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The Atlantic Hurricane Season officially runs from 1st June to 30 November each year and Tropical Storm Alex has become the first 'named' storm of this year. Amateur Radio continues to play a part in gathering and distributing information for the weather and emergency services each year

Operating through the Amateur Radio satellites proved a popular activity during last weekend's Field Day

On Saturday, July 10th, the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club will host a 'Celebration of Amateur Radio'

Students at the US Naval Postgraduate School are building an Amateur Radio CubeSat NPS-SCAT that will operate on 435 MHz and 2.4 GHz

SAQ will be on air on Alexanderson Day, Sunday 4 July 2010 at 09:00 UTC and 12:00 UTC

The Western Gazette reports that WWII Naval Radio operator and radio amateur Les Morgan, G0WDG has passed away at the age of 87

The Amateur Radio AX.25 FM packet repeater on the International Space Station (ISS) is now active on 145.825 MHz

July 1st to July 6th 2010, all thirteen 1776 original colonies will be on the air - one S.E. station per Colony state

Ib OZ1MY reports on Monday's pass over Europe of the Amateur Radio satellite Sumbandilasat (SO-67)

The Special Events Stations Hunter Award (SESH) is issued by editor of Polish Radio Amateurs’ journal QTC, and is issued to an amateur radio station submitting proof of contact with 100 or more Special Events Stations

When you look at the week it’s kind of been 'ordinary', if such a word can be applied to any 28MHz time period. However, the IARU HF World Championships could prove to be a real booster for the 10-metre band this weekend

On Saturday, June 26, a high altitude balloon carrying an Amateur Radio linear transponder was launched during the Friedrichshafen Ham Radio event but, when the balloon was found, the payload had gone

A report on the German station Deutschlandfunk regarding the alleged Russian spies arrested in the US mentions the use of short-wave morse code numbers stations

Friday, 2 July 2010 at 19:52 UTC, i.e. 21:52 local time, an ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) contact is scheduled with Summer Camp Astronauti nella Foresta, Fontespugna, Umbria, Italy

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