News for Wednesday 16 December |
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Due to the Coronavirus pandemic in Germany the Federal Network Agency BNetzA has announced that all amateur radio exams will be cancelled until mid-January at the earliest |
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Contest University will host Propagation Summit on January 23, 2021. |
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There was such a demand for the Dec 6 free amateur radio Foundation Online training course, over 150 people registered, that Essex Ham are running an additional course starting Dec 20 |
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The latest edition of The 5 MHz Newsletter (No 25 –Summer/Autumn 2020) is now available for free pdf download from the ‘External Links’ section of the Wikipedia 60m Band page |
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The RSGB has released proceedings for the November 21 Board meeting which discussed licence changes and the Direct-to-Full exam |
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Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club |
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News for Tuesday 15 December |
Michelle Thompson, W5NYV, is a third generation amateur, beginning her ham radio journey in elementary school |
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Finland lost the important 1240-1300 MHz amateur radio band on April 24, 2020. National society SRAL now asking for 220-225 MHz as a replacement, their initial request for 902-928 MHz having been rejected |
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March 13 th and 14 th are the dates for the next QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo. With presentations, exhibitors and many opportunities for hams from around the world to congregate and share ideas and camaraderie. |
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With the Summer Sporadic-E season in the southern hemisphere now in full swing, there was a remarkable opening on the 50 MHz band on the 12th of December between Australia and South America |
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The EI0YOTA callsign has been activated a number of times since the start of December. A special thanks to eight-year-old Ryan EI8KW, eleven-year-old Siobhan, daughter of Adrian EI9HAB and Slav EI6KW and his daughter, who have all taken the time to operate the EI0YOTA callsign. Between them they have achieved over one thousand QSOs so far |
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The South Eastern Amateur Radio Group would like to take this opportunity to wish all our radio friends and their families in Ireland and around the world a very happy and peaceful Christmas 2020 |
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During the week of Chanukah celebrations, special Israeli radio amateur stations will be active on the air with a special callsigns ending in letters from the word "Chanukah", (4X1C, 4X2H, 4Z3A, 4X4N, 4X5U, 4X6K, 4Z7A, 4X8H and 4X0NER). "Ner" means candle in Hebrew. The number in the callsign indicates the number of the candles lit that day |
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News for Monday 14 December |
Twenty years ago - November 13, 2000 - the Expedition-1 crew turned on the ARISS Ericsson radio for the first time and completed several contacts with ARISS ground stations around the world to validate the radio communications system. These inaugural contacts launched an incredible two-decade operations journey on ISS, enabling ARISS to inspire, engage and educate our next generation of explorers and provide the ham radio community a platform for lifelong learning and experimentation |
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With the majority of radio amateurs now over 65, Randy Hall K7AGE looks at how amateurs can prepare for their passing and ease the burden those left behind face in dealing with the collection of radio equipment |
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Spain's Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure has extended the authorization for Radio Amateurs to use 2,400.050 to 2,410.0 MHz for QO-100 communications until Dec 26, 2021 |
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The ebook Capture the MAGIC of Six Meters by Jim Wilson K5ND is available for free download |
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As a society, we’ve become accustomed to always-on high-speed data connections, whether we’re at home on the computer or out and about with a mobile device. But what happens if a natural disaster knocks out the local infrastructure? Sure some people will be able to fire up their radio if they need to reach out and touch someone, but even among hackers, hams are a minority. What we really need is a backup Internet |
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According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 6th December, through Sunday, 13th December there were 212 countries active. |
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News for Sunday 13 December |
Brazil's communications regulator ANATEL has responded to the request of the national amateur radio society LABRE concerning the approval of old amateur radio equipment |
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Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again offering an online Amateur Radio course so that individuals from all across Canada can obtain their Amateur Radio Operator Certificate with Basic Qualification while continuing to practise social/physical distancing |
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The Geminid meteor shower is about to peak. On Sunday night-Monday morning (Dec. 13/14), debris from "rock comet" 3200 Phaethon will fly out of the constellation Gemini, producing what many forecasters believe will be the best meteor display of 2020 |
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The new edition of the Hans Knot International Radio Christmas Report is now on line for downloading |
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On December 8, Practical Wireless columnist Tim Kirby GW4VXE gave the Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club (MUARC) a talk on all things VHF/UHF, the video is available on YouTube |
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Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at low to moderate levels |
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News for Saturday 12 December |
 If you want to do HF in an apartment, where do you start? One of the many vexing issues associated with getting on-air and making noise is actually making that happen |
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The RSGB and NHS Campaign ‘Get on the air for Christmas’ is off to a great start with the charity auction raising money for NHS Charities Together |
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Since its formation in 2017, the Region 2 Band Planning Committee has worked to not just keep the band plans current, but also to determine the level of activity on the bands |
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With interest growing in the new 40 MHz (8-metre) amateur band in Europe, YU7EF has designed a 4-element Yagi antenna which will give good performance in this part of the low VHF spectrum. |
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Jitsi is an OpenSource Collaboration tool. You can join the meeting just by clicking the above link from your Desktop/Laptop. You can install the Jitsi App on your Android / iPhone and join the meeting with the above link. |
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New Zealand has added Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) systems using the RF spectrum from 0.1485 to 30 MHz into the General User Radio Licence for Short Range Devices (GURL-SRD is equivalent to UK's licence exempt) |
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In June Brazil followed the UK and USA's lead by introducing online exams for their Class C and A amateur radio licenses. It was said to be a temporary pandemic measure now it is to become permanent |
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For the first time an amateur radio exam using the Online system was held in Balmon Jayapura, Indonesia and 103 people took part |
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CEPT Working Group SE 40 (Space Service compatibility issues) met on December 2-4 and 7, and discussed the amateur radio band from 1240-1300 MHz |
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An ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event is scheduled from the International Space Station (ISS) for late December. This will be a special SSTV event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ARISS |
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The Geminids are a prolific meteor shower caused by the object 3200 Phaethon, which is thought to be a Palladian asteroid with a "rock comet" orbit. This would make the Geminids, together with the Quadrantids, the only major meteor showers not originating from a comet |
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News for Friday 11 December |
The Indian Express interviews 13-year-old Smriti Hegde VU3FNV from Bengaluru (Bangalore), she is one of the youngest radio amateurs in India |
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The Asheville Citizen Times reports radio amateurs ran special events stations to honor the memory of the Hammarlund radio factory in Mars Hill North Carolina and the company's founder Oscar Hammarlund |
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In addition to posting news items on the RAC website and in magazine, Radio Amateurs of Canada regularly communicates with its membThe Canadian Amateurers about its programs and services by sending RAC Bulletins such as the one you are now reading |
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This programme will now be broadcast on 16 December (revised from 9 December originally announced) |
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The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity on the amateur radio bands |
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News for Thursday 10 December |
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A so-called Wiki Lexicon is now available in the AMSAT-DL forum. Those who are undecided, or are still thinking about joining QO-100, can visit the wiki |
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India dismisses claim that China used microwave weapons on its troops in Himalayan border battle as 'fake news' and says 'our soldiers are still there' |
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The G-QRP club have launched a YouTube channel for those interested in low power amateur radio operation |
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Turn a microwave oven into an microwave gun These guys from Luhansk or Lugansk, formerly known as Voroshilovgrad, is a city in eastern Ukraine, like to live dangerously! |
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Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW |
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Alexei, RX6A, will be active as RI01ANT from Antarctica between December 25th, 2020, and May 30th, 2021 |
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