Desember, 2019

• 28 Desember

  Meteor-M2-2 satellite ‘struck by micrometeoroid’

  Dan Maloney KC1DJT writes on Hackaday that the Meteor-M2-2 weather satellite may have been hit by a chunk of rock and radio amateur Dmitry Pashkov R4UAB was among the first to notice “The textbook operations of Meteor-M 2-2 wouldn’t last long, though, and as is often the case, an amateur …

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• 28 Desember

  Satellite constellations: Astronomers warn of threat to view of Universe

  This story, from the BBC website, refers to the increasing optical interference of the night sky by planned satellite systems – this to improve internet connections. The problem of radio communications being affected is also considered https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50870117 • Our thanks to Peter, M0PWW for spotting this item

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• 28 Desember

  Dutch call for greater visibility for ham radio

  One of the Netherland’s national amateur radio societies VERON has called on radio amateurs to come out of the shack and show people the radio hobby VERON cites a number of instances where radio amateurs have got publicity for the hobby in the media, see their post in Google English …

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• 28 Desember

  New Section Manager will take over in North Carolina on April 1

  Marvin Hoffman, WA4NC, of Boone, North Carolina, will take the reins as Section Manager of the North Carolina ARRL Field Organization this spring. Hoffman was the sole nominee to succeed incumbent Section Manager Karl Bowman, W4CHX, of Raleigh, who decided not to run for a new term after serving since …

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• 28 Desember

  MacLoggerDX Version 6.26 released

  Dog Park Software is pleased to announce that version 6.26 of MacLoggerDX has been released. What’s New in this version:* Requires OS X 10.9+.* macOS 10.15 (Catalina) compatible.* Update 2D & 3D Grey Line when spots are quiet.* Added JS8Call logging.* Added Distance to Log.* Driver Hz limit increased to …

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