JOTI and JOTA
JOTA-JOTI takes place from the 15th to the 17th of October, hundreds of Scout stations are taking part including many Irish Scout Troops
10-year-old is youngest French radio ham
The youngest radio amateur in France and the Overseas Territories is 10-year-old Florian Barret FR4UG in Reunion Island who holds the French HAREC equivalent license, which is the same as a UK Full
FMH Portable Operations Challenge 2021, result
The Portable Operations Challenge 2021 took place on September 4th and 5th and the overall winner showed what can be done from a great portable location and using very low power. With just six contacts and running at one-watt CW on twenty metres, Jack Haefner NG2E took out the top spot with a grand total of 615,924 points
Sisters earn ham radio licenses
The Midland Daily News reports on two sisters who got their amateur radio licenses - Kanushi Desai KE8RNA and Jashvi Desai KE8QHI
16th annual ARRL online auction gears up for October 8 kick-off
Get ready to bid and support ARRL education programming when the 16th Annual ARRL Online Auction gets under way on Friday, October 8, at 10 AM EDT (1400 UTC). The auction continues through Thursday, October 14. GigaParts is sponsoring this year’s ARRL Online Auction
Data on Number of Radio Amateurs Worldwide Needs Updating
The oft-cited figure of 3 million radio amateurs worldwide may need updating. That number was what the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) published in 2000 for the global head count. The IARU once regularly collected amateur radio population statistics, but stopped the practice around the point when the worldwide amateur radio population began to decline. Data available elsewhere for a few...
20 meter short loaded vertical antennas
Antennas/20M/20 meter Dipole Antennas
Loading is a way to lower the resonant frequency of an antenna radiator. This technique is typically used in antennas that have radiating elements that are too short for the desired resonance frequency. In this excellent article the author experiment loaded vertical dipoles for 20 meters band
We're 100 today!
Today sees special edition number 100 of Southgate Vibes, our twice-weekly amateur radio podcast
The BBC World Service has published its performance review covering the period of 2016 - 2020
During the period covered by this review, the total reach of BBC World Service has grown significantly, by 42 percent, from 246 million people on average each week in March 2016 to 351 million people in March 2020
ARDC gives grant to help students
Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) is helping high school Computer Science students become Makers by providing a grant to purchase Raspbery PIs and Arduinos
IARU Region 1 prepares for Workshop
On October 17-21 IARU Region 1 is holding a Workshop 'Shaping the Future' to discuss the future direction for amateur radio
ARISS contact is scheduled with students at various schools in the Prescott Unified School District, Prescott, AZ, USA
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for October 5, 2021 at 11:08 am MST (Prescott, AZ) (18:08 UTC, 2:08 pm EDT, 1:08 pm CDT, 12:08 pm MDT, 11:08 am PDT)
Numbers taking up amateur radio in UK declining
Figures in RSGB Board Proceedings suggest there has been a decline during this year in numbers joining the hobby but numbers are still much better than those before RI online exams were introduced
Ham radio exams in Nieuwegein, Netherlands
On October 2, the amateur radio Novice (equivalent to UK Intermediate) and Full exams were held in Nieuwegein. A day later, the Stichting Radio Examens (SRE) announced all the provisional exam results
School for Deaf Children to talk to an astronaut on the International Space Station in a world first radio communication
At 1212 hrs on 12 October 2021 Lloyd Farrington from the Newbury and District Amateur Radio Society (NADARS) will be calling the International Space Station using Amateur Radio equipment and callsign GB4MHN to enable ten deaf children to speak to NASA Astronaut Mark T. Vande Hei
A Foot Switch for the Future
Technical Reference/Headsets and Speakers
A prototype of a switch foot made on a square aluminium stock frame
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2138
Trapped five band EFHW SOTA antenna, Multiband End-fed 80-10m Antenna, Portable magnetic loop antenna, SDR4Space, Coil-Shortened Vertical Antenna Calculator, QSO Map Pyton Script, UTSOURCE.net,
MIARC
The Michigan Area Repeater Council, Inc
BAFARA Award
Operating Aids/Awards
The Belgian Air Force Amateur Radio Association sponsor of BAFARA Award
Rodrigues Island
Robert, 3B9FR, is once again active from Rodrigues Island (AF-017) and is NOT a PIRATE
Bahamas 'Radio In a Box' operation
Operators George/AA7JV, Tomi/HA7RY, Mike/KN4EEI, Don/N1DG, Gregg/W6IZT and Hal/W8HC will be active as C6AGU from Wood Cay (NA-001) during the CQWW DX CW Contest (November 27-28th and the ARRL 160m CW Contest (December 3-5th)
Galapagos Islands
Members of the Tifariti Gang/DX Friends will be active as HD8R from Galapagos Islands (SA-004) between October 26th and November 7th
The AWA Valve QSO Party this afternoon
The AWA Valve QSO Party is a phone only contest on 40 and 80 metres using AM and SSB. Preferably valve radios or radios with valves in them should be used. No linear amplifiers may be used
Ham radio CubeSats to deploy from ISS include one on 76 GHz
It is expected four CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads will be deployed on the morning of Wednesday, October 6, one of them has 76 GHz capability
RSGB release 8 sets of Board proceedings
The Proceedings for eight RSGB Board meetings held from December 2020 until August 2021 have now all been released
Eire: Regulator to put ham radio exams out to tender
Communications regulator ComReg is putting the running of amateur radio exams out to open tender, they are currently run by the national society IRTS
QSO Today - Alan Thompson, W6WN
Alan Thompson, W6WN, was a volunteer rescuer to the Camp Fire in Northern California a few years ago
ARRL Audio News - October 1, 2021
ARRL Audio News - October 1, 2021
Make a Compatct Dipole for 7 MHz
Antennas/40M/40 meter Dipole Antennas
This article demonstrate how to build and mount a 40 meter loaded dipole using basic materials. This antenna reduce the overall length of an HF dipole through the use of loading coils.
Troop 14 hosting Jamboree on the Air
Troop 14 in Brownwood, Texas would like to invite all area units to participate in the Jamboree on the Air event from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16 at the Boy Scouts Hut located behind Fire Station 2 at Allcorn Park. The local Ham Radio Operators club will also be on hand
WIA Contest Champion Award
The Ross Hull Contest is one of 9 Contests that make up the Peter Brown VK4PR, WIA Contest Champion Award
Essex Ham comments on removal of Foundation Practical Assessments
Essex Ham reports on the RSGB announcement that the current mandatory Foundation Practical Assessments are, with immediate effect, permanently removed from the syllabus. Read the 'pros and cons' in this article, and then see what you think! There is a 'comments' section on the Essex Ham website
ACMA release Five Year Spectrum Outlook 2021-26
WIA report the Australian communication regulator the ACMA has released the Five Year Spectrum Outlook document covering the 2021-2026 financial year
WIA IARU-R3 Conference report
The WIA reports on the IARU Region 3 conference attended by amateur radio societies in Asia and the Pacific, this included the UK's RSGB and USA's ARRL
November deadline for EMF compliance checking
The new Ofcom EMF regulations require compliance checking for all stations operating at above 110MHz from 18 November
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