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1. Thailand 3rd largest ham radio nation

   As of February 2018, Thailand had the third highest number of licensed radio amateurs in the world with a total of 101,763

2. IARU Region 3 Conference documents available

   The 17th IARU Region 3 Conference takes place in Seoul, Korea, September 10-14. The agenda and some discussion documents are now available for download

3. Upcoming ARISS contact with Shinoda Elementary School, Izumi City, Japan

   An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Shinoda Elementary School, Izumi City, Japan on 23 July

4. VK6WIA NewsWest

   Welcome to NewsWest for 22nd July 2018. In this Contesting edition we’ll tell you about contests coming up, remind you about the ‘NewsWest Dinner on the Hamfest weekend, in fact we’ll be reminding you ABOUT Hamfest

5. QSO Today - Mike Mussler - AI8Z

   Mike Mussler, AI8Z, is one of the early pioneers in the 630 Meter band experimental trials in 2007 that resulted in the band being opened for amateur radio exploration much later

6. Scotland site selected as launch base for Lockheed Martin, Orbex

   Two companies — U.S. aerospace giant Lockheed Martin and British start-up Orbex — seeking to carve out a share of the burgeoning small satellite launch market, plan to fly their rockets from a remote site on the northern shore of Scotland, British government and industry officials announced Monday

7. RAC President attends annual ARRL Board meeting: July 21-22

   The annual Board of Directors meeting of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), is underway in Windsor, Connecticut and will conclude today, Sunday, July 22

8. Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

   Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at low levels

9. Essex Heights Primary School ISS contact

   Former WIA Director Robert Broomhead VK3DN reports on the contact between the ISS and students at the Essex Heights Primary School in Melbourne

10. Foundations of Amateur Radio #163

    If you've been part of the amateur community for a while and have heard me talk on matters of contesting, you'll know that I'm an avid contester and that for me, it's better than sliced bread. Of course, I'm me and you're not

11. More ARRL contest award certificates now available for download

    The ARRL Contest Branch has announced that more contest award certificates are now available for download from the ARRL website in PDF and JPEG formats. Just enter the call sign used

12. Spiders and space weather

    Did you know that spiders can fly? New research shows that arachnids can launch themselves into the air using electric fields as a form of propulsion

13. France to slash public broadcasting budgets by €190m

    The French government said Thursday that it would demand 190 million euros of spending cuts

14. Norfolk Island operation

    Operators Takao JO7GVC and Hirokazu JK7LXU will be active as VK9/homecall from Norfolk Island (OC-005) between October 9-14th

15. Mayotte DXpedition

    Members of the Czech DXpedition team (CDXP) will be active as TO6OK from Mayotte (AF-027) between September 20th and October 6th