Southgate ARC

1. RAAF No 3 Telecommunication Unit

   Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has declassified documents relating to RAAF No 3 Telecommunication Unit (3TU) whose operators intercepted Morse code to provide strategic and tactical support to the Australian Defence Force

2. IARUMS August newsletter now available

   The IARU Region 1 Monitoring System newsletter reports "RFI (Radio France International) on 7205 kHz was active daily between 2100 and 2200 UTC and spluttered massively down to 7186 kHz, an untenable condition!"

3. HS18IARU active on QO-100 geostationary satellite

   Thailand's national society RAST reports HS18IARU is now active on all bands and the geostationary satellite QO-100 to promote the upcoming IARU Region 3 conference

4. ARRL awards Colvin Grant to latest Bouvet Island DXpedition

   ARRL has awarded a Colvin Grant of $5,000 to Amateur Radio DXpeditions (ARD), the Norwegian non-profit organization that is sponsoring the 3Y0J DXpedition to Bouvet Island next fall

5. Consultations: assessment of BBC’s plans to relaunch BBC Three as broadcast televisional channel

   Ofcom is today seeking views on our provisional decision to allow the BBC to relaunch BBC Three as a broadcast television channel

6. ARISS seeks hosts for Ham Radio contacts with space station crew

   Starting on October 1, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) will accept applications from US schools, museums, science centers, and community youth organizations — individually or working together — interested in hosting amateur radio contacts with crew members on the International Space Station (ISS)

7. European Radio Amateurs' Organization Newsletter

   EURAO Newsletter comes out quarterly, either in pdf format and as a website. Spread the word!

8. DX News from the ARRL

   The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity on the amateur radio bands