HAM News

Januari, 2020

  • 10 Januari

    US Ham radio where are you on Hamsphere 4.0

    On HamSphere 4.0 we have a WAS award, this working all states is really difficult to win for opérators outside of North America. I am on HS4 since 2014 and i still need 6 states to get this WAS award. Its realy stange because they are 800 000 amateur radio …

  • 10 Januari

    Free ARRL Events App Now Available for Apple iOS and Android Devices

    01/09/2020 The ARRL Events app, which will be featured at Orlando HamCation, is now available for both Apple iOS and Android devices. A web-browser version, optimized for nearly any browser or other mobile device type, is also available to view. Orlando HamCation 2020 takes place February 7 – 9 and …

  • 10 Januari

    Supercharging investment in fibre broadband

    Homes and businesses up and down the country are set to benefit from much faster and more reliable fibre broadband, under major proposals set out by Ofcom. As demand for internet data accelerates, the UK’s infrastructure needs to be upgraded. So today we are proposing new, flexible regulation that will …

  • 10 Januari

    NASA TV coverage of three spacewalks in January

    Four astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station for three spacewalks in January to complete battery upgrades and finalize repairs to an invaluable cosmic ray detector. Expedition 61 Flight Engineers Jessica Meir and Christina Koch of NASA are scheduled to conduct spacewalks Wednesday, Jan. 15, and Monday, Jan. 20, …

  • 10 Januari

    Ham radio at DEF CON 27

    Amateur radio talks featured at the popular DEF CON 27 event in Las Vegas during August 8-11, 2019 Watch Mark KR6ZY – Hunting tape measure yagis and offset attenuators – DEF CON 27 Ham Radio Village [embedded content] Other DEF CON 27 talks can be found at https://www.youtube.com/user/DEFCONConference/videos

  • 10 Januari

    Grey Line Propagation

    Grey line propagation provides surprisingly long distance radio communications at dawn and dusk sometimes when other forms of ionospheric propagation may not be expected to provide signal paths of these distances. This mode of propagation is widely used in ham radio, often providing signals from the other side of the …

  • 10 Januari

    Beijing’s proposed ham radio regs raise concerns

    ARRL reports on proposed changes to Beijing’s Measures for the Administration of Amateur Radio Stations which appear to threaten 136 kHz and most amateur bands above 146 MHz ARRL say: Lide Zhang, BI8CKU, told ARRL that the proposal would prohibit amateur operation on the 2200-meter band as well as on …

  • 9 Januari

    FJ/OH2IS – St Barthelemy

    Ismo, OH2IS informs DX-World that he will be active as FJ/OH2IS from Saint Barthelemy during April 1-7, 2020. QRV on HF; CW, FT8 & SSB. QSL via OH2IS, LoTW, Club Log OQRS. Previous articleYJ0VK – Vanuatu Next articleTX4N & TX4VK – French Polynesia

  • 9 Januari

    Earthquakes Compromised Power Generation Capacity, Puerto Rico Section Manager Says

    01/09/2020 ARRL Puerto Rico Section Manager Oscar Resto, KP4RF, says small tremors continue on the island in the wake of the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck the southwestern part of the island on January 7. A magnitude 5.8 quake struck a day earlier. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) …

  • 9 Januari

    John Litz, NZ6Q, Appointed as San Joaquin Valley Section Manager

    01/08/2020 John Litz, NZ6Q, has been appointed as the ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section Manager to succeed Dan Pruitt, AE6SX, who died on December 27. Litz will complete the remaining term of office that runs through June 30, 2021. ARRL Radiosport and Field Services Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, made the …