With the approach of Hurricane Zeta the Hurricane Watch Net will again activate. To see their activation plan go to https://www.hwn.org/policies/activationplans.html Please note and respect their frequencies during this activation

The Government of New Zealand has advised their amateur radio operators they will no longer be allowed to transmit on 60M. This ban was effective Oct 24 2020. To learn more go to https://www.nzart.org.nz/info/60m

Starting November 1 2020 nominations will open for the 2021 Hamvention Awards. To see the categories, requirements for nominations etc go to http://www.arrl.org/news/2021-hamvention-award-nominations-open-on-november-1

In order to avoid confusion, and learning from past events the ARRL Logbook of the World staff worked with the WSJT-X staff to harmonize the FST 4 Protocol. More information can be found at http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-logbook-of-the-world-harmonizes-designation-of-fst4-protocol

Robert Bankston, KE4AL, is New AMSAT President was named President of AMSAT on Oct 18 2020. More information is available at http://www.arrl.org/news/robert-bankston-ke4al-is-new-amsat-president

The 10th Anniversary of a mine rescue in Chile is the reason for this special event station. More information can be found at http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2020/october/successful-mine-rescue-special-event.htm

Canada 2020 Conference and AGM: Presentations now available on new RAC YouTube Channel Radio Amateurs of Canada would like to thank all presenters, participants and volunteers for organizing and attending the RAC Canada 2020 Conference and Annual General Meeting. All presentations are now available for viewing on the new RAC YouTube Channel. Note: Unfortunately there was a problem with the recording of the FT8 DXing presentation by Ron Schwartz, VE3VN, and it cut off about halfway through. We are now looking into the problem. Stay tuned. The other presentations are now available for viewing on the new RAC YouTube Channel. Please note that the videos are currently  in raw format and we hope to edit them at some…

The SSB portion of the CQ World Wide Dx Contest will be held OCT 24 2020. For rules and more information go to https://cqww.com/

The semi annual ARRL School Round up will be held the third week of October 2020. All the information on this event can be found at http://www.arrl.org/school-club-roundup

THE BUDDIPOLE CHALLENGE RULES ARE SIMPLE: (1) MUST USE A BUDDIPOLE ANTENNA SYSTEM (INCLUDES THE BUDDISTICK); AND (2) MUST HAVE FUN. Buddipole Challenge Results Reporting: Your report will be: your callsign, your name as you want it to appear on your certificate of participation, the total amount of contacts, and your power level (QRP, Low – 6 to 15 watts, Medium – 16 to 50 watts, and High 51+ watts). After the contest you can email your report to n8gu@arrl.net by October 30th. 73 and good luck.