Southgate amateur radio news Southgate Amateur Radio News logo Thursday, November 17, 2016 News for Thursday 17 November [] [] Tony's 10 Metre Band Report A poor early part of the week. I worked Brazil, Portugal, Lithuania, South Africa, Russia and Spain all on JT65 and after the weekend. Most sought after was probably XU7MDC (Cambodia) and ZL7G (Chatham Is) with 9Z4Y (Trinidad and Tobago) and others following Left: Tony Dixon G4CJC [] Essex CW Activity Week The Essex CW Club Annual Activity Week is taking place November 14-20, the friendly non-contest style event aims to encourage CW operators old and new [] Sunspot cycle plunges to lowest level in 5 years Sunspot counts have reached their lowest level in 5 years, a clear sign that Solar Minimum is approaching [] US cargo ship set to depart space station One month after launching from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft is set to leave the International Space Station at 8:20 a.m. EST Monday, Nov. 21. Live coverage of the spacecraft departure will begin at 8 a.m. on NASA Television and the agency’s website [] IARU Region 1 Monitoring Service reports an apparent success The International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 (IARU-R1) Monitoring System (IARUMS) reports that the Russian military apparently responded positively to a complaint from German telecommunications authorities to eliminate an intruding signal on 20 meters News for Wednesday 16 November [] [] ARISS contact planned for school in Barcelona, Spain An International Space Station radio contact has been planned for astronaut Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD with Col·legi Asuncion de Ntra. Sra., Barcelona, Spain. The event is scheduled Thursday 17 November 2016 at approximately 08:25 UTC [] HF Remote Operation Gary Pearce KN4AQ brings us the video of the talk by Lou Romero W4LT on HF Remote operation given at the 2016 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference [] Essex 2m Activity Afternoon this Saturday To help boost 2m activity, the Thurrock Acorns Amateur Radio Club has arranged an activity session from 1-5pm this Saturday, November 19 using FM, SSB, CW and SSTV modes [] LoRa presentation at GRcon16 Many radio amateurs gave presentations at the GNU Radio conference covering subjects such as the LoRa, Internet of Things (IoT) and Software Defined Radio [] Expedition Cruise Chuck, W7AUM, is currently on an expedition cruise on the 'National Geographic Explorer' from November 9-29th. He sent the following to OPDX on November 15th: "Last night on the gray line I made my first two contacts from the ship as for the first time 20m and 15m opened up a little" [] ARRL Honorary Vice President, Director Emeritus Tod Olson, K0TO (SK) ARRL Honorary Vice President and Director Emeritus Tod Olson, K0TO (ex-W0IYP), of Minnesota and Idaho, died on November 12 after battling cancer for several years. An ARRL Life Member, he was 83 News for Tuesday 15 November [] New Zealand Earthquake Nov 13 A strong 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck the South Island of New Zealand at 1103 GMT November 13 causing damage and local tsunami alerts, mainly for the East coast of the country [] Essex Skills Night November 21 The last Skills Night of 2016 is planned for Monday, November 21 at the Danbury Village Hall in Essex [] AmateurLogic 97: Variety Show Tommy shows us the Android SDR, Peter makes an Auto-Pi, Emile continues his COMM TCPIP Remote, George talks about RG-142 and correct Connector Installation [] Dutch regulator stops ham radio call publication VERON reports that the Netherlands Radiocommunications Agency has stopped publication of the Dutch callsign list [] 69 MHz Activity Session The Delboy Blog reports that Swedish 69 MHz CB users have an activity session from 2000-2200 GMT on the 1st Friday of each month News for Monday 14 November [] HamRadioNow: WSPR and the Raspberry Pi Gary Pearce KN4AQ has released the video of the talk on the Raspberry Pi amateur radio WSPR beacon kit given at the 2016 ARRL/ TAPR Digital Communications Conference [] Live webcast on Hamvention Tues Nov 15 live ham show, Amateur Radio Roundtable, will feature Michael Kalter W8CI and Ron Cramer KD8ENJ from DARA to discuss new updates on the new hamvention location [] Four Galileo satellites to launch Nov 17 The Guardian reports the Galileo GPS constellation, which uses 1260-1300 MHz, is nearing completion [] ICQPodcast Episode 224 - All I want for Christmas is ... In this episode, Martin M1MRB / W9ICQ is joined by Leslie Butterfield G0CIB, Chris Howard M0TCH and Andy Mace M0MUX to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. This episode’s features is All I want for Christmas is ... [] 4I7COW from the Philippines Tom, KC0W, is now active as 4I7COW from the Philippines until November 22nd. Activity is '100% CW' with a focus on 160/80 meters, but he has been on 80/40/ 30/20/17/15 meters [] Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World CBC radio podcast about Guglielmo Marconi who on July 2, 1897, at the age of 23, was granted a UK patent for 'improvements in transmitting electrical impulses and signals and in apparatus therefor.' [] Getting Started with Amateur Satellites 2016 The 2016 edition of the book Getting Started with Amateur Satellites is now available from the AMSAT-UK shop [] New Greenlandic beacon OX4M Today (13 Nov) Bo, OX3LX/OZ1DJJ, put the new Greenlandic beacon OX4M on the air from Ittoqqortoormiit in