HAM News

Januari, 2020

• 4 Januari

  Ofcom release database of Amateur Radio Call Signs

  Following a Freedom of Information request by Roger Howell, Ofcom made their database of amateur radio call signs available for download The database, released as a spreadsheet containing 141,296 rows, shows the status of UK amateur call signs as at August 12, 2019. It can be useful for people wanting …
• 4 Januari

  Bushfire Emergency Communications Advice

  Bushfires continue to rage widely across large areas of Australia with both the loss of life and property. The WIA has been advised that there are major outages of telecommunications in areas impacted by the bushfires either currently or expected to occur in the near term. This disruption advice, at …
• 4 Januari

  [UPCOMING] E44RU – Palestine

  

  Russian Robinsons team members plan their next expedition. This time they’ll QRV from Palestine as E44RU with strong focus on low bands during January 6-14, 2020. Team: Vasily R7AL, Vasily RA1ZZ, Leonid RW9JZ and Nikolai R5EC. More info: https://dxpedition.wixsite.com/e44ru
• 4 Januari

  Australian Bushfires Causing Major Telecommunication Outages, Hams Asked to Remain Alert

  01/03/2020 Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) President Greg Kelly, VK2GPK, says the bushfires in Australia have caused or are expected to cause significant disruption of telecommunication services in the states of Victoria and New South Wales.  “The scope and range of these impacts is unknown at this stage but are …
• 3 Januari

  New 60 MHz Beacon Now on the Air from Ireland

  01/03/2020 The first — and so far only — beacon on 60 MHz went on the air on December 16. The call sign is EI1KNH. In early 2018, the 60 MHz (5-meter) band was allocated to radio amateurs in Ireland on a secondary, non-interference basis. The beacon is on 60.013 …
• 3 Januari

  San Joaquin Valley Section Manager Dan Pruitt, AE6SX, SK

  01/03/2020 ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section Manager Dan Pruitt, AE6SX, of Fresno, California, died on December 27. He was 68. At the time of his death, Pruitt had been hospitalized as a result of a fall. First licensed in 1965, Pruitt had served as SJV SM since 2009 and earlier …
• 3 Januari

  Prominent DXer Roger Western, G3SXW, Continues to Recover from Fall Injuries

  01/03/2020 Well-known DXer and DXpeditioner Roger Western, G3SXW, continues his recovery from serious injuries suffered in a fall on October 27 as he was clearing leaves from a rain gutter. No bones were broken, but he was badly bruised when he fell, and he struck the back of his head. …
• 3 Januari

  South Orkney Islands DXpedition will Use VP8PJ

  01/03/2020 The Perseverance DX Group’s DXpedition to South Orkney, set for February 20 until March 5, will use the call sign VP8PJ. The group initially announced that it would use VP8/VP8DXU. “Alan Armstrong, VK6CQ, a recent addition to the team, holds the call sign VP8PJ that was issued to him …
• 3 Januari

  Dave Edmunds VK4FUY SK

  News has been received that Dave Edmunds VK4FUY went Silent Key in Cooktown Hospital Wednesday morning 1st January. Dave had a very interesting life as a draftsman for the building of Royal Navy Patrol Boats at Portsmouth, England. He had memories of the V2 buzz bombs flying and of the …
• 3 Januari

  Quadrantids – 3rd and 4th January

  The meteor shower occurs every year in late December and early January as the Earth passes through the dusty trail of Asteroid 2003 EH1. It marks the first meteor shower of 2020 and a new decade. However, unlike other meteor showers the Quadrantids tends to peak only on one or two nights rather than …