The decision was adopted in a meeting chaired by the Vice President of the Republic in charge of Defense and State Security, H.E. Nguema Obiang Mangue, together with the Prime Minister and representatives from the sectors of Security, Defense, Finance, Transport, Treasury, and the Telecommunications Regulatory Office (ORTEL). The suspension stems from a breach in the established protocols for granting licenses.

Amateur Radio operators and organizations from the greater DC/Baltimore region and beyond are invited to exhibit their portable emcomm stations at an educational event to demonstrate different approaches to providing emergency communications following a disaster or major incident. Participants are also invited to show how they have configured their personal sustainment kits.

In September 1965, Hurricane Betsy hit Florida, the Bahamas, and the central US Gulf Cost. The damage was nearly $1.42 billion, earning the storm the nickname Billion Dollar Betsy. Forecasting for storms like Betsy was still in its infancy.

As ARRL continues the September series on National Preparedness Month, we turn to a critical element for radio amateurs and especially Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) volunteers: their station.

Many hams have a home station from which we operate on a regular basis. Is your station set up to operate or have the ability to operate off the grid or on alternate power sources? There are many ways to set this up to run on battery power and could even be done temporarily if you don’t have a permanent battery backup situation.

September is National Preparedness Month, and ARRL is working to help radio amateurs have a plan for family resilience. Many hams enjoy public service as part of their operating. Being ready to activate for a served agency through the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) involves not only being licensed and trained, but also prepared and equipped.

September is National Preparedness Month, which is a good time to look at your personal, family, and community resilience levels. For 2025, the National Preparedness Month theme is “Preparedness Starts at Home.”

Amateur radio is a valuable resource for communication and community service before and during times of crisis, and can be a significant factor in your home’s level of preparedness.

Designs for Discreet Amateur Radio Operating!

The Swedish Amateur Radio Society, SSA, will celebrate its 100-year anniversary on September 10, 2025, with a special award activity. Beginning September 10 through October 12, SSA will feature a diploma activity that involves contacting SSA’s anniversary stations on as many of the 160 – 6-meter bands and modes as possible. There will be 10 special call signs on the air: SB100SSA, SC100SSA, SD100SSA, SE100SSA, SF100SSA, SH100SSA, SI100SSA, SM100SSA, 7S100SSA and 8S100SSA.

(From Flagstaff Business News)

There will be a major pileup in the Flagstaff area in September. Fortunately, it won’t be on the highways, but rather on the airwaves. 
                                     
A unique international amateur radio event, “Route 66 On The Air,” sponsored by the local Northern Arizona DX Association (NADXA), will be coming to town Sept. 6-14, and will welcome more than 10,000 amateur radio operators to connect across continents to celebrate Route 66.

(Full info at https://www.ohqp.org/index.php/rules/ )

Objective:
For Amateurs inside the state of Ohio to make contact with as many Amateurs as possible both inside and outside of Ohio. For Amateurs outside the state of Ohio to make contact with as many Ohio stations as possible. Non-Ohio stations may work only Ohio stations, while Ohio stations may contact anyone.

Purpose

Promote contacts between as many Hawai’i and non-Hawai’i stations as possible.

Rules

1. Operating period is 48 hours from 0400 UTC Aug 23 through 0359 UTC Aug 25, 2025.

Note: That’s 6pm Friday Aug 22 in Hawaii.

2. Stations must be worked only on the 10, 15, 20, 40, 80, and 160 meter bands.

3. Stations can be worked only once per band-mode (CW, SSB, digital).

4. Digital mode includes ALL digital modes (RTTY, PSK, QPSK, FT-x, VarAC, etc) as “digital”

5. Use of spotting networks is permitted and encouraged.

(Adapted from viennawireless.net)

From arrl.org

On Wednesday, August 13, 2025, the Kopernik Observatory in Vestal, New York, will be running a High Altitude Balloon Camp for local high school students.

The AARC Net Coordinator and Net Controller staff recognize that there are times when a topic cannot be sufficiently expounded upon in the two-minute time frame allotted. To do so might interrupt the logical flow of the thoughts being presented. However, please keep in mind that others on the net, especially commuters, mobile units and other participants with time constraints are patiently awaiting their turn to speak or to check in or out. Therefore, please be polite and take extra time (rekeying the repeater) sparingly and only when appropriate.

The 2025 ARRL Alabama State Convention at the Huntsville Hamfest is August 16 – 17 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville. There’s a full slate of activities happening around the event, and you can navigate them easier through the ARRL Events app.

The app includes the event’s full program, so you can browse and schedule forums, preview the extensive list of exhibitors, and find affiliated events.

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® reports that amateur radio operators, including volunteers serving in the ARRL® Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) were active in monitoring the potential impacts of tsunami waves following an earthquake off the Russian coast on July 29, 2025. The quake registered 8.8 on the Richter scale, and prompted tsunami concerns and warnings around the Pacific rim.

(From the Amateur Radio Newsline Facebook feed)

HamSCI – The Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation is preparing for a series of upcoming meteor scatter (MS) experiments. Operating will take place during two well known meteor showers: August 11-12th, 0000 to 2400 UTC, for 48 hours (Perseids) and again on December 12-13th (Geminids).

This is a combination 'special event' and a contest to generate contact data during meteor scatter events using 10 meters and 6 meters. Contest rules can be found at www.hamsci.org/msqp.

(Disclaimer: posted due to the increasing interest in POTA by members. Also, the webmaster is a native Kentuckian.)

Murray State University Amateur Radio Club

Kentucky State Parks on the Air

Purpose

(From ARRL Contest Update newsletter, July 30, 2025)