Geminid Meteor Alert
The Geminid meteor shower is about to peak. On Sunday night-Monday morning (Dec. 13/14), debris from "rock comet" 3200 Phaethon will fly out of the constellation Gemini, producing what many forecasters believe will be the best meteor display of 2020
Registration for Winter 2021 RAC Basic Course
Radio Amateurs of Canada is once again offering an online Amateur Radio course so that individuals from all across Canada can obtain their Amateur Radio Operator Certificate with Basic Qualification while continuing to practise social/physical distancing
Old ham radio equipment: ANATEL respond to LABRE request
Brazil's communications regulator ANATEL has responded to the request of the national amateur radio society LABRE concerning the approval of old amateur radio equipment
Isolated PTT and CW Key interface
Technical Reference/Sound Card Radio Interfacing
Simple soundcard interface that can satisfy several requirements like totally isolated AF interface, Totally isolated PTT and CW Key interface, Extend Accessory connector to interface to allow easy connection of TNC and provide a solid PTT or SEND connection
The Geminids - a reminder
The Geminids are a prolific meteor shower caused by the object 3200 Phaethon, which is thought to be a Palladian asteroid with a "rock comet" orbit. This would make the Geminids, together with the Quadrantids, the only major meteor showers not originating from a comet
ARISS Slow Scan TV event
An ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event is scheduled from the International Space Station (ISS) for late December. This will be a special SSTV event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ARISS
IARU involved in meeting of key CEPT working group
CEPT Working Group SE 40 (Space Service compatibility issues) met on December 2-4 and 7, and discussed the amateur radio band from 1240-1300 MHz
103 people take ham radio exam in Balmon Jayapura
For the first time an amateur radio exam using the Online system was held in Balmon Jayapura, Indonesia and 103 people took part
Brazil: Announcement on ham radio exams
In June Brazil followed the UK and USA's lead by introducing online exams for their Class C and A amateur radio licenses. It was said to be a temporary pandemic measure now it is to become permanent
New Zealand: Wireless Power Transfer across HF spectrum
New Zealand has added Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) systems using the RF spectrum from 0.1485 to 30 MHz into the General User Radio Licence for Short Range Devices (GURL-SRD is equivalent to UK's licence exempt)
Bangalore Amateur Radio Club - Virtual Monthly Meeting
Jitsi is an OpenSource Collaboration tool. You can join the meeting just by clicking the above link from your Desktop/Laptop. You can install the Jitsi App on your Android / iPhone and join the meeting with the above link
4-element Yagi for 40 MHz (8-metres)
With interest growing in the new 40 MHz (8-metre) amateur band in Europe, YU7EF has designed a 4-element Yagi antenna which will give good performance in this part of the low VHF spectrum.
VHF / UHF Repeaters in IARU Region 2
Since its formation in 2017, the Region 2 Band Planning Committee has worked to not just keep the band plans current, but also to determine the level of activity on the bands
'Get on the air for Christmas' off to a great start
The RSGB and NHS Campaign ‘Get on the air for Christmas’ is off to a great start with the charity auction raising money for NHS Charities Together
ARRL Audio News - December 11, 2020
ARRL Audio News - December 11, 2020
How to Listen to Real Spy Broadcasts
Shortwave Radio/Numbers stations
Encrypted messages, fancy technology, spies use them all to communicate, but sometimes the best way to hide is in plain sight. Right now, broadcasting across the airwaves around the world, are automated, anonymous shortwave AM radio stations that most governments won't acknowledge even exist, much less explain
Red Sands Fort on TV
This programme will now be broadcast on 16 December (revised from 9 December originally announced)
Changes to RAC bulletin subscription: Effective January 1, 2021
In addition to posting news items on the RAC website and in magazine, Radio Amateurs of Canada regularly communicates with its membThe Canadian Amateurers about its programs and services by sending RAC Bulletins such as the one you are now reading
Ham radio operators honor legacy of Mars Hill company
The Asheville Citizen Times reports radio amateurs ran special events stations to honor the memory of the Hammarlund radio factory in Mars Hill North Carolina and the company's founder Oscar Hammarlund
Young radio ham interviewed in newspaper
The Indian Express interviews 13-year-old Smriti Hegde VU3FNV from Bengaluru (Bangalore), she is one of the youngest radio amateurs in India
KY4KY The Bullitt Amateur Radio Society
The Bullitt Amateur Radio Society (B.A.R.S.) is a diverse organization of amateur radio operators from around the Bullitt and Jefferson county areas in the state of Kentucky
Using the Baofeng UV-5R3
Radio Equipment/VHF-UHF Handhelds/Baofeng UV-5R
Notes for new hams using the Baofeng UV-5R3, Basic Ham Procedures, open repeaters, Local Ham Nets.
