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RSGB National Radio Centre needs extra volunteers

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The RSGB National Radio Centre (NRC) welcomes thousands of people through
its doors each month. In August 2021 alone, nearly 14,500 came to find out
more about amateur radio

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Caithness radio hams in the press

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The Caithness Amateur Radio Society got some good publicity for the hobby
by telling the local press about the Field Day station they'd run

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Latest issue of RadCom Basics now available

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The September issue of RadCom Basics is now available online for RSGB
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University students operate portable

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Students who are members of Norway's Academic Amateur Radio Club decided to
do some portable operating as their shack was out of action due to a roof repair

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Ofcom: Additional clarification of call sign policy

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In response to a Freedom of information request Ofcom have issued further clarification about their call sign policy

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ARISS contact scheduled for students in France

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This will be a telebidge contact via amateur radio between astronaut Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG onboard the International Space Station and students at the Lycee Pierre Paul Riquet, St Orens De Gameville, France and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France

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Ofcom release totals for licences issued since April 6, 2020

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Ofcom have released figures for the number of amateur radio licences issued since the RSGB introduced remotely invigilated online exams on April 6, 2020

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Past AMSAT President and Director, and Amateur Satellite Pioneer Tom Clark, K3IO, SK

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AMSAT-NA Past President and ham radio satellite and digital pioneer Tom
Clark, K3IO (ex-W3IWI), of Columbia, Maryland, died on September 28 after a short illness and hospital stay

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Earth can make its own auroras without solar storms

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Researchers from UCLA have discovered a new way Earth can make auroras

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VK6WIA NewsWest

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NewsWest for Sunday 3rd October 2021 is the Club Focus edition, where we
hand over the programme space to Amateur Radio clubs so they can strut
their stuff. And they have. There’s a bumper crop of club news items,
making a full programme

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Amateur radio volunteers assist in major US cycling event

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The ARRL report that on September 11, some 115 amateur radio volunteers
from five states provided communication support for LoToJa, the longest single-day USA Cycling (USAC)-sanctioned bicycle event in the country

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Many ham radio organizations represented at 2021 ARRL New England Division Convention

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The ARRL report that this year’s Northeast HamXposition drew about 1,200 attendees to its new location in Marlborough, Massachusetts, during
September 10 – 12. The event hosted the ARRL New England Division
Convention, and was formerly held about 15 miles away in Boxborough, Massachusetts

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DX News from the ARRL

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The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity on the amateur radio bands

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Friday's edition has just been released!

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Southgate Vibes is our twice-weekly amateur radio podcast

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