Januari, 2020

• 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

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• 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, …

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• 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 …

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• 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 …

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• 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 …

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