Januari, 2020

• 19 Januari

  DK3ZL visiting southern Africa from 17 January to 18 March

  Dr Charly Eichhorn, DK3ZL is visiting southern Africa from 17 January to 18 March. In Namibia, he will operate as V51QO with activity on the QO-100 satellite and as V5/DK3ZL at other times using SSB and CW. Charly, ZS1/DL3ZL will spend 5 days in Cape Town around the end of …

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• 19 Januari

  Full-fibre broadband in the UK

  The briefing paper Full-fibre broadband in the UK is now available for download from the House of Commons library BT Openreach’s high-speed broadband Fibre-To-The-Cabinet (FTTC) service uses VDSL+ technology on the existing copper network to connect the cabinet to the home. A major drawback of VDSL+ is the severe pollution …

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• 19 Januari

  QSO Today Amateur Radio Podcast George Byrkit – K9TRV

  

  George Byrkit, K9TRV, was first licensed in 1966, in Madison, Wisconsin. He returned to amateur radio as a licensee many years after letting that Novice license expire. George has since jumped back into amateur radio with both feet that include a board position in TAPR, projects in TAPR, including software …

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• 19 Januari

  Sweden: New rules for ham radio permit applications

  The SSA reports applications for amateur radio permits will now take 2-3 weeks longer due to National Security considerations A translation of the SSA post reads: PTS [communications regulator] will prepare permit cases with the Security Police and the Swedish Armed Forces from the turn of the year due to …

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• 19 Januari

  BNetzA takes action against non-compliant devices

  In 2019, BNetA, the German Federal Network Agency, blocked 4.5 million unsafe products that can cause radio interference or electromagnetic incompatibilities A translation of a DARC post reads: The Federal Network Agency has banned the sale of around 3.5 million products in online market surveillance. These devices can cause radio …

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