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News for Saturday 28 March
Foundations of Amateur Radio Listening from the ground up When I started learning about antennas I was told height is might. The higher the better. For many years I’ve followed that advice and like a good little parrot I’ve dispensed that advice. Turns out that as is usual in our hobby, that’s not the whole story
Stuck in the shack? Make use of your downtime
For over five years, the Fair Lawn (NJ) Amateur Radio Club has presented a live monthly speaker series for its members and guests highlighting the leading talent from the local amateur radio community. The Club reminds hams everywhere that these monthly club videos are available for you to view to stay active in the hobby while isolated because of the coronavirus epidemic
Message from the RAC President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a part of our daily lives for several weeks now and will most likely continue to be for some time. The pandemic is of particular concern for Radio Amateurs because ours is a hobby that can be practised by people of all ages from elementary schoolchildren to senior citizens
VK6WIA NewsWest Newswest for Sunday 29th March, 2020 is the Club Focus edition.
It’s also the socially isolated edition, guaranteed germ free and the only risk of transmission is the safe way – by Radio Frequency
Radio hams assist Homeland Security The Wiscasset newspaper reports on one of the radio amateurs who are assisting Homeland Security with ham radio communications
Propagation de K7RA We saw another week with no sunspots, which were last observed just briefly over two weeks ago on two days, March 8 and 9. Spaceweather.com reports that so far in 2020, the percentage of days that have no sunspots is exactly the same as all of 2019, when it was 77%
News for Friday 27 March
Coronavirus: Bengal Ham radio operators help police in tracking
Outlook India reports “Ham radio operators in West Bengal are helping police in tracking down mass gatherings and sending vagabonds to the shelters during the nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, officials said on Thursday”
Netherlands special event
Operators Harm PA0HPG, Michel PA0VCC, Ad PA2PCH, Nico PA3ADU, Gerrie PA7TT, Harm PD0GIB, Bert PD2B and Gerard PD2VW will activate special event station PA75ASN between April 1st and May 7th
Kosovo scouting trip
Operators Erik ON4ANN and Erik ON4CCV will be active as Z68AN and Z68EC (callsigns pending), respectively, from Kosovo between April 27-30th
DX News from the ARRL
The American Radio Relay League’s round-up of the forthcoming week’s DX activity on the amateur radio bands
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