| Coronavirus: Southdown ARS postpones all future meetings due to COVID-19 After careful consideration and in light of the fact that a significant proportion of our membership is particularly vulnerable to COVID-19, the Southdown Amateur Radio Society Committee has taken the decision to indefinitely postpone all future monthly meetings
 BT fined £245,000 for overcharging EE customers for 118 calls
 Ofcom has fined BT £245,000 after an investigation found that the company overcharged EE’s mobile customers for making calls to 118 directory enquiries services
 Coronavirus: ITU to conduct meetings remotely
 In response to the Coronavirus outbreak the ITU has announced that from Monday, March 16 it will conduct meetings remotely
 Switzerland: Ham radio Taskforce processes consultation response
 The Swiss Telecommunications Act (FMG, 784.10) has been comprehensively revised. The revised law will enter into force on January 1, 2021
 Coronavirus: RSGB National Radio Centre to close temporarily
 The RSGB website has announced that the National Radio Centre (NRC) at Bletchley Park is to close temporarily due to Coronavirus
 British Amateur Radio Teledata Group anniversary award
 BARTG was established 60 years ago and to celebrate this anniversary the group is running a special award.  The callsign GB60ATG is being activated week by week from one of the seven UK countries and the logs uploaded to Hamlogs.net
 W4AVA Arlington Radio Public Service Club
 Arlington county races
 Ham Radio and Heartquake in italy
 Amateur radio operations during heartquake in italy
 ARI Albino
 ARI Sezione Albino BG
 W6AJF  Valley of the Moon Amateur Radio Club
 Vomarc is an organization dedicated to the advancement and service of amateur radio in the sonoma valley
 Lakeway Amateur Radio Club  W2IQ
 Lakeway Amateur Radio Club VE Testing @ monthly meetings
 ARI Settimo Milanese
 ARI sezione Settimo Milanese
 WR7HLN DMR Montana
 DMR in Helena, Montana. Experiments in Digital Amateur Radio Communications
 Baofeng UV5R vs UV82 Series
 Radio Equipment/VHF-UHF Handhelds/Baofeng UV-5R
 What are the Differences between UV5R and UV82 Series
 Nigel in Mauritius for Commonwealth Contest
 Nigel, G3TXF, will once again be active as 3B8XF from Mauritius (AF-049) during the 2020 Commonwealth Contest (BERU) [March 14-15th]
 Coronavirus: 2020 International DX Convention cancelled
 The International DX Convention planned for April 12-14 in Visalia, California, has been cancelled due to Coronavirus
 What Hams Do podacast - The Future of Amateur Radio
 Are young people involved in Amateur Radio? That’s an existential question because if they’re not, there’s no future in ham radio
 Coronavirus: Ham radio events cancelled in Norway
 Among events affected is the annual general meeting of Norway's national amateur radio society NRRL that have been planned for Sunday April 19
 IARUMS February newsletter now available
 The latest IARU-R1 Monitoring System newsletter notes the Russian Over The Horizon Radar (OTHR) "Contayner 29B6" affects radio amateurs often and very badly
 Coronavirus: FUNK.TAG ham radio event cancelled
 The amateur radio event FUNK.TAG planned to take place in Kassel, Germany on April 18 has been cancelled due to coronavirus
 Visalia International DX Convention, Other Events Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Worries
 
 JSatTrak - Satellite tracking program
 Software/Satellite tracking
 JSatTrak is a Satellite tracking program written in Java. It allows you to predict the position of any satellite in real time or in the past or future. It uses advanced SGP4/SDP4 algorithms developed by NASA/NORAD or customizable high precision solvers to propagate satellite orbits.
 SADARC at Radio Australia site
 Members of the Shepparton and District Amateur Radio Club (SADARC, VK3SOL) will activate the Shepparton location of Radio Australia on March 14 and 15th
 Climate change: New rules could spell end of 'throwaway culture'
 BBC News report: New rules could spell the death of a "throwaway" culture in which products are bought, used briefly, then binned
 Hamvention names 2020 Award winners
 Dayton Hamvention has named five radio amateurs and one ham radio club as the recipients of its 2020 awards
 CQ Magazine Awards Editor Eddie De Young, KS4AA, is silent key
 Just a few weeks after stepping down due to health issues, CQ Amateur Radio magazine Awards Editor Eddie De Young, KS4AA, became a Silent Key on February 25
 RAC office phone service has resumed
 Service to the Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) phone system has been successfully restored and individuals who left messages yesterday will be contacted during the work day
 Ham radio operators made communication easy
 The Times of India reports members of the Radio Amateur Society of Ananthapuri (RASA) assisted the district administration and police with communications
 GMDX Convention postponed
 It is with much regret and great reluctance that The GMDX Committee has decided to postpone the GMDX Convention which was due to be held on 4th April
 ARISS Celebrating Successful Launch Carrying Interoperable Radio System to ISS
 
 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is celebrating the successful launch and docking of the SpaceX-20 commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). One payload on the flight is the ARISS Interoperable Radio System (IORS), which ARISS calls “the foundational element of the ARISS next-generation radio system” on the space station. Amateur radio has bee... Correction to Frequency Measuring Test Website URL
 
 An incorrect website address for the April 24 Frequency Measuring Test (FMT) appeared in QST. The correct URL is fmt.arrl.org. The old website is still active and has a hyperlink to the new site.  Ham Radio University Founder Phil Lewis, N2MUN, SK
 
 The founder of the annual Ham Radio University in New York, Phil Lewis, N2MUN, of Lindenhurst, New York, died on March 5. An ARRL member, he was 72. Lewis grew up on Long Island, attended RCA Institute, and worked for Hazeltine and, later, BAE Systems in the aerospace industry. Licensed in 1991, he was a member of Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club (GSBARC), serving as a volunteer examiner and ... Cancellation of PSAT3 Launch Means No DARPA Launch Challenge Winner
 
 International Group to Reactivate the Legendary Yasme VP2VB Call Sign
 
 On Tuesday, March 10, an international group now in New York will set sail to the British Virgin Islands and activate the VP2VB call sign of Yasme fame for 6 days, focusing on the low bands with two stations. VP2VB was the call sign of the legendary Danny Weil, VP2VB, skipper of the Yasme series of sailing vessels that carried the peripatetic adventurer traveled from one DX location to another ... Cleveland County Amateur Radio Service
 CCARS. The NEW Face of Amateur Radio in Cleveland County.
 
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