HAM News

Januari, 2020

  • 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 …

  • 9 Januari

    ARRL West Central Florida Section Celebrating its 20th Anniversary this Year

    01/08/2020 The ARRL West Central Florida Section is marking its 20th anniversary this year. The Section newsletter, the WCF Presser, includes information on celebratory activities. A K4WCF special event in January will activate all 10 of the Section’s counties, with additional K4WCF special events later in the year. The West …

  • 9 Januari

    Norway Experiences Unexpected Ground Current “Shockwave”

    01/08/2020 Spaceweather.com reports that on January 6, unexpected electrical currents were detected in the soil of northern Norway starting at around 1930 UTC. “It seemed to be some kind of shockwave,” said Rob Stammes, who monitors ground currents at the Polarlightcenter geophysical observatory in Lofoten. “My instruments detected a sudden, …

  • 8 Januari

    French special event station

    From 12 to 26 January 2020, special event call TM70TAAF will be activated by François F8DVD. The special callsign commemorates the 70th anniversary of the first Amateur Radio contacts with French Southern and Austral Territories (FSAT – TAAF). These took place in January 1950 during the building of scientific research …