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Two ARISS SSTV events are planned over the next few weeks. First, an event is scheduled for 3-6 October commemorating the launch of Sputnik in 1957. Then, on 17-20th October 2025, scouting-themed images will be transmitted to coincide with the International Scouting Jamboree.
ISS SSTV images are transmitted using the PD-120 mode on 145.800 MHz.
More information about start/end times - https://amsat-uk.org/2025/10/03/iss-slow-scan-tv-oct-3-9/
From the 5th October through 11th October, a special annual event will take place promoting fire safety during Fire Prevention Week, with the theme being Lithium-ion battery fire safety where we mention a safety tip with the contacts.
The following stations usually participate: KF2IRE, N1F through N9F, and VA3FIRE from Ontario and a printable certificate is available from hamfire.com where the event information is.
The lead station is N4F in Gainesville FL. VA3FIRE is a wildcard station that can help with earning that certificate. The various stations spot themselves on DX Summit and as it is not a contest stations can be found on most HF bands working SSB and some FT-8.
Fire Prevention Week (Facebook) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/hamfire/posts/758888044559907/
There was a time when US history lessons did not contain any mention of the Navajo Code Talkers because the presence of these brave Marines was still considered classified information by the US government. All of that changed – and now for many years the 14th of August has been designated as Navajo Code Talkers Day. A group of proud amateur radio operators are taking several days to honour this special unit of brave Marines who served in the US military during the Second World War.
Few of these hams could be prouder than Herb Goodluck N7HG, whose late father, John V. Goodluck, had been one of the Marines who used their own Navajo language to craft a wartime code that could not be broken.
Herb will be among those calling QRZ from the 10th to the 15th, using the callsign N7C. Operators will be using CW, phone and FT-8. Additional details, including operating frequencies, can be found on QRZ.com
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