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Ofcom confirm Foundation operation in UK territorial waters In their EMF announcement of May 18 Ofcom confirmed again that Foundation and Intermediate licence holders may operate from UK Territorial Waters YOTA Contest on Saturday May 22 The YOTA Contest on Saturday May 22 is open to every amateur radio operator in the world, there is a special category for people aged 25 or under The Marconi CR100 - an iconic radio from the past The Marconi CR100 was one of the many communications receivers that appeared on the government surplus market in the 1950s and 1960s. The receiver was a single conversion superhet covering LF, MF, and HF bands RadCom Plus RadCom Plus is the RSGB’s technical supplement for radio amateurs who want more in-depth information Ofcom contact UK radio amateurs regarding EMF regulation On Wednesday, May 19, Ofcom sent out an email to all the radio amateurs they have an email address for K9JX Jacksonville Amateur Radio Society A not-for-profit amateur radio Ham Radio organization that provides support for its members in all aspects of Amateur Radio, located in west central Illinois and services the Jacksonville, South Jacksonville and surrounding areas, in Morgan county. WFView Open Source interface for Icom transceivers Software/Radio Control Wfview is a program that allows many modern Icom ham radio transceivers (such as the IC-7300, IC-9700, IC-7610, IC-R8600 and many others) to be controlled via a computer. wfview shows the gorgeous spectrum display on whatever display is connected, including projectors, touch screens, and TVs. wfview allows for full radio control from a computer keyboard and basic control from a numeric keypad. It works under Windows, Linux and MacOS Mariana Island Jim, ND9M (aka VQ9JC), who has been active as ND9M/mm from wet grids in the Pacific, is now anchored in Saipan (OC-086), and plans to go ashore and be active as ND9M/KH0 Hawaiian special event Amateur Radio Operators will activate special-event station K6K to celebrate King Kamehameha the Great and Hawaii's rich history. K6K special event station will give HAMS a chance to add Hawaii to their logs to earn WAS or DCXX awards 60 Years Antarctic Treaty System Volker DL8JDX, who visited the Antarctic numerous times, has suggested an event marking the date when the Antarctic Treaty System entered into force in 1961 ARISS contact is scheduled with students at Lycée Jean Moulin, Les Andelys, France This will be a Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students from Lycée Jean Moulin QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo call for speakers The QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo will return on August 14th and 15th, 2021 New 40 MHz propagation beacon now operational from the West of Ireland A new 8-metre propagation beacon with the callsign EI1CAH is now operational from the west of Ireland and it transmits on a frequency of 40.016 MHz Ofcom issue new amateur radio licence Terms and Conditions On Tuesday, May 18, Ofcom confirmed the new EMF licence condition for Radio Amateurs and most other licenced radio users To transform ot not to transform - Feed Lines Antennas/Feed Lines Transmission lines have many uses other than simply transferring RF power from one point to another. Impedance matching, baluns and filters are probable the most common of these. Bouvet Island DXpedition news Ken, LA7GIA, 3Y0J Co-Leader, reported on the 3Y0J FaceBook page that the German DX Foundation (GDXF) confirms their record breaking donation of 8000 Euro/10,000 USDs to the 3Y0J DXpedition!! Direct QSLing to cost more from May 27th The Irish Radio Transmitters Society say the cost of mailing QSL cards is going to get more expensive from May 27th when An Post increase postal rates SARL-100 Working Group The SARL-100 Working Group was created during the Council meeting on Tuesday 11 May 2021 with the aim to collect the history of the SARL EI0HQ in the 2021 IARU HF Championship The IRTS contest manager is still looking for volunteers to operate EI0HQ on some single bands in the IARU HF Championships on July 10th and 11th Dare to Repair Mark Miodownik examines why electronic gadgets and household goods don’t last and are hard to repair and what’s being done to fix the problem ARISS contact scheduled for students at Monaro High School, Cooma, New South Wales, Australia This will be a telebridge contact via amateur radio Netherlands: Repeaters and Beacons to be hit with 79 Euro charge VERON reports an additional change of 79 Euros a year is being levied on amateur radio Repeaters and Beacons in a move that is detrimental to experimental radio research IRTS Radio Amateur Exam closing date The Irish Radio Transmitters Society (IRTS) Examination Board has announced 2 pm on Friday, May 21st, as the closing date for anyone wishing to sit the next Amateur Radio Station Examination F8DZYs blog HAM RADIO only F8DZY's blog, french ham radio station. Easy Sleeve Balun Antennas/Baluns A simple and effective sleeve type balun is easily built. This Balun can be adapted to any band. While the dimensions are not critical ( +/- 10%), it is still basically a mono band device Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2118 Build your own Windom Antenna, Ham Radio Clip Art by GoGraph , HF communication prediction tools, Sunspot Index Since 1750, Real-time ionogram , Calculation of the Maximum Usable Frequency , Home Built 6M J-Pole Antenna INDEXA Spring Newsletter The Spring 2021 Issue of the INDEXA Newsletter (Issue 132) is now available YOTA Contest The first round of the Youngsters on the Air contest will be taking place next weekend on 22nd of May, from 0800 to 1959 UTC, on bands 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m, CW and SSB A Spy in Every Embassy 'The intelligence coup of the century'. The extraordinary story of the longest running and most successful secret intelligence operation of the 20th Century 'Ham' it up for hurricane season Southwest Floridians are all too familiar with power loss during hurricanes and storms, but who’s there to communicate for us in a state of emergency? Online Talk: Effect of the Titanic disaster on radio The Denby Dale ARS will be hosting an online talk on Zoom on the effect of the Titanic disaster on radio by Dr Fred Archibald VE1FA on Wednesday, May 19 at 7:30 pm. All are welcome to join the meeting VERON member survey results Netherlands amateur radio society VERON has released a summary of the results of its 2021 member survey Radio watch group trains for disaster with repeater bypass exercise Local radio watch groups continue to grow as they put the technology to use to provide an alternative communication source in the event of an emergency where phone lines or cell towers might be compromised Online training course in the Philippines A 3 hour online course was held on May 15 to prepare newcomers for the Philippines 25 question Rules and Regulations exam for the Entry Level 100 watt Class D Amateur Radio license Severnside Television Group Web presence of the severnside television group based in bristol England