Japanese CubeSats Deployed from ISS

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Three Japanese CubeSats were deployed from the ISS using the Japanese J-SSOD on October 10, 2025. Two of the satellites transmit in the amateur radio bands.

e-kagaku-1

CW, DigiTalker, 1.2kbps AFSK, 9.6kbps GMSK  145.840MHz

More Information - https://ekagaku-sat.net/
https://iaru.amsat-uk.org/finished_detail.php?serialnum=888

BOTAN

  • APRS 145.825MHz

  • Digital 437.375MHz

More Information - https://sites.google.com/p.chibakoudai.jp/gardens-04/
https://iaru.amsat-uk.org/finished_detail.php?serialnum=938

Zoe Rodriguez Named 2025 Craigie Memorial Educator

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Zoe Rodriguez Named 2025 Craigie Memorial Educator

Zoe Rodriguez, a teacher at the Raymond School in Franksville, Wisconsin — near Milwaukee — has been named the 2025 Carter Craigie, N3AO, Memorial Educator. Rodriguez serves as the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) teacher as well as the school’s technology integrator and library media specialist. She also started a club for 3rd through 8th graders called “Girls Who Code.” She attended the ARRL Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology (TI) at ARRL Headquarters from 6-9 October 2025.

Rodriguez, who previously was a Fulbright Scholar who taught English in Colombia, is concurrently participating in the Teacher Innovator Institute, a two-year program from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. She’s excited to integrate amateur radio and wireless technology into her broad experience she shares with students.

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ARRL Year of the Club Newsletter Contest - Call for Submissions

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ARRL Year of the Club Newsletter Contest - Call for Submissions

As part of ARRL’s Year of the Club ARRL is hosting a Club Newsletter Contest.

A club newsletter can keep members informed of news and upcoming events, keep them interested between meetings and activities, teach them about ham radio skills and technology, or even make them laugh, remember, or set an operating goal — the sky’s the limit! ARRL wants to see what your club does with the mix of information that can go into a newsletter. Enter the Club Newsletter Contest for the chance to have your newsletter honored in QST. Here are the rules and requirements:

The Club Newsletter Contest is open to ARRL Affiliated Clubs that have published a newsletter for at least one (1) year.

Submit PDF files of 1 year’s worth of consecutively published issues — no gaps — ending with your most recent issue. If your newsletter is monthly, submit 12 consecutive issues. If your newsletter is bimonthly, submit six consecutive issues. If your newsletter is quarterly, submit four consecutive issues.

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