Desember, 2019

• 31 Desember

  Texas Scout Leaders Promote Amateur Radio as a Communication Resource

  12/31/2019 In 2017, Category 4 Hurricane Harvey left the region of Texas where Assistant Scoutmaster Scott deMasi, KC5NKW, lived under water. With roads flooded, bridges washed away, and cellular service and power out, deMasi said it soon became clear that his Scout troop’s emergency preparedness plan wasn’t designed for a …

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• 31 Desember

  Radio hams sign petition to add Catalonia to DXCC

  EA3FHP reports a petition on Change.org calling on the ARRL to add Catalonia to the list of DXCC entities reached 1,745 signatories on Sunday, December 29   Catalonia (Catalunya) has a level of autonomy far in excess of that enjoyed by Wales when it was added to the DXCC list. …

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• 31 Desember

  DK2OM receives IARU Diamond Award

  Don Beattie G3BJ reports on the IARU Region 1 site that after many years’ involvement in monitoring intruders on the amateur bands, Wolf Hadel DK2OM, retired at the end of 2019 Don writes: Wolf has worked for the DARC monitoring system in Germany for more than 30 years and since …

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• 31 Desember

  Kids Day January 4, 2020

  Chair of the IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group, Lisa Leenders PA2LS, (pictured) reports Saturday, January 4 is Kids Day On the IARU-R1 site she writes: Just in the beginning of 2020 it’s time for a new Kidsday. Kidsday is generally on the first Saturday in January and the third …

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• 31 Desember

  Make amateur radio visible

  ‘Make amateur radio visible’ is the slogan Netherlands society VERON is using for radio amateurs to come out of the shack. Show people amateur radio. And tell them how great this radio hobby still is. Radio amateurs usually operate from their fixed location to which outsiders have limited access. Result, …

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