Archive › October 2026 › Week 42
Sunday, 18 October 2026
14 stories published this day (UTC).
Societies & IARU 9
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Preparing for the amateur radio exam? NMHH has published study aids and sample questions
Rádióamatőr-vizsgára készülsz? Az NMHH segédleteket és néhány mintafeladatot tett közzé!
Hungary's regulator NMHH has published study aids for amateur radio exam candidates, including guides on how the exam works and its subject areas, plus sample papers for HAREC and Novice levels, downloadable as PDFs or one ZIP.
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Skeljanes meeting on Thursday 22 October
SKELJANESI Á FIMMTUDAG 22. OKTÓBER
ÍRA's winter lecture series continues on Thursday 22 October at Skeljanes, where TF1OL presents his summer trip through Europe and beyond. He describes operating abroad, including as ZC4OL from the UK Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus, plus several other Mediterranean locations.
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HA5MK – HA7A Péter Gyenes, Silent Key
HA5MK – HA7A Gyenes Péter Sk.
Hungarian CW specialist Péter Gyenes, HA5MK and contest callsign HA7A, died on 27 September 2026 at age 71. A multiple national and world champion in telegraphy events, he is remembered by his club; the funeral is on 4 November in Budapest.
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QSL card ready for TF8ØIRA
QSL KORT TILBÚIÐ FYRIR TF8ØIRA.
The Icelandic society ÍRA has finished designing a QSL card for its special event callsign TF8ØIRA, which marks the club's 80th anniversary. About 8,000 contacts have been made since August 20 on HF and via QO-100.
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Closing of JOTA-JOTI 2026 in Banten: ORARI Strengthens Amateur Radio Education for Scouts
Penutupan JOTA-JOTI 2026 Kwarda Banten, ORARI Perkuat Edukasi Radio Amatir bagi Pramuka*
JOTA-JOTI 2026 for the Banten Scout region closed on October 18 in Serang after three days with thousands of Scouts. ORARI Banten provided instruction on amateur radio, communication and the use of radio frequencies for social and disaster-related work.
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18-Oct-2026 IRTS President Attends 2026 RSGB Convention — HAREC Online Training Class Commencing October 29th — Shannon Basin Radio Club Hosting the IRTS AGM Weekend 2027 — HF…
The Irish Radio Transmitters Society's weekly news roundup mentions its president attending the 2026 RSGB Convention, an online HAREC training class starting October 29th, and Shannon Basin Radio Club hosting the 2027 AGM weekend.
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CQ WW DX SSB Contest 2026
CQ WW DX SSB KEPPNIN 2026.
The Icelandic Radio Amateurs society notes that the SSB leg of the CQ World-Wide DX Contest runs from 24 to 25 October on 160 to 10 metres. The club station TF3W will be active, and partial participation is allowed.
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Aceh Tamiang Regent Attends Amateur Radio Exam for 116 Candidates, Hears Guidance from ORARI Aceh Chair
Dihadiri Bupati Aceh Tamiang, 116 Calon Amatir Radio Ikuti UNAR dan Dengar Arahan Ketua ORARI Daerah Aceh
In Aceh Tamiang, Indonesia, 116 candidates sat a computer-based national amateur radio exam on October 17, organised by the Banda Aceh spectrum monitoring office with ORARI Aceh. The regent backed forming a local ORARI chapter, citing disaster communications.
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Propagation News – Week 43 2026
Propagatienieuws – week 43 2026
The weekly VERON propagation report for week 43 covers stable HF conditions, moderate tropo over the North Sea and Baltic, an Orionid meteor scatter peak on October 21–22, possible early-evening aurora, and EME path conditions.
DX & contests 2
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OX3LX – Greenland
Bo, OX3LX plans another operation from Christian IV Island, NA-151, in Greenland between 24 and 29 October 2026. Helicopter transport and weather could shift the dates without warning.
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5H3MB – Tanzania
IK2GZU plans another stay in Tanzania from October 19 to November 19, working as a volunteer at a hospital in the South Highlands. He expects to operate as 5H3MB on HF in SSB, CW, RTTY and FT8 during spare time.
Space & satellites 1
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ANS-291 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
The weekly AMSAT News Service bulletin covers the AMSAT symposium, the AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium, 65 years of amateur satellites, student CubeSats, new ambassadors, MSK144 meteor scatter on 6 meters, CubeSatSim updates, TLE distribution changes and ARISS news.
Community & news 2
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WAG contest 2026
A ham shares an account of operating in this year's Worked All Germany contest, noting that band conditions were reasonable given how low the solar numbers had recently been.
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HAARP to be Active for INFUSE-II and DUST-III Rocket Sounding Missions
HAARP at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will run a research campaign on October 20-24 UTC, transmitting between 2.8 and 10 MHz. The transmissions support two sounding rocket launches from Poker Flat, and exact times depend on ionospheric conditions.