February 25, 2020
February 25, 2020 07:23 PM –
February 25, 2020 04:38 PM – ARRL -The St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla Amateur Radio Society (
SKNAARS)
reports continued interference to St. Kitts radio amateurs from so-called power company “smart meters.” SKNAARS, an IARU member-society, took its complaint to the national telecommunications regulator last year, and the regulator issued a cease-and-desist order last October 7.
SKNAARS said this week that Saint Kitts amateur radio opera…
February 25, 2020 04:25 PM –
February 25, 2020 04:21 PM –
February 25, 2020 10:13 AM – Southgate ARC – The first leg of the SARL 95 40 m Club Sprint takes place from 12:00 to 13:00 UTC on Saturday 29 February and the popular SARL HAMNET 40 m Simulated Emergency Contest takes place from 12:00 to 14:00 UTC on Sunday 1 March
February 25, 2020 10:13 AM – Southgate ARC – The next “Flavour” in the 2020 SOTA Challenge is the DV – Digital Voice flavour in the first week of March 2020. All SOTA QSOs completed on DMR, C4FM, D-Star or FreeDV will automatically attract scoring credit in the Challenge
February 25, 2020 10:13 AM – Southgate ARC – On February 22 Ruth Willet KM4LAO demonstrated Amateur Radio satellite communications to the Girls Engineering and Coding Organization (GECO) STEM club
February 25, 2020 10:13 AM – Southgate ARC – The ZS-CW group in South Africa have started a new initiative to get more people active on CW on all bands, this will get you a certificate at the end of the year
February 25, 2020 10:13 AM – Southgate ARC – The February 13 edition of the ARRL Eclectic Tech podcast features QO-100, the first geostationary amateur radio satellite transponder, and a discussion about the current solar cycle
February 25, 2020 10:13 AM – Southgate ARC – On Sunday, February 2, radio amateurs converged on the Cornelius Vermuyden School on Canvey Island for the 2020 Canvey Radio Rally
February 25, 2020 10:13 AM – Southgate ARC – Call off the supernova watch. Betelgeuse is brightening again
February 24, 2020
February 24, 2020 10:13 AM – Southgate ARC – At the Council Meeting held on 7 and 8 February 2020, the SARL Council stated that an electronic vote (Rule 8.9.2) would be held
February 24, 2020 10:13 AM – Southgate ARC – Don Beattie G3BJ reports more than 30 “SDR Geeks” attended the first SDR Winter School
February 24, 2020 10:13 AM – Southgate ARC – The IOTA Bash, an annual event to raise funds for the “Island Radio Expedition Foundation” (IREF) [
www.irefradio.com], is scheduled this year, March 27-28th, at AD5A’s QTH in Boerne, TX, near San Antonio, TX
February 24, 2020 10:13 AM – Southgate ARC – Seven youth from 6 countries and 4 continents will meet this May at superstation K3LR in West Middlesex, PA and compete for 48 hours in CQ WPX CW in hopes to contend for a top finish, inspire more youth radio sport events, and ultimately bring down the average age of today’s contester
February 24, 2020 10:13 AM – Southgate ARC – The Irish Radio Transmitters Society have issued an urgent reminder regarding email addresses following reports that holders of
eircom.net email addresses will shortly incur a monthly charge for the use of their email address
February 24, 2020 10:13 AM – Southgate ARC – According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 16th-February, through Sunday, 23rd-February there were 226 countries active
February 24, 2020 10:13 AM – Southgate ARC – 22 February – 1 March this special event station will be on air thanks to Ràdio Club Barcelona, EA3RKB, echoing this first class international event hosted by the mobile world capital
February 24, 2020 10:13 AM – Southgate ARC – AMSAT has filed comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which proposes to delete the 3.3 – 3.5 GHz (9 cm) amateur band, including the 3.40 – 3.41 GHz amateur satellite service allocation
February 24, 2020 10:13 AM – Southgate ARC – piled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin
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Hawaii Island Amateur/Ham Radio News:
The Puna Emergency Radio Club (PERC) needs volunteers to provide communications support for the Hilo Marathon on Sunday, 15 March 2020. PERC also is looking for a ham with a vehicle equipped with a mobile radio to serve as “runner” between aid stations. For details, contact Bob Gomez (KB6EGA) at bbg691@yahoo.com.
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