Here is the latest Amateur/Ham Radio News compiled by John Woodstock (K1DWU).
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Accessed on 04 June 2020, 1415 UTC, Post 1468.
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Please click link or scroll down to read your selections. This post covers the period 3-4 June 2020.
Ham Radio Update
June 04, 2020
The SDR.hu project has been finished
June 04, 2020 09:14 AM – Southgate ARC – I’d like to say a big thanks to everyone who joined my journey with this project! I hope you had a good time listening on the site, and learnt some things about SDR
Rising RF Noise Levels – IARU submits paper to CISPR
June 04, 2020 09:14 AM – Southgate ARC – The IARU have submitted a paper to the International Special Committee on Radio Interference (CISPR) on the problem of increasing RF noise from digital devices
Receive analog video radio signals from scratch
June 04, 2020 09:14 AM – Southgate ARC – If you’ve been on the RTL-SDR forums lately you may have seen that a lot of work has been going into the DragonOS software. This is a software-defined radio group that has seen a lot of effort put into a purpose-built Debian-based Linux distribution that can do a lot of SDR out of the box
Online Foundation webinar attracts 220
June 04, 2020 09:14 AM – Southgate ARC – Essex Ham report on Tuesday, June 2, over 220 students on their free amateur radio training course took part in a webinar that included a live contact using the popular data mode FT8
News Agency reports radio amateur connects to ISS
June 04, 2020 09:14 AM – Southgate ARC – The News Agency ANI reports that a radio amateur from Ahmedabad, Adhir Saiyadh, received signals from the ISS. Onboard the ISS are the SpaceX Dragon astronauts who docked on May 31
NASA assigns astronaut Kate Rubins, KG5FYJ to Expedition 63/64 space station crew
June 04, 2020 09:14 AM – Southgate ARC – NASA has assigned astronaut Kate Rubins, KG5FYJ to a six-month mission to the International Space Station as a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 63/64 crew Image: Expedition 48 crew members Kate Rubins KG5FYJ (left) and Jeff Williams (right)
Hack-a-Sat call for participation
June 04, 2020 09:14 AM – Southgate ARC – The interdisciplinary nature of the team served extremely well! Amateur radio satellite service operators made fundamental and significant contributions to the final score, everyone learned a lot, and we all had fun
EURAO Party – Spring 2020: take care of your ham friends
June 04, 2020 09:14 AM – Southgate ARC – The European Radio Amateurs’ Organization announces a new party on the air, this time with the motto: ‘take care of your ham friends’
Tony’s 10m Band Report
June 04, 2020 09:14 AM – Southgate ARC – Not a bad week at all. Note that to get into this week’s list, Five or more contacts were needed. I worked lots of Europeans but special was GU0SUP my first Guernsey station. He uploaded to LoTW very quickly so I have confirmation.
June 03, 2020
COVID-19 Event to Enter High Scorers into a Free Drawing for a Trip
June 03, 2020 08:30 PM –
AMSAT Spells Out its GOLF Program Objectives
June 03, 2020 04:25 PM – ARRL -AMSAT says the aim of its developing “Greater Orbit, Larger Footprint” (GOLF) satellite program is to place amateur radio transponders in low-Earth orbit (LEO), medium-Earth orbit (MEO), and eventually high-Earth orbit (HEO).
“The goal of the GOLF program is to work by steps through a series of increasingly capable spacecraft to learn skills and systems for which we do not yet have any low-risk …
The Yasme Foundation Announces Grants, Excellence Award
June 03, 2020 04:20 PM – ARRL -The Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation has announced grants of $5,000 each to the Foundation for Amateur Radio (FAR) and to ARRL scholarship programs for 2020. The Board also named Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB, as a recipient of the Yasme Excellence Award. This honor recognizes individuals and groups who, through their own service, creativity, effort, and dedication, have made a significant con…
The Radio Collector
June 03, 2020 08:14 AM – Southgate ARC – On his Soldersmoke blog Bill Meara M0HBR / N2CQR highlights a vintage video of a 1985 TV show The Radio Collector from the California Historical Radio Society
Spring 2020 Section Manager election results announced
June 03, 2020 08:14 AM – Southgate ARC – Three incumbent ARRL Section Managers were returned to office, while one challenger outpolled an incumbent Section Manager (SM) in contested elections this spring. Section Manager ballots were counted on Monday, June 1, at ARRL Headquarters
Register ASAP for Free online amateur radio training course
June 03, 2020 08:14 AM – Southgate ARC – Know someone who wants to get their UK Foundation Amateur Radio licence? A Free online course starts this Sunday, June 7, but you need to register soon
Ofcom updates licence-exemption regulations including 24 GHz
June 03, 2020 08:14 AM – Southgate ARC – Ofcom has confirmed technical changes for use of spectrum in 874 to 874.4 MHz and 915 to 919.4 MHz bands to support use of short-range wireless devices and licenced use of 24.100-24.350 GHz at railway level crossings
Kangaroo Island IOTA expedition re-scheduled
June 03, 2020 08:14 AM – Southgate ARC – Grant, VK5GR, reports: I am very pleased to announce that the VK5KI Expedition to Kangaroo Island (IOTA OC-139) has been rescheduled, although it has also been scaled down
GB0MZX on air in June to celebrate the world’s first advertised wireless broadcast
June 03, 2020 08:14 AM – Southgate ARC – Dragon Amateur Radio Club would like to introduce their next special event station GB0MZX (Marconi Zulu Xray)
GB0GIG … Time to apply for your certificate
June 03, 2020 08:14 AM – Southgate ARC – Now that GB0GIG has finished with 3,500 QSOs logged, it is time to claim certificate for having a certain number of QSOs with the station
Dan Grady, N2SRK, appointed as new Rocky Mountain Division Vice Director
June 03, 2020 08:14 AM – Southgate ARC – ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, has appointed Dan Grady, N2SRK, of Aurora, Colorado, as the new Rocky Mountain Division Vice Director
Credit card chip used to make crystal radio
June 03, 2020 08:14 AM – Southgate ARC – Hackaday report Billy Cheung decided to build a crystal radio using a rather unconventional detector – the smart chip in a common credit card
Amateur radio on BBC Somerset
June 03, 2020 08:14 AM – Southgate ARC – On May 31, RSGB Region 11 Representative Dean Brice G0UIL was interviewed by Mel Everett on BBC Somerset about amateur radio
IOTA news from the DARC
June 03, 2020 08:14 AM – Southgate ARC – Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
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