EMAIL FAILURE
At the present time, we are suffering a prolonged email outage. We have been without any email since early on the morning of the 10th November. At this time, I cannot say when it will be restored. This of course means that we will not have any news items arriving by email. So my apologies for the lack of any news items today
Richard G4TUT

How Frequency Synthesisers work
Frequency synthesizers using phase locked loops and digital dividers have formed the mainstay for the local oscillators in many forms of radio for amateur radio as well as for domestic and professional use

Netherlands: 326 candidates pass ham radio exams in 2021
Henk Vrolijk, PA0HPV, reports that in 2021 there were 326 successful candidates of the amateur radio exams

Spain seeks to attract youngsters to amateur radio
Spain’s national amateur radio society URE says ‘If you are young, join the URE and discover amateur radio’ and offers both free membership and a free training manual

Norway looking to introduce Entry Level ham radio license
Norway is planning to introduce a 10 watt Entry Level License that will enable young people 12-13 years old to get started building simple transmitters and receivers

UK satellite firm Inmarsat agrees $7.3bn takeover by US rival Viasat
The Guardian newspaper report that the British satellite communications company Inmarsat has agreed a $7.3bn (£5.4bn) takeover by the California-based Viasat, becoming the latest UK tech firm to be taken over by a foreign rival

ARUMS October newsletter now available
The IARU Region 1 Monitoring System newsletter reports October also brought us a large number of ‘troublemakers’ that often massively interfere with amateur radio. Among them are the UK’s HF OTH Radar in Cyprus

Calling all payphone users: thousands of call boxes set for protection
Thousands of vital phone boxes around the UK will be protected from closure, under Ofcom plans announced today