Here’s the latest Amateur Radio News from the UK-based Southgate Amateur Radio Club.
Views expressed in this Amateur/Ham Radio News summary are those of the reporters and correspondents.
Accessed on 25 July 2021, 1223 UTC, Post 2151.
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- SOTA activator all at sea!
- IARU Monitoring Co-ordinatior to stand down
- Swiss radio amateurs study proposed legislation
- IARU-R1: COVID-19 situation and YOTA activities
- Olympic Games – JA1TOKYO is on the air
- The SARL HF Contests in August
- Call for Internal Review over Ofcom’s handling of FoI
- EI0HQ in IARU Contest
- Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
| SOTA activator all at sea!
Posted: Tom Read M1EYP, a prominent SOTA – Summits on the Air activator from Macclesfield, Cheshire, is suddenly experiencing a significant change to his portable operating habits
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| IARU Monitoring Co-ordinatior to stand down
Posted: Peter Young VK3MV has been the IARU Monitoring Co-ordinatior for many years. He has given notice to the WIA Board that he wishes to relinquish that position. Peter has offered to assist the incoming coordinator to get established
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| Swiss radio amateurs study proposed legislation
Posted: Switzerland’s national amateur radio society the USKA is concerned about the impact on radio amateurs of proposed legislative changes
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| IARU-R1: COVID-19 situation and YOTA activities
Posted: The IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group has issued an update on amateur radio youth activities planned for 2021
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| Olympic Games – JA1TOKYO is on the air
Posted: On July 16 JARL opened the special commemorative station ‘JA1 TOKYO’ in Nishitokyo City, Tokyo, to commemorate the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games being held from July 23
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| The SARL HF Contests in August
Posted: The aim of the HF Contests is for participants to contact as many radio amateurs in Southern Africa as possible on the 20, 40 and 80 m bands. The contest takes place over three Sundays in August
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| Call for Internal Review over Ofcom’s handling of FoI
Posted: Ofcom were asked the date when they changed published policy on re-issuing Amateur Radio call signs but their answer was unsatisfactory and an internal review has been requested
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| EI0HQ in IARU Contest
Posted: The Irish Radio Transmitters Society report a team of 15 IRTS members operated the society’s headquarters station call sign EI0HQ in the International Amateur Radio Union HF World Championship last weekend
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| Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
Posted: Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at low levels
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