HAM News

Januari, 2020

• 13 Januari

  Ham radio email reflector for the South-West

  The RSGB Region 11 Volunteer Team have set up an email reflector to help facilitate cooperation between local radio amateurs and clubs in South Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall The RSGB-R11 Team say: The purpose of this group is to allow the Region 11 Team, local radio amateurs and …
• 13 Januari

  DL35, Germany special event

  DL35, Germany special event The DARC honors 35 years of SDR-technology with special callsign and special-DOK. In order to acknowledge the high importance of digital signal processing for communications technology in general and amateur radio in particular, a special event station ‘DL35SDR‘ will be active from the greater Munich area …
• 13 Januari

  TI7W, TI7/G3WPH, TI7/G4IRN & TI7/KY7M – Costa Rica

  

  TI7/G3WPH (Mike), TI7/G4IRN (John) and TI7/KY7M (Lee) will be QRV on all HF bands from Costa Rica from 10th to 17th February and during the ARRL DX CW contest on February 15th/16th as TI7W. QSL for TI7W is via W4FS. QSL for the TI/home-calls will be via LoTW only. [tnx …
• 13 Januari

  9G5GS – Ghana

  

  Matt 9G5GS will again be active from Sanzule, Ellembelle District, Ghana during February 1-26, 2020. QRV on 15m to 160m, using mostly FT8 Fox/Hound and SSB. Also expect some SSB activity through the Oscar-100 geostationary satellite. LoTW now available, also QSL Direct via home call IZ4YGS. [embedded content] FEBRUARY 18, 2019 …
• 12 Januari

  South Cook Islands

  Donald, VE7DS, will be active as E51DDG from the Kiikii Inn on Rarotonga Island (OC-013) between February 2-14th. Activity will be on 40/30/20/17 meters daily using CW only with an Elecraft K3 and KPA500 running 500 watts into verticals on the beach. QSL via LoTW or by the Bureau.
• 12 Januari

  AMSAT South Africa Space Symposium 2020 First Call for Papers

  Papers are invited for presentation at the conference and publication on the web. Please send your synopsis by 28 February 2020 in a word document of no more than 300 words to: admin@amsatsa.org.za. Please tell us if you will be available to present your paper at the conference … speakers …
• 12 Januari

  PEARS National VHF/UHF Contest

  The PEARS National VHF/UHF Contest will be run over two sessions from 17 to 19 January. The first 22-hour session starts at 16:00 UTC on Friday 17 January and closes at 14:00 UTC on Saturday afternoon 18 January. The second 22-hour session commences immediately after 14:00 UTC on Saturday and …
• 12 Januari

  AMSAT at Cowtown Hamfest – Ft. Worth

  AMSAT will be represented at the 2020 Cowtown Hamfest in Fort Worth, TX on January 17 and 18 with a table, demos and presentations. If you live in the North Texas area, this is a great event, well attended and lots of vendors. Please put it on your calendar. Info …
• 12 Januari

  Water drop antenna lens directs radio wave energy through its curved shape

  This novel ‘water drop’ antenna lens design for directing radio wave signals was developed by a pair of antenna engineers from ESA and Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology, KTH. https://phys.org/news/2020-01-antenna-lens-radio-energy.html • Our thanks to Stephen, G7VFY for the above information
• 12 Januari

  The SARL National Convention

  The SARL 95 National Convention, which includes the Unlocking Amateur Radio Technology Symposium, the Annual General Meeting and the SARL 95 Dinner Dance, will be held over the weekend of 3 to 5 April at the Wanderer’s Club facilities in Johannesburg. The Sandton and Hammies ARCs are hosting the event.