YB Land DX Club DX-ing Is Our Life
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 …
Januari, 2020
- 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 …
- 8 Januari
Essex Ham’s Review of 2019
Essex Ham has released a video montage of the group’s many amateur radio activities during 2019 2019 saw the group participating in a commemoration of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, giving a demonstration of the hobby to a local MP and holding a number of successful amateur radio events at …
- 8 Januari
Ofcom Consultation: Work Plan 2020-21
Ofcom aim to clear Digital TV Services (Freeview) out of the 700 MHz band by May 2020 They say: “We will continue to work to clear digital television services from the 700 MHz band in order to release this spectrum for mobile data. We will continue to administer a grant …
- 8 Januari
China Telecoms Regulator Proposing to Delete Some Current Amateur Allocations
01/08/2020 China’s telecommunications regulator has proposed amending the Measures for the Administration of Amateur Radio Stations, and some amateur bands are in danger of being eliminated. Lide Zhang, BI8CKU, told ARRL that the proposal would prohibit amateur operation on the 2200-meter band as well as on 144 – 146 MHz, …
- 8 Januari
Radio ham submits obituary in advance
The Herald-Tribune reports that on the off chance it would be of interest, 91-year-old radio amateur Bill Sexton N1IN submitted his three-page obituary in advance On receipt of the advance obituary Herald-Tribune reporter Billy Cox wrote a story about Bill Sexton: His favorite uncle Hale was a ham operator in …
- 8 Januari
Going Ham at GBEMS
The Pocahontas Times reports some students at Green Bank Elementary-Middle School are learning a new form of communication – amateur radio The newspaper says: Members of the Eight Rivers Amateur Club and employees at the Green Bank Observatory have volunteered to help science teacher Stacy Landis teach the students the …
- 8 Januari
A ‘Ground Current Event’ in Norway
On Monday, Jan. 6th, strong electrical currents abruptly surged through the ground in northern Norway, kicking off an hours-long episode of bright auroras and magnetic unrest. Usually, this kind of event happens in the aftermath of a strong solar flare or a CME impact, but the sun was totally quiet. …
- 8 Januari
DARC 70 Years
The German national club DARC celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2020 and offers the award 70 Jahre DARC for contacts with the special event stations DP70DARC and DF70DARC. For the rules see www.70darc.club. Later during the year, DK70DARC (special DOK 70DARC for all of them) will also be active. The …