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SK7RN – Total Defense Day on Öland Sweden's SSA reports the Öland Island Amateur Radio Society SK7RN will be promoting the hobby at this year's Total Defense Day on Harvest Festival Saturday, October The Starlink Incident Earlier this year, experts were surprised when 38 Starlink satellites fell out of the sky following a minor geomagnetic storm. Minor storms aren't supposed to do that RSGB apologise for RadCom letter The RSGB has issued an apology for allowing an offensive letter to appear in the Last Word section of the October issue of RadCom Radio amateurs in Ukraine Radio amateurs in Ukraine appear to be diligently maintaining radio silence as the state of emergency declared there just prior to the Russian military invasion remains in effect IARUMS Newsletter - Algerian broadcaster causing interference IARU Monitoring System (IARUMS) Region 1 newsletter reports the broadcaster Radio Algérienne has been transmitting in the amateur radio 7 and 21 MHz bands Feedback from the SARL 100 Work Group The SARL 100 Work Group is now entering the 2nd year of the project which is well underway. It's amazing how time flies. The work group is already busy planning the book RTTY intruder Especially on the 40m band there are always radio services that have no place there, sometimes these are hard to recognise as intruders Exams at the RSGB Convention http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2022/september/exams-at-the-rsgb-convention.htm 50Ah LiFePO4 battery Technical Reference/Batteries A LiFePO4 battery box build project made with 25Ah 3.2V LiFePO4 prismatic cells, 40A 4s1p BMS with Bluetooth, 10A Buck/Boost converter San Andres Island Operators Pablo/LU7MT (5K0C), Daniel/LU9FHF (5J0DX), Jose Louis/LU1FM (5K0T) and Alejandro/LU8YD (5K0YD) will be active from San Andres Island (NA-033) between September 16-25th Q RSL marks passing and funeral of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth The RSGB has announced all radio amateurs in the UK and Crown Dependencies can apply for an NoV to use a Q RSL to mark the passing and funeral of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth Germany: DARC clarifies 50 MHz situation Due to many questions on the subject of transmission power in the 50.0-50.4 MHz range, DARC have issued a clarification IEEE article on UK Spectrum Management The IEEE has made available the article 'Division of Responsibility in U.K. Spectrum Management' by Tony Lavender and William Webb RSGB announcements following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II The RSGB's thoughts are very much with the Royal Family as they mourn the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Satellite Yagi crossed 2m, 70cm Antennas/Satellite Construction of an antenna for experimental satellite communication, 8el. (435 Mhz) x 4el. (145 Mhz) Satellite Yagi crossed. No difficulty to built this antenna. Except the gamma match. that requires a little more attention Northern Ireland special callsign Pastor Brian Madden, GI0RWO, from Belfast, will be using the special callsign GB0KC Amateur radio historic event set for Oct. 1 The Southern Ohio Amateur Radio Association (SOARA) and the Lawrence County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) members will participate in an On the Air Special Historical Event, Saturday, Oct. 1 Excellent Amateur Radio Strategic Planning from down under Eurao reports that the Radio Amateur Society of Australia (RASA) sent them, at the end of last year, an interesting document Early radio ham remembered The Gardner News report on a special event held to remember an early radio amateur, Loretta Ensor W9UA, who passed away September 7, 1991 Double BiQuad Antenna Calculator Antennas/Antenna Calculators Online antenna calculator for homemade double biquad antenna for UMTS 3G 4G WiMAX WiFi frequencies. Article includes also a simple biquad antenna for 4g ICQPodcast - Is 10 Watts Enough? In this episode, Martin Butler (M1MRB) is joined by Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Caryn Eve Murray KD2GUT, Edmund Spicer M0MNG and Ed Durrant DD5LP to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news Ham radio at XI National Scout Jamboree Indonesia's ORARI reports they had two exhibition stands at the XI National Scout Jamboree in Cibubur, East Jakarta, August 14-21 Collective Communication Keith (EI5KJ) informs us that following on from their recent highly successful weekend portable operation during the SSB Field Day, South East Ireland's newest radio group, known as Collective Communication, are in the process of arranging further radio activities and events 23cm Band and RNSS Coexistence September update As the WRC-23 approaches studies regarding AI9.1b (23cm and RNSS) are working towards conclusions. However the IARU is not content that all the operational aspects of the amateur service usage of the 1240-1300 MHz band are being properly considered Ham radio exam session to be held in Beijing China is to hold the first exam this year for the country's highest class of amateur radio license, equivalent to CEPT HAREC or USA Extra. The exam session will take place in Beijing Coming Next Week QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo. Meet around our campfire, with some of the Bouvet Island DXpedition Team 2023, on our snowy Kumospace simulation of the top of Bouvet Island Digital Mode Interface Technical Reference/Sound Card Radio Interfacing The use of an isolation interface between the radio and the pc is higly recommended,in order to avoid the problems that could be caused from ground loops. This project includes schematic and assembly instructions Saint Malo Radio Club Special Event Members of the Saint Malo Radio Club will activate special event station, TM8R, during the 'Route du Rhum', a sailing ship race from Saint-Malo (France) to Pointe-a-Pitre (Guadeloupe Island) The ZS SOTA, ZSFF and Heritage Spring Day The ZS SOTA, ZSFF and Heritage Spring Day will be on Saturday 24 September (National Braai Day and Heritage Day) Australia: Five-year spectrum outlook The WIA reports the Australia communications regulator ACMA has released it's five-year spectrum outlook 5 MHz allocations in Southern Africa SARL News reports Namibia, eSwatini, Mozambique and Zimbabwe all have the WRC-15 5 MHz band allocation, while Kenya has 5275-5450 kHz Sable Island CY0S DXpedition news The 2023 team is very pleased to announce that DX Engineering is a major sponsor of the DXpedition CQ Magazine news The following important statement was sent out by Richard Moseson, W2VU, Editor of CQ Magazine QSO Today - Michael Kalter, W8CI Michael Kalter, W8CI, became infatuated with radio as a young boy growing up in rural Ohio in the days of Sputnik and President Kennedy’s race to the moon London Amateur Radio Club Serving London, Ontario, Canada and Area since 1920