HAM News

Desember, 2019

• 28 Desember

  Satellite constellations: Astronomers warn of threat to view of Universe

  This story, from the BBC website, refers to the increasing optical interference of the night sky by planned satellite systems – this to improve internet connections. The problem of radio communications being affected is also considered https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50870117 • Our thanks to Peter, M0PWW for spotting this item
• 28 Desember

  Dutch call for greater visibility for ham radio

  One of the Netherland’s national amateur radio societies VERON has called on radio amateurs to come out of the shack and show people the radio hobby VERON cites a number of instances where radio amateurs have got publicity for the hobby in the media, see their post in Google English …
• 28 Desember

  New Section Manager will take over in North Carolina on April 1

  Marvin Hoffman, WA4NC, of Boone, North Carolina, will take the reins as Section Manager of the North Carolina ARRL Field Organization this spring. Hoffman was the sole nominee to succeed incumbent Section Manager Karl Bowman, W4CHX, of Raleigh, who decided not to run for a new term after serving since …
• 28 Desember

  MacLoggerDX Version 6.26 released

  Dog Park Software is pleased to announce that version 6.26 of MacLoggerDX has been released. What’s New in this version:* Requires OS X 10.9+.* macOS 10.15 (Catalina) compatible.* Update 2D & 3D Grey Line when spots are quiet.* Added JS8Call logging.* Added Distance to Log.* Driver Hz limit increased to …
• 28 Desember

  A21EME Moonbounce video

  Chris PA2CHR has released a video of the A21EME eight band Moonbounce and QO-100 satellite DXpedition to Botswana in October 2019 Watch A21EME EME DXpedition to Botswana, October 2019 [embedded content] The A21EME Storyhttps://hb9q.ch/2018/?page_id=1659 QO-100 informationhttps://amsat-uk.org/satellites/geo/eshail-2/
• 28 Desember

  Foundations of Amateur Radio

  What does Amateur Radio mean to you? Over the years I’ve been asked what the hobby of amateur radio is all about. My response has evolved over time, but it started with the lure of simple point-to-point communications. The antidote against such an example is that a mobile phone does …
• 28 Desember

  [UPDATE] W8S – Swains Island

  

  Update 27th of December 2019 Everything is on schedule for our Swains DXpedition. Last month Martin PA4WM en Gerben PG5M have been working on the antennas for Swains. After some small design changes, the antennas are ready now (thanks to Dado E74AW for helping with the 160m antenna). We also …
• 28 Desember

  AMSAT CW Day is January 1

  12/27/2019 AMSAT CW Activity Day 2020 will take place on January 1, 2020 (UTC), sponsored by AMSAT. All radio amateurs are invited to participate in the annual event — in 2020 being held in memory of Larry Brown, W7LB, and Keith Pugh, W5IU. Participation is easy: Operate on CW through …
• 27 Desember

  VP8HAL – Halley VI Base, Antarctica

  

  NEWS UPDATE – Many thanks to QSL manager EB7DX for QSL preview of VP8HAL operated by Seba, SQ1SGB. (info below) OCTOBER 24, 2019 — Instead of using CE9/SQ1SGB, Seba will use VP8HAL from Halley VI Base. QSL via EB7DX. OCTOBER 13, 2019 – From mid-December 2019 to early-February 2020, look …
• 27 Desember

  [CYCLONE SARAI] 3D2AG/P – Rotuma

  

  UPDATE from Rotuma Island by Antoine 3D2AG for DX-World readers @ 05:00Z, December 26th.  Greetings from Rotuma Island. The linear is behaving, and generator power available when not heavy rain, otherwise running FT8 on solar power. The 160m antenna is still not up due to king tides and impossibility to …