Archive › October 2026 › Week 42
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
13 stories published this day (UTC).
Societies & IARU 8
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The 2026 ARRL Online Auction Is Now Open
The 21st annual ARRL Online Auction runs through October 22 with more than 200 items. Lots include gear from QST product reviews, vintage books, pre-owned equipment, signed sketches and mystery boxes from the ARRL Lab team.
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Preview the 2026 ARRL Online Auction
The 21st ARRL Online Auction begins October 16, with more than 200 lots open for preview. Items include reviewed gear from QST, vintage books, used equipment, signed sketches by Salty Walt Hudson, K4OGO, and mystery boxes from the ARRL Lab team.
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CW Seminar KickOff
A new CW seminar series run by Martin OE3VBU opened with 37 registrations, with participants joining in person at the LV1 classroom and online via Zoom from all nine Austrian states. The turnout shows continued interest in Morse telegraphy.
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New WhatsApp group for blind and visually impaired radio amateurs
Neue WhatsApp-Gruppe für blinde und sehbehinderte Funkamateure
The IG Blind HAMs Switzerland interest group opens a WhatsApp group for blind and visually impaired radio amateurs in Switzerland. Sighted hams who want to contribute may also join by emailing one of the two admins.
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Technical Culture Week 2026 in Daruvar
TJEDAN TEHNIČKE KULTURE 2026. U DARUVARU
Radio club Jan Hus Daruvar will staff a stand at the Daruvar flower fair on 17 October 2026, 09:00 to 12:00. Radio amateurs are also available for demonstration workshops on 15 October at 18:00 in Daruvar.
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Documents for the DARC general meeting are online
Tagungsunterlagen zur DARC-Mitgliederversammlung online
The DARC general meeting takes place on Saturday 14 November in Baunatal, with an open discussion round at 9:00 and the formal session from 11:00. Meeting documents, including the agenda and motions, are online for logged-in members.
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A successful Morse Academy Day
Een geslaagde Dag van de Morse Academy
VERON's Morse Academy held its first Morse Academy Day on 12 September 2026 at the Vijvertuinen in Delft. The day combined Morse, radio, technical experiments and socializing outside the regular lessons.
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FunkWX - fast solar wind
FunkWX - schneller Sonnenwind
DARC's weather report expects geomagnetic activity to range from quiet to unsettled, with some active spells from a coronal hole and fast solar wind. Flare activity stays low, and DX conditions are usable to good.
DX & contests 4
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P4/WE9V & P40L- Aruba
Chad, WE9V, plans to operate from Aruba as P4/WE9V from October 16 to 29, joined by other operators, including P40L. His log from earlier short stays already holds more than 76,000 contacts.
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V26B – Antigua
A team of seven US operators plans to run V26B from Antigua in the multi-multi category of the CQWW DX SSB contest on October 24-25. QSL requests go direct to KA2AEV.
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5Z4GO/P – Wasini Island, AF-067
Reto, 5Z4GO/P, plans a low-power, CW-only operation from Wasini Island (AF-067) in Kenya between October 28 and 30, 2026. QSL confirmation goes through LoTW.
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PJ4G – Bonaire
A multi-operator team including K2NG, NA2AA, NQ1R and AC0W plans to operate from Bonaire as PJ4G in the CQWW SSB contest on 24-25 October. Outside the contest they use PJ4 plus their own callsigns; QSL via LoTW.
Community & news 1
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Ham Radio Portable Insights—POTA After Work
A column on spontaneous after-work Parks on the Air activations at nearby parks, including operating from a noisy downtown Canton, Ohio site. The author also begins listing PARC reference numbers alongside POTA and WWFF ones.