Antarctica operation
Alexei, RX6A, will be active as RI01ANT from Antarctica between December 25th, 2020, and May 30th, 2021
Dangerous experiments with microwaves
Turn a microwave oven into an microwave gun
These guys from Luhansk or Lugansk, formerly known as Voroshilovgrad, is a city in eastern Ukraine, like to live dangerously!
New YouTube channel dedicated to low power ham radio
The G-QRP club have launched a YouTube channel for those interested in low power amateur radio operation
China turns Ladakh battleground with India into a ‘microwave oven’
India dismisses claim that China used microwave weapons on its troops in Himalayan border battle as 'fake news' and says 'our soldiers are still there'
QO-100 Wiki available
A so-called Wiki Lexicon is now available in the AMSAT-DL forum. Those who are undecided, or are still thinking about joining QO-100, can visit the wiki
Geomagnetic Storm Watches Are in Effect through December 11
NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) reports that geomagnetic storm watches are in effect through December 11, due to the effects of a direct coronal mass ejection (CME) collision with the Earth’s magnetosphere from December 9 until December 11. The CME eruption was associated with a C7 solar flare erupting from Sunspot Region 2790 on December 7. Arrival of a shock wave associated with...
Lee Finkel, KY7M, Announced as New Editor of National Contest Journal
Lee Finkel, KY7M, of Phoenix, Arizona, will begin his tenure as Editor of National Contest Journal (NCJ) with the magazine’s January/February issue. Now an ARRL publication, NCJ is in its 48th year. Finkel, the 17th Editor, takes over the reins from Scott Wright, KØMD, a noted and regular amateur radio contester, who has helmed NCJ since January 2017. “My hope is that I will be able to build on ...
Nathan Simington Confirmed as Newest FCC Member
First Solar Image from Hawaii Observatory Shows Close-Up of a Sunspot
The world’s largest solar observatory, National Science Foundation (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, has released its first image of a sunspot, capturing the phenomenon in striking detail. The image, taken last January, is among the first solar images of the new Solar Cycle 25. The telescope’s 4-meter primary mirror will give the best views of the sun from Earth throughout the n...
Australian Radio Amateurs Denied Access to 60 Meters
Low-Noise H-Mode Receiver Mixer Developer Colin Horrabin, G3SBI, SK
Prominent British radio amateur Colin Horrabin, G3SBI, died over the last weekend in November, a month after a cancer diagnosis. Horrabin invented a type of low-noise receive mixer called the H-Mode mixer, which has been incorporated into many modern radios and was featured in The ARRL Handbook for a number of years. “It is some very significant work with regard to mixer design,” said former ARR...
Transatlantic Tests Mark 99th Anniversary
On December 11, 1921, radio history was made when the signal from amateur station 1BCG in Greenwich, Connecticut, was heard in Ardrossan, Scotland, marking the first successful transatlantic radio transmission using shortwave frequencies. Between 1921 and 1924, radio amateurs experimented with transmitting across the Atlantic. Sponsored by ARRL, these Transatlantic Tests aimed to prove that sho...
Ham radio 40-meter dipole: your first antenna
Antennas/40M/40 meter Dipole Antennas
How to home made a custom home made dipole antenna for the 40 meters band, just 66 feet long. Enjoy the band openings during the evening and play morse code or digital modes on this magic band.
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