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Comment: Here’s a summary of Amateur/Ham Radio news stories from the UK-based Southgate Amateur Radio Club. This post covers the period from 01 November 2018 to 04 November 2018. Views expressed in this news summary are those of the reporters and correspondents.
QSO Today – Greg Latta – AA8V
In episode 33 of the QSO Today podcast, Dr. Greg Latta, AA8V, was described as a renaissance man, a master homebrewer who designs and builds the old tube rigs and fabricates the beautiful metal enclosures that encase them
An SDR Cubesat on the cards AMSAT SA has announced that parallel to its analogue Kletskous CubeSat, the group is working on a digital project featuring a Software defined transponder
AMSAT announces senior leadership positions for 2018 The 2018 AMSAT Board of Director’s Meeting was held November 1-2, 2018 at the US Space and Rocket Center Marriott Hotel in Huntsville, Alabama.The following positions were announced during the meeting
St. Vincent Island op
Operators Alan K7AR, Richard N7RO, Adrian KO8SCA, John VE7CT, Sandro VE7NY and Ralph VE7XF will be active as J8NY from St. Vincent Island between November 21-28
Howard Nurse, W6HN, breaks the news and discusses the new RigPi Station Server (RSS) a Raspberry Pi-based server for Amateur Radio operators
It can serve multiple simultaneous users, providing rig control, audio through VoIP, Morse code keying, rotor control, logging and call book lookup
WIA reports success regarding 40m broadcaster
WIA Director Aidan Mountford VK4APM gives this week’s board update which reports success regarding interference from Reach Beyond Australia on 7190 kHz
Live streaming of AMSAT Symposium
There will be a live video stream from the 2018 William A. Tynan W3XO Memorial Space Symposium on Saturday, Nov. 3 starting 1300 GMT (0800 CDT)
FT8: Saving Ham Radio or Killing It? Al Williams WD5GNR writes on Hackaday about the popular digital mode FT8, “I think what we are seeing is a transformation of ham radio”
New CEO’s ambitions for ARRL
Newly elected ARRL CEO Howard Michel, WB2ITX, would like to see ARRL focus on the future of Amateur Radio and not become the redoubt of a particular generation of radio amateur or interest group
VK6WIA NewsWest
This is a busy edition where we attempt to focus on clubs with notices of upcoming activities by the Peel and Hills groups as well as a special call sign activation by the NewsWest team
Experience high-res science in first 8K footage from space
Fans of science in space now can experience fast-moving footage in even higher definition as NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) deliver the first 8K ultra high definition (UHD) video of astronauts living, working and conducting research from the International Space Station
News for Friday 2 November
FCC fines Amateur Radio licensee $25,000 for operating unlicensed FM station
ARRL reports in an FCC Enforcement Bureau case going back to early 2015, a Paterson, New Jersey, Amateur Radio licensee has been penalized in the amount of $25,000 for allegedly continuing to operate an unlicensed FM radio station
RAC welcomes Directors for 2019
Each year, the terms of office of roughly half of our Directors end – four in even numbered years and three in odd numbered years
DKARS Magazine October 2018
The DKARS (Dutch Kingdom Amateur Radio Society) issues its own free PDF Magazine once every month. It contains articles written in English and Dutch
NASA Television to air departure of Japanese cargo ship from space station
After delivering more than five tons of supplies, water, spare parts and experiments to the International Space Station, a Japanese cargo spacecraft is scheduled to depart the orbiting laboratory 11:50 a.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 7
Live coverage will begin at 11:30 a.m. on NASA Television and the agency’s website
This weekend: EANET Sprint Contest 2018
On November 4, from 08:00 to 12:00 UTC, it will be held the next edition of the ‘sprint contest’ version of the same name Award, devoted to the ‘Radio Clubs of the World’
DX News from the ARRL
The American Radio Relay League’s round-up of the forthcoming week’s DX activity on the amateur radio bands
VP6D (Bermuda), VK9XD (Christmas Is.), Z23MD (Zimbabwe) were major players and PY5OD helped with lots of spotting as did N3DPB and IT9VDQ.
