HAM News

Januari, 2020

• 7 Januari

  New 2 metre filter stops interference

  Many handie-talky radios suffer from severe interference from nearby transmitters, particularly on hilltop sites. Blocking is a reduction in sensitivity that can be hard to detect. When a radio is being blocked all callers (even strong ones) can appear weak or may even be undetectable.  The SOTABEAMS bandpass filter is …
• 7 Januari

  ARRL DX Advisory Committee is Seeking Comment on Award Criteria, DXCC Annual List

  01/06/2020 The ARRL DX Advisory Committee (DXAC) is seeking feedback from members on two items as soon as possible. Email comments to your DXAC representative (list is also linked from the DXAC page). The first issue involves the question of revising 5-Band DXCC (5BDXCC) requirement to accept contacts on any five band …
• 7 Januari

  ARISS Next-Generation Radio System Ready for Launch

  01/06/2020 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) reports that its first Interoperable Radio System (IORS) flight unit — serial number 1001 — has been delivered to NASA’s Johnson Space Center for launch in early March. The IORS represents the first major upgrade in ARISS equipment on the International …
• 6 Januari

  IOTA news from OPDX

  Island activities: AS-068. Igor, UA9KDF, will lead a team of operators to activate Rastorguyeva Island sometime in mid-March (depending on WX).No other details are available. AS-207. (NEW) Victor, UA3AKO, will lead a team of Russian Robinsonmembers to activate Kosa Dvukh Pilotov Island during sometime in the Spring. No other details …
• 6 Januari

  DXCC Country/Entity Report

  According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 29th December, through Sunday, 5th January there were 208 countries active. Countries available: 3B8, 3D2, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4U1U, 4X, 5A, 5B, 5R, 5T, 5W, 5Z, 6Y, 7X, 8P, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, …
• 6 Januari

  2019 DX Sound Bites !

  Tom, K8CX, has done it again. He has provided DXers with 130 memorable rare DX sound clips (now in MP3 format) from Ohio during 2019. This brings the total number of MP3 sound clips on Hamgallery to 2,741.Visit Tom’s famous “HAM GALLERY” Web site at: http://hamgallery.com/dx2019 While there, also check …
• 6 Januari

  TAPR PSR 143 now available

  TAPR have made issue 143 of their newsletter PSR available for download TAPR is a community that provides leadership and resources to radio amateurs for the purpose of advancing the radio art. Interested in:• general packet radio information?• high-speed packet operations?• other types of digital communications?• experimenting or building kits?• …
• 6 Januari

  SWODXA DX Dinner

  The SouthWest Ohio DX Association (SWODXA) is pleased to announce that we will again sponsor the DX Dinner, held in conjunction with the 2020 Dayton Hamvention. This, our 35th annual dinner, will be on Friday, May 15th, 2020, at the Dayton Marriott, 1414 S. Patterson Blvd., Dayton, OH 45409. We …
• 6 Januari

  Is it worth building a SMALL Contest/DX station?

  In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Ruth Willet KM4LAO, Edmund Spicer M0MNG, and Leslie Butterfield G0CIB to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief and this episode’s feature is – Is it worth building a SMALL contest/DX station? ICQ …
• 6 Januari

  Amateur radio at the railway station with no trains

  An item has just been posted on the BBC Archive twitter feed about a Railway Station with no trains Halfway through the item, G3SCW who lived there is shown using his amateur radio equipment. https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1213852656936071168 • Our thanks to Norman G4AYU for spotting this item