Early radio ham remembered
The Gardner News report on a special event held to remember an early radio amateur, Loretta Ensor W9UA, who passed away September 7, 1991

Excellent Amateur Radio Strategic Planning from down under
Eurao reports that the Radio Amateur Society of Australia (RASA) sent them, at the end of last year, an interesting document

Amateur radio historic event set for Oct. 1
The Southern Ohio Amateur Radio Association (SOARA) and the Lawrence County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) members will participate in an On the Air Special Historical Event, Saturday, Oct. 1

Bouvet Island DXpedition news
Co-Leader Ken, LA7GIA, posted the following update on the 3Y0J Bouvet Island FaceBook page

Northern Ireland special callsign
Pastor Brian Madden, GI0RWO, from Belfast, will be using the special callsign GB0KC

Comoros Islands
Members of the F6KOP Radio Club will be active as D60AE from Comoros Islands (AF-007) between October 5-17th

Coming Next Week
QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo. Meet around our campfire, with some of the Bouvet Island DXpedition Team 2023, on our snowy Kumospace simulation of the top of Bouvet Island

Ham radio exam session to be held in Beijing
China is to hold the first exam this year for the country’s highest class of amateur radio license, equivalent to CEPT HAREC or USA Extra. The exam session will take place in Beijing

23cm Band and RNSS Coexistence September update
As the WRC-23 approaches studies regarding AI9.1b (23cm and RNSS) are working towards conclusions. However the IARU is not content that all the operational aspects of the amateur service usage of the 1240-1300 MHz band are being properly considered

Collective Communication
Keith (EI5KJ) informs us that following on from their recent highly successful weekend portable operation during the SSB Field Day, South East Ireland’s newest radio group, known as Collective Communication, are in the process of arranging further radio activities and events

Ham radio at XI National Scout Jamboree
Indonesia’s ORARI reports they had two exhibition stands at the XI National Scout Jamboree in Cibubur, East Jakarta, August 14-21

ICQPodcast – Is 10 Watts Enough?
In this episode, Martin Butler (M1MRB) is joined by Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG and Ed Durrant DD5LP to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news

DXCC Country/Entity Report
According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 4th-September, through Sunday, 11th-September there were 214 countries active

IOTA News from OPDX
Weekly IOTA News – compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW