2026 AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting

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The 44th AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting will be held in Jacksonville, FL on 8-11 October 2026 at the Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Airport/I-95.

Registration details and Call for Papers will be coming soon.

To book hotel rooms online, click here: AMSAT Conference Rooms

Reservations can also be made by phone at 1-800-227-6963. The group code is AMS. The direct hotel phone number is 1-904-741-4404

More Information - https://www.amsat.org/ans-172-amsat-news-service-weekly-bulletins-2/

New Technician Question Pool Takes Effect 1st July 2026

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New Technician Question Pool Takes Effect 1st July 2026

On 1st July 2026, a new Element 2 Technician class question pool will take effect for license examinations. VECs and VEs must have new test designs available for use at exam sessions effective that date. 

The newly revised pool, released in December 2025 (updated and re-released on February 19, 2026) by the Question Pool Committee (QPC) of the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC), must be in use starting July 1. There are 409 questions in this pool, down slightly from 412 in the previous pool. The pool also includes three diagrams used for some of the questions.

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WRTC 2026 Update

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WRTC 2026 Update

With WRTC just weeks away, Q5 Ham Radio has given the amateur radio community its first public look at the new live scoreboard platform being developed by World Radio League in collaboration with WRTC 2026.

James Cribbs N0WRL, World Radio League CEO and founder, joined the Q5 Contest Crew to walk through the system alongside Randy Thompson K5ZD, Chris Hurlbut KL9A, Bill Fehring W9KKN, Dan Craig N6MJ, and DX Engineering CEO Tim Duffy K3LR. It's a candid, unscripted discussion covering live rankings, spotting integration, spectator engagement, and the practical challenges of running a fair real-time system for thousands of operators worldwide.

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