HAM News

Januari, 2020

• 17 Januari

  Large-Scale DXpedition to Timor-Leste Planned for this Fall

  01/17/2020 The Lagunaria DX Group is planning a “large-scale DXpedition” to Timor-Leste (4W) in the October/November 2020 timeframe. “We currently have one team member in Timor-Leste negotiating with different ministries, companies, and accommodation facilities,” said team member Chris Janssen, DL1MGB. “Right now, we have positive feedback from all. We even …
• 17 Januari

  WICEN hits the airwaves on the BBC World Service

  Australia’s WICEN NSW Forward Commander, Compton Allen, was interviewed on the BBC World Service’s Digital Planet programme where he spoke of the role amateur radio operators are playing as part of the emergency response in the Aussie bushfire crisis. Listen to the podcast on the BBC World Service on https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csy67g
• 17 Januari

  ARISS contact opportunity

  

  The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS is happy to announce a proposal window which will open February 1, …
• 17 Januari

  Puerto Rico ham radio operators on maximum alert following Puerto Rico’s earthquakes 2020

  At the end of December 2019 and in early January 2020, the southwestern part of the island of Puerto Rico was struck by a series of strong earthquakes, including six that were of magnitude 5 or greater. The largest and most damaging of this sequence occurred on January 7 at …
• 17 Januari

  USKA preparing response to Article 37a on ham radio antennas

  Switzerland’s national amateur radio society USKA is preparing its response to OFCOM’s consultation regarding the new Article 37a on ham radio antennas in the FMG Telecommunications Act The revised FMG Telecommunications Act, which was passed by the Swiss Parliament on March 22, 2019, now contains Article 37a “Amateur Radio”. It …
• 17 Januari

  ITU highlights role of amateur radio in emergency comms

  Amateur radio features in the ITU Guidelines for national emergency telecommunication plans, published by the Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D) The ITU Guidelines for national emergency telecommunication plan’s pages 80-81 note:   Radio amateurs have supported communications in emergency situations on a voluntary basis since the beginning of radio communications. They …
• 17 Januari

  9Q1C – Democratic Republic of Congo

  

  First reported on DX-World twitter page (January 11) about Paolo, IK7UXW being in DR.Congo, he is now active from Gombe, Kinshasa as 9Q1C. Activity so far on 20m slow CW. QSL via H/c. 9Q1C – D.R Congo https://t.co/FeN7LyOMLt pic.twitter.com/AFKsv93v9W — DX World.net (@DX_World) January 11, 2020
• 17 Januari

  Radio hams rescue teenage girl from kidnappers

  The Millennium Post reports that a 14-year-old girl was rescued from the clutches of kidnappers, after her grandparents alerted Gangasagar Mela authorities on Tuesday. Suparna Mondal, a resident of Ghola, Khana in South 24-Parganas, was on her way to Gangasagar Mela along with her grandparents. When they reached Kachuberia Ghat …
• 17 Januari

  Grow lights cause interference to ham radio

  The Lansing State Journal reports amateur radio operators have been complaining of interference from marijuana grow lights The newspaper says: The rumbling and buzzing would start like clockwork. Gregg Mulder WB8LZG noticed the static each evening when he finished dinner and turned on his ham radio. The noise made it …
• 17 Januari

  [UPDATE] TI9A – Cocos Island

  

  NEWS UPDATE – TI9A website now available. “Two years planning. Best Team. Two camps. 20 antennas. Eight radios. CW, SSB and FT8…” JANUARY 9, 2020 — Jorge TI2JV, Dmitry RA9USU, Andrey UA3AB and Mats SM6LRR will be active from Cocos Island in early February 2020. They depart Puntarenas onboard the …