Southgate Amateur Radio Club News

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Russ Roberts

Here are today’s top Amateur/Ham Radio News stories compiled by the UK-based Southgate Amateur Radio Club.

Views expressed in this post are those of the reporters and correspondents.

Content provided by the Southgate Amateur Radio Club.

Accessed on 19 December 2020, 2111 UTC, Post 1777.

Source: http://www.southgatearc.org/

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News for Saturday 19 December

Foundations of Amateur Radio
When will it ever end?
Mark Twain is often misquoted in relation to reports about his death, pithy as always, he said: “The report of my death was an exaggeration.” Similarly the death of amateur radio has been reported on many different occasions

Operating Amateur Radio satellites from your home station
In Episode 5 of DX Engineering’s Amateur Radio Satellite series, Sean Kutzko, KX9X, demonstrates how you can successfully operate amateur satellites from a basic home station without all the bells and whistles

3200km opening on 144 MHz in Australia
With the Summer Sporadic-E season now in full swing in the southern hemisphere, many radio amateurs there have been making contacts on the VHF bands. During one such opening on the 15th of December 2020, there was one very unusual WSPR report on 144 MHz which spanned 3200kms across the Australian continent

VK6WIA NewsWest
NewsWest for Sunday 20th December, 2020 is a history of Amateur Radio edition, including an interview with Phil, the guy at the Space museum in Carnarvon at the old space communication station, Amateur Radio resumes as a Christmas gift in 1945, there’s a radio story from Antarctica, plus much more..

Radio hams who provided link to Antarctic base
Clark News Online picks up on a story that first appeared in the Antarctic Sun about two Clark residents the Madey brothers Jules K2KGJ and John K2KGH

Qualified applicants for Ofcom spectrum auction
Ofcom has announced the names of the applicants that have qualified to take part in the upcoming spectrum auction

Applications reopen to community radio stations for emergency funding
Community radio stations are being given a third chance to apply for emergency funding to help them through the Covid-19 crisis

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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News for Friday 18 December

IARU and amateur radio 23 cm band
The Chair of IARU Region 1 Spectrum Affairs, Barry Lewis G4SJH, reports the IARU is fully engaged in the 23 cm band / Galileo radio navigation satellite service coexistence studies in CEPT

Austria: Limited ham radio greetings message facility
In Austria the Telecommunications Office has announced that young people will be permitted to send a greetings message over amateur radio during certain specified events

IARUMS November newsletter now available
The IARU Region 1 Monitoring System newsletter says in November the amateur radio 28 MHz band suffered from signals from fishing buoys along with Over The Horizon Radars (OTHR) which were heard every day

144 MHz signal from the Faroe Islands heard 3000kms away in Bulgaria during the Geminid Meteor Shower
During this year’s Geminid meteor shower, many radio amateurs worldwide were busy making contacts on the VHF bands by bouncing signals off the many meteor trails. One of the big suprises however was when the 144 MHz signal from Jon, OY9JD in the Faroe Islands was heard 3075 kms away in Bulgaria by LZ1KU!

BARS on the satellites
Barry Amateur Radio Society (BARS) – Located in South Wales, UK – usually operates from its club station at his time of the year using our call signs and extend seasons greetings from Wales to other operators and families throughout the world

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About Russ Roberts

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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