HQ90AL [] DXCC Country/Entity Report According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 6th November, through Sunday, 13th November there were 225 countries active [] IOTA news from OPDX [] Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin News for Sunday 13 November [] QSO Today 119 Dino Besomi CE3PG In a country, like Chile, that gets 70% of the earthquakes recorded around the World, hams like Dr. Dino Besomi, CE3PG, have to be ready at a minute’s notice to provide emergency communications when traditional communications channels fail - [] Listening to the 2016 AMSAT Annual Meeting As part of the 'AMSAT Symposium @ Sea', the AMSAT Annual Meeting will take place on Sunday, 13 NOV 16 at 1300 CST on board Carnival Liberty as the ship transits back to Galveston, TX from Progreso, Mexico [] IARUMS newsletter now available The IARU Monitoring System newsletter reports that following action by the German PTT, a Russian Naval station at Sevastopol has stopped transmitting on 14180 kHz [] Join a ham radio training course Volunteers around the UK run short training courses to enable you to get your Amateur Radio licence [] Nation Radio – Format change request Ofcom has today published a consultation following a request by Nation Radio to make changes to its Format [] Loretta gets ham radio licence at 91 The Athens Daily Review reports Loretta Smith KG5QCH has achieved her amateur radio license at the age of 91 [] Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to remain at very low levels News for Saturday 12 November [] WIA: Foundation holders need 50 watts output WIA Director Roger Harrison VK2ZRH discusses the issues of high power for Advanced licencees and the need for 50 watts output for Foundation [] Chinese students' FM transponder satellite launched 'Dream 1' (CAS-2T), a 'technical verification satellite' for the CAMSAT CAS-2 series of Amateur Radio satellites, was launched on November 9 on board a Long March CZ-11 rocket [] Foundations of Amateur Radio - Episode 75 What do push button telephones have to do with Amateur Radio and how we use this technology every day and more importantly, how does it work? [] Reminder: 630 Meter Berlin Treaty Commemorative Special Event is Sunday, November 13 Participants in the ARRL WD2XSH 630-meter experiment, Canadian radio amateurs, and members of the Maritime Radio Historical Society (MRHS) will join together for a special event operation on Sunday, November 13 (UTC) on 630 meters (the evening of Saturday, November 12, in US time zones) [] Enrol now for Advanced Distance Learning Course Enrolment is now open for the Advanced Distance Learning course stating mid-January, over 50 people have already signed up so don't miss out - Book Now [] Resurrection - pressing WW2 rigs back into service Radio amateur Gregory L. Charvat N8ZRY writes on Hackaday about putting vintage WW2 receivers and transmitters back on the air [] VK6WIA - NewsWest for Sunday November 13 In the news this week we have a special Club Focus edition showcasing clubs in Amateur Radio [] Ham radio at Def Con 24 Kat Sweet K7FTW gave an amateur radio presentation at the Def Con 24 hacker event [] Messages of remembrance from John McCrae's birthplace Members of the Guelph Amateur Radio Club gathered around a transceiver at the birthplace of John McCrae in Guelph on Thursday [] TX Factor GB2RS News Podcast All the very latest Amateur Radio news is now available via the TX Factor GB2RS weekly podcast [] [] 93-year-old WWII veteran still taps out Morse code CBC News reports radio amateur Merle Taylor VE1VCI, 93, still practices Morse code in her basement outside Antigonish, Nova Scotia [] Propagation de K7RA At 0002 UTC on November 9, this geomagnetic warning was distributed by Australia's Space Forecast Centre [] Indian Medium-Short Wave Broadcasts 'must be scrapped' Laying out an action plan for AIR, an IIT-Bombay report says short wave and medium wave services have few takers and must be scrapped News for Friday 11 November [] EO79 FUNcube-3 transponder active AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL working with ISIS BV are delighted to announce that the FUNcube 435/145 MHz SSB/CW transponder, on the 2U CubeSat QB50p1 (EO79), has now been activated with a regular schedule [] Next space station crew set for launch Nov. 17, watch live on NASA TV NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, KC5ZTD, Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG, of ESA (European Space Agency) will launch Thursday, Nov. 17, for a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station [] School students' FM transponder satellite launched CAS-2T a technical verification satellite for CAMSAT CAS-2 series amateur radio satellite launched at 23:42 UT November 9, 2016 on a CZ-11 rocket [] [] NASA set to launch new fleet of hurricane-tracking small satellites NASA is set to launch its first Earth science small satellite constellation, which will help improve hurricane intensity, track, and storm surge forecasts, on Dec. 12 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida [] Final statement: Broadcasting Transmission Services Ofcom has today published its final statement following its review of the broadcasting transmission services market [] 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 [] Consultation on Ofcom's 'larger parties' list and extending aspects of the Broadcasting Code to the BBC Ofcom has today published a consultation on its 'larger