's Bright Sparks Quiz

WSAR (Wilderness Search and Rescue) ran an operation at Matroosberg on the 12th and 13th of August in an attempt to recover the remains of Elaine Abrahams who fell over the edge of Groothoek Canyon at the end of June. Listen to this report from Hamnet's National Director, Francois Botha, ZS6BUU

AO-51 Command Team, Mark Hammond, N8MH said this week that according to projections, the next 100% illumination period for AO-51 has begun

According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 22nd-August, through Sunday, 29th-August there were 207 countries active

Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW

Members of the URE, LYNX and DXCITING from the EA3 and EA5 districts will activate EG3LH from the Faro el Galacho, Punta Corballera Lighthouse between September 4-5th