The SSA reports applications for amateur radio permits will now take 2-3 weeks longer due to National Security considerations A translation of the SSA post reads: PTS [communications regulator] will prepare permit cases with the Security Police and the Swedish Armed Forces from the turn of the year due to …

In 2019, BNetA, the German Federal Network Agency, blocked 4.5 million unsafe products that can cause radio interference or electromagnetic incompatibilities A translation of a DARC post reads: The Federal Network Agency has banned the sale of around 3.5 million products in online market surveillance. These devices can cause radio …

All people in the Danish Kingdom are going to celebrate the 80th birthday of H.M. The Queen on April 16, 2020 and so will the Danish amateur radio association EDR. In collaboration with the Greenlandic radio amateurs, we are organizing an event where many stations in the two entities will …

Dates: Arrival :- February 21th – Departure :- March 01th On air approx: limited/building up February 22, 23rd, full operation planned from 24th till 29th dismantling on March 1st Callsign: TU5PCT (might be changed before the expedition) Operators: Petr OK1BOA, Petr OK1FCJ, David OK6DJ Operation modes: SSB, CW, RTTY (incl …

AMSAT-LU will be issuing a special certificate to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the launch of LUSAT (LO-19) during LUSAT week which takes place January 18-26, 2020 AMSAT Argentina LU7AA says: On Jan-22-1990 LUSAT/LO-19 was launched along with AO-16, DO-17, WO-18, UO-14 & UO-15. It’s our first Argentina Satellite, and …

Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XN, attended the annual Board of Directors meeting of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) in Windsor, Connecticut, January 17-18 The RAC reports: The ARRL Board Meetings are held twice each year, in January and July, and the current meeting will conclude …

Ofcom wishes to boost the use of Wi-Fi in Amateur Radio spectrum at 5725-5850 MHz The ITU assigned Amateur Satellite Service weak-signal downlink band 5830-5850 MHz, is used by amateur payloads on Deep-Space and Interplanetary spacecraft as well as by satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Increased use of Wi-Fi …

The Roenoke Star reports members of the Roanoke Valley Amateur Radio Club will be participating in the National Amateur Radio Winter Field Day Exercise, January 25 and 26, 2020 The Field Day site will be at Virginia Western Community College in the upper parking lot. For the last few years …

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada. The event is scheduled on Wednesday 22 January 2020 at approximately 17:21 UTC, which is 18.21 CEWT. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The contact will be a telebridge between …

01/17/2020 Contesting is one of the most exciting aspects of amateur radio — and for some, it’s their primary ham radio activity. Amateur Radio Contesting for Beginners by contesting veteran Doug Grant, K1DG, offers practical information and ideas that will help you to get started in contesting — “radiosport” — …