Study on amateur radio in Brazil
LABRE reports Ricardo Benedito PY2QB has released a study on the current state of amateur radio in Brazil, the report notes there is little growth and a high prevalence of males

FEMA announces HF interoperability activity on 60-meter channels 1 and 2
Channels 1 and 2 on 60 meters will be available starting on August 30 for interoperability between US government and US amateur radio stations involved in Hurricane Ida emergency communications

Germany cuts the cost of amateur radio exams
It has been announced in Germany’s Federal Law Gazette that the cost of amateur radio exams will be sharply reduced from October 1, 2021

Building a hundred-year-old radio transmitter
Our Hackaday team is spread across the world, but remains in easy contact through the magic of the Internet. A number of us hold amateur radio callsigns, so could with a bit of effort and expenditure do the same over the airwaves. A hundred years ago this would have seemed barely conceivable as amateurs were restricted to the then-considered-unusable HF frequencies

German special event
Members of the DARC club Kerpen (DOK G29) commemorate the 60th anniversary of the death of Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips, a German racing driver wo was killed in a racing accident in 1961

Amateur radio class coming up in person, online
The Humboldt Amateur Radio Club in Eureka, CA, is offering a class to prepare students for the Amateur Radio Technician Class license examination

IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
Weekly IOTA News – compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

New WebSDR in Iceland
Iceland’s IRA reports on August 24 Karl Georg Karlsson TF3CZ connected a new receiver over the internet covering 24-1800 MHz

CQ-DATV magazine to close after 100 issues
The popular Digital Amateur Television magazine CQ-DATV will publish its final edition in September

England special event
Ed, M0MNG, will be active as GB0KSS (suffix Kent Surrey Sussex) from Littlehampton in support of Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex during the International Air Ambulance Week

NASA sets coverage for two Russian spacewalks outside space station
Two Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station Friday, Sept. 3, and Thursday, Sept. 9, to conduct the first pair of up to 11 spacewalks to prepare the new Nauka multipurpose laboratory module for operations in space

Highland Lakes Amateur Radio Club hams it up for conversations, competitions, community
Excitement over Solar Cycle 25 could last as long as 11 years for members of the Highland Lakes Amateur Radio Club

INDEXA Summer Newsletter
The Summer 2021 Issue of the INDEXA Newsletter (Issue 133) is now available

International Chocolate Day
Members of the URE section of Torrent (Valencia) Union of Radio Amateurs Torrent (EB5URT) will activate the special event callsign EG5DIC to celebrate ‘International Chocolate Day‘ (September 13th)

SSB Field Day next weekend
The IRTS SSB Field Day takes place next weekend, it runs for 24 hours from 1300 UTC on Saturday 4th September

Spotting errors with DIGI modes
IRTS report that spots showing contacts that did not happen on the reported frequencies can occsionally be seen for the current DIGI modes

St. Annes International Kite Festival
Nigel, M0NJW, will be active as GB1SAK (suffix St. Annes Kites) from the St. Annes International Kite Festival on the north west coast of England, between September 3-5th