Great news for the Australian Amateur Radio Community, the WIAs affirmative call to action results in 2x1 Callsign announcement, after delays in the implementation of the 2X1 Callsigns for a substantial period of time of around 18 months.

The WIA has received advice that the ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority) is intending to release an E-bulletin concerning the AMC (Australian Maritime College) implementation plans for the issue of this class of callsigns in the very near future. Whilst the WIA has not been privy to the specific AMC implementation details, it is believed they differ materially from the approach that has been originally proposed.

Ukraine has declared that the enormous Duga-1 radar array is a protected cultural monument.

Almost 2,300 feet long and more than 450 feet high, the steel beams of the radar tower over the surrounding forest. From a distance, it appears to be a massive wall or the start of a cage.

The Association of Chernobyl Tour Operators first announced that Ukraine had made Duga-1 a protected heritage site on its Facebook page. Interfax, a Russian news service, later reported the official designation.

The Norwegian Radio Relay League will receive more than NOK 820,000 (£69,651) from the Gjensidige Foundation to strengthen emergency preparedness.

This will enable an important and long-awaited boost for us, and will significantly strengthen the preparedness in our area, says Henrik Solhaug in the Norwegian Radio Relay League.

For several years, the Gjensidige Foundation has been concerned that volunteer rescue crews, among other things, lack the necessary, suitable and good technical equipment. This weakens the entire voluntary rescue service and emergency preparedness in Norway. Therefore, NOK 54 million was set aside for FORF (Voluntary Organizations' Rescue Professional Forum), which includes the seven organizations that make up the backbone of the voluntary rescue service . Among the applications that were approved was the Norwegian Radio Relay League, which now receives funding to contribute to a safer society through a further development of the rescue service.