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Sunday, September 6, 2015

SoutSouthgate Amateur Radio News logo Sunday, September 06, 2015 News for Sunday 6 September CARS Training Manager Clive G1EUC - Silent Key It is with great sadness that we have to report that the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society Training Manager Clive Ward, G1EUC, passed away on the evening of Friday, September 4, 2015. In addition to training, Clive was also a key Essex Repeater Group supporter, becoming Treasurer and latterly Chairman - and in his spare time a keen Echolink and 6m-DX enthusiast, as well as a devoted grandfather QSO Today Gerald Youngblood K5SDR Who could imagine that an offer to build fifty experimental SDR radios called the SDR1000 would turn into an order for five-hundred units in the first year launching Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR, into the software defined radio business Acorn II 40m SDR construction Dan Trudgian M0TGN has released a video showing the construction of the Kanga Acorn II 40m Software Defined Radio Lopik mast demolished The powerful Lopik in The Netherlands that transmitted on 675khz has been demolished Pirate radio: How today's rebels have exchanged the North Sea for coffee shops and restaurants No more bobbing about in 'pirate' boats on the North Sea or shimmying up urban tower blocks to fix an FM aerial: today’s radio rebels broadcast from coffee bars, record shops and restaurants, commanding global online audiences – and working within the law URE promotes Digital Ham Radio In order to be positioned at the forefront of new technologies, the President of the Spanish national society, the URE, has decided to create the Digital Radio Investigation Board Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at low levels with only a few small sunspots dotting the solar disk News for Saturday 5 September Youth Hostels Association Open Days The Youth Hostels Amateur Radio Group - MX0YHA - will be on air (subject to conditions) on September 5-6 - from two locations - to celebrate the work of the YHA and hostelling associations around the world Patna University students to be trained in ham radio use Representatives from Bihar State Disaster Management Authority, Indian Red Cross Society, Scouts and Guides, National Institute of Technology (NIT)-Patna and students from Patna University colleges are to attend a five-day amateur radio training programme TX Factor GB2RS National News GB2RS National Weekly News for the UK is now ready to download or stream from the TX Factor website Indian ham radio licence figures India's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Department of Telecommunications, has published its annual report for the 2014-15 financial year Propagation de K7RA The Australian Space Forecast Centre issued a geomagnetic warning at 0009 UTC on September 4 Another country closes AM medium wave In a post to the BDXC Yahoo Group Mike Terry brings news that Bermuda is closing its AM medium wave broadcast transmitters Follow Southgate Amateur Radio News Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on rss News for Friday 4 September ITU deploys emergency telecommunication equipment The ITU has deployed emergency telecommunication equipment in Dominica, which was hit by Tropical Storm Erika on August 27. Heavy rains, severe flooding and landslides wreaked widespread damage across the island in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea Refugees: VERON statement on convention venue The Dutch national society VERON has responded to concerns over press reports regarding the venue for their Ham Radio Convention which will take place on Saturday, Nov 7, at the Americahal in Apeldoorn Ham radio shown to school students 33 students of Grade 5 and 2 teachers from Focus High School, Hyderabad visited the National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR) on Thursday, Sept 3, 2015 in connection to their Inquiry on Signs and Symbols Students were also treated to a demo on 14.160 MHz by Bharathi Prasad, VU2RBI Reflectorless Yagi designs, models and plots A new web page has been added to the Cross Country Wireless web site with details of some reflectorless yagi designs I've been playing with for my own ham radio fun A reminder - FCC Universal Licensing System down for maintenance September 2-8 The FCC Universal Licensing System (ULS) and other FCC website public applications are down for maintenance and will be unavailable from 2200 UTC on Wednesday, September 2, until 1200 UTC on Tuesday, September 8. MSF Outage - 10 September 2015 The MSF 60 kHz time and frequency signal broadcast from Anthorn Radio Station will be shut down on Thursday 10 September 2015 from 10:00 to 14:00 BST DX News from the ARRL The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity on the amateur radio bands News for Thursday 3 September TX Factor Show - Ham Radio Essex-style! In episode 9, the TX Factor Show team visit Essex to report on the work of Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS), Essex Repeater Group, Essex Raynet and Essex Ham Techniques of the Best Operators This HamRadioNow video is of Mitch Stern W1SJ's presentation given at the 2015 Dayton Hamvention Tony's 10 Metre Band Report Another rotten week on 10m. Some DX about but very few stations to work them. Pick of the bunch: 7Q7BP (Malawi), VP8LP (Falklands), C81AK (Mozambique) and YW5Z (Los Testigos, Venezuela) No reports and I didn’t hear anything. (Must put up the beam!) Left: Tony Dixon G4CJC Beijing may do three ham radio sat launches Beijing is thought to be planning three separate launches of satellites carrying amateur radio payloads in the next few weeks EURAO, new stakeholder of CEPT Since this summer, hams have another way to submit their needs and comments to the CEPT, the body in charge of coordination between Telecom Administrations QSO Today - Glenn Elmore N6GN The book, SOS at Midnight, by Walker Tompkins, inspired Glenn Elmore, N6GN, to become an amateur radio operator Bletchley Park documentary Gordon Welchman was one of the original elite codebreakers crucial to the allies defeating the Nazis in World War Two. He is the forgotten genius of Bletchley Park CQ-DATV 27 free magazine CQ-DATV 27, is now ready for download for free download Malta Digital Repeater update The first DMR repeater in Malta has been operating for some time and now has a new callsign IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club Follow Southgate Amateur Radio News Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on rss NEWS - You can find 1,000s of interesting Ham Radio stories in our News Index Advertisement DX Cluster spots QRZ callsign lookup: G0HWC's live TruckCam Tony's 10-metre band report Southgate Amateur Radio News index Southgate Amateur Radio News propagation Southgate Amateur Radio News Islands on the Air Southgate Amateur Radio News DXNews Twitter - the latest Amateur Radio Tweets 2015 5 & 6 September BATC Convention 6 September The Telford Hamfest 12 September Caister Lifeboat Radio Rally 13 September British Vintage Wireless Society Murphy Day 13 September Torbay Annual Communications Fair 13 September West Kent ARS Radio & Electronics Fair 13 September Andover RAC Boot Sale 20 September Chippenham & DARC Mini Indoor Radio Rally 25 & 26 September The National Hamfest 27 September Pencoed ARC Tabletop Sale 27 September Belgian Amateur Radio & Computer Rally For more information on any of the events shown, please click here Solar X-Rays Geomagnetic Field Advertisement Advertisement hgate News Sunday Sept 6 2015

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