Our history has been filled with the fears of change as technology evolves and seems to displace the order we have been comfortable with. So it has been with this hobby, in some ways

South Africa's amateur radio emergency communications organisation, HAMNET, has decided to sever its ties with IRESC. Hamnet's move follows mounting concerns over the direction and leadership of IRESC

Mark Francis, G0GBY, from the Essex-based amateur radio retailer Waters and Stanton, will be paying a visit to the Loughton and District Amateur Radio Society (LEFARS) this coming Friday, 10th September 2010

The four members of the YJ0VK team (Chris VK3QB, Allan VK2CA, Luke VK3HJ and Brenton VK3CBV) returned from Vanuatu on September 2nd, after 6 days of operation

The Soccer World Cup may be over, but it seems we haven't yet heard the last of the dreaded vuvuzela. Just when you thought it was safe to remove your earplugs...

Monday afternoon’s 4.5 magnitude aftershock has pushed a number of damaged buildings over the edge in Christchurch, New Zealand

Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Fredy, DE0MST of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

The Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (BCB) has announced that the initial assessment of the damage caused by thieves to 1540 AM’s transmission facilities suggests restoration of the signal is expected to take around 30 days

The ARRL Lab has installed a D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio) repeater in the Lab at the ARRL Headquarters building

New Zealand was severely shaken by a massive 7.4 on the Richter scale earthquake in the early hours of Saturday morning sending people fleeing from houses and causing severe damage to many buildings. Listen to this report from Hamnet's National Director, Francois Botha, ZS6BUU

On November 6, 2010, the 50th Ham Radio Convention will take place in The Netherlands organised by VERON, the Dutch radio society

On Friday 27 August, South Africa's regulator, ICASA, published the new licence fee structure in the Government Gazette

Hamfest India 2010 organizing committee greets you and seek your kind attention and support to the Ham radio festival to be participated by radio hams all over India

SWL Denis F-11217 and ham F1USC report QSO made with an amateur radio operator signing 'Aeronautical Mobile'

SSB Field Day took place over the weekend and both the Havering and District Amateur Radio Club and the Blackwood and District Amateur Radio Society have made videos of the event

Alan Kung, BA1DU has released this week's operating schedule for the amateur radio satellite HO-68

On 24 July 2010, South Africa's Sci Bono, in co-operation with radio amateurs, unsuccessfully tested the High Altitude Balloon Experiment Payload, also known as HABEX

Denmark's private venture rocket launch planned for Sunday, September 5 has been postponed following the discovery of a faulty valve

According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 29th August, through Sunday, 5th September there were 202 countries active

Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW