Januari, 2020

• 15 Januari

  Sultan of Oman Qaboos Bin Said, A41AA, SK

  01/14/2020 The Sultan of Oman Qaboos Bin Said, A41AA, died on January 10. He was 79. The Diwan of the Royal Court has declared 3 days of mourning, with the flag flown at half-mast for the next 40 days. The sultan was the patron and sponsor of the Royal Omani …

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• 15 Januari

  Tragic Drowning Cuts Short DXpedition to Rotuma

  01/14/2020 DXer Antoine “Tony” N’Yeurt, 3D2AG, reported over the weekend that his 11-year-old son had died in an accidental drowning in Rotuma. 3D2AG had been active in a DXpedition on Rotuma — the 58th most-wanted DXCC entity, according to Club Log. No details of the incident are available. N’Yeurt resides on Fiji …

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• 15 Januari

  Leadership Elections to Highlight January 17 – 18 ARRL Annual Board Meeting

  01/14/2020 The ARRL Board of Directors will elect League officers when it meets for its 2020 annual meeting on January 17 – 18 in Windsor, Connecticut. The Board will hear nominations and then vote, as necessary, for ARRL president, first and second vice presidents, international affairs vice president, secretary, treasurer, …

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• 14 Januari

  AMSAT-DL announces a new QO-100 down converter V3d

  The first version of the AMSAT-DL down converter was built in early 2019, enabling many stations to become active on QO-100 for the first time. Since then, a lot of operating experience and new insights have been gained, which have flowed into the new board V3d. The AMSAT-DL DownConverter V3d …

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• 14 Januari

  New Indian moon landing attempt

  Work is going ‘smoothly’ on the Chandrayaan-3 mission to put a roverprobe on the moon’s surface, Indian Space Research Organisation chairman K. Sivan told a press conference. India is seeking to become only the fourth nation after Russia, the United States and China to put a mission on the moon’s …

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