LABRE Celebrates 92 Years with SSTV Event

February 1, 2026The League of Brazilian Amateur Radio Transmitters (LABRE) will celebrate its 92nd anniversary through a series of SSTV images transmitted via the UmKA-1 (RS40S) satellite. SSTV transmissions will take place between February 6 and February 9.

• Frequency: 437.625 MHz
• Mode: Robot36
• Transmission interval: 3 minutes

A special certificate will be available for operators that receive the SSTV image. Image files may be submitted here.

Source: LABRE open_in_new LABRE SSTV UmKA-1

HamClock Project to Sunset June 2026

January 29, 2026A message posted to the HamClock website earlier today announced that the HamClock project will no longer receive updates. The message stated that while the project has ended, HamClock devices should continue to operate until June 2026, at which point it’s expected data will no longer be pushed to the application.

HamClock is a popular cross-platform application that visualizes a range of customizable data helpful to ham radio operators. As of 2023, HamClock was installed on more than 2,600 devices across the globe.

HamClock is a kiosk-style application that provides real time space weather, radio propagation models, operating events and other information particularly useful to the radio amateur.

Amateur Radio Daily reached out to the creator and maintainer of HamClock, Elwood Downey (WB0OEW), via his personal email address and received an auto-reply message stating that Mr. Downey had become a silent key on January 29th, 2026.

Additional information about HamClock as well as the source code is available via the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.

Editor’s Note: Headlines from Amateur Radio Daily have appeared on HamClock since 2023.

Source: Clear Sky Institute open_in_new HamClock