The "Amateur Radio Dispatch" is a weekly news post covering some of the news in Amateur Radio over the last seven days together with cartoon, special monthly features and other interesting items which might be good to know about.
The PDF Files for each weekly edition are saved on a Cloud service and links are shown for each one.
(Feedback is always welcome to get corrections, improvements and any good ideas implemented.)
Newspaper Archive with Links
AMATEUR RADIO WEEKLY Dispatch News
21 AUGUST 2026 · WORLDWIDE
In this weeks edition:
ISS spacewalkers ran out of time swapping a failed space-to-ground antenna (follow-up planned 25 Aug)
POTA opened a review of French ZNIEFF park designations
MeshCore v1.17.1 patch (fixes on top of last week's v1.17.0)
Huntsville Hamfest/ARRL National Convention opening this weekend
ARISS won the Challenger-7 Recognition
Rhode Island's 61-park POTA "activation-a-thon" prep
Solar activity holding low, modest coronal-hole boost expected
AMATEUR RADIO WEEKLY Dispatch News
14 AUGUST 2026 · WORLDWIDE
In this weeks edition:
Colombia Earthquake Response
MeshCore v1.17.0 Released
FCC Cites GMRS Network
Voyager 2's "Big Bang" Update
RI1FJL Reaches Franz Josef Land
RSGB Preps for Solar Eclipse
DX News
AMATEUR RADIO WEEKLY Dispatch News
7 AUGUST 2026 · WORLDWIDE
In this weeks edition:
ARISS: First Contact With Kenya
WRTC 2026 Results Under Review
Jodrell Bank Facing Shutdown
YOTA Camp Wraps in the Alps
10-Year-Old DX Marathon Champion
Tokelau DXpedition Cleared
DX News