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France takes action against radio amateur The court of Versailles (Yvelines) sentenced a 65-year-old resident of La Falaise to a one-year suspended prison sentence, Monday, March 28, 2022. The Radio amateur had transmitted insulting, threatening and homophobic remarks Six meter Hentenna Antennas/Hentenna An Hentenna project for the six meters band. The standard size of standard hentenna is width 1/6 wavelength x height 1/2. The antenna build in this project is a full wavelenght antenna for the 50 MHz providing a 6.8 dbi gain. WCLARC leesville LA Leesville luisiania, West Central Louisiana Amateur Radio Club Big Wheel Antenna for VHF Antennas/2M An omnidirectional horizontal polarization antenna for 2 meters band in Italian Ham Meets Military On Friday, April 1st, the Royal Dutch Army will organize 'HAM Meets Military' with 8 special stations consisting of 2 military operators and 1 amateur Zorro, JH1AJT - silent key Zorro, JH1AJT, died on March 22, 2022, after a long battle with cancer. Until the end, he was optimistic; cheerful; and most importantly, concerned for his fellow human beings, especially disabled children Use of HF by Russian troops in Ukraine Shephard Media carries a story about the use of HF communications by the Russian troops invading Ukraine Solar flare, tsunami, and radiation storm A strong flare on the sun this morning kicked off a remarkable sequence of events: a solar tsunami, a solar radio burst, a solar proton storm, a terrestrial radio blackout and a polar cap absorption event SPDX Contest 2022 cancelled After careful deliberation, the SP DX Contest Committee, together with Polish Amateur Radio Union (PZK) and the SP DX Club, has decided to cancel the 2022 SP DX Contest Several radio amateurs in the UK obtain special 40 MHz permits Roger, G3XBM in the east of England can operate from the 2nd of April for 1-year with 5-watts. Roger writes... After a very long wait OFCOM has approved my 8m TX permit that runs from April 2nd for a year Arrival of the Transistor in Amateur Radio The Reading and District Amateur Radio Club (RADARC) have released a video of a talk titled The Arrival of the Transistor in Amateur Radio by Duncan James M0OTG Vietnam War Veterans Amateur Radio Event 2022 The Amateur Radio Alliance (ARA) has been accepted as one of the non-profit organizations that will be observing and honoring veterans of the Vietnam War Getting a UK licence for the 40 MHz band Several UK radio amateurs have now got their licences for operation in the 40-42 MHz band, the licence application form is available on the Ofcom website Making Sense of Solar Indices Propagation/Beginner's Guide Undesrtanding three band conditions indicators to undestand current and future propagation conditions, solar flux, Ap and Kp indices Day Xenia News Speaker at the 2022 Day-Xenia Contest and TopBand Dinners, and CTU Online/Registration ICQPodcast - Hamzilla 2022 In this episode, Colin Butler (M6BOY) is joined by Edmund Spicer M0MNG, Ed Durrant DD5LP, Dan Romanchik KB6NU and Leslie Butterfield (G0CIB) to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin (M6BOY) rounds up the news in brief and in the episode's feature Hamzilla 2022 Update on the Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio Many of you will have known the late Pat Herbert, founder of the vintage radio museum. It is hard to believe that it's almost two years since his passing. The restrictions during the Covid epidemic prevented the marking of his passing Online Talk: Working the satellite QO-100 On Wednesday, March 30, Denby Dale Amateur Radio Society will have an online talk about operating through the QO-100 geostationary satellite transponder, all are welcome to join the Zoom session Shortwave radio used to get latest news on invasion of Ukraine Radio amateur Al Sirois N1MHC is interviewed in the Wiscasset Newspaper about listening to the latest news on the Russian invasion of Ukraine on a shortwave radio Some UK radio amateurs now licensed for 40 MHz John EI7GL reports Ofcom is now issuing some UK radio amateurs with temporary Innovation and Research licences to transmit in the 40 MHz band WTWW broadcasting on shortwave to Ukraine WSMV-TV aired a news item about the Tennessee-based shortwave broadcast station WTWW, operated by radio amateurs Ted WB8PUM and Holly KG4WXV, that is broadcasting to Ukraine KB3IFH QSL Cards Shopping and Services/QSL Printing KB3IFH Full Color quality QSL & Eyeball cards. Free custom design & imaging scanning, based in Hampstead, MD USA Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2209 140W Dummy Load, (tr)uSDX, CW KEYER, OsclilloSpectrum, FTDX101D Full TX Expansion Modification, ICOM IC-M710 Remote operation, Interlock Monitor, An intelligence gold mine! Ukraine captures a unit of Russia's prized electronic warfare system The International Business Times report that Ukraine may have managed to get its hands on one of Russia's most prized weapons, a module of Kremlin's advanced 1RL257 Krasukha-4 mobile electronic warfare system. New rules and two way radios when driving? Watch this video - New rules and two way radios when driving? AMSAT-LU WSPR beacon in Antarctica AMSAT Argentina has prepared and donated to Cocoantar (Antarctic Joint Command), a beacon operating in WSPR mode More Binar CubeSats to deploy from ISS Australia's WIA News reports on the Binar Cubesats being developed by students at Curtin University, Perth Radio Frequency Spectrum Licences The Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (ICASA) issues licences for radio amateurs, NOT the South African Radio League (SARL)! Pay your licence fee to ICASA and NOT to the SARL! Finland: Over 200 people start ham radio training Finland's national amateur radio society the SRAL reports over 200 people have started training for an amateur radio license since the start of the year Another year of growth for JARL Japan's JARL has reported membership increased year-on-year for the second consecutive year EDI Log Format Operating Aids/Log Formats EDI is a common electronic data file format required to submit contact logs. Very popular among contest logs formats. The Thermosphere is heating up Earth's upper atmosphere is feeling the heat of Solar Cycle 25 Ukraine war: BBC World Service granted extra funding The BBC World Service will receive more than £4m in extra funding from the UK government to help counter disinformation about the Ukraine war Ofcom consultation on indoor mobile repeaters Ofcom are consulting on draft regulations that would revoke and replace the current licence exemption rules for mobile repeaters Radio amateur interviewed about Ukraine situation The Press Herald reports on the support being offered to victims of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and interviews radio amateur Bob Parsons KA1KSQ