The next Amateur Radio Foundation course will be running on Wednesday evenings starting on the 8th September 2010

The Southern Florida Section and the Oklahoma Section will have new Section Mangers starting in October, and the incumbent Section Manager of Ohio was re-elected in the Summer Section Manager election

Phil, G1LKJ informs us that the suppliers of Echolink have developed an app for the Android phone system and it is live as of now

http://www.southgatearc.org/news/august2010/orford_ness_radar.htm

The output of Russian number station UVB-76, known as 'The Buzzer' by its listeners, has increased dramatically over the past week or so

Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with South Hobart Primary School, South Hobart, Tasmania, Australia on Friday 27th August at 06:43 UTC

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Peter Hale, G4OAD

Following the success of last year, the G QRP Club Convention at Rishworth on October 23 is to have another Buildathon which is open to all

A very poor week with only a passable weekend. No sunspots so it looks like Ten Metres has regressed along with the sun. Although there was not quantity there was some quality DX about. XU7ATM (Cambodia), 9X0TL (Rwanda), CX7CO, (Uruguay) and D4C (Cape Verde Is)

This year's RSGB Convention, Oct 8-10, has many first class speakers and is an event not to be missed

The InfoWorld Test Center rounds up of the past year in open source, highlighting the best open source offerings in several software categories: "The word 'best' here can mean many things. It is sometimes equivalent to 'most promising', 'most surprising', 'most subversive', 'most unnerving', 'most opportune', 'most happening', or some weird, inchoate mixture of them all. The one thing it always means is 'most useful' - to developers, IT administrators, and users on a business network." From enterprise apps, to app dev tools, to platforms and middleware, to networking software, the list is expansive, including 39 hybrid license and community offerings.

Arlo Raim, KB9LLF, of Danville, Illinois, was killed by a southbound Canadian National freight train on the morning of Friday, August 20. He was 67. Raim had been in Pratt’s Wayne Woods Forest Preserve -- part of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage (Illinois) County -- to monitor the effect of increased train traffic on cardinals.

According to Canadian National spokesman Patrick Waldron, Raim...

Tim Walford G3PCJ is pleased to announce that, following the first, and very successful QRP in the Country event this year, he will be hosting it again in 2011 at Upton Bridge Farm, Long Sutton, Somerset

iHAB Project (Iowa High Altitude Balloon) will launch its FIRST High Altitude/Near Space balloon on Saturday August 28th from the Indian Hills Community College North Campus (Ottumwa Regional Airport)

HAMNET is a voluntary group of South African radio amateurs who make their unique communication skills available to assist and help others in distress during and after disasters. Listen to this audio report from Hamnet's national director, Francois Botha – ZS6BUU

During the severe storms that battered Fort Bend County, Texas Monday night, the county’s Emergency Management Radio Operators Group provided 'vital information to the National Weather Service and the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office,' according to the Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management

South Africa AMSAT (SA-AMSAT) is slowly adding additional operational time for SumbandilaSat SO-67

A report says that Japanese electronics giant Toshiba plans to market the world’s first 3D television that doesn't need special glasses later this year

Many people know that amateur radio operators like to chat. Few realize that the chatter can sometimes save lives..

The Wellington Amateur Radio Club station at Quartz Hill, call sign ZL6QH, is looking for a new home after the existing one was de-commissioned when construction of a wind generation farm began