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Saturday, 3 October 2026
15 stories published this day (UTC).
Societies & IARU 9
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Najbolji svjetski radioamateri 2030. dolaze u Slavoniju
The world's best radio amateurs come to Slavonia in 2030
The Croatian Amateur Radio Union has been awarded hosting of the World Radiosport Team Championship in July 2030, held alongside the IARU HF Championship. The event will take place near Čepin in Slavonia, with details on wrtc2030.hr.
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Neue Koordinatoren für den IARU Intruder Watch Service (IWS)
New coordinators for the IARU Intruder Watch Service (IWS)
Harald Geier, DL9NDW, and Paulo Teixeira, CT2IWW, take over as global coordinators of the IARU Intruder Watch Service. They succeed Gaspar Miró, EA6AMM, who stepped down after leading the group since 2024.
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800 MHz-proef AST SpaceMobile afgerond – kwestie rond interferentie blijft
AST SpaceMobile 800 MHz trial completed, interference issue remains
AST SpaceMobile has completed its 800 MHz trial, but the dispute over possible interference with the 70 cm amateur band continues. Direct-to-device satellite services increasingly compete with amateur allocations for spectrum.
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Where Will Your Signal Go? Explore the RSGB's Online HF Propagation Tools
The Wireless Institute of Australia points readers to the RSGB's set of online HF propagation tools, which help estimate where a signal is likely to be heard on the bands.
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ISTRA CONTEST CONFERENCE 2026
Istra Contest Conference 2026
The fifth Istra Contest Conference takes place this weekend in Poreč, Croatia, with talks also available on YouTube. On Saturday evening the host of the WRTC 2030 contest is to be announced, with HRS among the candidates.
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HBradio 5/2026 online
Issue 5/2026 of the Swiss society's magazine is available for download. It features an interview with a blind ham, the new USKA website, elevated radial calculations, a magnetic-loop field meter build, the OscarWatch satellite software and contest results.
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Reminder: Notfunk-Tagung am Samstag, 10. Oktober 2026
Reminder: Emergency radio conference on Saturday, 10 October 2026
USKA holds its EmComm conference in Brütten on Saturday, 10 October 2026, and for the first time also invites authorities and rescue organisations. The programme covers Winlink, AREDN mesh networks, VHF/UHF repeater voice links and equipment displays.
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FunkWX am Wochenende
Radio weather for the weekend
A predicted coronal mass ejection only grazed Earth overnight, with no lasting effect on propagation. Geomagnetic activity should stay mostly quiet until stronger solar wind arrives around 4 October (Kp 4–5). Flare risk is very low and DX conditions are usable to good.
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Kort radioamateurnieuws – week 40, 2026
Short amateur radio news – week 40, 2026
VERON's weekly news roundup covers the society's move to a new membership administration system on 1 November 2026. It also mentions an inflatable loop antenna for bicycle tyres, a lecture on 50 years of amateur radio, and a reported Icom X-026 reveal.
DX & contests 3
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YJ0SP – Vanuatu
Steve VK2SP plans a holiday-style operation from Port Vila, Vanuatu, as YJ0SP, running from October 30 to November 5 on the HF bands. QSL via home call.
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OX7AM – Greenland
OZ7AM plans to operate from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland as OX7AM between November 23 and December 7, 2026, on CW only. The operator will enter the CQWW CW contest in the single-operator all-band class. QSL via OZ1ACB and LoTW.
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T32AZ – Kiritimati, East Kiribati
Ken KH6QJ plans to be active again from Kiritimati Island, East Kiribati (OC-024), during the Oceania DX Contest on 3–4 October and the Arizona QSO Party on 10–11 October. QSL goes via home call, direct or bureau.
Space & satellites 1
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Astronaut to use Amateur Radio to Talk to UK Students
Students at Wick High School in Caithness are scheduled to speak with ISS astronaut Joshua Kutryk KJ5BFU on October 6, 2026, via ARISS. The downlink is on 145.800 MHz FM, with a live stream and a possible HamTV video downlink.
Community & news 2
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Ham College 144
Episode 144 of the Ham College video series continues General class exam preparation with a fifth round of questions on the G1E topics: control operator categories, repeater rules, third-party traffic, ITU regions and automatically controlled digital stations. It also mentions an Icom ID-5200 giveaway.
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Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 441
This weekly roundup covers the WSJT-X 3.2.0-rc1 release, which adds JTTY, a weak-signal keyboard mode aimed at RTTY contesting, and a report on ESP32 chips that can work as built-in SDR receivers.