Januari, 2020

• 4 Januari

  Propagation de K7RA

  4 January, 2020 Sunspots appeared recently, all indicating Solar Cycle 25 due to their polarity, opposite from spots in Solar Cycle 24. Sunspots appeared December 24-26, and it looks like a new Solar Cycle 25 spot on January 1. NOAA did not report it (too weak?) but Spaceweather.com reported a …

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• 4 Januari

  BARTG GB60ATG special event

  Members of the British Amateur Radio Teledata Group (BARTG) are active as GB 60 ATG until June 2020. The BARTG is celebrating their 60th Year Diamond Jubilee anniversary with this callsign and special awards are available for contacts with GB 60 ATG using any Data Mode. More information can be …

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• 4 Januari

  This weekend: Meteors from a shattered comet

  For a few hours on Saturday morning, Jan. 4th, northern skies could fill with meteors. It’s the annual Quadrantid meteor shower, caused by debris from shattered comet 2003 EH1. The timing of this year’s peak, around 3 am EST (0800 UT), favors observers in North America. Visit today’s edition of …

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• 4 Januari

  Ofcom release Forbidden Suffixes database

  Ofcom have released a database show those amateur radio suffixes that it now treats as being Forbidden and not for use when issuing call signs Ofcom FoI replyhttps://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/165732/amateur-radio-callsigns-foi.pdf Download the Spreadsheet of Forbidden Suffixes fromhttps://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/file/0026/165734/allocated-reserved-forbidden-call-sign.csv

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• 4 Januari

  Ofcom release database of Amateur Radio Call Signs

  Following a Freedom of Information request by Roger Howell, Ofcom made their database of amateur radio call signs available for download The database, released as a spreadsheet containing 141,296 rows, shows the status of UK amateur call signs as at August 12, 2019. It can be useful for people wanting …

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