Here’s the current edition of the “Southgate Amateur Radio Club News” from Big Island ARRL News.  This report covers the period of 02 May 2019 through 04 May 2019.  Views expressed in this Amateur/Ham Radio news summary are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Content provided by the UK-based Southgate Amateur Radio Club.  Following this report, I’ll mention a few events of interest to Hawaii Island radio amateurs.

First, a correction to an earlier announcement:

The next meeting of the Big Island Amateur Radio Club will be held on Saturday, 11 May 2019, 1400 HST, at the Keaau Community Center in Keaau, Hawaii Island.  My earlier story was in error.

Now, to a compilation of Amateur/Ham Radio news from our friends in the UK.  Source:  http://www.southgatearc.org

Please click the link or scroll down to read your selections.

News for Saturday 4 May

Radio hams to help Odisha communicate
Radio amateurs have been called to Odisha by that state’s disaster management authority in response to cyclone Fani

RSGB AGM QO-100 talk now available
The RSGB have made available a recording and the slides of the presentation given at the AGM on April 27 about the Es’hail-2 / QO-100 amateur radio transponders

International Marconi Day in Babylon
Babylon Village celebrated its first-ever International Marconi Day this past weekend

VK6WIA NewsWest
This is NewsWest, the VK6 Amateur Radio News programme for Sunday 5th of May.  This week is the Cub Focus edition

ON75JB Operation Samoyède commemoration
On May 11 ON75JB in Houdeng-Aimeries will commemorate Operation Samoyède and Louis Roland ON4JB. They hope to contact the National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park

WIA and International rep. Dale Hughes, VK1DSH
As you are aware, this year is the year of the World Radio Conference 2019 and the WIA will be sending delegates to represent Amateur Radio and Australia at this policy defining event, the outcomes of which are critical to the survival of our hobby

Propagation de K7RA
No sunspots were visible over the recent reporting week (April 25 through May 1), and so the average daily sunspot number dropped to 0 after 8.1 during the previous seven days

 

News for Friday 3 May

MacLoggerDX Version 6.23 released
Dog Park Software is pleased to announce that version 6.23 of MacLoggerDX has been released

Controlling rotators from a smartphone
Members of Norway’s Academic Radio Club LA1K decided to control their antenna rotors with their smartphones

New RSGB Convention videos released
The RSGB have released more YouTube videos of presentations given at the 2018 Convention in Milton Keynes

The Space Weather Woman
Wham! Bam! Thank You Sun
The latest space weather forecast from Dr Tamitha Skov WX6SWW

Global Radio Guide (Summer 2019) now available at Amazon
Older ham radio operators and radio listeners might remember a time when shortwave radio stations broadcast a nearly constant drumbeat of political propaganda during the Cold War years.

QSL card to mark the crowning of His majesty King Rama x of Thailand
To mark the crowning of his majesty King of Thailand Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun (King Rama X) Club SudAmerica published a QSL for HamSphere on its FB page

Mills on the Air
The second weekend in May is always time for the ‘Mills on the Air‘

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

 

News for Thursday 2 May

Tony’s 10m Band Report
What a week! Monday and Tuesday apart conditions were quite good. Wednesday was super good for the Spanish special event stations

Only two Online Foundation courses before Syllabus change
Time is running out to get your Foundation amateur radio licence before the Syllabus changes in September

Ham radio balloons to launch at World Scout Jamboree
ARRL reports World Scout Jamboree takes place in West Virginia July 22 – August 2 organizers hope to launch amateur radio balloons to travel across the Atlantic

JARL launch radio show and appoint PR ambassadors
To promote amateur radio to a wider audience Japan’s JARL has been broadcasting a radio show on 76.2 MHz FM and online, and has appointed two new public relations ambassadors

The JARL recently appointed two new public relations ambassadors, singer Kaori Mizuta JI1BTL and singer-songwriter Masaco JH1CBX

ITU-R Working Party 5A meeting in Geneva
IARU Region 1 report three of ITU-R Study Group 5 Working Goups meet in Geneva April 29 – May 10, 2019. Working Party 5A deals with the Land mobile service above 30 MHz (excluding IMT), wireless access in the fixed service and the amateur and amateur-satellite services

RM-11828 Technician Enhancement – update
ARRL has filed reply comments stressing the need to update Technician privileges in a digital world

Propagation Survey
A call to test the propagation on 60 meters, at noon and while in the grayline, using NVIS antennas and QRP power

IOTA news from the DARC
Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham Radio News:

The next meeting of the Big Island Amateur Radio Club will be held on Saturday, 11 May 2019, 1400 HST, at the Keaau Community Center in Keaau, Hawaii Island.

Doug Wilson (KH7DQ) is continuing his free Technician License Classes on Hawaii Island.  There are two remaining classes for this year:  23 May 2019 in Waimea (location TBA) and 17 October 2019 at the Keaau Community Center in Keaau, Hawaii Island.  Please contact Doug at douscelle@aol.net.

Hawaii Island radio amateurs can now sign up for the new ARRL EMCOMM Course (EC-001).  According to Pacific Section Manager Joseph Speroni (AH0A), the new approach to emergency communications addresses “the practical aspects of radio communications as well as the skills needed to better serve local communities in emegencies.”  The new course begins in June 2019.  Pacific Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC), Clem Jung (KH7HO) will handle student registration for course and work with  the ARRL Education Department  to coordinate scheduling.  To register, contact Clem at kh7ho@arrl.net.

For the latest Amateur/Ham Radio news and information, please check the blog sidebars and links.  These news feeds are updated daily and weekly.  Thanks for joining us today.

Aloha es 73 de Russell Roberts (KH6JRM)

Public Information Coordinator

Hawaii County, ARRL Pacific Section

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