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Sedalia Amateur Radio Klub KSIS AM reports on the Sedalia Pettis Amateur Radio Klub (SPARK) who participated in the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Field Day on Saturday, an annual event that takes place on the fourth weekend of June ACMA amateur radio update: June 2021 In the ACMA's third amateur e-bulletin for 2021, they provide an update on: the review of non-assigned amateur licensing, 2x1 contest call signs, consultation on proposed changes to class licences to harmonise EME requirements and accreditation arrangements Radio hams reach across the world It's easy to assume that amateur radio operators who communicate with one another are merely engaging in an enjoyable pastime or avocation, but Frank Sole WB8YHD won’t hesitate to spread that notion farther and wider Report of IARU Region 2 Executive Committee meeting The IARU Region 2 Executive Committee has released a report of their meeting held on May 26, 2021 AC4RC Azalea Coast Amateur Radio club Short Multiband Dipole Array Antennas/Fan Dipole A multiband shortened fan dipole. This page offers and online calculator that can be really useful if you plan to homebrew a multiband dipole for low HF bands and you don't have all needed space for the full lenght. It combines multiband dipole with loading coild for selected bands. Xiegu X5105 HF+6m QRP Transceiver Xiegu X5105 QRP portable HF and 6m transceiver with a general coverage receiver, features a large LCD display, automatic antenna tuner and a built in high capacity battery. Cusco Peru Alex, DD5ZZ, will be active as OA7/DD5ZZ from the Cusco region in Peru between July 30th and September 17th Slovenia special event Slovenian Amateur Radio Union will celebrate the country's 30 years of Independence by issuing a special award. It will be eligible to all amateur radio enthusiasts all over the World Video: The making of the world's first wooden satellite The WISA Woodsat, the world’s first wooden satellite successfully completed its stratospheric test flight earlier this month. The nano-satellite was designed and constructed to 'hopefully' withstand the harsh rigors of space orbit, according to the mission team BT eyes OneWeb’s satellite service for rural broadband U.K. operator BT teamed with satellite company OneWeb to explore how the latter’s service could help close broadband gaps in areas beyond the reach of its mobile and fiber networks Notes from the Museums: A Telegram Today’s generation possesses an ability to enter text messages and emails on a cell phone with lightning speed. In 1885, when a telegraph office was established in the train depot in Brooksville, telegrams were created with that kind of speed New VAT rules for imports from July 1st Ireland's IRTS News report that radio amateurs will be hit with higher costs as the European Union have announced that the VAT exemption at importation from non-EU countries of small consignments of a value up to 22 Euro will be removed from July 1st Amateur radio on BBC Guernsey The RSGB Twitter feed reports radio amateur Victoria Stamps GU0BEZ from Sark gave a fascinating interview to Claire Cathcart on BBC Guernsey on June 22 Spain's URE makes amateur radio magazine archive available Spain's national amateur radio society URE has digitized their old magazines from 1949 to 2020 and made the PDF's available for everyone to download from their website MDXC presentation available online For those who might have missed the excellent presentation (on June 8th), 'Modes of Propagation on 6 Meters,' by Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, the complete program video is now available on the Madison DX Club's YouTube channel 70cm Beacon Technical Reference/Beacon keyers PLL synthesized 70cm CW beacon exciter. The exciter is built arround a slightly more advanced ADF-4351 single chip PLL synthesizer rather then (among amateurs) more popular Si-570 or Si-5351 integrated circuits. The exciter is capable of providing up to 250 mW of RF output power, Amateur Radio Club holds two-day event at USS Kidd The Baton Rouge Advocate reports that the Baton Rouge Amateur Radio Club members aboard the destroyer USS Kidd made radio contact with over 37 states, two Canadian providences and 10 other museum ships The new XIEGU X6100 portable HF transceiver: Yes, it's real and no it's not vaporware It seems folks are now finding out about the new Xiegu X6100 HF and 6 meter portable transceiver Norway: 820,000 kroner to support ham radio emergency comms The Norwegian Radio Relay League will receive more than NOK 820,000 (£69,651) from the Gjensidige Foundation to strengthen emergency preparedness EI2DKH transatlantic beacon update Tony EI8JK, keeper of the EI2DKH 2 metre transatlantic beacon located at Kilcrohane on the Sheep’s Head Peninsula in West Cork has announced that on advice received, the Q65 sub-mode has been changed from A to C, as sub-mode C is reported to be more sensitive for 144MHz IRTS News broadcasts continue on 4 metres The East Leinster Amateur Radio Club, EI0EL, successfully completed their monthly pilot of the IRTS News Broadcast on 4 Metres. Their next broadcast will be on Sunday next July 4th at 10.30am local time on a new frequency of 70.400MHz FM Norway: 711,000 kroner for ham radio online learning The Norwegian Radio Relay League will receive NOK 711,000 (£60,393) from the Research Council for the development of teaching material for amateur radio Story of Jodrell Bank The Story of Jodrell Bank is the next talk at Denby Dale amateur radio club. The speaker is Professor Ian Morison from the Jodrell Bank discovery centre Further adventures on 30 THz Third in the series showing the experiments by Barry Chambers G8AGN and Bob Harris G4APV in setting up communications in the 30 THz region in the pursuit of a world record at this frequency The facts on VK 2 X 1 competition callsigns A statement from The Radio Amateur Society of Australia Inc says: Over the past week or so, we have seen a bizarre series of posts from the WIA claiming credit for VK 2x1 competition callsigns M0XPDs Shack Nasties Homebrew, QRP, Beacons & Diplomatic / Spy Radio Kenwood Ts590 v Elecraft K3 Radio Equipment/Reviews and Comparisons Comparison of Kenwood Ts590 v Elecraft K3. Comparing the TS590s to the Elecraft K3 as far as ease of use, receive characteristics etc. Forum thread at QRZ.com Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2124 Revisiting the Rybakov 806 Vertical Antenna, 100 Watts and a Wire, The Kenwood TS-590 Series Transceivers, Transverter for 50 70 28 MHz , Juma Keyer1, 60m Mods for the Icom IC-756, 23cm Low Noise Amplifier Never give up the ship Last week on Australia's WIA News, Jason VK2LAW brought us news of the Bouvet Island cancellation A contest for the new radio amateurs The SARL Newbie Party is a fun activity to encourage all new radio amateurs to become active Australian 2X1 Callsigns Great news for the Australian Amateur Radio Cohort after the WIAs affirmative call to action results in 2x1 Callsign announcement, after delays in the implementation of the 2X1 Callsigns for a substantial period of time of around 18 months The AMSAT-SA Space symposium on 10 July The programme for the 2021 AMSAT SA Space Symposium has been published on the SARL and AMSAT SA websites SolderSmoke Podcast 231 available Bill Meara M0HBR / N2CQR has released a new edition of the amateur radio SolderSmoke podcast FCC looking at amateur 420 MHz and 5 GHz allocations The FCC is looking at the proposed use by commercial space entities of parts of the USA's amateur radio allocations 420-430 MHz and 5650-5925 MHz