AMATEUR RADIO NEWS FROM THE NET

1926- 1960 of 1989 News Items

Northern Lights Radio Society Organization of Upper Midwest amateur radio operators who are active in weak signal (SSB/CW) work on the VHF, UHF, and Microwave bands Arduino Flex Controller Technical Reference/Arduino Arduino Flex Controller can be used with the new Flex 6000 Signature rigs. It is a DIY project and in these pages you will find all the informations you need to build and program your own. It is a perfect companion when used next to the official SmartSDR program but it can be used in stand-alone mode, without a PC. Consultation: National radio multiplex licence renewals Ofcom is today consulting on the renewal of the UK’s two national commercial radio multiplexes. These multiplexes, operated by Digital One Limited and Sound Digital Limited, carry national commercial DAB services ARRL ARDC Club Grants Program Q and A This is the video of the ARRL Club Grants Webinar that aired June 9 2022 Canada: Ham radio youth movement CTV News in London, Ontario, reports Rob Noakes VE3PCP has started an amateur radio international youth movement Two Brits arrested in Albania as police accuse them of spying after seizing radio gear Two Britons have been arrested by Albanian spooks and accused of spying after border police found radio transmitters in their luggage FT8 Chat Internet and Radio/Chat Online web chat dedicated to FT8 users. FT8 DX Cluster is included in the central part. This is a widget part of the DXCenter suite tools. France: Ham radio contest group TM5W in newspaper French newspaper The Montagne reported on the activities of the TM5W amateur radio group during the VHF/UHF/uW contest on June 4-5 The Venus cloud discontinuity Something big is happening in the atmosphere of Venus. A massive wall of acid clouds is racing around the second planet, possibly spinning up Venus's entire atmosphere Amateur radio construction popular in Indonesia 400 amateurs attended a meeting of Indonesia's Amateur Radio Homebrewers Club held on Sunday, June 5 Belgium: Military use of 50 MHz frequencies IARU Region 1 reports on the planned use of two frequencies in the amateur radio 50 MHz band by the Belgian Military on June 18 Fair Lawn (NJ) Amateur Radio Club to participate in Emergency Communications Drill Members of the Fair Lawn (NJ) Amateur Radio Club will be participating in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise, beginning Saturday, June 25th at 2PM and ending Sunday, June 26th at 1PM. The venue will be Memorial Park, Avenue of Heroes/Berdan Avenue in Fair Lawn. The event is open to everyone Quarter Century Wireless Association, Inc. (QCWA) provides donation to support ARISS Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, Inc. (ARISS-USA) is very pleased to announce that the Quarter Century Wireless Association, Inc.(QCWA) has made a highly notable contribution--$4,500—to support the ARISS program GM0LRA Lorn Radio Amateur Club Magane local repeater GB3HI Contest Log Analyzer Software/Log Analysis The complete software suite to Edit, Analyze, Generate Statistics, View multiple logs simultaneously, Map QSOs, Import and Export to Cabrillo or ADIF files. The Contest Log Analyzer has been developed as a complete database management application, where you can create separate Databases, containing several Logs, a convenient way to save, in one place only, all your log files that accumulate over the years. It runs on Mac and Windows, and it is a commercial product. WIA directors trip self funded NOT WELL SPOTTED was the line in last week's WIA news where Vice President Lee Moyle's item on Dayton and how he and fellow Director Chris met with other National Societies WAS self-funded and NOT by the WIA. You'd be surprised at how many queries on this arrived at the WIA news desk Youth on the Air Camp 2022 The camp for young amateur radio operators in North, Central, and South America will operate special event station W8Y throughout the camp from June 12-17 and will stream the opening and closing ceremonies on YouTube Next Fox hunt is coming up The Sandton ARC say they know you could not make the last social and Fox hunt event and that you are waiting patiently for the next one! So here is the information Amateur Radio Club gears-up for Field Day The New Providence Amateur Radio Club will be participating in the national 24-hour emergency preparedness exercise known as 'Field Day' on the weekend of June 25-26 Connacht Regional Newsletter The Connacht Regional Newsletter is inclusive and unbiased primarily written for the local Clubs in the West of Ireland The Weinheim VHF Conference The Weinheim VHF Conference has been organized by committed radio amateurs on a non-profit basis and on a voluntary basis since 1956. It sees itself in its tradition as a meeting place for everyone who is interested in radio technology and electronics DXCenter DX Cluster DX Resources/DX Maps Online world map with live updates from the DX Cluster network, displaying new spots on the maps as they appear. Filtering options are available including bands, source continent and dx continent. 3D2RRR Log Online DX Resources/Logs Online log for 3D2RRR dx pedition to Rotuma N3TUQ DX Maps DX Resources/DX Maps DX Cluster spots represented in a google map, for 10m 6m 2m bands taken from the VE7CC DX Cluster. Some filtering options are available. RAC Amateur of the Year 2021: Hiroshi Takahashi, VA7LET Hiroshi Takahashi, VA7LET, has made a significant contribution to the Amateur Radio community in Vancouver, British Columbia ICQPodcast Episode 378 - Gateways On The Air 2022 In this episode, Martin Butler (M1MRB) is joined by Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), Frank Howell (K4FMH), Bill Barnes (WC3B) and Leslie Butterfield (G0CIB) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news IRTS panel of newsreaders The Irish Radio Transmitters Society (IRTS) are currently trying to coordinate the weekly Sunday morning 40m and 80m news bulletins and form a panel of newsreaders as to make sure that there is always someone available to read each bulletin and, most importantly, to spread the workload evenly among the newsreaders Grant for Amateur Radio group KWHI News reports the Lee County Amateur Radio Emergency Services have received a substantial grant to purchase radio equipment Netherlands: 433 MHz Low Power Device users The Netherlands regulator, Agentschap Telecom (AT), has issued a clarifications of the rules concerning license-exempt Lower Power Device LPD users and radio amateurs in 433.050-434.790 MHz BBC Countryfile featuring amateur radio now online The episode of the BBC TV show Countryfile featuring segments on Marconi and Amateur Radio Summits On The Air (SOTA) is now available on iPlayer Murdered ham radio op vk3vzp update The man accused of killing two campers who disappeared while on a trip in the Victorian high country is facing delays in his case, a court has been told Sable Island DXpedition update Here is the latest update on the 2022 Sable Island CY0S DXpedition Platinum Jubilee ham radio station GB70U on TV The Guernsey Amateur Radio Society got coverage on ITV and BBC for their special event station for the Platinum Jubilee, GB70U Six Meter Beacons List DX Resources/Beacons/6 meters beacons World-Wide 50MHz Beacons database maintanied by G0LGS provide a fully sortable table available also in a google map format Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2219 A Simple High-Performance Vertical Antenna, Digital SWR and Power Meter , The Loop on Ground Antenna, The K4ICY Antenna Launcher, CW Morse Decoder for Arduino, TX5N Raivavae, Austral Islands, VK9NT Norfolk Island 2022