🇸🇪 SSA (Föreningen Sveriges Sändareamatörer)

Nu startar vi upp inför SSA Årsmöte 2027 i Sundsvall.

Preparations begin for the SSA Annual Meeting 2027 in Sundsvall

The Swedish amateur radio society begins announcing plans for its 2027 annual meeting in Sundsvall, set for 23–25 April, with Quality Hotel Sundsvall as base. Further details will appear monthly in QTC.

En ny bok om portabel amatörradio.

A new book on portable amateur radio

SM6YEC has written a 132-page Swedish-language guide to portable amateur radio, covering gear, batteries, antennas, logging software and programs such as POTA, SMFF, WWFF and PARC. It suits beginners and experienced operators and is available in print or as an e-book.

SAC SSB: 10-11 oktober.

SAC SSB: 10-11 October

Swedish stations are encouraged to take part in the SSB leg of the Scandinavian Activity Contest on 11–12 October 2026, following a strong CW weekend. Sweden currently leads the Scandinavian Cup; the contest runs from 12:00 UTC Saturday to 11:59 UTC Sunday.

Beredskap handlar om att vara redo.

Preparedness is about being ready.

Lindesberg Radio Club SK4EA and the volunteer radio organisation FRO Örebro provided backup radio links between 12 polling stations and the municipal office on 13 September. Communication mostly used a 145 MHz repeater, with simplex and a mesh network as fallbacks.

Winlink Wednesday.

Winlink Wednesday

SSA promotes Winlink Wednesday, a weekly practice in which operators send a standard check-in message by radio rather than telnet. It argues regular use builds skill ahead of real emergencies, following Sweden's preparedness week.

WRTC debaklet fortsätter

WRTC debacle continues

The WRTC sanction committee analysed logs from the 2023 event in Italy and found the same cheating patterns as in this year's event. It disqualified the winning team I44W and the ninth-placed I43Z, making I43C the winner.

QTC 10/2026.

SSA announces that issue 10/2026 of its member magazine QTC will soon arrive in members' mailboxes.

Plaketter att tävla om i SAC.

Plaques to compete for in SAC

SSA lists sponsored plaques on offer in the Scandinavian Activity Contest, covering categories such as young operators, YLs and high-power Sweden entries. CW ran on 19–20 September and SSB is on 10–11 October.

Hasse:s SM0BYD QSL-rapport den 17 september 2026

Hasse's SM0BYD QSL report, 17 September 2026

SSA's QSL manager reports on a recent batch of about 13 kilograms of cards sorted at the Sollentuna office. He lists the senders and the current weight on each call-area shelf.

10-årig radioamatör får en Yaesu FT-857D.

10-year-old radio amateur receives a Yaesu FT-857D

A 10-year-old in Arizona, newly licensed as KM7HFU, received a Yaesu FT-857D, an LDG tuner and a restored WWII J-38 key from the Maricopa Amateur Radio Association and one of its members.

SAC 2026 – Ut på banden!

SAC 2026 – Get on the bands!

SSA urges more Swedish stations to take part in the Scandinavian Activity Contest 2026 after Finland narrowly won last year. CW runs September 19–20 and SSB October 10–11, and every log counts toward Sweden's total.

ARDC utlyser projektmedel för utveckling av amatörradion

ARDC invites project funding applications for amateur radio development

ARDC, a US foundation funded by the 2019 sale of part of the 44-net address space, invites project grant applications for amateur radio growth, education and research. The next deadline is January 15, 2027.

WRTC-2026: Diskningar och ny resultatlista

WRTC-2026: Disqualifications and New Results List

After cheating allegations, the WRTC-2026 competition committee finished its analysis of logs, testimony and recordings. It found three types of cheating, removed contacts with a pirate station, and disqualified four teams.