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IOTA news from OPDX Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin DXCC Country/Entity Report According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 5th/January, through Sunday, 12th/January there were 213 countries active Amateur Radio Satellite talk in Basingstoke Noel Matthews G8GTZ will give an introduction to the geostationary satellite QO-100 at the Makerspace in Basingstoke at 7pm on Tuesday, Jan 14, this is a free open evening all are welcome Sign up now for Morse Classes in Essex Morse code classes resume at Danbury Village Hall, Essex, at 7pm on Thursday, January 16, complete beginners are most welcome Ham radio email reflector for the South-West The RSGB Region 11 Volunteer Team have set up an email reflector to help facilitate cooperation between local radio amateurs and clubs in South Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall AMSAT-DL announces a new QO-100 down converter V3d The first version of the AMSAT-DL down converter was built in early 2019, enabling many stations to become active on QO-100 for the first time. Since then, a lot of operating experience and new insights have been gained, which have flowed into the new board V3d The sun swallows a comet Yesterday, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory discovered the first comet of the new decade. Hours later it was gone, destroyed by the sun Further changes to some BBC local radio medium wave services In my blog posted in the summer of 2017, I explained the BBC’s plans for local radio and the reasons for the closure of some of our medium wave transmitters - which happened in January last year. This was the first stage of putting into action a plan that the BBC originally Terrible, tragic news from Rotuma Antoine, 3D2AG, who has been active from Rotuma since December 21st, has reported that his 11-year-old son (eldest) drowned on January 9th. His son accompanied him on his latest trip to Rotuma The Space Weather Woman Satellites Charge as Fast Solar Wind Approaches - The latest space weather forecast from Dr Tamitha Skov WX6SWW The SARL Wednesday 80m Club Sprint The first leg of the Wednesday 80m Club Sprint will be held from 17:00 to 18:00 UTC on 15 January Selecting the right type of antenna There are very many different types of antenna to choose from: dipoles inverted Vs, single band, multiband, doublets, verticals beams trapped dipoles, and many more. On top of this many can be home made or factory made. The choice is huge