parties' list and extending aspects of the Broadcasting Code to the BBC News for Thursday 10 November [] Mills on Air event has first Australian mill The Amateur Radio activation of Anderson’s Mill at Smeaton in central Victoria in May has gone through its approval and logistic stages, with a clear go-ahead given by all to the project [] False radio calls on the aircraft band An item I heard on commercial radio news this week made my ears prick up - as no doubt have many a pilot's ears! [] [] Tony's 10 Metre Band Report A poor week really with not even the weekend improving things. I worked S01WS, CN2R, EA9RY, 9A1A, LU4EEO and M6T Probably the most sought after was ZL7G (Chatham Is) but PR7CP (Brazil), VP2EGR (Anguilla), PJ4L (Curacao), 4X6TT (Israel), 5T0JL (Mauritania) and 5W0ST (Samoa) were all there or there about Left: Tony Dixon G4CJC [] Open narrowband RF transceiver No more restrictions from high level software! Access the lowest level of radio transmission with this programmable USB stick [] US JOTA 'Participation Up' ARRL reports participation appears to have swelled in the annual Scouting event this fall [] Tardy solar storm sparks bright auroras; more to come... Arriving later than expected, a CME brushed against Earth's magnetic field on Nov. 9th, sparking a bright display of auroras seen mainly from Alaska [] [] IOTA news from the DARC Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club News for Wednesday 9 November [] North American and European Summits on the Air 'Super activation' November 19th After the success of the Australia-Europe Summit-to-Summit event in October, Gerald G4OIG suggested a similar event, this time between Europe and North America. The SOTA community has rallied behind him [] JAXA to launch ham radio satellites to ISS Mineo Wakita JE9PEL reports on the AMSAT Bulletin Board that five satellites with amateur radio payloads are to be launched to the ISS in December [] New facebook group to promote radio rallies So you get up early Sunday morning and wonder, Is it worth going to that rally this morning? You wish you could see how good or bad it is? Well, here is the solution [] Antarctica expedition Felix, DL5XL (N5BC), will once again operate from Antarctica using his call sign DP1POL. QTH is the German research base 'Neumayer III' [] Brazil DRM Shortwave Test Brazilian public broadcaster EBC–Radio Nacional da Amazônia recently began a shortwave (9.750 kHz) Digital Radio Mondiale test, transmitting DRM30 [] Radio hams connect with Scouts Boy Scout Troop 361 members joined with the Grimes County Amateur Radio Group and Grimes County Emergency Management Coordinator Dave Lilly in the first Radio Jubilee in Grimes County, Texas [] Myanmar (XZ) Zorro, JH1AJT will be active from Myanmar (XZ) with Champ, E21EIC, Franz, DJ9ZB and Madison, W5MJ, from 15th to 22nd November 2016 [] Unsung Heros: Radio hams at Harvest Parade West Seattle News reports on the West Seattle Amateur Radio Club’s Harvest Parade communications News for Tuesday 8 November [] [] RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory kicks BrandMeister up a notch. DMR without CodePlugs! RFinder has worked with the DMR network Brandmeister to create new usability enhancements. The new dashboard just released includes coverage maps generated by RFinder using CloudRF technology created by Alex M6ZUJ... These maps get generated in real-time as BrandMeister repeaters get added [] Kickstarter: HobbyPCB 5 watt SDR starting at $239 The RS-HFIQ is a high performance Software Defined Radio (SDR) 5W Transceiver for CW, SSB, AM, FM and digital modes [] The End of Ham Radio As We Know It Gary Pearce KN4AQ has released videos of the presentation given by Bob McGwier N4HY at the 2016 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference [] Radio ham's Femtosat project wins ISS Design Competition Radio amateur Andy Filo KJ6ZGI has been announced as winner of the ISS Design Competition organized by component distributor Mouser [] User terminal exemption regulations Ofcom has today published regulations that allow certain devices to operate in the 2 GHz, 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands on a licence-exempt basis [] Old QSL Collection Jean Michel, F6AJA, wants to remind everyone to visit the Les Nouvelles DX (LNDX) Web page to see more than 14200 old QSL cards in several different albums/galleries [] NEWS - You can find 1,000s of interesting Ham Radio stories in our News Index Advertisement 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 [] 2016 19 November Rochdale & DARS (RADARS) Winter Rally 20 November Plymouth Radio Rally 2016 3 December South Lancs Winter Rally 2017 15 January West Manchester Radio Club's Red Rose Winter Rally 5 February 32nd Canvey Radio & Electronics Rally 10 February 71st Orlando Hamcation 12 February Harwell Radio & Electronics Rally 19 February Audiojumble 19 February Radioactive Fair 26 February Central Coast ARC Rally 26 February Pencoed ARC Table Top Sale 26 February The Rainham Radio Rally For more information on any of the events shown, please click here Solar X-Rays Geomagnetic Field [] [] Advertisement Advertisement • __._,_.___ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: mike witkowski -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • Start a New Topic • Messages in this topic (366) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have you tried the highest rated email app? 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