HAM News

Januari, 2020

• 8 Januari

  Tunisia issues personal licenses to operate

  The first three Authorizations to Operate have been issued to 3 Tunisian radio amateurs. These are the first issued since 1956   The IARU Region 1 site reports: 3V8HB, 3V8MN and 3V1MB will soon be on the air from their homes rather than being restricted to operating from a club …
• 8 Januari

  ARRL’s New On the Air Magazine on its Way to Members!

  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 …
• 8 Januari

  CAMSAT Says CAS-6 Activation for Amateur Use has been Delayed

  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 …
• 8 Januari

  Swains Island W8S DXpedition Set for March 10 – 25

  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 …
• 7 Januari

  Strong Earthquake Shakes Puerto Rico, ARES Standing By

  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 …
• 7 Januari

  Tickets on Sale for Dinner Events during Dayton Hamvention

  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 …
• 7 Januari

  Fox-in-a-Box download updated

  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 …
• 7 Januari

  Electrical Safety and Syllabus Item 8A2

  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/
• 7 Januari

  High Speed Telegraphy Championships 2020

  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 …
• 7 Januari

  HamRadioNow: FCC proposed reallocation of the 3 (and 5) GHz band(s)

  Andre Hansen K6AH, David Erickson KB5UGF and Jim Aspinwall NO1PC join David W0DHG to discuss the SPECTRUM DEFENSE and proposed changes to the amateur radio 3 GHz and 5 GHz bands   These changes will affect current ARDEN networks across the nation.  Below are links referenced in the show. Please …