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News for Monday 11 November
WRC-19 Day 9 and 10: Satellites, 50 MHz and 1240-1300 MHz
The RSGB have released a report on days 9 and 10 of the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from October 28 to November 22, 2019 Image:RSGB Spectrum Forum Chair Murray G6JYB talking to delegates at WRC-19
IARU release week 2 WRC-19 report
IARU President Tim Ellam VE6SH/G4HUA reports the WRC-19 week 2 report is now available on the IARU website
ICQPodcast – Pocket Electronic Workshop
In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Leslie Butterfield G0CIB, Edmund Spicer M0MNG, Dan Romanchik KB6NU and Ruth Willet KM4LAO to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief and this episode’s feature is Pocket Electronic Workshop
Ham radio reaching ‘an Inflection Point’
IARU President Tim Ellam VE6SH/G4HUA has told national amateur radio societies that they are failing to keep up with changes in the hobby
Major donation for Club Log CDXC, the UK DX Foundation, has announced a donation of $2,600 to Club Log for significant hardware upgrades. The grant is in addition to the $650 CDXC donates each year to support the site
The SARL Newbie Party
South Africa’s Newbie Party is a fun activity to encourage all the newly licensed radio amateurs to become active and is on the air from 08:00 to 20:00 UTC on 23 November 2019
BARTG GB60ATG special event
Members of the British Amateur Radio Teledata Group (BARTG) are active as GB60ATG until June 2020
DXCC Country/Entity Report
According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 3rd November, through Sunday, 10th November there were 210 countries active
IOTA news from OPDX Weekly IOTA News – compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin
Russian OTH Radar Contayner now everywhere
The latest IARU-R1 Monitoring System newsletter reports the Russian Over-The-Horizon Radar Contayner has been active in the 7, 10, 14 and 18 MHz amateur radio allocations
QSO Today – Bob Logan – NZ5A Bob Logan, NZ5A, enjoys the simple pleasures of exploring new modes as well as mastering old modes, as well as ultra-low frequency bands
ARISS school contact web streamed
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at two Italian schools on 11 November 2019. The downlink signals will not be audible in Europe but the event will be web streamed
IARU Region 1 – December is YOTA Month
December is YOTA Month, when several youngsters from Member Societies will become active on the air with YOTA as suffix in the call signs
RAC welcomes Directors for 2020
Each year, the terms of office of roughly half of our Directors end – four in even-numbered years and three in odd-numbered years
Foundations of Amateur Radio Where is North? The other day we were aligning an antenna for a contest. It had slipped on the rotator pole during a recent storm and when the rotator was set to zero it was pointing somewhere south east. Not ideal if you want to point your antenna at a particular station
Annual Open Day
Sunday 17th November sees the return of the joint NEVADA and Waters & Stanton open day from 10am to 4pm at our Portsmouth Warehouse
CW Activity Week starts Monday Nov 11
The CW activity week organised by the Essex CW Amateur Radio Club (ECWARC) starts on Monday, November 11 and continues until the end of Sunday, November 17
VK6WIA NewsWest
NewsWest for 10th November 2019 is the Amateur Radio history edition, mostly Western Australian or at least Australian.
We’re looking at items in the Amateur Radio Magazine in November 1939 and 1949
UK University Amateur Radio
A new group has been formed to promote Amateur Radio and wireless activities in universities across the United Kingdom
CEPT ECC report on WRC-19
The CEPT ECC have released their report on the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference which after 2 weeks has reached its halfway point
Propagation de K7RA
Two new sunspot groups appeared this week, on two consecutive days, each lasting for only a day, with a daily sunspot number of 11 and 13 on Friday and Saturday of last week, just in time for ARRL CW Sweepstakes. Both sunspot groups had a magnetic polarity signature indicating Solar Cycle 25, and appeared after 4 weeks of no sunspots
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Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham Radio News:
The ARRL Pacific Division Members Meeting will be held on Tuesday, 12 November 2019, 1730 HST, at the KMC Cafeteria. Our guest speaker will be Jim Tiemstra (K6JAT), the ARRL Pacific Division Director. He will be discussing several issues of critical importance for Hawaii Island radio amateur. For details, contact Bob (AH6J) at 808-345-6390.
Retired News director of Pacific Radio Group Radio Stations on Hawaii-the Big Island. I have more than 40 years of broadcast experience, including positons at KTUH-FM (UH-Manoa), KPOI-FM (Honolulu). KHLO-AM (Hilo), KKBG-FM (KBIG-FM)(Hilo/Kona), KAPA-FM (Hilo-Kona). Native-FM (Hilo-Kona), and ESPN Hawaii (Hilo-Kona). Former University of Hawaii-Hilo librarian. Retired Air Force Officer. Amateur (Ham) Radio operator since 1977 (currently holds the Amateur Extra Class License from the FCC-KH6JRM).... Can read, write, and speak Russian. Retired on 30 September 2011, but still maintains a Hawaii Island News Blog.
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