Happy Friday from HamDaily, where summer is in full swing on both sides of the Atlantic. Today we've got fresh youth blood on the RSGB Committee, a Norfolk rally to browse, Elecraft's diminutive new AX4 whip breaking in a Berwickshire beach, plus space weather countermeasures and homebrew receivers to keep the technical crowd happy.

In today’s roundup

• Also in GB2RS this week… — RSGB
  The RSGB Youth Committee welcomes two new Youth Champions, Angus Dare M7NZM for Cadets and Katelyn How M9KFH, a heartening sign for the hobby's future.
• Rallies and Events News – 5 July 2026 — RSGB
  The Barford Norfolk Radio Rally opens its doors at 9am Sunday with trade stands, car boot sales, and a bring-and-buy—prime hunting ground for that missing bit of kit.
• The New Elecraft AX4: First-Ever POTA Activation on the Beautiful Berwickshire Coast! — QRPer
  K4SWL puts Elecraft's brand-new AX4 antenna through its paces on a scenic Berwickshire POTA activation, a must-read for compact-antenna and QRP enthusiasts.
• Carlos’ Illustrated Radio Listening Report and Recording of CGTN (June 29, 2026) — The SWLing Post
  Cartoonist Carlos Latuff shares an illustrated CGTN listening report noting cyclone damage coverage, a charming reminder that SWL logs can be works of art.
• The SARC Communicator: July – August 2026 — AmateurRadio.com
  SARC's bumper July–August Communicator blends technical innovation with field reports, ideal summer reading for the long-form club-newsletter fans among us.
• Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2540 for Friday, July 3rd, 2026 — Amateur Radio Newsline
  Newsline 2540 covers Canada's antenna and tower policy review, a solar-storm-weakening space 'wall,' and DMR ID verification—plenty to chew over this weekend.
• DIY SI5351 Radio Tunes In SW, MW, And More — Hackaday · Radio
  Builder mircemk shows how an SI5351 clock chip can anchor a homebrew MW and SW receiver, a satisfying project for the soldering-iron crowd.

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