QSO Today – James Condon, AD4YM
Jim Condon, AD4YM, listens for the most rare DX, signals from outer space as a radio astronomer, and keeps his fingers in the gear by collecting and restoring the best ham radio boat anchors

Summits on the Air on WRCB TV
WRCB TV reports on Summits On The Air (SOTA) an award scheme for radio amateurs and shortwave listeners that encourages portable operation in mountainous areas

Highway to a DX Party!
The Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club of San Bernardino California, is once again hosting (probably one of the most fun special event activities) the 22nd annual ‘Route 66 On The Air‘ special event between 0000z on Saturday, September 11th and 2359z on Sunday, September 19th

HS18IARU on-the-air during September for IARU-R3 conference
Thailand’s national society RAST reports HS18IARU is now active on all bands to promote the upcoming IARU Region 3 conference

Amateur Radio Pedestrian Mobile Handbook
The Amateur Radio Pedestrian Mobile Handbook by Edward R. Breneiser WA3WSJ is available for download as a PDF

SARL Next Generation Beacon fund stands at R26 500
The crowd funding initiative to collect funds for the SARL Next Generation Beacon Programme was initiated by AMSAT SA. During the past week R1 300 was received from three donors including one from the UK

Special event – We Will Never Forget
Members of the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club (GSBARC) [W2GSB] and the Northeast Wireless Radio Club [NW2C] will activate the special event callsign W2T from Fort Totten Park (Army Base) Queens, NY, on September 11th, between 10 am EST to 8 pm EST

U.S. special event – Never Forget
Members of the American Legion Post 10 Amateur Radio Club (N7ALA) will be active using the special event callsign N7F (Never7Forget) between September 9-12th. Activity is to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks

Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at low to moderate levels

Foundations of Amateur Radio
What’s in a sound?
Over the past few weeks I’ve been having my hearing tested. I’ve had the opportunity to discuss sound in some detail with an audiologist. Today as a result of a collision between a jar of chilli pickles and a tiled floor I’ve come to the realisation that sound is important in unexpected ways

Bouvet Island DXpedition receives $100,000 from Northern California DX Foundation
The ARRL report the Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) has donated $100,000 to the upcoming 3Y0J DXpedition to Bouvet Island, which is set for late 2022. The DXpedition will be carried out by Amateur Radio DXpeditions, a Norwegian non-profit organization created for the purpose of conducting DXpeditions. The NCDXF is now the DXpedition’s lead sponsor

September GEO Newsletter available for free download
The September PDF of the GEO Newsletter weather satellite publication produced by the Group for Earth Observation is now available for free download

Webinar on Aspidistra and wartime transmission of black propaganda
A free online talk on Aspidistra and the Broadcast Group of the Diplomatic Wireless Service takes place at 7pm (1800 GMT) on Wednesday, September 8, given by Roger Castle-Smith G3IOT

Propagation de K7RA
Solar activity is on the upswing this week. Average daily sunspot numbers increased from 21.7 to 50.6, with a high of 77 last Saturday, August 28. Average daily solar flux rose from 78.5 to 88