HAM News

Desember, 2019

  • 30 Desember

    EI1KNH beacon

    The new EI1KNH five meter beacon is now operational on the air from its site near Enniskerry Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Frequency is 60.013 MHz. It has been working successfully for the past few days since its installation on the 16th of this month. It shares the site with EI4RF and …

  • 30 Desember

    Two Solar Cycle 25 Sunspots Appear

    12/30/2019 New Solar Cycle 25 is on the way, but just when the transition from Cycle 24 to Cycle 25 will take place is not entirely clear. On December 24, two new sunspots — one in each hemisphere — emerged on the face of the sun that exhibit the reversed …

  • 30 Desember

    CWops to Celebrate 10th Anniversary with January QSO Party

    12/30/2019 In January, CWops will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a month-long QSO party that will include CW activity on HF contest bands. The event is open to all radio amateurs, and certificates and awards will be available based on contact totals. CWops non-members may only contact CWops members, while …

  • 30 Desember

    Volunteer Monitor Program Coordinator Looking Forward to a Positive 2020

    12/30/2019 In a holiday season message to ARRL leadership and to members of the new ARRL Volunteer Monitor program, its coordinator, Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, expressed his gratitude to all involved for their contributions to getting the program off to a solid start in January. “It will be a good year,” …

  • 30 Desember

    ISWL callsigns for January 2020

    The following ISWL club callsigns will be used throughout the month of January 2020: GX4BJC/A – Operated /A, Operated from Great Sutton, in Cheshire, by Geof, M0BAU (WAB Square – SJ37 – England, IOTA EU-005, WLOTA 1841). GX4BJC/P – Operated /P By Geof. His /P location and WAB details upon …

  • 30 Desember

    QSO Today Amateur Radio Podcast – Andras Bato – HA6NN

    Andras Bato, HA6NN, or “Andy” is coming up on his 50th anniversery as an amateur radio operator in Hungary, having grown up behind the “Iron Curtain” under Soviet influence. Andy is active at every level of amateur radio from his involvement in Hungary’s national radio club and as a representative …

  • 30 Desember

    Introduction of AirHamLog

    Hello From Japan. My name is Kimiyasu Morikawa JJ1SXC, a ham based in Tokyo, Japan. I have released an English version of the free ham radio logging tool, “AirHamLog“.https://air-hamlog.com/?locale=en AirHamLog is different from other logging tools, as it works inside the browser. This way, users can access their logbooks from …

  • 30 Desember

    Cuba achieves 99% pass rate in ham radio exams

    In December 210 candidates took their amateur radio exam in Cuba and 208 of them (99%) passed A favorable indicator in these exams held last December 21 and in the ones before is that the number of candidates for third category [Entry Level] and of those approving the exam remains …

  • 30 Desember

    GB7PY repeater stolen

    GB7PY has been stolen from Madingley, Cambridge, on 23rd December at approx 2115hrs. Repeater info –Motorola SLR5500 UHFModel: R10QCGANQ1ANTanapa : PMUE4392AASerial: 478IRW1189Also stolen Teltonika RUT950 4G router. IMEI on the Router is 3516220701486502 – which has been network blocked and will therefore not work on any network now. Any information …

  • 30 Desember

    J69Z/K3LP – St Lucia

    Message from Ernest, J69Z I was a very good friend of DAVID COLLINGHAM K3LP who is now SK. He was my Elmar in ham radio. My first CQWW contest was with David in 1996 here at my house. From then on he had held my hands throughout my radio life. …