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News for Thursday 14 May
Southgate Amateur Radio News would like to say a big ‘Thank You’ to all the NHS staff and key workers in the UK
Tony’s 10m Band Report The good guys this week were J69DS and J68HZ (St Lucia), 5T5PA (Mauritania), several Chinese CRA stations, OD50SH (Lebanon) and plenty of others. Sunday was huge.
The new version of WSJT-X is out. Actually it’s a Beta candidate which means a trial version. Don’t try it unless you can get yourself out of difficulties. A new version of JTAlert is also available to match it.
IARUMS April newsletter now available
The latest IARU-R1 Monitoring System newsletter reports almost all of the IARU-R1 coordinators reported intruders predominantly in the amateur radio 20m and 40m bands
Pedro Carvalho, CT1DBS / CU3HF SK
There are some OM’s who stand out in many fields simultaneously and become examples to be followed
Keeping in touch around the world using amateur radio
Peoria’s 25 News reports while video chatting apps like Zoom are rising in popularity, a group of local people are using a slightly older technology to stay in touch
Japan: Spreading the appeal of amateur radio Yoshinori Takao JG1KTC, Chair of the Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL), has called on radio amateurs to help promote and spread the appeal of amateur radio
50 MHz interference problems in Switzerland
The Swiss national amateur radio society USKA asks amateurs to take the time to identify and document obvious sources of interference and to report this to OFCOM
The GB0GIG team is having a great time on air! GB0GIG continues on air until the 28th May, celebrating the work of the National Health Service / Gwasanaeth Iechyd Gwladol in Wales, plus supporting the RSGB ‘Get On The Air To Care’ campaign. We thank all health workers for their hard work and dedication during the Covid-19 pandemic and at all times!
SOS Radio Week
Throughout May, the SOS Radio Week draws attention to the valuable work of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and the National Coastwatch Institution (NCI)
New Beta of FT4 and FT8 software WSJT Joe Taylor K1JT reports the new beta version of the popular FT4 and FT8 software, WSJT-X version 2.2.0, is a significant program upgrade offering many new features
Upcoming amateur radio talks on Zoom Denby Dale Amateur Radio Society‘s series of online presentations using Zoom continues on Wednesday, May 13, with an Introduction to amateur satellites, meteor scatter, EME and ISS by Robin Moseley G1MHU
RSGB online amateur radio exam figures released
On Monday, May 11, it was reported that 216 candidates had taken the remotely-invigilated online amateur radio Foundation exam since April 10, of those 201 (93%) passed
77 5G and other masts torched
Business Insider report that a conspiracy theory that baselessly links 5G technology with the coronavirus has led to a series of arson attacks on cell phone towers in the UK
Rebel DX Group DXpedition update
Unfortunately, our plans regarding activating Banaba Island and Tuvalu has been affected by the current COVID-19 situation – just like in case of many other DXpeditions around the world. We’re forced to postpone the DXpedition, but it’s not cancelled
IPARC activity from Germany
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the International Police Association (IPA), German radio amateurs of the IPARC (IPA-Radio-Club) will be active as DL70IPA with the main activity between August 2nd and 6th, November 7th (CW) and 8th (SSB) (IPARC-Contest 2020) and various weekends
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