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. 
        
                
		
		
		G6GS Guildford & District Radio Society 
         Affiliated to the Radio Society of Great Britain 
        
                
		
		
		Mississauga Amateur Radio Club 
         We have a large collection of resources all about amateur Radio and the Mississauga Amateur Radio Club. 
        
                
		
		
		PY3AB  Marcio 
          
        
                
		
		
		Southern California Contest Club 
         SCCC web site 
        
                
		
		
		Baofeng UV-5 Programming Cable 
         Radio Equipment/VHF-UHF Handhelds/Baofeng UV-5R Baofeng UV-5R uses RS232 to communicate or programming with the PC software and you can make your own programming cable with a few components. 
        
                
		
		
		VP8PJ South Orkney DXpedition 
         Pilot Glenn, KE4KY reported that the VP8PJ team has left Signy Island. During the day, logs for the VP8PJ operation were uploaded 
        
                
		
		
		NASA Administrator statement on Coronavirus situation 
         The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine 
        
                
		
		
		CANCELLED - AMSAT at ScienceCity in Tucson AZ 
         Writing in the Amsat BB, Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK says: I have just received a notice that ScienceCity has been cancelled, due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation  
        
                
		
		
		Ham Radio featured in IOM Today 
         The Isle of Man Today interviewed radio amateur Ronnie Allcote MD0RLA at Scarlett Tower, Castletown 
        
                
		
		
		Radio Caroline North March 
         After last month's disappointment due to Storm Dennis, we are hoping to be back on our radio ship Ross Revenge for the third Radio Caroline North broadcast of 2020 
        
                
		
		
		Spring youth and newcomer camp in Vienna 
         Austria's ÖVSV reports the Landesverband Wien (LV1) is organizing a youth and newcomer camp in Vienna for all young, motivated radio amateurs from all regional associations in Austria 
        
                
		
		
		Coronavirus: Announcement by Italy's ARI 
         The President of Italy's national amateur radio society ARI has made an announcement about the impact of the Coronavirus  
        
                
		
		
		Coronavirus: Communications Academy 2020 cancelled 
         The Communications Academy 2020, planned for April 24-26, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak 
        
                
		
		
		Communications Academy 2020 in Seattle has been Cancelled 
          
        
                
		
		
		Radio Societade Tecnica 
         RST amateur radio club in Brazil 
        
                
		
		
		Folded Dipole Antennas 
         Antennas/Folded Dipole The folded dipole antenna or folded dipole aerial is widely used, not only on its own, but also as the driven element in other antennas like the Yagi antenna and various other types of antenna. Folded Dipole Myths, Bandwidth and details on folded dipoles 
        
                
		
		
		Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2006 
         How to stack dissimilar yagi antennas, Top Loaded Vertical Antenna for 80 Meters Band, Modifications to the Diamond V2000 and similar antennas , TyQSL - Online Logbook, HackRF, DVMEGA, bladeRF, E44CC Online Log 
        
                
		
		
		YASME News 
         Starting on Tuesday March 10, 2020, an International group now in New York will set sail to the British Virgin Islands and activate the VP2VB call sign for 6 days focusing on low-bands with two stations 
        
                
		
		
		Gilnahirk Listening Station 
         GB0GLS is a special event station to commemorate the role played by the work of the Radio Security Service in Northern Ireland during WWII, in particular Gilnahirk Listening Station which was manned by the civilian staff of the General Post Office (GPO)  
        
                
		
		
		A 'radio-active' sunspot from the next solar cycle 
         A new sunspot is emerging in the sun's southern hemisphere. Its magnetic polarity identifies it as a member of new Solar Cycle 2 
        
                
		
		
		Dominican Republic radio hams get 5 MHz band 
         The Dominica Amateur Radio Club Inc (DARCI) reports the use of the WRC-15 60-meter (5 MHz) band with an EIRP of 25 watts has finally been approved in the Dominican Republic 
        
                
		
		
		Willis Island DXpedition 
         Murray Adams, WA4DAN, has informed OPDX of the following:
The 2016/2019 CY9C team, and the upcoming Sable Island DXpedition CY0C team, is pleased to announce our next DXpedition  
        
                
		
		
		Getting an FCC ham radio licence 
         NYC Resistor Hackerspace member Becky Stern KD2SSU has released a YouTube video about how she got her FCC amateur radio license  
        
                
		
		
		FT-8 experiment called-off 
         After receiving almost 100 requests for skeds in the last 24 hours, it was decided with a heavy heart to cancel the test with DR4K 
        
                
		
		
		Historic Portuguese Callbooks 
         Portugal's national amateur radio society REP reports PDFs of callbooks from 1953 and 1993 are available for download  
        
                
		
		
		New acitvity of EHSC and SHSC on 3.567 MHz 
         Dear OM, as from the 01.03.2020, I am the new President and Secretary of the EHSC and SHSC.I am very happy to do this and to inform you, that we have an activity frequency on 3.567 MHz now  
        
                
		
		
		Attracting youth to ham radio: Get out of their way! 
         ICQ Podcast presenter Frank Howell K4FMH says radio amateurs should encourage, sponsor and assist young people to create their own youth-driven groups. Get out of their way but be available to help when called upon! 
        
                
		
		
		QSO Today Amateur Radio Podcast Dale Parfitt - W4OP 
         Dale Parfitt, W4OP, developed a love for operating VHF and above, including moonbounce operation, from an early exposure to a 6 meter Gonset Communicator, or Gooney Box  
        
                
		
		
		SANSA release new HF propagation App 
         The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) has released a new HF radio propagation app called Ionospheric Characterisation, Analysis and Prediction (IOCAP)  
        
                
		
		
		Portuguese radio amateurs seek license changes 
         On February 26 Portugal's amateur radio associations submitted a joint proposal for legislation for the Amateur Service and Amateur Satellite Services to the Secretary of State  
        
                
		
		
		Nominations Invited for 2020 McGan Silver Antenna Award for Excellence in Public Relations 
         The ARRL Public Relations Committee invites nominations for the Philip J. McGan Memorial Silver Antenna Award, presented annually to a radio amateur who has demonstrated success in public relations efforts on behalf of amateur radio and who best exemplifies the volunteer spirit of Philip McGan, WA2MBQ (SK). “ARRL Public Information Officers (PIOs) and other volunteers are working hard every day ...  
        
                
		
		
		LA1G - Grenlandgruppen av NRRL 
          
        
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