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NASA to make announcement about WFIRST space telescope mission NASA will host a special edition of NASA Science Live at 11 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, May 20, to share an exciting announcement about the agency’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission News and sermon about Covid-19 on Loveworld breaks broadcasting rules Ofcom has today imposed a sanction on the licensee Loveworld Limited, which broadcasts the religious television channel Loveworld, after a news programme and a live sermon included potentially harmful claims about causes of, and treatments for, Covid-19 Kerala: Ham radio stations to be set up at major dam sites The New Indian Express reports in preparation for the onslaught of another monsoon, radio amateurs in Kerala are setting up stations at major dam sites to ensure communications are maintained The 10th KANHAM Contest Hello. Let me introduce you to a contest that will be on the first weekend of June New Zealand: Ham radio exams can be held at Alert Level 2 NZART reports the great news that New Zealand can now start holding amateur radio examinations under Alert Level 2, however, this does come with conditions Australia moves closer to getting WRC-15 60m (5 MHz) band WIA reports the ACMA has released a public consultation titled Possible use of the 5351.5–5366.5 kHz band by the amateur service 6 Meter Quad Turnstile Antenna Antennas/6M A quad turnstile consists of two cubical quad loops oriented in a diamond configuration and angled 90 degrees apart from one another with both diamonds sharing the same top and bottom points Technical writers wanted New Zealand's NZART exam rewrite committee needs writers from among the amateur community to help make our exam more relevant for current times Big sprites and colorful airglow over west Texas This week, a colorful "bullseye" formed at the edge of space above a towering thunderstorm in west Texas 2020 Contest University Those who missed DX Engineering's 2020 Contest University (CTU) webinar on May 14th, you can now view it on YouTube.com IARU WRC-19 team recognised The IARU Region 1 President reports members of the IARU team involved in WRC-19 have been recognised by the Radio Society of Great Britain in a recent awards announcement Deep ‘Solar Minimum’ is feared Forbes magazine reports a deep ‘Solar Minimum’ is feared as 2020 sees record-setting 100-day slump 2020 State of the Hobby Survey Dustin N8RMA reports it's time for the fourth annual survey into the State of Amateur Radio Wireless Power Transfer: CIS/B/737/CDV rejected The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) International Special Committee on Radio Interference (CISPR) has rejected a proposal by the Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) lobby that would have resulted in pollution of the precious HF RF spectrum Holmesburg Amateur Radio Club H.A.R.C. Radio club in in Phila. Pa. area Building the 6 Meter Moxon Antenna Antennas/Moxon A moxon antenna for the 50 MHz build with 19 feet of 14 AWG copper wire, and based on a set of PVC pipes. This is an easy to build project that will give you an efficient directional antenna on 6 meters band with low SWR on more than 1 MHz bandwidth. A comparison of 40 meter beam antennas Antennas/40M This page describes a comparison study on seven different beam antennas for 40 meters band. Yagi antennas, moxon antennas, mini horse all antennas are described with schema diagram , azimuth plot and SWR F/B Gain diagram Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2008 Guohe Electronics, A very efficient half size 40 meter Vertical Antenna, HamBuilder, Mighty Woof 2m 70cm Dual Band Fan Dipole, Make your own 2 metre 5/8 whip antenna, sodiraSDR - Software Radio, Portable Mast, History of The Amateur radio LOCATOR System, HamGPS, Radio amateur interviewed on BBC Radio Cornwall RSGB reports 11-year-old Anne-Marie 2E0RUX was nominated by Nicola Neal, Headteacher of Leedstown School, as local 'Hero of the week' for running Amateur Radio nets during the Coronavirus lockdown Radio amateurs honor veterans for Memorial Day Ohio's Highland County Press reports members of the Highland Amateur Radio Association helped honor veterans buried in the Hillsboro Cemetery Happy 95th birthday to the SARL on Wednesday, May 20 SARL News reports the SARL celebrates its 95th anniversary on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. ZS95SARL will be on the air on Wednesday, May 20 to celebrate the 95th birthday QSO Today Amateur Radio Podcast - Jim Andrews, KH6HTV Jim Andrews, KH6HTV, has spent a life in amateur radio and technology, and is known for his contributions to amateur radio television and now amateur digital television AmateurLogic 143: N5BOC Hotspot, Huskylens, Squelch Tapping Ray Novak, N9JA joins us for the latest information on the Icom IC-705. Tommy demonstrates his favorite new hotspot, the N5BOC Duplex Multiple Mode Digital Voice Modem Update on Ofcom’s auction plans and consultation on technical model Ofcom has today published a consultation on one aspect of the technical modelling in its statement on the award of spectrum in the 700 MHz and 3.6-3.8 GHz bands Radio Society of Kenya special event Members of the Radio Society of Kenya (RSK) are proud to share in the activity with their special event callsign 5Z4STAYHOME in recognition of the extraordinary circumstances the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has wrought globally! Invitation to apply for community radio licences in Northampton Ofcom is today inviting applications for FM community radio services in Northampton EM100/EO100 Ukraine special event Look for EO100A, EM100ALK and EM100LK from Sumy, Ukraine, special memorial stations to celebrate the 100th birthday anniversary of "Marshal Kozhedub" Special callsign II2EMCA to commemorate Emilio Caimi The special station 'II2EMCA' will be active – cw only (HF / WARC) from 01.07.2020 until the end of the year-to commemorate Emilio Caimi (Milan 1876–1963), the famous key maker ITU WRC-19 Final Acts The Final Acts of ITU WRC-19 are available to all for download with no registration or log-in! Ham radio antennas proposed at East Vancouver home http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2020/may/ham-radio-antennas-proposed-at-east-vancouver-home.htm VDSL interference The RSGB report that in many areas of the UK, all of the HF amateur bands up to and including 20m are being blighted by interference from VDSL (Very high-speed Digital Subscriber Line) Announcing: 2020 Inductees, CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame has seven new members for 2020, CQ magazine announced today. This brings to 333 the total number of members inducted since the hall's establishment in 2001 ARRL Audio News - May 15, 2020 ARRL Audio News - May 15, 2020 Schemes and programmes for radio amateurs No matter who you are, beginner or professional, you cannot do without help. For such purposes, and created websites. Website, which aims to help in some areas-engineering. There is a lot of useful diagrams and ideas for improving your summer house, the House or garage. The site has a large number of schemas, programs, online Tino Funkshop Shopping and Services/Antenna Parts German antenna parts dealer, provides antenna element holders, element clamps for yagi antennas, junction boxes, aluminium plates and rods. Offers also Rope tensioners, plugs and adapters and any additional part you need when you want to make your own antenna.