ISS SSTV Event to Celebrate 25 Years of the International Space Station

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) was the first educational payload on the International Space Station (ISS). As a result, ARISS is celebrating 25 years of the ISS with an SSTV event to take place from 12th November through the 20th November 2025. The series will also celebrate Scouting.

Series 30 will consist of 12 different images transmitted every 2 minutes on 145.800 MHz. Follow ARISS on social media for additional details and updates.

ARISS on X.com - https://x.com/ARISS_Intl

NARA Hosts Club Week Special Event

The National Amateur Radio Alliance (NARA) is hosting Club Week, an on-air event encouraging clubs to make contact and exchange QSL cards. Club Week takes place 1st November through 8th November 2025.

Unlike a contest, Club Week does not involve earning points or submitting logs to NARA. Instead, it’s a relaxed and engaging event where clubs can operate from a club shack, a member's home, a park, or any public location. Clubs are encouraged to organise additional activities to make the most of this opportunity. Participants should be prepared to send and respond to QSL cards, which provide further opportunities to engage and teach new hams.

If participating in the event, NARA suggests updating your club's QRZ page, making the event public as a way to engage with the community, and partnering with other local organisations to make additional connections.

National Amateur Radio Alliance (NARA) - https://amateurradioalliance.org/

Special Event Unites Pennsylvania Colleges and Amateur Radio Station W3USR

The Murgas Amateur Radio Club is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a special event that includes the University of Scranton, Kings College, and amateur radio station W3USR. The station is part of the University of Scranton Physics and Engineering Department, a university student club, and a flagship station for the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI) project.

The event, organized in partnership with the Slovak Heritage Society of Northeast Pennsylvania (NEPA) and the Luzerne County Historical Society, celebrates the November 1905 public unveiling of the Father Murgas tone method, a wireless communication system capable of transmitting voice and sound over long distances and the forerunner of the continuous tone-coded squelch system (CTCSS) and digital-coded squelch (DCS). It was developed and patented by Father Joseph Murgas (PDF). The test included a series of messages exchanged between Father Murgas; then Wilkes-Barre Mayor Frederick C. Kirkendall; then Scranton Mayor Alex T. Connell; and Rev. Michael John Hoban, a former bishop of the Diocese of Scranton.

All of the activity begins at 1:00 PM EST Saturday 15th November 2025. Wilkes-Barre Mayor George C. Brown and Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti will recreate that transmission with King’s College president Rev. Thomas P. Looney and The University of Scranton president Rev. Joseph G. Marina. After the tone method demonstration, W3USR will be on the air for ARRL November Sweepstakes SSB.

All of the events are open to the public. The Murgas Amateur Radio Club is an ARRL Affiliated Club.