Southgate Amateur Radio News

ARISS contact is scheduled for students at Notre Dame Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School, Kyoto, Japan
This will be a direct contact via amateur radio between students in Kyoto, Japan, and Astronaut Raja Chari, amateur radio call sign KI5LIU

Making contact with the past: Operating radios on USS North Carolina
In honor of the 80th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor, the Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club took over two radio rooms aboard USS North Carolina in Wilmington to make contact with ham radio operators from around the world

Iceland radio hams use of 1850-1900 kHz renewed for 2022
Iceland’s IRA reports the telecommunications agency Fjarskiptastofa has approved the request to renew the authorisation for amateur radio use of 1850-1900 kHz in 2022

FCC rejects ham radio club’s NCE applications
The FCC recently threw out all eight applications for new Non-Commercial Educational (NCE) FM channels from a ham radio club in Washington state, citing ‘numerous significant and egregious technical defects’

ARRL Northwestern Division Assistant Director Phil Kane, K2ASP (SK)
ARRL Northwestern Division Assistant Director Phil Kane, K2ASP, of Beaverton, Oregon, died on November 24. An ARRL Life Member, he was 84

IOTA News from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
Weekly IOTA News – compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

Senator Blumenthal supports amateur radio at Senate confirmation hearing
Senator Richard Blumenthal (CT) received an affirmative reply from FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel when he asked her to commit to providing his office ‘an update on the steps that the FCC is taking to support amateur radio operators.’

Ham radio exams in Austria cancelled
The pandemic has forced cancellation of amateur radio exams in Austria as well as the popular Christmas Electronics and Radio Flea Market planned for Dec 11

Using the Pluto and RPi4 for Amateur TV and narrowband
Following on from his ‘Advances in Amateur Television’ talk at the 2017 RSGB Convention, Noel Matthews, G8GTZ shares the latest developments in the ever-evolving world of Amateur TV

An alignment of planets
Check out the sunset sky this week. Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus are getting together with the Moon for a beautiful series of conjunctions

Austrian special event
Members of the International Amateur Radio Contest DX Club (ARCDXC) [4U1A; https://4u1a.club/] will once again activate the special callsigns 4Y1A between December 7-11th

Winners of the 2nd Annual Intrepid DX Group Youth ‘Dream Rig’ Essay Contest
It brings us great pleasure to announce the winners of the 2nd Annual Youth ‘Dream Rig’ Essay Contest

DXCC Most Wanted
The ‘DXCC Most Wanted’ entities list has been updated on ClubLog as of December 1st. The list contains 340 entities