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Southgate Amateur Radio Club News

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Russ Roberts

Here’s the latest Amateur Radio News compiled by the UK-based Southgate Amateur Radio Club. Views expressed in this Amateur/Ham Radio update are those of the reporters and correspondents. Accessed on 23 July 2021, 2237 UTC, Post 2148. Content supplied by…

Southgate Amateur Radio Club News

Posted on July 2, 2021 by Russ Roberts

Here’s the latest Amateur Radio News compiled by the UK’s Southgate Amateur Radio Club. Views expressed in this Amateur/Ham Radio News summary are those of the reporters and correspondents. Content provided by the Southgate Amateur Radio Club. Accessed on 02…

Tagged with: ARRL plans a redirection of operations this July, DX News from the ARRL, France: new online directory of radio amateurs, JARL reports first membership increase for 27 years, New section managers for ARRL, New Zealand frequency allocation table, ORARI make ham radio magazine available as PDF, Southgate Amateur Radio Club News, VK5WIA NewsWest
Posted in Amateur/Ham Radio, ARES, ARRL, Big Island ARRL News, Big Island of Hawaii ARRL info, Club Activities, Contests, DX-peditions, Hawaii Island Amateur Radio Clubs

Southgate Amateur Radio Club News

Posted on June 12, 2021 by Russ Roberts

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. Content provided by the Southgate Amateur Radio Club. Accessed on 12 June…

Tagged with: A "tall story" from Turkey, Area amateur radio operators to join Field Day in Ohio, Dragon ARC VHF Day, DX News from the ARRL, Foundations of Amateur Radio, IARU in the CEPT Working Groups, Southgate Amateur Radio Club News, Southgate Vibes Podcast #67, The termination event, VK6WIA NewsWest, WIA seeks review of amateur radio exam system
Posted in Amateur/Ham Radio, ARES, ARRL, Big Island ARRL News, Big Island of Hawaii ARRL info, Club Activities, Contests, DX-peditions, Hawaii Island Amateur Radio Clubs, License preparation/VE testing

Southgate Amateur Radio Club News

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Russ Roberts

Here’s the latest Amateur Radio News compiled by the UK-based Southgate Amateur Radio Club. Views expressed in this Amateur Radio News summary are those of the reporters and correspondents. Content supplied by the Southgate Amateur Radio Club. Accessed on 24…

Tagged with: 2021 Inductees to the CQ Amateur Radio-Contesting-and DX Halls of Fame, ARISS contact with school in Chile, Changes to the RSGB 50 MHz awards, CubeSatSim PCB's Version 1.0 available at AMSAT Store, DX News from the ARRL, Foundations of Amateur Radio, Solar Flare frenzy and CME, Southgate Amateur Radio Club News, Spotlight on Ramona radio hams, VK6WIA NewsWest
Posted in Amateur/Ham Radio, ARES, ARRL, Big Island ARRL News, Big Island of Hawaii ARRL info, Club Activities, Contests, DX-peditions, Hawaii Island Amateur Radio Clubs, License preparation/VE testing

Southgate Amateur Radio Club News

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Russ Roberts

Here are today’s Amateur Radio News Headlines from the UK-based Southgate Amateur Radio Club. Views expressed in this Amateur Radio News summary are those of the reporters and correspondents. Content supplied by the Southgate Amateur Radio Club. Accessed on 07…

Tagged with: Amateur Radio, Amateur Radio News, AO#EU: Europe Day on the air 2021, Bletchley Park: WW2 secret agent's messages remembered, Brazil's radio hams campaign for tax exemption, China's new space station is visible from Earth, DX News from the ARRL, Ham Radio, Ofcom fines Abu Dhabi Channel for breaking fairness and privacy rules, Sky in NOT the limit as radio club works with students for weather balloon launch, Southgate Amateur Radio Club News, The Wight stuff: Marconi and the island, Webinar "RF Exposure in the Time of Conspiracies
Posted in Amateur/Ham Radio, ARES, ARRL, Big Island ARRL News, Big Island of Hawaii ARRL info, Club Activities, Contests, DX-peditions, Hawaii Island Amateur Radio Clubs

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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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2291 for Friday September 24th, 2021 September 24, 2021
- HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN CONTACT ISS VIA HAM RADIO - RESEARCHER BLAMES SATELLITES FOR NIGHT SKY 'POLLUTION' - ESSEX HAM SPECIAL EVENT SUPPORTS NEW HACKSPACE - NEW MICROCONTROLLER EDITOR AT CQ MAGAZINE - SILENT KEY: EAST COAST REFLECTOR'S RICK BEUTNAGEL, N3RRB - BOUVET 3Y0J TRIP GETS ARRL GRANT - NATIONAL HURRICANE CONFERENCE POSTED ON YOUTUBE - […]
Kevin Trotman
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2290 for Friday September 17th, 2021 September 16, 2021
- COVID SPURS CANCELLATION OF TOKYO HAM FAIR - IARU REGION 3 OPTS FOR VIRTUAL CONFERENCE - AMSAT SYMPOSIUM MOVES FROM HOTEL INTO VIRTUAL MODE - SPACEX RECOVERY VESSELS NAMED FOR 'BOB AND DOUG' - SPECIAL EVENT CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY OF VOA RELAY STATION - ULTRA-TINY BATTERY SHOWS POWER AND PROMISE - SILENT KEY: CHARLIE BYARS, W5GPO, LONGTIME WEATHER SP […]
Kevin Trotman
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2289 for Friday September 10th, 2021 September 10, 2021
- RADIO OPERATORS SUPPORT WILDFIRE ANIMAL RESCUE - GENESIS SATELLITES DESTROYED IN EXPLOSION - MEET ARRL MAXIM AWARD WINNER: KATHERINE FORSON, KT5KMF - US HAMS ACTIVATE THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL - LISATS HAM CLUB TO RETRANSMIT INSPIRATION4 LAUNCH - IN SWITZERLAND, HIGH-FLYING QSOS IN HOT AIR BALLOON - BBC INTERVIEWS DEVELOPER OF WORLD'S FIRST MICROSATELLITE […]
Kevin Trotman

The K7RA Solar Update September 24, 2021
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Last week, we reported a big increase in activity with the daily sunspot number reaching 124, but by the end of that week all sunspots had disappeared. The sun was blank for several days, but sunspots returned on September 19.Average daily sunspot numbers this week were 28.7, which was below the 58.3 average reported a week […]
Open-Source Amateur Satellite Work Not Subject to Export Administration Regulation September 23, 2021
CEO Michelle Thompson, W5NYV, reports that Open Research Institute (ORI) received an advisory opinion from the US Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on September 2. The letter confirmed that public internet posts regarding open-source amateur satellite communications work are not subject to Export Administration Regulation (EAR). ORI w […]
ARRL, RSGB Announce Joint Events to Celebrate Centenary of Ham Radio Transatlantic Success September 23, 2021
ARRL and the Radio Society of Great Britain will jointly sponsor events to celebrate the achievement of transatlantic communications by radio amateurs 100 years ago.In December 1921, ARRL sent Paul F. Godley, 2ZE, as its representative to listen for amateur signals from North America during the Second Transatlantic Tests. Setting up his listening station in […]