HAM News

Januari, 2020

• 18 Januari

  Special certificate to celebrate 30 years of LUSAT

  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 …
• 18 Januari

  RAC President attends ARRL Board Meeting

  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 …
• 18 Januari

  Ofcom Consultation: Improving spectrum access for Wi-Fi

  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 …
• 18 Januari

  Ham radio Winter Field Day

  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 …
• 18 Januari

  ARISS educational radio contact with school in Toronto, Canada

  

  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 …
• 18 Januari

  New Book from ARRL: Amateur Radio Contesting for Beginners

  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” — …
• 18 Januari

  RSGB looking at One-stop training portal

  The RSGB Volunteer Leadership Team (VLT) has been looking at a One-stop Training Portal for exam candidates A brief report on the VLT meeting held on November 16 is available at https://rsgb.org/main/blog/vlt_key_messages/2020/01/14/11-2019-vlt-meeting/
• 18 Januari

  Magnetic explosions discovered on ‘Earth’s Doorstep

  A type of explosion in space called “magnetic reconnection” can happen much closer to Earth than previously thought. That’s the conclusion of researchers who published their findings in the Jan. 13th issue of Nature Physics. The paper examines a powerful near-Earth reconnection event in Dec. 2015 that delivered 20 times …
• 18 Januari

  CB0Z – Alejandro Selkirk Island, SA-101NEW.

  

  On January 12th, DX-World first made reference to an IOTA DXpedition to Alejandro Selkirk Island, SA-101NEW. Today, we can reveal more info. Nando, IT9YRE and Mike, K9AJ hope to be active from Alejandro Selkirk Island (SA-101NEW) during February 3-5, 2020 as CB0Z. QRV on CW/SSB; 40, 30, 20, 17 and …
• 17 Januari

  SAQ Alexanderson Alternator 2019 Christmas Eve Transmission Heard by More than 400 Listeners

  01/17/2020 The Alexanderson alternator 2019 Christmas Eve transmission on 17.2 kHz from SAQ in Grimeton, Sweden, was heard by more than 400 listeners. SAQ reported conditions were very good, with clear, dry weather, and the vintage transmitter functioned flawlessly. Lars Kålland, SM6NM, was at the key to deliver the Christmas …