France’s REF calls for meeting with regulator
On June 5. REF President Jean-Louis Truquet F5DJL called for a meeting between France’s Amateur Radio Associations and the regulatory authorities
144 MHz DX – FT8 signal received over 5102 km path
The VHF DX site Many More Miles on VHF (MMMonVHF) reports that on June 9, 2019, D41CV in Cape Verde was received on 144 MHz FT8 in Austria a distance of 5102 km
AMSAT Field Day on the Satellites
Most hams know about the ARRL Field Day event each June, and most who have participated in an ARRL Field Day in recent years are aware that a satellite contact will gain 100 bonus points for a participating station. However, all may not be aware that there is a parallel event sponsored by AMSAT that is geared exclusively to satellite operation
Cyprus Special Event
Special event station 5B19CWC is now active. The special callsign is being used by the Cyprus Amateur Radio Society to celebrate the Cricket World Cup which began May 30th and will end July 14th
How to find hidden cameras in your Airbnb, and anywhere else Stephen, G7VFY has found this interesting article which says ‘in recent months there’s been a number of alarming reports of Airbnbhosts installing hidden cameras in their properties but not disclosing them to the guests staying there’
News for Monday 10 June
QSO Today – Glenn Johnson – W0GJ Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, began his ham radio journey as a teenager and from his love for chasing DX, has since been to many DX entities around the world
AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2019 second call for speakers
We invite speakers, to cover topics about Amateur satellites, CubeSats, Nanosats, Space, High Altitude Balloons and associated activities, for this event.
ICQPodcast – EQUINOX review and 40 years of BYLARA
In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Chris Howard M0TCH, Martin Rothwell M0SGL, Dan Romanchik KB6NU and Frank Howell K4FMH to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief and this episode’s feature is a double feature, a fictional book featuring amateur radio called Equinox and 40 years of BYLARA
Radio Special Award
Special event for the 94th birthday of composer Mikis Theodorakis
From 20 to 29 July 2019
Huge outbreak of noctilucent clouds
The best season for noctilucent clouds in years is underway, and last night it intensified with a huge display over the United States
Ham radio equipment donation in Dominica
Dominica News reports four amateur radio handheld transceivers have been donated to the Dominica Association of Persons with Disabilities (DAPD)
PW contest used to publicise ham radio Andy G7UHN used the June 9 Practical Wireless magazine 144 MHz QRP contest to promote amateur radio to passers-by
May IARU-R1 Monitoring System newsletter available
The latest IARU-R1 Monitoring System newsletter reports a new kind of Over The Horizon Radar (OTHR) has been operating in the amateur radio 14 MHz primary allocation
DXCC Country/Entity Report
According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 2nd June, through Sunday, 9th June there were 213 countries active
IOTA news from OPDX Weekly IOTA News – compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin
WIA VP highlights crisis facing ham radio
“The amateur community has felt a heightened awareness that the hobby of Amateur Radio is in the grips of a material existential crisis unlike the hobby has seen before whereby extinction is a very definite possibility…”
Hammies Sprint
The Hammies Sprint is a fun activity to promote contacts between Hammies and radio amateurs in Southern African countries with an emphasis on ZU stations and will run from 14:00 to 15:00 UTC this afternoon
Doug Wilson (KH6DQ) is offering his final free Technician License Class for this year. The course is set for 17 October 2019 at the Keaau Community Center in Keaau, Hawaii Island. For details, contact Doug at douscelle@aol.com
“Grid Madness 2019, the Hawaii Island-based VHF/UHF Simplex contest is coming Sunday, 15 September 2019, from 1300 to 1700 HST. For the complete program package, please visit https://gridmadness.blogspot.com. Also, you can contact Stan (AH6KO), the event coordinator, at ah6ko@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. Of special note is a series of articles by Stacy Holbrook (KH6OWL), who has profiled several Hawaii Island radio amateurs in his column. You can find Stacy’s articles in the right hand sidebar of this blog. His current article discussed DMR repeaters available on Hawaii Island…excellent article.
