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AMATEUR RADIO NEWS FROM THE NET
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WRTH 2022 B21 updates
A pdf of updates to the B21 schedules in the International section of WRTH 2022 is now available free of charge
Beijing Winter Olympics special event ham radio station
The national amateur radio society CRAC reports special event station BY1CRA/WO22 is now active on FT8, SSB and CW and will operate until the games close
Detection of the 8.4 GHz signal from Voyager 1
The video of the Voyager 1 presentation given by radio amateur Daniel Estévez M0HXM / EA4GPZ at the Fosdem 2022 event is now available
Tom and Jimmy slay the dragon - again!
In May 2021, father-and-son SOTA activators Tom Read M1EYP and Jimmy Read M0HGY (the G SOTA Association Manager), completed activating every SOTA summit in Wales - or so they thought!
RSGB releases Nominations Committee minutes
The RSGB has now released the minutes for the January 2021 and December 2021 Nominations Committee meetings, prior to this no minutes had been released since 2018
APRS developer Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, SK
The creator of the Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS), Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, died on February 7. An ARRL Life Member, Bruninga was 73
Geomagnetic storm brings down Starlink satellites
As many as 40 Starlink satellites are currently falling out of the sky--the surprising result of a minor geomagnetic storm last week
Radio Emma Toc - celebrating wireless station 2MT - at 100!
I'm pleased to let you know that I will be broadcasting another video stream this coming Monday, 14th February, with the theme of celebrating wireless station 2MT
Platinum Jubilee NoV now available
The RSGB has published the Notice of Variation (NoV) that will enable radio amateurs licensed by Ofcom to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen by using the special RSL ‘Q’
SARC Shelby Radio Club
Setting the pace in Cleveland County Amateur Radio for over 50 years. ARRL Affiliated / Sponsor for ARES (amateuer radio emergency service) of Cleveland County, NC. Sponsor of the famous Shelby Hamfest
Sita audio recorder
Software/Audio Recorders Sita is a small tool that permanently records an input of the sound card into the working memory and repeats the last 10 seconds if needed. This is ideal for connecting the radio to the Line In of the sound card and, if you have not understood something, to have the last 10 seconds repeated.
MLOG
Software/Logging MLog is a legacyfreeware hamradio logging software for windows. It has been tested on Windows XP, written by hams for hams. The software will be currently updated and improved.
GI-QRP Convention
Preparations are well underway for the GI-QRP convention in association with the GQRP Club
Foundation Online training course statistics
Essex Ham have produced a very informative statistics page covering their free Foundation Online amateur radio courses as of January 2022
SolderSmoke podcast 235 available
Bill Meara M0HBR / N2CQR has released a new edition of the amateur radio SolderSmoke podcast
Radio Caroline North February 2022
Join us over the weekend of 12th-13th February for the second Radio Caroline North broadcast of 2022, live from our radio ship Ross Revenge
Parks on the Air radio ham in the press
The Weirton Daily Times carries a story on Parks On The Air (POTA) amateur radio enthusiast Paul Brandt W8PAB
Radio amateurs make contacts in global winter training
NBC Montana TV News reports that in January radio amateurs conducted a training exercise to help mitigate potential emergency situations
Saint Patrick’s Day Award
The organisers of the Saint Patrick’s Day Award are excited to announce the launch of a new web page where visitors can learn everything they need to know about the Saint Patrick’s day award
New Westminster Amateur Radio Club
In 1996 the NWARC was formed and is a non-profit society organized to deliver communication services during emergencies.
Chinese uSDX Review
Radio Equipment/HF Transceivers A review of the Chinese version of uSDX USDR HF QRP Transceiver. Author made an extensive review of receiver and transmitter features.
Sandton Fox Hunt
Richard, ZR6DE, the hunt coordinator of the Sandton Amateur Radio Club, reports that whilst rain impacted on the participation, three intrepid Fox hunters had fun dodging the odd raindrop and finding the Fox in its waterproof furry raincoat
Healthy hams
USKA, the Union of Swiss Radio Amateurs, has launched a health initiative for its members. Not trying to replace the GP, but recognizing that older YLs and OMs would like to exchange their experiences and support each other when confronted with health issues
Nordic HF Conference
A series of Nordic Conferences on HF communications was initiated in 1986 when HF86 was held in Sweden
Is your repeater on the ICASA online system?
South Africa's Repeater Working Group reminds all beacon and repeater custodians to ensure that all Club repeater licenses are updated, paid, and moved to the new ICASA online portal
DXCC Most Wanted list
The 'DXCC Most Wanted' entities list has been updated on ClubLog as of February 3rd. The list contains 340 entities
Italy's ARI release 2021 membership statistics
The national amateur radio society in Italy, ARI, reports they only lost 13 members in 2021 but the membership is aging
Finland: Magazine highlights Norway's proposal to attract youngsters
Finland's national amateur radio society SRAL has made the latest issue of their magazine Radio Amateur available free for everyone to read as a convenient PDF
ARISS contact for students in Donaueschingen, Germany
This will be a direct contact via amateur radio. Students will ask questions to Matthias Maurer, amateur radio call sign KI5KF
W6RHC GEARS
GEARS was organized on August 13, 1939 by a group of eleven hams from towns throughout the North Sacramento Valley area.
Interlock Monitor
Software/Contesting The Interlock Monitor (IM) program allows you to control and monitor the Interlock device from any computer in your network. The Interlock is an equipment designed to be used by contesters where they need to check, supervise and limit, how many radios are in transmission at any given time
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2203
TRX Eagle SDR, RF Trap Resonant Frequency, PIC CW Decoder , The UHSDR Project, Yagi antenna for 23 cm, Log Periodic Antenna for ATV, Teaching Arduino to Copy Morse Code
The AWA CW Activity Day
The aim of the CW Activity Day is for participants to contact as many amateurs as possible on the 20, 40, and 80m amateur bands and will run from 13:00 to 15:00 UTC this afternoon Sunday 6 February 2022
E-mail spoofing
The SARL Council is aware that a number of Radio Amateurs and SARL accounts are being spoofed. E-mail spoofing is when someone creates fake headers in an e-mail message intended to make the recipient believe the e-mail came from a trusted source
FreeDV Activity Day
FreeDV is a HF digital voice mode that has been designed to provide the best audio quality over the various conditions encountered on HF. More info is on the FreeDV web page
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