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ARRL author, QST Technical Editor Joel Hallas, W1ZR, SK The ARRL report: Retired QST Technical Editor Joel R. Hallas, W1ZR, of Westport, Connecticut, died on November 25 Slow-scan TV transmissions from ISS set for December 1-2 Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) plan to transmit slow-scan TV (SSTV) images on December 1 – 2 on 145.800 MHz FM using SSTV mode PD120 ARISS contact scheduled for students in Nuremberg, Germany This will be a direct contact via amateur radio between astronaut Matthias Maurer KI5KFH onboard the International Space Station and students at Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nurnberg, Nuremberg, Germany 160m Short Vertical Loft Antenna Antennas/160M This is a very small vertical 160m antenna that fits in the loft of even my small house. It was built as a way of getting a signal out on 160m for local AM contacts, but the local noise level was far too high to allow it to be used at night for this purpose. However, on WSPR it did a pretty good job with WSPR spots from a very long way across Europe being received when running 2.5W out. Zimbabwe Operators Tom DL7BO and Tom DJ6TF will be active as Z22O and Z21A, respectively, from Harare, Zimbabwe, between December 2-15th St. Paul and Sable Islands The CY9C DXpedition to St. Paul Island will take place during August 12-21st, 2022, and the CY0 DXpedition to Sable Island will take place during October 2022 Comoros Islands Members of the F6KOP Radio Club are planning to activate Comoros Islands (AF-007) with a multi-national 12 operator team sometime between mid-to-end January in 2022 Still time to register for the SARL/AMSAT SA Technology Workshop The joint SARL and AMSAT SA Technology workshop will run from 11:00 - 14:30 CAT on Saturday 4 December on the Blue Jeans Platform. There is still time to register for this event. Registration closes at 17:00 on Friday 3 December Beacon Fund contributions have dried up During the past month, contributions to the SARL Next Generation Beacon Fund have dried up Dwingeloo Radio Telescope A collaboration of Members of the CAMRAS Foundation, ESA, Lacuna Space, and Jan, PA3FXB have sent the Observatory's callsign PI9CAM on a round trip of 730,360km to the Moon and back Truskmore back on air Dave, Ei5IMB reports that the Donegal Amateur Radio Club, EI1DRC are happy to announce that the long-time offline but very well-known Truskmore 2m FM Analogue Repeater, EI2TKR has been rebuilt and resurrected in the form of a TAIT TB8100 Using an Arduino to upgrade a 1970s ham radio Al Williams WD5GNR writes on Hackaday about upgrading the vintage Icom IC-245 with an Arduino Ham radio operators unite woman with family after 37 years A tribal lady, who had lost contact with her family at Bokaro in Jharkhand at least 37 years back, was reunited with them by ham radio operators on Sunday. The reunion deserves special mention as the 163rd birth anniversary of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose - the father of Radio Science - being on November 30 Catching the chatter Dr Sunil Furtado writes in the Deccan Herald newspaper about Short Wave Listening in the 1980's Announcement of New Senior Leadership Team n May 2020, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, Inc. (ARISS-USA) created a new 501 (c) (3) non-profit charitable organization to enhance and expand ARISS initiatives in the USA. To support the variety of new functions and roles of this organization, ARISS-USA has augmented its Senior Leadership team by selecting five new members 5 element Yagi antenna for 10 meters band Antennas/10M This 10 meter antenna is right out of the ARRL Antenna Book. There are 5 elements on a 24 feet boom and it performs well from 28.0 to 28.9 MHz. Govt asks Indians to not subscribe to Elon Musk’s satellite internet service Starlink Elon Musk's SpaceX does not have the license to offer broadband internet services in India, said Ministry of Communication on Friday. It asked citizens not to subscribe to the service Vintage Ham Radio Gets Brain Transplant Old radios didn't have much in the way of smarts. But as digital synthesis became more common, radios often had as much digital electronics in them as RF circuits. The problem is that digital electronics get better and better every year, so what looked like high-tech one year is quaint the next Radio Caroline on 648 khz power increase - reception report request The opportunity arose to boost our power on 648 AM. This was beyond the ability of the existing Nautel machine. High power AM transmitters are not easily sourced now Analyzing starlink satellite downlink communications with software defined radio Often, mere curiosity is sufficient to do something. This is also the case with people trying to analyze the communication setup and protocol which SpaceX is using with their Ku-band based Starlink satellites New law hits AIS beacons A new law introduced by Beijing appears to have resulted in ships turning off their automatic AIS beacons (161.975 MHz or 162.025 MHz) when in Chinese waters 10-year-old radio ham launches his 3rd high-altitude APRS balloon 10-year-old radio amateur Max W0MXX has been building Amateur Radio APRS transmitter payloads to act as tracking beacons and launching them into the stratosphere EMF Compliance in latest Galway newsletter The Winter 2021 issue of the Galway Radio Club Journal, free to download, is packed with good articles including EMF Compliance by Steve Wright EI5DD who takes a look at the RSGB EMF calculator UK EMF regulations: New interim guide for microwavers The UK Microwave Group (UKuG) has made available interim EMF compliance guidance for radio amateurs operating in the microwave bands QSO Today - Stephen Houser, N1SH Stephen Houser, N1SH, was essential to helping Rex Harper, W1REX, present his Build-A-Thons at the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expos with multi-camera coverage of Rex’s project demonstrations ARISS contact is scheduled for students at Colegio Pumahue Temuco, Temuco, Chile This will be a direct contact via amateur radio between students in Temuco, Chile and Astronaut Raja Chari (KI5LIU). Amateur radio operators using the CE6TC call sign will operate the ham radio ground station for this direct contact Building the 5-element 10 Meter Yagis Antennas/10M A project for a 5-over-5 stack on 10 meters Troubleshooting Reversible Beverages Antennas/Beverage It is very worthwhile to understand how Beverages of all types work. Without that understanding it can be quite difficult to interpret what you hear and what you measure. BBC Three can return as TV channel BBC Three is set to return to TV screens for the first time in six years, after Ofcom today approved its relaunch as a broadcast television channel Mauritius update Operators Olof G0CKV (3B8HA/SM5CKV), Kazu JK3GAD, Denny KX7M, Jamie M0SDV and Oliver W6NV will be active as 3B8M from Roches Noires during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 27-28th) as Multi-Multi entry. The team will be active 'a few days before and after' the contest MSF signal outage 9 December The MSF signal is occasionally taken off-air to allow maintenance work on the masts and antennas at Anthorn Radio Station to be carried out in safety. A radio-controlled clock will not be able to pick up the MSF signal during these periods, so may drift off from the correct time India to develop HF OTH Radar ? A report on the Alpha Defense site suggests India may be building its own HF Over The Horizon (OTH) Radar LoRa to the Moon and back Radio amateur Jan van Muijlwijk PA3FXB along with Tammo Jan Dijkema and Frank Zeppenfeldt successfully sent an amateur radio 430 MHz band LoRa message to the Moon and back GBARC Canadian Club Map The Georgian Bay Amateur Radio Club is pleased to announce our map display of all Radio Clubs in Canada Belgium to hold an amateur radio exam in January Belgium's communications regulator BIPT is to hold an amateur radio exam in the southern Belgium Province of Luxembourg in Wallonia on January 7