November 17, 2019
November 17, 2019 10:11 AM – Southgate ARC – The RSGB have released a report on days 13 and 14 of the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from October 28 to November 22, 2019
November 17, 2019 10:11 AM – Southgate ARC – Look for special station 3E1FP to be active until November 30th, to celebrate the 116th anniversary of the Republic of Panama
November 17, 2019 10:11 AM – Southgate ARC – Kate Hutton, K6HTN, a retired Seismologist at CalTech in Pasadena, California, discovered CW, CWOPS, and passing traffic through the National Traffic System
November 17, 2019 10:11 AM – Southgate ARC – To relieve the tedium of boring meetings in WRC-19 Working Groups one delegate has created WRC-19 Bingo
November 17, 2019 10:11 AM – Southgate ARC – SARL News reports the CEO of ICASA (communications regulator), Dr Mdimoeng has responded to the SARL’s request for relief on the type approval requirements for commercial amateur radio equipment
November 17, 2019 10:11 AM – Southgate ARC – The second week of the World Radiocommunication Conference reports on the status of two issues affecting the amateur satellite service
November 17, 2019 10:11 AM – Southgate ARC – At 17:11 UTC on November 15, 1974 a Delta-2310 rocket lifted off from SLC-2W at Vandenberg Air Force Base, sending AO-7 into orbit along with NOAA-4 and Intasat
November 17, 2019 10:11 AM – Southgate ARC – On Saturday, October 19, the strategy conference of the USKA on the topic “Future Radio Amateurs” took place in Bern, Switzerland
November 17, 2019 10:11 AM – Southgate ARC – As bushfires consumed more than 4 thousand square miles in New South Wales alone, officials were bracing for the lates rash of blazes that they said could lead to the most dangerous bushfire week in the nation’s history
November 16, 2019
November 16, 2019 10:12 AM – Southgate ARC – Space Weather for TMRO Space News – The latest space weather forecast from Dr Tamitha Skov WX6SWW
November 16, 2019 10:12 AM – Southgate ARC – Even with little to no solar activity, it is amazing how many long distance HF contacts are possible, even without using weak signal modes such as FT8
November 16, 2019 10:12 AM – Southgate ARC – The RSGB Board Proceedings for the August 2019 meeting have been released but the Proceedings for July are not yet available
November 16, 2019 10:12 AM – Southgate ARC – Today, Saturday, November 16, 2019, Mega POTA Activation from PUERTO RICO, Maricao State Forest K-4678
November 16, 2019 10:12 AM – Southgate ARC – In NewsWest today we spend time welcoming newcomers to the hobby, and acknowledging those who have recently passed Amateur Radio exams or gained a new license
November 16, 2019 10:12 AM – Southgate ARC – French regulator ARCEP has issued a decision that will lead to radio amateurs getting secondary access to the 60m band 5351.50-5366.50 kHz agreed at WRC-15
November 16, 2019 10:12 AM – Southgate ARC – As you might recall, most of my radio activity is done away from my shack. I tend to operate portable, camping, sitting on a jetty or using a picnic table while a BBQ is going nearby
November 16, 2019 10:12 AM – Southgate ARC – AU2JCB is a special event call-sign to commemorate the birth date (30 NOV) and to pay homage and to to tell about the great INDIAN scientist Acharya JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE who is recognized as the “Father of Wireless Communication” by the scientific community of our world
November 16, 2019 10:12 AM – Southgate ARC – The minutes of the Executive Committee of the ARRL Board of Directors for the meeting held on Saturday October 12, 2019 can now be freely downloaded from the ARRL site
November 16, 2019 10:12 AM – Southgate ARC – An ARISS school contact is planned for Drew Morgan KI5AAA with Lakeside Elementary School, West Point, UT, USA The telebridge contact will operated by IK1SLD in northern Italy
November 15, 2019
November 15, 2019 11:33 PM – ARRL -A new Director and Vice Director have been elected in the ARRL’s Southeastern Division, based on results from ballot tabulations on Friday, November 15, in the 2019 ARRL Board of Director elections. Mickey Baker, N4MB, defeated incumbent Director Greg Sarratt, W4OZK, 2,132 votes to 1739 votes. Also, challenger James Schilling, KG4JSZ, (1,356 votes) defeated incumbent Vice Director Joseph Tirit…
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November 15, 2019 02:57 PM – ARRL -Even with little to no solar activity, it is amazing how many long-distance HF contacts are possible, even without using weak signal modes such as FT8.
Recent DXpeditions, such as the ones on Pitcairn Island and Marquesas, had little trouble piling up the contacts, even on ten meters. It helps that we are in the fall season.
No sunspots over the past week, and average daily solar flux was about t…
November 15, 2019 10:12 AM – Southgate ARC – Taking a cue from IARU Region 1’s Youngsters On The Air (YOTA) annual summer camp, the Youth on the Air committee in IARU Region 2 has announced the first camp for young radio amateurs in the Americas next June
November 15, 2019 10:12 AM – Southgate ARC – On October 7, 8 and 9, 2019, the University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and CubeSat NB hosted the first of three Preliminary Design Review (PDR) meetings for the Canadian CubeSat Project initiated by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
November 15, 2019 10:12 AM – Southgate ARC – Jon Hudson and Andy Carpenter from SDR PLAY will be at the joint Nevada, Waters and Stanton open day, to give the first UK demonstration of their NEW RSPdx SDR receiver
November 15, 2019 10:12 AM – Southgate ARC – Derry Now reports the Bushvalley Amateur Radio Club (ARC) based in Limavady were the 2019 UK Club of the Year Region 8 winners
November 15, 2019 10:12 AM – Southgate ARC – The American Radio Relay League’s round-up of the forthcoming week’s DX activity on the amateur radio bands
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Public Information Coordinator
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