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Bendigo RadioFest This Sunday: Hamfest, Community and a Special Look at “Operation Breakout”
08/
10/
2026
The Bendigo Amateur Radio and Electronics Club (BAREC) is opening its doors this Sunday 11 October for the BAREC Bendigo RadioFest, at the club's headquarters at 35 Lansell Street, East Bendigo.
RadioFest provides an opportunity for radio amateurs, electronics enthusiasts and anyone curious about the hobby to get together in Bendigo. But this year's event has another important attraction: a special presentation examining how amateur radio can move beyond its traditional emergency communications role and become a practical part of community resilience.
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One Month to Go: Tassie Ham-E-Con 2026 Is Ready to Hack the Ether
07/
10/
2026
In just one month, radio amateurs, experimenters, educators, technologists and innovators will gather in Hobart for the Tassie Ham-E-Con Amateur Radio Conference 2026, being held on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November at the Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre on the University of Tasmania Sandy Bay Campus.
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Coming Up in Amateur Radio Magazine: Measure Your EMR, Build a Rig and Celebrate Six Metres
06/
10/
2026
The next edition of the WIA's Amateur Radio magazine is shaping up as another issue firmly aimed at radio amateurs who enjoy understanding, measuring and building things for themselves.
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RADE: Australian Amateur Radio Innovation Takes Digital Voice in a New Direction
05/
10/
2026
An amateur radio digital voice project with strong Australian roots is pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved with machine learning, digital signal processing and HF radio.
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Where Will Your Signal Go? Explore the RSGB's Online HF Propagation Tools
04/
10/
2026
Working out which HF band will provide the best path to another part of the world has traditionally involved propagation charts, solar data, experience and a certain amount of staring hopefully at the S-meter. The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) offers a pair of free online propagation prediction tools that make the process considerably easier.
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This Weekend, We Are the DX: Oceania DX Contest Starts Today
03/
10/
2026
Get the antennas tuned, check the logging software and make sure there is still coffee in the cupboard. The 83rd Oceania DX Contest gets underway this weekend, with the SSB contest running from 0600 UTC Saturday 3 October until 0600 UTC Sunday 4 October 2026. The CW contest follows one week later, from 0600 UTC 10 October to 0600 UTC 11 October.
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The Satellite That Refused to Die: AMSAT-OSCAR 7 Is Still Talking
03/
10/
2026
There are amateur radio projects that last a weekend, others that survive for years, and then there is AMSAT-OSCAR 7. Launched on 15 November 1974, AO-7 was built by an international team of radio amateurs and weighs just 28.6 kg. More than half a century later, AMSAT still lists it as active.
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Keeping the Radio Sky Quiet: What Radio Astronomy Can Teach Amateur Radio About Interference
02/
10/
2026
Radio amateurs spend a considerable amount of time trying to hear very weak signals buried in noise. Radio astronomers take that challenge several orders of magnitude further, attempting to detect extraordinarily faint natural radio emissions that may have travelled across the Universe for billions of years. Unfortunately, both communities share another familiar problem: radio frequency interference.
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WICEN NSW Prepares for the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic
01/
10/
2026
For more than four decades, the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic has combined an extraordinary paddling challenge with fundraising for medical research. Behind the paddlers is another long-running tradition: amateur radio operators helping keep the event moving safely through the night.
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