Saturday brings a weekend packed with on-air action, from the Collegiate QSO Party lighting up campus clubs to fresh POTA outings testing gear and old keys. We've also got DX legend tales, a new WSJT-X mode, and headlines spanning RFI safeguards to AI in orbit — a proper mix of field, bench, and ionosphere.

In today’s roundup

• Tims Ford State Park: Proving New Gear in the Field — QRPer
  KV4AN heads to Tennessee's Tims Ford State Park, where a field activation doubles as the proving ground for untested gear — always the honest test.
• Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 441 — AmateurRadio.com
  K1JT and the WSJT team drop WSJT-X 3.2.0-rc1 with JTTY, a clock-free weak-signal mode aimed squarely at RTTY contesters.
• 2026 Collegiate QSO Party is October 3 – 4 — ARRL News
  This weekend's Collegiate QSO Party puts college and university clubs on the air, so swing the dial and work some students, faculty, and staff.
• Wrapping Up the Lewis & Clark Trail — AmateurRadio.com
  Joyce/K0JJW and company close out their POTA journey along the Lewis and Clark Trail, from Lemhi Pass to the Pacific shore.
• Bug Fist Practice: Pairing the Bug Emulator and Begali Traveler for a Morning POTA Session! — QRPer
  K4SWL squeezes in a morning POTA session to practice his bug fist, pairing a bug emulator with the Begali Traveler for CW fun.
• Legendary DXer Bob Locher, W9KNI, Presents Tales from a Serial Sniper Part 4: My Bouvet Island QRP QSO with 3Y0C — OnAllBands (DX Engineering)
  DXing legend W9KNI recounts building the Elecraft K2 kit and landing a QRP contact with Bouvet's 3Y0C — the ultimate low-power trophy.
• Shortwave Memories — Richard E. Wood — The SWLing Post
  A warm remembrance of Richard E. Wood, remembered as perhaps the best-known DXer ever, from the shortwave listening community.
• Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2553 for Friday, October 2nd, 2026 — Amateur Radio Newsline
  Newsline covers UN pleas for stronger RFI safeguards, an AI data center in orbit, and signals detected from another world.

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