South Africa releases RAE results
South Africa only holds the radio amateurs exam twice a year, in May and October. This year the May exam was delayed until August 29 due to the pandemic
WRC23 preparations continue
ARU Region 1 President Don Beattie G3BJ reports on the IARU participation in the first meeting of Project Team C (PTC) of the WRC23 CEPT Conference Preparatory Group (CPG)
40m 2 elements HQ Traps Yagi
Antennas/40M/40 meter Yagi Antennas
The longest element has a total length of 14m and has a boom length of 5.5 meters featuring a total bandwith of 166 kHz
Online Talk: Portable Adventures with SOTA
At 8pm on Monday, September 7, James M0JCQ will talk about Portable Adventures with Summits On The Air (SOTA), as part of the RSGB Tonight @ 8 series of live webinars
Online ham radio Foundation trial questions
WIA Vice President Lee VK3GK reports trial amateur radio foundation tests are now available online to help people prepare for their exam
M7ELP, keeping it in the family
A warm congratulation from the whole team at Icom UK to Callum Stockley as he becomes one of the latest students to pass his Amateur radio Foundation course during the lockdown
Raspberry Shake RF shielding article
Radio amateur Andy Hansis K7FED discovered the Raspberry Shake seismograph lacked adequate RF shielding so he made an RF tight enclosure
ARRL Audio News - September 4, 2020
ARRL Audio News - September 4, 2020
K1USN Radio Club Announces New Weekly Slow-Speed CW Contest
Maine Radio Amateur Dies after Fall from Tower
James Larner, N1ATO, of Bangor, Maine, died on Wednesday, September 2, after apparently falling a reported 80 feet from an amateur radio tower in the rural Knox County town of Union. The incident happened just before 1 PM local time. Said to have been a tower professional who had done a lot of work for many Maine broadcasters, Larner, an ARRL member, was 74. According to news accounts, Larner wa...
Air Force Research Laboratory Tracks Sporadic E
Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in New Mexico have discovered a new way to track and characterize sporadic E, which occurs when large structures of dense plasma form naturally in the upper atmosphere. These plasma structures, which occur at mid-latitude locations around the world, can affect radio wave propagation in both positive and negative ways. VHF enthusiasts frequ...
ERcomER
Shopping and Services/Regional/Europe
Amateur radio and two way radio dealer based in Poland
RSGB Online Training Resource page
To help newcomers find out about amateur radio Online Training the RSGB has created a page with links to all the known online training resources
Ham radio clubs formed at American Legion posts
The American Legion reports on the work of Tony Cromwell KB4TC who has been working to establish amateur radio clubs at Legion Posts in Kentucky
FCC Application Fee proposal - Comments now accepted
The ARRL report the FCC Application Fee proposal proceeding is now open for people to comment. The FCC propose charging radio amateurs $50 for every application, renewal or upgrade
RASA writes to IARU over 40m QRM
The 40m band in VK suffers from chronic QRM from SE Asian pirates. “These stations are received continuously in Darwin and every afternoon and evening in the remainder of Australia. They are causing harmful interference to legitimate amateur stations.”, Glenn VK4DU, the President of The Radio Amateur Society of Australia (RASA) said
Michael Kalter, W8CI, ARRL Board candidate, to speak to ARROW on Wednesday, September 10
On Wednesday, September 10, 2020, Michael Kalter, W8CI, will talk to ARROW (Ann Arbor, MI) via Zoom. He will fill us in on why he's running for the ARRL Board of Directors and his vision for the ARRL
FCC Application Fee Proposal Proceeding is Open for Comments
Comments are being accepted on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in MD Docket 20-270, which proposes application fees for radio amateurs. Formal deadlines for comments and reply comments will be determined once the NPRM appears in the Federal Register. Comments may be filed now, however, by using the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), posting to MD Docket No. 20-270. The dock...
SIARC Squaw Island Amateur Radio Club
SIARC is not for profit corporation located in Ontario County, N.Y
PY2BBS - Hamradio Page
RYS Electronics
Shopping and Services/Regional/Europe
Amateur radio and two-way radio communication dealer for most popular ham radio brands based in Holland
ISS 437.800 MHz cross band repeater activated
At 01:02 GMT on September 2 a cross band FM amateur radio repeater with a downlink on 437.800 MHz was activated on the International Space Station
Ham Classes Move Online
For the past dozen years or so, Dan, KB6NU has been teaching one-day Tech classes. The classes have been very successful and helped hundreds of folks get Technician Class licenses. Since March 2020, though, in-person classes have not been possible
First Element of ARISS Next-Generation Radio System Installed and Operating on ISS
The initial element of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) next-generation radio system has been installed onboard the ISS, and amateur radio operations using the new gear are now under way. The first element, dubbed the InterOperable Radio System (IORS), was installed in the ISS Columbus module. The IORS replaces the Ericsson radio system and packet module that were or...
Loughborough & District Amateur radio club
Loughborough and District Amateur Radio Club (LADARC) takes it\'s membership from the north west part of Leicestershire encompassing Loughborough, Shepshed, Coalville, Whitwick and Castle Donington.
QSL Label Printing in ClubLog
DX Resources/QSLing
Once you have designed your QSL label from the Label Settings screen, you will be able to print QSL labels and address labels from the OQRS requests submitted for your Call or Calls.
A warning from history: The Carrington Event was not unique
It might be time to rewrite the history books. New research shows that the Carrington Event--a monster solar storm that hit Earth 161 years ago today--might not be as unique as previously thought
NZART AGM Saturday 5 September 2020
For those that have registered an interest in attending the NZART AGM on Saturday (in person), please read the following update
Radio ham featured in Elektor magazine
Athens-based radio amateur Marios Lazos SV1EDG is interviewed in Elektor magazine
Ham Radio Digital Communications Conference Sept 11-12
This year's amateur radio Digital Communications Conference will be streamed live on YouTube there is no need to register to watch the presentations
Vega launch of three satellites with ham radio payloads
Christophe Mercier reports three satellites with amateur radio payloads will be on the Vega VV16 launch expected to take place early morning on September 2
Half Sloper Multiband Antenna
Antennas/Sloper
A presentation of a HF multi-band sloper antenna. This antenna project is for low band operations, and antenna presented in this article works on 40 80 and 160 meters band. Article is in Polish.
The Communicator - September-October 2020 now on-line
This issue over 100 Pages Of Projects, News, Views and Reviews...
200th anniversary of the arrival of British settlers
ZS1820S is a special call sign registered by the Port Elizabeth Amateur Radio Society (PEARS) to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the British Settlers on Thursday 7 September 1820
CQ-IRELAND Wires-X node
The Galway Digital Radio Group and the Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club are pleased to announce that the Galway Fusion Repeater, EI2TBR, the Limerick Fusion Repeater, EI7WHD, and the Galway Wires-X gateway, EI2SHD, are linked together via the Wires-X Room CQ-IRELAND
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