There were loads of others of course
Palmer students to use ham radio to contact ISS
WWLP TV News report on students at the Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School in Palmer, MA, who will use amateur radio to talk to the International Space Station
Video of Summits On the Air talk
A video of the talk on Summits On The Air (SOTA) given by Michael Sansom G0POT to the Swindon and District Amateur Radio Club is available on YouTube
Foundations of Amateur Radio gets a new home
With the increase in popularity of the ‘Foundations of Amateur Radio’ weekly podcast, it’s time to update the website and make it more accessible to mobile users
Build a Secret Radio Chat Device
An article in Raspberry Pi magazine MagPi by PJ Evans of Milton Keynes shows how you can build a 433 MHz radio chat device to send wireless messages without needing WiFi
FCC satellite related filings
For easier navigation of US FCC Satellite related filings Luke Rehmann has built an RSS feed of the FCC’s ELS and IBFS systems
Licence to supply radio transmitting equipment
New Zealand’s regulator, RSM, have issued the following statement regarding the import, supply or sale of radio transmitting equipment in New Zealand
Hackaday Superconference this weekend
The Hackaday Superconference is this weekend and it’s the greatest hardware con on the planet. Tickets are completely sold out, but you can still get in on the fun by watching the livestream and joining Supercon chat
ARRL says manufacturers’ WPT-EV petition is premature
ARRL is opposing a Petition for Rulemaking by some vehicle manufacturers which could result in pollution of the precious radio spectrum by Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicles (WPT-EV)
Radio ham’s book on India’s space program
A new book The Leapfroggers: An Insider’s Account of ISRO by radio amateur Ved Prakash Sandlas VU2VP (SK) tells the story of India’s success in the field of space science
BYLARA at Hamfest 2018
ICQ Amateur Radio Podcast’s Martin Butler M1MRB met members of BYLARA, the British Young Ladies Amateur Radio Association at the National Hamfest
Kingdom of Bhutan to be QRV for another week
While the A5A CQWW team is leaving today (Tuesday), the station will remain QRV as A52BH until Monday next week. The activity will utilize the permanent A5A set-up with multiple beams plus verticals on 160M and 80M.
News for Tuesday 30 October
ARISS receives Yasme Foundation grant
The Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation announces that it has made a significant grant to ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station), in support of the Critical Infrastructure Fund
Ham radio satellites on 5 Euro coin
The Bank of Lithuania (Lietuvos bankas) has released a commemorative gold 5 Euro coin featuring the amateur radio satellites LituanicaSAT-1 (LO-78) and LitSAT-1
Image: Commemorative 5 Euro coin
RaDAR Challenge on 3 November
The last South African RaDAR Challenge for 2018 takes place from 00:00 UTC to 23:59 UTC on Saturday 3 November 2018
WRC-19: 5 GHz and the impact on amateur radio SARL News say the next World Radio Conference will take place in the last quarter of 2019, and there are a number of agenda items that may impact amateur radio
Ham College 46
Ham College episode 46 is now available for download.
General Amateur Radio Exam part 17. Solar Propagation Effects, Delta Loop and Log Periodic Antennas
VHF/UHF workshop fired up new enthusiasm for beacons
SARL News reports that Brian Jacobs, ZS6YZ presented a paper entitled Beacon Coordination to gain maximum benefit. In his paper, he highlighted the need for setting up a proper coordinated beacon system which should include an automated monitoring system much like the HF noise floor monitoring system which automatically uploads data to a central server
8 meter band operation Phil EI9KP (ON4TA) is back in Ireland for the next few weeks.
Following tests with Dominic EI9JS, he is now fully QRV on the 40 MHz 8 meter band with a converted FT 857 in CW, SSB and FM
What’s my WAI Square?
During the recent Irish 40-metre Counties Contest, a number of contesters were asked which Worked All Ireland square they were operating in, which led to some enquiries about the WAI Awards Scheme
Satellite operation from the RMS Queen Mary
A day of satellite operating from a deck on the RMS Queen Mary, docked at Long Beach in southern California, is slated for December 15
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17 November Rochdale & District RADARS Traditional Radio Rally
18 November 41st Coulsdon ATS – CATS Bazaar
18 November 2018 Plymouth Radio Rally
25 November Bishop Auckland Radio Amateurs’ Club Rally
1 December 2018 South Lancashire ARC Winter Rally
29-30 December Hamfest India
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