Dates to be determined, but Billy GM6DX, Stevie GM2TT, Duncan GM2WW, Iain GM5YTT and Jim GM3JIM plan to be active from Cyprus SBA as ZC4C and ZC4Z running 2-3 stations on 80-10m using various modes. QSL via LoTW. Keep an eye on ZC4C or ZC4Z QRZ pages for more info.

It’s been several months since we’ve heard movement regarding the futureGEO project, but events scheduled in 2026 appear to be keeping the geostationary satellite project top of mind among the amateur radio community.

A presentation by AMSAT President Drew Glasbrenner (KO4MA) at HamCation 2026 spoke to the value a project like futureGEO could bring to the Americas along with his desire to see such a project succeed. Glasbrenner touched on the financial requirements of a GEO satellite project while at the same time recognized organizations such as ARDC that have publicly expressed a desire to help fund a GEO satellite project. The roughly 6 minute segment can be viewed on YouTube.

At AMSAT-DL’s Bochum Space Day in March, Frank Zeppenfeldt (PD0AP) of the European Space Agency (ESA) is scheduled to give a presentation focused on futureGEO. Details are unknown, but it could mirror similar lectures given by Zeppenfeldt in the past.

The same AMSAT-DL post about Bochum Space Day happened to communicate a futureGEO community workshop to be scheduled as part of HAM RADIO 2026. This workshop will be tapping into GEO satellite QO-100 users to help provide direction for futureGEO.

A futureGEO community workshop will take place at HAM RADIO 2026 in Friedrichshafen, to which all QO-100 users are cordially invited. This event offers ideal preparation for the QO100 user meeting on the same evening. At the same time, we want to use the expertise of all participants to successfully further develop the futureGEO project on behalf of ESA.

Source: Amateur Radio Daily

Rebel DX Group will be active from Kanton Island as T31TTT starting March 25th. Outside of some government work commitments, they will QRV when time permits for up to two weeks. Check here for more details including QSL info, modes and band-plan.  — Rebel’s were last active from Kanton Island in 2023 as T31TT – […]

[INFO / INTRODUCTION] by Uwe DG2YCB. A new WSJT-X Improved 3.1.0 260226 (beta) release with our new open-source FT2 code is ready for testing. I had actually planned to release a new 3.1 version in April, but I think it’s best to do it now for the reasons we all know. Additional features may be added […]

Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) announced the recipients of the Amateur of the Year Award for 2025. This year’s honorees, Fred (VE1FA) and Helen (VA1YL) Archibald, are recognized for their years of dedication to the amateur radio community.

Fred and Helen Archibald have been pillars of Amateur Radio in Canada for decades. While the award traditionally reflects contributions within a given year, their sustained excellence in 2025 – combined with a lifetime of service – made them compelling joint recipients.

In addition to being avid organizers of many DXpeditions, VE1FA is an instructor and technological innovator and VA1YL has served as President of the Canadian Ladies Amateur Radio Association. Learn more about Fred and Helen’s contributions to ham radio on the RAC website.

Source: Radio Amateurs of Canada

Flavio, IW2NEF will be active from Bayahibe, on the southeast coast of the Dominican Republic, during February 28 to March 3, 2026. QRV on 40-6m; SSB, FT8 & FT4 using a combination of monoband dipoles and end-fed wire vertical. QSL via IK2DUW.

Dates to be announced, but Paul G1THW plans to operate from Grenada as J38AP while he is on holiday there. He’s not yet sure of his operating setup (he will be QRP) so check back on his QRZ page for updates. QSL via LoTW and QRZ; no paper QSLs.

The first known community backend server for HamClock is now available for all HamClock users. The project, hamclock.com, is free for anyone to use and will keep existing HamClock installs running indefinitely.

Major work beyond OHB includes: rewriting the VOACAP propagation engine with cubic interpolation, building weather pressure maps in both millibar and inHg units at five resolutions, adding aurora map generation, real-time PSK Reporter spot data, Kp index from NOAA SWPC, overhauling satellite TLE tracking, and hardening the entire server for production use serving 1,600+ HamClocks.

With the passing of HamClock creator Elwood Downey (WB0OEW), HamClock will stop working in June unless users point their installations to a new backend service. Updating existing HamClock installations is a simple task. Users have two options, updating their hosts file, or updating the command used to start HamClock. Both require only simple text changes.

Hamclock.com is run by Bruce Edrich (W4BAE) and is built upon open-hamclock-backend.

Headlines from Amateur Radio Daily are made available to HamClock via open-hamclock-backed.

Source: HamClock.com

By Kevin, WA2AEY – “Received this rare one today, 42 years after the QSO ! Last year, I digitized 56 years worth of paper logs. I was amazed at the countries I had not gotten confirmed years ago. Over the course of many months and many emails, Danilo XQ4CW helped me to get this rare […]

Craig, K5AYO will be active holiday-style from Anguilla as VP2EYO during March 14-22, 2026. QRV on 40-10m; SSB, CW & FT8; mainly QRP. QSL via H/c.