Testing for WRTC 2026 in Suffolk

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Testing for WRTC 2026 in Suffolk

For the July 2025 IARU HF Championship 5 WRTC stations will be tested under field conditions, using the same planned equipment for the 2026 event as a trial. The operating location will be a cluster of sites within the grounds of the Euston Estate, Suffolk, England. 

This will be a test of erecting the masts and antennas with some of our volunteers, ahead of training the full team of volunteers over the next year. We will also be testing the IT networking and our scoreboard system, with additional load testing in parallel to the on-air stations. The scoreboard will not be publicly accessible this year.

The operators of the test sites know they are not eligible to take part as entrants in WRTC 2026 next year. They will be following WRTC rules with DXCC and IARU member society HQ stations per band as multipliers. A report sharing details of how everything went after the contest will be available.

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Bye Bye Friedrichshafen for another year!

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Bye Bye Friedrichshafen for another year!

The event which connected the world – that was the 48th running of HAM RADIO 

Three days of packed programming – the 48th HAM RADIO – came to an end on the 29th of June.

The trade fair once again demonstrated its ability to bring technology and people together. The buzz was around the high efficiency Polar Modulated HF transceivers that are coming soon from both small and large companies but that wasn’t all - we also had a successful world record attempt in Morse telegraphy, a wealth of expertise shared in forums, personal encounters…, after all, the “who’s who” of the amateur radio world was there.

At the same time, the trade fair also marked the launch of the DARC remote radio project, and the first (location disadvantaged) users have already logged into and started using the 15 stations around Germany. 

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HamSCI Meteor Scatter QSO Party 11-12 August 2025

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HamSCI Meteor Scatter QSO Party 11-12 August 2025

Call for Operators and Monitors

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: 11-12 August 2025, 0000 to 2400 UTC, for 48 hours (Perseids) and again on 12-13th December 2025 (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 http://www.hamsci.org/msqp.

Ten meters has not been used much for meteor scatter study due to past symbol rate limits. But with recent changes in FCC rules, WSJT-X/MSK144 can now be used on HF bands. The HamSCI meteor scatter event will collect contact data from both 10 meters and 6 meters as part of the scheduled events in August and December. Data will be analyzed offline, comparing data from both bands, using both PSK Reporter raw data and operator contact logs from WSJT-X. User data including both logged contact and received reports are necessary for valid experimental analysis. The latter can be provided by any receive system reporting on MSK144 through PSK Reporter.

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