Amateur Radio Stories:
Here is a recap of what happened in the web this week, through the eyes of the DXZone and other ham radio sources on the web.
- 16th Antarctic Activity Week
The 16th Antarctic Activity Week will take place between Feb. 10 and 24… - All about ham radio satellites
Al Williams WD5GNR writes on Hackaday about receiving the Amateur Radio satellites and how to make contacts… - Ofcom’s proposed 2019/20 Annual Plan – reminder about public meetings
Ofcom is holding public meetings in Belfast, Cardiff, London and Edinburgh this month to gain feedback on our proposed Annual Plan, which outlines our planned areas of work for the next financial year … - ICQ Podcast – Workshop Projects
In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Edmund Spicer M0MNG and Bill Barnes N3JIX to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief and this episode’s feature is Workshop Projects… - Phased array antennas move while standing still
Al Williams WD5GNR writes on Hackaday about the talk by Hunter Scott at Supercon 2018 on the subject of electronically scanned phased array antennas… - Spectrum Policy for Radio Technology Experiments
Michael J. Marcus N3JMM has released an article that looks at the approach of different countries to authorizing experimental use of spectrum… - RAC Amateur of the Year Award 2018 presented to Gabor Horvath, VE7JH
Through the Amateur of the Year Award, Radio Amateurs of Canada recognizes the outstanding contributions made by Canadian Amateurs… - New General Class Question Pool Released, Effective July 1
- Your New Year’s Resolution – Learn Morse Code!
Now is the time to start!
Morse classes commence at Danbury Village Hall at 7pm on Thursday, January 17, 2019 … - State Disaster Management dept unites with amateur radio operators to break language barriers
The state Disaster Management department has joined hands with the West Bengal Radio Club (WBRC) — an organisation of licensed HAM radio operators in the state to effectively address the issue of language barrier when it comes to offering treatment… - Bulgaria to host Youngsters on the Air summer camp
The ninth Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) summer camp will be held in Bulgaria, with the Bulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs (BFRA) hosting the event… - Bookings for the AMSATSA Space Symposium now open
Book now for the 2019 AMSATSA Space Symposium on Saturday 16 March 2019 at the Accolade Conference Centre in Midrand… - IOTA news from the DARC
Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club… - 2018 DX Sound Bites!
Tom, K8CX, has done it again. He has provided DXers with 118 memorable rare DX sound clips (now in MP3 format) from Ohio during 2018… - Bulgaria to Host the 2019 Youngsters On The Air Summer Camp
The ninth Youngsters On The Air (YOTA) summer camp will be held in Bulgaria, with the Bulgarian Federation of Radioamateurs (BFRA) hosting the event.“In this YOTA Camp, we will be continuing with our train-the-trainer program, which will be the mai… - Two D-Star satellites deployed
On 27 December 2018 a Soyuz launch deployed two German satellites, D-Star ONE – Sparrow and D-Star ONE – iSat. The beacons have been successfully received from both satellites, which each carry a D-Star repeater. They uplink on 437.325MHz and dow… - A New Episode of ARRL Audio News is Now Available!
Listen to the new episode of ARRL Audio News on your iOS or Android podcast app, or online at http://www.blubrry.com/arrlaudionews/. Audio News is also retransmitted on a number of FM repeaters. Click here and then scroll down to see the list. … - Australian 2 by 1 contest callsigns
WIA News reports discussions have taken place between the RASA and the regulator ACMA about issuing 2 by 1 amateur radio contest callsigns such as VK1A… - D-STAR ONE launched, telemetry received
German Orbital Systems reports a successful telemetry downlink has been received… - Upcoming ARISS contact with Pembroke Junior Senior High School, Corfu, NY
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Pembroke Junior Senior High School, Corfu, NY on 08 Jan… - QSO Today – John Raifsnider – W8JER
John Raifsnider, W8JER, shares his ham shack with this wife, Micky, KE8ASK, and likes to rag-chew on DX. His signal is boosted by a new 70 ft tower and Mosley beam antenna, allowing him to extend his amateur radio circle that he has built up through … - CW Tests
CW testing will be carried out at the following Irish rallies over the coming months starting with Coolmine on February 17th, Limerick on March 10th and at the IRTS AGM in Athlone on April 14th… - DXCC Country/Entity Report
According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 30th December, through Sunday, 6th January there were 213 countries active… - EIDX DXpedition to Togo
The EIDX Group who brought you 9N7EI and 7Q7EI earlier in 2018, are delighted to formally announce definite plans for their 2019 DXpedition to Togo … - Guest instructor opening students’ eyes to amateur radio
Students at the South Side Middle School in Columbiana now have an opportunity to earn their amateur Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license…