This is the first call for speakers for the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium 2022 which takes place in Milton Keynes on October 8-9

This paper by Daniel Estévez EA4GPZ, Mario Lorenz DL5MLO and Peter Gülzow DB2OS describes the reception of the Tianwen-1 Chinese Mars mission carried out by AMSAT-DL with the 20 meter antenna at Bochum Observatory (Germany)

The National Short Wave Listeners Club has 83 members. Our weekly Zoom Sunday Socials continue to be popular with an average attendance of 35-40 members

Phil Karn, KA9Q writes: Last night I got the sad news that Franklin Antonio, N6NKF, one of the founders of Qualcomm and my boss for most of my 20 years there, has passed away

The popular Electromagnetic Field event takes place June 2-5 at the Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire, UK

The sporadic operating from 4U1ITU will continue until June 3u

AMSAT-UK is very happy to announce the 2022 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium will be held as part of the RSGB Convention on October 8-9 at the Kents Hill Park Conference Centre, Timbold Drive, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BZ

The NRRL News Bulletin details how a Norwegian radio amateur helped a sailor to be rescued

Chairman of the ARRL RF Safety Committee Gregory D. Lapin, N9GL, Ph.D., P.E., will receive an award at the 2022 Dayton Hamvention from the Radio Society of Great Britain

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

Craig Fugate KK4INZ was FEMA Administrator during hurricane Katrina and saw firsthand how important radio amateurs are in a disaster

The 415 Amateur Radio Club of Crystal Lake, IL will celebrate its 5th Anniversary by again participating in the ARRL’s 2022 Summer Field Day

The ARISS amateur radio ground station (telebridge station) for this contact is in Paardekraal, South Africa. The amateur radio volunteer team at the ground station will use the callsign ZS6JON, to establish and maintain the ISS connection

Amateur radio observations provide a new method for studying large-scale ionospheric disturbances and HF communication impacts, and are important applications in ionospheric space weather monitoring

After nearly three years, Hamvention is back. The convention is the world’s largest amateur radio gathering at Greene County Expo Center, according to the event’s website

In this video Philippe F6ETI demonstrates an amateur radio activity known as Moon bounce (EME) which enables world-wide communications at VHF/UHF/Microwaves by bouncing the signal off the Moon

Switzerland's USKA reports amateur radio will be demonstrated at an interactive exhibition in Basel for young people aged 7-13

A good week in general with four contacts needed at the weekend to get into the lists. I did work Sri Lanka and the Falklands on Ten with Azerbaijan and Kenya on 20m. I chased 9N7CI (Nepal) for a while but no joy. Most sought after were 9N7CI (Nepal), VU4W (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), 5Z4VJ (Kenya) and plenty of others

John Birkett G8OPP passed away peacefully in the Lincoln County Hospital on the 30th April 2022, the funeral takes place on the 30th May

Special thanks to AMSAT-NA (AMSAT.ORG) for the following Keplerian data. Keplerian bulletins are transmitted twice weekly from W1AW