February 02, 2020 10:14 AM – Southgate ARC – Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to remain at low levels

February 02, 2020 10:14 AM – Southgate ARC – The Antique Wireless Association CW Activity Day takes place in South Africa this afternoon from 13:00 to 15:00 UTC, with the aim of contacting as many amateurs as possible on the 20, 40 and 80 m amateur bands

February 02, 2020 10:14 AM – Southgate ARC – Episode 217 of the amateur radio podcast SolderSmoke is now available

February 02, 2020 10:14 AM – Southgate ARC – ARRL report a powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the province of Elazig on January 24, radio amateurs assisted in the response

February 02, 2020 10:14 AM – Southgate ARC – TV station Saarländischer Rundfunk broadcast a news item about radio amateur Harald Zeisig DL8EA

February 02, 2020 10:14 AM – Southgate ARC – Fred Schramm, K2HA, visited Israel a few weeks ago and contacted me to meet with him in Jerusalem. Howard, 4X1ZZ, and I visited Fred at his hotel and recorded this interview with him

February 02, 2020 10:14 AM – Southgate ARC – German regulator BNetzA reports the number of Radio Amateurs slumped in 2019 falling by 1406

February 02, 2020 08:31 AM – ICQ Podcast -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 – NanoVNA are they any good?

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February 01, 2020 10:14 AM – Southgate ARC – This week we finally saw the return of sunspots, over seven of the last eight days, January 24-30. Average daily sunspot numbers rose from 0 to 11.1, while average daily solar flux jumped from 71.2 to 72.9

February 01, 2020 10:14 AM – Southgate ARC – Joe Spier, K6WAO, has tendered his resignation as AMSAT President, citing personal reasons

February 01, 2020 10:14 AM – Southgate ARC – How I host a weekly amateur radio net for new and returning amateurs – If you’ve ever had the pleasure or misfortune to hear an on-air net, you might have considered, however briefly, how that net came to be, how it’s run and what’s involved behind the scenes to make it happen

February 01, 2020 10:14 AM – Southgate ARC – France’s National Frequency Agency (ANFR) has published the January 2020 edition of their newsletter Frequency News