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JOTA, or Jamboree on the Air, is an annual Scouting event held on the third full weekend of October, coinciding with Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI). This event connects Scouts globally using amateur...

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EventStartEndDXCC Entity
VK0TBC Antarctica01 Feb 202631 Dec 2026CE9 Antarctica
HF0PAS South Shetland Islands01 May 202631 Oct 2026VP8/h South Shetland Islands
OX3LX Greenland01 Jul 202604 Oct 2026OX Greenland
VK9WX Willis Island22 Jul 202630 Nov 2027VK9W Willis Island
VY0ZOO Canada23 Aug 202606 Nov 2026VE Canada
V51WH Namibia25 Aug 202610 Oct 2026V5 Namibia
T32AZ Eastern Kiribati02 Sep 202631 Oct 2026T32 Eastern Kiribati
J48S Samos Island11 Sep 202610 Oct 2026SV Greece
8R1TM Guyana11 Sep 202612 Oct 20268R Guyana
8Q7JH Maldives20 Sep 202610 Oct 20268Q Maldives
5W0AF Samoa21 Sep 202612 Oct 20265W Samoa
C21DA Naoero23 Sep 202605 Oct 2026C2 Nauru
JE1NVD/JD1 Ogasawara24 Sep 202606 Oct 2026JD/o Ogasawara
JD1BON Ogasawara24 Sep 202606 Oct 2026JD/o Ogasawara
FW1P Wallis and Futuna26 Sep 202612 Oct 2026FW Wallis & Futuna Islands
9T0MD Dem Rep Congo30 Sep 202610 Oct 20269Q Dem Rep Congo
V61GSE Micronesia01 Oct 202607 Oct 2026V6 Micronesia
7P8JL Lesotho01 Oct 202611 Oct 20267P Lesotho
C5R The Gambia01 Oct 202604 Nov 2026C5 The Gambia
SV8/DC7WC Greece03 Oct 202612 Oct 2026SV Greece
JW5MUA Svalbard03 Oct 202631 Oct 2026JW Svalbard
H44MS Solomon Islands03 Oct 202620 Nov 2026H4 Solomon Islands

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Oceania DX Contest, CWSat 10 Oct, 06:00 UTCSun 11 Oct, 06:00 UTC
JARL WW RTTY ContestSat 17 Oct, 00:00 UTCSun 18 Oct, 23:59 UTC
CQ WW DX Contest, SSBSat 24 Oct, 00:00 UTCSun 25 Oct, 23:59 UTC
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2026 Collegiate QSO Party is October 3 – 4
[ARRL] - Friday October 2 2026
Get ready to contact college and university radio clubs during this weekend’s Collegiate QSO Party, 0000 UTC October 3 through 2359 UTC ImageOctober 4 (Friday evening through Sunday in the US). Students, faculty, staff, and alumni will be on the air using the call sign of a college, university, or other post-secondary academic institution. Look for stations on CW, phone, and digital modes on an...
Less than a week until the RSGB 2026 Convention
[RSGB] - Friday October 2 2026
You have less than 72 hours left to buy your advance ticket for the RSGB Convention, which takes place next weekend at Kents Hill Conference Centre in Milton Keynes. Online ticket sales will close at 9am on Monday 5 October, so book your tickets online to guarantee your place and save money compared to prices […]
RSGB Spectrum Forum Chair wins international award
[RSGB] - Friday October 2 2026
The RSGB Spectrum Forum Chair Murray Niman, G6JYB, has been awarded the Roy Stevens, G2BVN Memorial Trophy. Murray was one of two recipients to receive the award at the IARU R1 Conference last month. The trophy is awarded to radio amateurs who have best exemplified Roy’s work and dedication in international amateur radio. The RSGB […]
Appointment of Regional Forum Chair
[RSGB] - Friday October 2 2026
The RSGB is pleased to announce the appointment of Philip Hosey, MI0MSO, as the new Regional Forum Chair, effective from 1 October 2026. Philip is well known to many members and volunteers across the Society. He brings a wealth of experience to the role, having previously served Regional Forum Chair and currently holding the position […]
Appointment of Regional Forum Secretary
[RSGB] - Friday October 2 2026
The RSGB is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen Purser, GW4SHF, as the new Regional Forum Secretary, effective from 1 October 2026. Stephen brings a wealth of experience to the role, having served the Society in a wide range of volunteer positions over many years. His extensive contribution to the RSGB includes roles in […]
Remembering Four Silent Keys
[ARRL] - Sunday September 27 2026
We are saddened to report this week on the passing of four well-known amateurs, including two members of the extended “ARRL family.”  Longtime ARRL Rhode Island Section Manager Robert George “Bob” Beaudet, W1YRC, became a Silent Key on September 10, 2026, at age 88. An ARRL Life Member, Gold-Level Diamond Club member, and Maxim Society member in the President Class, Beaudet served as Rhode Isla...
Video/Podcast with ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA
[ARRL] - Saturday September 26 2026
ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, was a guest on episode 103 of The DX Mentor, which aired September 19, 2026. Hosted by Bill Salyers, AJ8B, with Joe Pater, W8GEX, the discussion covered highlights from the ARRL Board of Directors’ annual Second Meeting, held July 17; the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU); the August ARRL National Convention hosted by the Huntsville Hamfest, and recent supp...
Will RADE Be the Next SSB?
[ARRL] - Friday September 25 2026
It’s been a half century since single sideband (SSB) supplanted amplitude modulation (AM) as the most popular voice mode on HF, due largely to its spectrum efficiency, occupying roughly half the bandwidth of an AM signal. Now, there’s a new digital voice mode from FreeDV called Radio Autoencoder, or RADE, that occupies half the bandwidth of an SSB signal and reportedly provides more natural-sou...
FCC and HHS Initiate New Proceedings on RF Exposure
[ARRL] - Friday September 25 2026
ARRL with ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® is following two new federal proceedings concerning radio frequency (RF) exposure. On September 17, 2026, the FCC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initiated parallel comment periods on RF safety issues. Neither inquiry changes the current FCC RF exposure rules that apply to all radio amateurs but could lead to ...
The ARRL Solar Update
[ARRL] - Friday September 25 2026
Solar activity is likely to continue at low levels with isolated tooccasional C-class flare activity, along with a slight chance forR1-R2 (Minor-Moderate) M-class flare events, through September 25,according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center. The SWPC reportsthat nine sunspot regions are on the visible disk, including a newRegion 4541. There were three solar flares observed in the past ...
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