Southgate Amateur Radio News

Peter Jost HB9CET retires as Vice-Coordinator of IARUMS R1
Due to age, health and personal reasons Peter Jost HB9CET retired as IARU Monitoring System R1 Vice-Coordinator at the end of December, remaining in IARUMS R1 as USKA (Switzerland) IARUMS Coordinator

The Slow Morse Club
As membership of the Slow Morse Club surpasses eight thousand this is a little reminder to those who might be thinking of joining the apparent renaissance of CW operating

How to work the HO-113 / XW-3 satellite
Watch John Brier KG4AKV work new linear satellite HO-113 / XW-3 and talk about some of its issues so you can learn how to work it successfully despite those issues

Norwegian club celebrates first 100 years
The Norwegian ‘Bergensgruppen av NRRL‘ celebrates its first 100 years

Exam centre and HF assessors re-affirmation
As per the RAE policy all exam centres have been de-activated for 2022. An e-mail has been sent to all 50 chief invigilators of registered exam centres. Clubs wishing to offer RAE classes and continue running an exam centre are required to confirm and update all their details

The Space Weather Woman
Solar Bright Regions Bloom and Dust Storms Build on Mars – The latest space weather forecast from Dr Tamitha Skov WX6SWW

Three local contests in the next two weeks
There are three South African contests scheduled for the next two weeks. The PEARS National VHF/UHF Contest will be run from 16:00 UTC on Friday 14 January until 12:00 UTC on Sunday 16 January 2022

World Radiosport Team Championship
WRTC, the World Radiosport Team Championship was conceived as an Olympic style competition among radio contesters, where teams of two compete from the same locations, using identical stations, thereby being a true test of operator skills