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This report covers the period 08-09 April 2020.
News for Thursday 9 April
Southgate News wish to say a big ‘Thank You’ to all of our wonderful NHS staff
Please follow the guidelines – Stay home and stay safe.
Take care 73 de Richard g4tut
Tony’s 10m Band Report
Not a great week but Sunday conditions really came to the front. We had great weather in the UK and a lot of folk were in their own gardens keeping warm but safe and some, including me, fired up the barbeque
TI2CC (Cost Rica), ZW60DF (Brazil special), HP1ELV (Panama) and J68HZ were all very popular
Historic first trans-Atlantic contact made on 432 MHz
On Tuesday the 7th of April 2020, a remarkable contact was made on the FT8 digital mode on the 432 MHz band between D4VHF on the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of Africa and FG8OJ in Guadeloupe in the Caribbean
COVID-19 and radio amateurs in IARU Region 2
After the COVID-19 pandemic began, up to April 2, 2020 the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has reported 247,473 confirmed cases and 5,600 deaths in America
WIA Board elections
Mr John Marshall, the returning officer of the Wireless Institute of Australia, has declared that in accordance with The WIA Constitution, Clause 14.1c and the Regulations (as amended November 2017) nominations were called for three positions which will be vacated in 2020
Latin America & Carribean Contest on HamSphere 4.0
Welcome to our first HamSphere 4.0 Latin America and Caribbeans contest. You can work with everyone for distances points, but our Latin American and Caribbean friends will give you 10 extra points for each valid QSO and multipliers for their countries. Beam you antennas to South America and Caribbeans
Coronavirus: International understanding and help
Germany’s DARC reports in 2018 and 2019, Reinhard Kühn, DK5LA, supported the Harbin Institute of Technology in China with the EME system for the Chinese Longjiang 2 moon mission
Coronavirus: On-line knowledge sharing Don Beattie G3BJ reports on the IARU Region 1 site that Member Societies ARA (Algeria) and ARAT (Tunisia) have started this week a series of online knowledge sharing sessions for their members and the public
AMSATSA reports good progress with AFRICUBE AMSATSA held its regular online progress meeting this past Wednesday. During the past few weeks, progress was made on all fronts. The transponder was tested on the air and an actual contact was made through the transponder
Minute by Minute – Norwegian TV
In the summer of 2011, NRK (Norway’s equivalent of the BBC) set a Guinness World Record. They broadcast live, continuously, minute-by-minute from 11 cameras set up on MS Nordnorge during a Classic Voyage North
The Space Weather Woman
New Bright Signs of Cycle 25 | Solar Storm Forecast – The latest space weather forecast from Dr Tamitha Skov WX6SWW
Special event callsign VI2020STAYHOME
The Radio Amateur Society of Australia have been issued with the distinctive special event callsign VI2020STAYHOME
SRAL – The Finnish Amateur Radio League
In the world-wide amateur radio community, social distancing is not an issue. The ham radio network operates by radio waves with signals flying high and wide, across all borders near and far
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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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