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 He will give an introduction to the amateur radio transponders on the satellite that enable a small Sky …

Morse code classes resume at Danbury Village Hall, Essex, at 7pm on Thursday, January 16, complete beginners are most welcome A sociable evening of chatting to like minded friends and for those interested in improving their Morse skills. A beginners course is available for those who have no Morse skills …

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 The RSGB-R11 Team say: The purpose of this group is to allow the Region 11 Team, local radio amateurs and …

DL35, Germany special event The DARC honors 35 years of SDR-technology with special callsign and special-DOK. In order to acknowledge the high importance of digital signal processing for communications technology in general and amateur radio in particular, a special event station ‘DL35SDR‘ will be active from the greater Munich area …

TI7/G3WPH (Mike), TI7/G4IRN (John) and TI7/KY7M (Lee) will be QRV on all HF bands from Costa Rica from 10th to 17th February and during the ARRL DX CW contest on February 15th/16th as TI7W. QSL for TI7W is via W4FS. QSL for the TI/home-calls will be via LoTW only. [tnx …

Matt 9G5GS will again be active from Sanzule, Ellembelle District, Ghana during February 1-26, 2020. QRV on 15m to 160m, using mostly FT8 Fox/Hound and SSB. Also expect some SSB activity through the Oscar-100 geostationary satellite. LoTW now available, also QSL Direct via home call IZ4YGS. [embedded content] FEBRUARY 18, 2019 …

Donald, VE7DS, will be active as E51DDG from the Kiikii Inn on Rarotonga Island (OC-013) between February 2-14th. Activity will be on 40/30/20/17 meters daily using CW only with an Elecraft K3 and KPA500 running 500 watts into verticals on the beach. QSL via LoTW or by the Bureau.

Papers are invited for presentation at the conference and publication on the web. Please send your synopsis by 28 February 2020 in a word document of no more than 300 words to: admin@amsatsa.org.za. Please tell us if you will be available to present your paper at the conference … speakers …

The PEARS National VHF/UHF Contest will be run over two sessions from 17 to 19 January. The first 22-hour session starts at 16:00 UTC on Friday 17 January and closes at 14:00 UTC on Saturday afternoon 18 January. The second 22-hour session commences immediately after 14:00 UTC on Saturday and …

AMSAT will be represented at the 2020 Cowtown Hamfest in Fort Worth, TX on January 17 and 18 with a table, demos and presentations. If you live in the North Texas area, this is a great event, well attended and lots of vendors. Please put it on your calendar. Info …