01/07/2020 The premiere issue of ARRL’s On the Air magazine has left the printer’s on its way to member subscribers! The magazine should be in mailboxes within the next 10 days. On the Air is the newest ARRL member benefit to help new licensees and beginner-to-intermediate radio communicators navigate the …

01/07/2020 Chinese Amateur Satellite Group (CAMSAT) CEO Alan Kung, BA1DU, tells ARRL that some problems with the precise attitude determination of the newly launched CAS-6 amateur radio satellite have delayed deployment of the antennas. The satellite was to have been put into service within 3 days. “If the V/UHF antennas …

01/07/2020 An international team of 10 operators will be active as W8S from Swains Island from March 10 to March 25. The DXpedtion team will be active on all HF bands on CW, SSB, FT8, and RTTY. Operation will be from two separate camps on the island — a Red …

01/07/2020 A strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit Puerto Rico early on January 7 on the heels of a smaller magnitude 5.8 tremor a day earlier. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority reported widespread power outages after generating plants automatically activated protective shutdown systems following the earthquake. Puerto Rico Governor Wanda …

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01/07/2020 Tickets for three traditional dinners held in association with the 2020 Dayton Hamvention® in May are now available — the DX Dinner, the Top Band Dinner, and the Contest Dinner. DX Dinner The 35th annual DX Dinner, sponsored by the SouthWest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA), will take place on …

Writing on the Amsat-BB, Burns Fisher WB1FJ says:The download website, http://burnsfisher.com/AMSAT/FoxInABox now contains the SD card image, FIAB-distro8-V1.08w.zip. This file, when unzipped and written to a 16Gb SD card will give you the latest software for FoxTelem and will run on a Raspberry Pi 4. This is an image of …

Changes to The IET Wiring Regulations (BS7671), now at 18th edition, affect syllabus item 8A2 in the Safety section in all three levels of the amateur radio examination syllabus Details can be found on the RSGB Syllabus 2019 Updates page at https://rsgb.org/main/clubs-training/for-trainers/syllabus-2019/syllabus-2019-updates/ The IET Wiring Regulations BS7671:2018 https://electrical.theiet.org/bs-7671/

The main event this year is the 17th IARU HST World Championship.It will take place August 20-24 The IARU Region 1 site reports: The venue will be Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and the event center will be hotel Grand Hill, Ulaanbaatar. Web page under construction, ETA end of January. Wishing to spread …