SOTA activator all at sea!
Tom Read M1EYP, a prominent SOTA - Summits on the Air activator from Macclesfield, Cheshire, is suddenly experiencing a significant change to his portable operating habits
ARRL Audio News - July 23, 2021
ARRL Audio News - July 23, 2021
ARRL Board of Directors Creates Emergency Communications and Field Services Committee
At its just-concluded July 2021 meeting, the ARRL Board of Directors approved By-Law changes creating a third Standing Committee that joins the existing Administration and Finance Committee and Programs and Services Committee. The charter of the new Emergency Communications and Field Services Committee (EC-FSC) is to develop and recommend new or modified Board policy and programs for emergency c...
Stations to Celebrate Fourth Anniversary of FT8
N-Type Connector on Cellflex Cable
Technical Reference/Coax Cables and Connectors
Installation of Female N-Type Connector on 1-5/8 RFS Cellflex Cable
Telecoms firms need to do more to help customers struggling to pay bills
Our research shows that, in general, broadband and mobile customers are getting better services while prices have been falling in recent years. However, many people on low incomes are struggling to pay, and not all are getting the support they need
Sweden: 80m AM contest August 7
An 80m AM contest will be held in Sweden on Saturday, August 7, from 0700-0900 GMT using 3600-3750 kHz
France: HAMEXPO 2021 cancelled
The REF Board has cancelled the HAMEXPO 2021 event that had been planned to take place for September 25 at the Le Mans Exhibition Center in France
SOTA in the Canadian Rockies
SOTA in the Canadian Rockies will be presented by Paul Mower VA6MPM at the next QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo coming August 14th and 15th
Cuba jamming Ham Radio? Listen for yourself
IEEE Spectrum report that as anti-government protests spilled onto the streets in Cuba on July 11, something strange was happening on the airwaves
FCC Investigating Alleged “Jamming” on 40 Meters
Reports suggest that jamming stations have been deployed on the lower portion of 40 meters. The jamming appears to be coming from Cuba. The signals, spaced at regular intervals, exhibit a squishy, popping noise. The apparent jamming showed up after anti-government protesters took to the streets in Cuba, followed by a government crackdown. So far, there’s no proven connection between the jamming...
Massachusetts Court Okays Amateur Radio Tower, Citing Board of Appeals’ Error
A judge in the Massachusetts Land Court has ruled that the Zoning Board of Appeals in the City of Framingham “erred” in revoking a building permit for an 80-foot ham radio tower as an accessory use. The Building Commissioner in Framingham had granted ARRL member Mikhail “Misha” Filippov, KD1MF, a building permit for the tower, and Filippov had begun pouring concrete for the tower footings. Neig...
ARRL Announces Leadership Changes in the Central Division
ARRL Central Division Director Kermit Carlson, W9XA, has stepped down as Central Division Director. Carlson made the announcement at the July 2021 Board of Directors meeting this past weekend. Vice Director Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, has acceded to the Director’s chair, and ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, has appointed Brent Walls, N9BA, to succeed Luetzelschwab as the Central Division Vice ...
Operating AMTOR
Operating Modes/Amtor
Putting one of those old modems back into use.AMTOR is an acronym for AMateur Teleprinting Over Radio and was mostly used on HF. The mode is based on the marine SITOR code that was introduced to amateur radio by Peter, G3PLX. The mode is an enhancement of RTTY with active error correction that copes reasonably well with interference and fading.
EZNEC (PRO/2) WILL BE FREE
Beginning 2022 EZNEC will be released to the public domain and become free of cost and can be freely copied and distributed.
UK Band Plan
RSGB Bandplans largely based on those agreed at IARU Region-1 General Conferences with some local differences on frequencies above 430 MHz
The G4AON SSB Transmitter
Technical Reference/HF Radios
This transmitter covers the 160, 80, 40 and 20 metre bands and provides both SSB and properly generated CW. The CW side of this transmitter is not compromised and produces excellent CW. On SSB the audio has been tailored to provide a rising response to 3 KHz, with a sharp drop above that frequency. There is RF speech clipping to both provide more "punch" and to limit the peak output.
Nevada appointed Factory Direct dealer for LDG tuners
We are delighted to be appointed FACTORY DIRECT Dealers for the LDG range of Auto Tuners from the USA, including the new LDG Z-100A 125W Auto Tuner for Icom radios
UK Advanced distance Learning
The Strangford High Frequency Enthusiasts Group can announce that it's distance learning packages for the full licence have been extremely successful
23cm band: Amateur radio coexistence with Sat-Nav
The Chair of IARU Region 1 Spectrum Affairs, Barry Lewis G4SJH, reports on the meeting of the ITU-R Working Party 4C (WP4C) July 5-13 which discussed the amateur radio 1240 MHz band
Mapping directional MW transmitters in USA-Canada
If you listen for MW/AM radio stations in the the USA or Canada then you will surely know that many of them broadcast with directional antennas
DXpedition to Willis Island cancelled
After months of negotiations with the new Coral Island Management Authority, DXPedition leader Tommy Horozakis VK2IR has had to cancel the Willis Island DXPedition that was planned for November of this year
ARRL release 2020 annual report
In the report ARRL President Rick Roderick K5UR says radio amateurs must embrace the changing landscape and accept the ever-changing technologies in our hobby today
DARC publish results of amateur radio survey
Germany's DARC has published the results of the amateur radio survey they conducted for the IARU, they had 550 respondents. In the UK the RSGB's survey had over 1,000 replies
AO-109 (RadFxSat-2/AMSAT Fox-1E) Open for Amateur Use
AMSAT’s Engineering and Operations Teams have announced that AO-109 (RadFxSat-2/AMSAT Fox-1E) is now open for amateur use. AMSAT advises operators to use efficient modes for making contacts, such as CW or FT4, because issues with the satellite make SSB voice contacts “challenging at best.” An article in the May/June 2021 issue (Vol. 44, No. 3) of The AMSAT Journal details the various attempts t...
OPERATION Team
Emergency Communications, SKYWARN, Foxhunts, Education and Public Service
Transformers for low-bands antennas
Antennas/Longwave
Transformers can be used as part of a hybrid combiner or as phase inverters for an RX antenna array.
The latest Southgate Vibes podcast is now available
Click the 'Play' button on our front page http://www.southgatearc.org/ to listen
FT8DMC anniversary activity weeks 2021
To commemorate the 4th anniversary of the FT8 Digital Mode Club, eight special event stations will be on air during the 'FT8DMC Activity Days' between August 2-15th. All stations will bear the FTDMC or FTDM suffix
The Woodpecker becomes a national heritage site
Many of us can still recall the shortwave QRM resembling a hammering woodpecker. Until the nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl power plant in 1986, the 'woodpecker' was a daily nuisance on HF
Iceland adventure
Laurent, HB9HKE, will be active as TF/HB9HKE from Iceland between July 22nd and August 7th
Ofcom report shines light on new technologies shaping the future of the internet
Ofcom has today published the latest report from its Emerging Technology programme – shining a light on the technological advances that could shape the Internet of the future
Building Out a Ham Radio Trailer
Building Out a Ham Radio Trailer will be presented by George Zafiropoulos KJ6VU at the next QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo coming August 14th and 15th
FCC investigating whether Cuban Government is jamming ham radio
HAM radio operators in Florida have said that Cuba is jamming radio frequencies that prevent them from communicating with operators in the country since anti-government protests began last week. Now, the Federal Communications Commission says it has started an investigation into the issue
Register now for Free Online Amateur Radio Training course
The next free amateur radio Foundation Online training course run by volunteers from Essex Ham starts on August 1 - Register Now
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