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Sunday, December 06, 2015

News for Sunday 6 December

UK ham radio licence statistics Ofcom have released the amateur radio licence statistics for December Flood disaster in India — hams provide help When the torrential rain fell for several days in South India, numerous areas were flooded. Authorities say hundreds of houses have been submerged, and the death toll was at about 300 and rising Amateur Radio Roundtable Amateur Radio Roundtable is making some changes. The show is a ham radio and shortwave show which can be seen on W5KUB.COM every Tuesday night at 8:00 PM Central time (0200 UTC Wed) Ofcom Guidance on Receive-Only Radio Scanners Ofcom has provided guidance on the legal position relating to the reception of radio transmissions by unauthorised persons or groups DEF CON 23: SDR and PSK31 videos Several radio amateurs including Travis Goodspeed KK4VCZ and Karl Koscher KG7NPG gave presentations in the Wireless Village at DEF CON 23 in August TX Factor GB2RS News Podcast All the very latest Amateur Radio news is now available via the TX Factor GB2RS weekly podcast ARRL 10 Metre Contest The ARRL 10 Metre Contest will be on the air over the weekend of 12 and 13 December Where communications are cut off, ham radio operators chip in The Times of India reports that ham radio operators have swung into action in flood-hit Chennai where the communication network at several places was affected

Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at low levels

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News for Saturday 5 December

UK ham radio licences revoked Ofcom has revoked the first batch of amateur radio licences, they are believed to be the first amateur radio licences to be revoked since Ofcom was created in December 2003 India flood disaster Severe floods in Southern India in recent days have seen radio hams providing emergency communications and other disaster help SOTA New Zealand SOTA has landed in New Zealand and it’s shaping up to be big amongst the Ham Community with a lot of interest to date K for Kernow NoV’s now available A Notice of Variation (NoV) is now available via the RSGB website for the ‘K’ Regional Secondary Locator (RSL)

Today! ML&S Hog Roast and Open Day Come and grab yourself some pig in a bap at the first-ever Hog Roast to be held at Martin Lynch’s new Staines showroom Calling ZL CW operators! You are invited to join us in many new CW activities and to join the site VKCW.net — here are a few of the activities that may be of interest to ZL CW operators Radio connects flood victims The Indian Mail Today reports “Good old radio emerged as the only thing connecting the people of Chennai with the outside world during the worst hours of flooding” Propagation de K7RA Solar indicators dropped this week, with average daily sunspot numbers at 41.6 from November 26 through December 2, down from 62.7 in the previous seven days RSGB Forum — 5 MHz Band Plan There is an opportunity to let the RSGB know your thoughts about a 5 MHz band plan

News for Friday 4 December

ARISS contact planned for school in Poland On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at approximately 8.15 UTC, which is 9.15 CEWT, an ARISS contact is planned for Konstanty Ildefons Gałczynski Junior High School in Swietajno, Poland Diamond Antennas A top UK ham radio retailer offers this reassurance to customers following the recent press announcements regarding the sudden increase of ‘fake/copy’ Diamond Antennas Bath Buildathon 2016 The next Bath Buildathon is to be held on Saturday, January 9, 2016. The aim of the event is to encourage newcomers to have a go at homebrewing radio equipment under the watchful eye of some experienced radio constructors 2.3 and 3.4 GHz auction delayed Ofcom has provided an update on timing of the auction of former amateur radio spectrum in the 2.3 and 3.4 GHz bands Notice of Interruption — MSF 60 kHz Time and Frequency Signal The MSF 60 kHz time and frequency signal broadcast from Anthorn Radio Station will be shut down on Thursday 10 December 2015 from 10:00 to 14:00 UTC Short Range Devices — Increase in 900 MHz Spectrum New Zealand’s communications regulator has announced 915–921 MHz will be made available for Short Range Devices (SRD) RSF Hellas announce 4 new ISO 9001:2008 RSF Hellas announce 4 new ISO 9001:2008. RSF Hellas is the first ham radio association with ISO 9001:2008 for training and Volunteer Services in Emergency Telecommunications 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 December

Tony’s 10 Metre Band Report Not a bad week at all, although I could not participate as I was in Shanghai visiting our younger daughter. And whilst there what should happen, in Sydney Australia, the arrival of our third grandchild, a boy named Adam.

Popular DX this past week was C92ZO (Mozambique), ZD8G (Ascension Is), PZ5W (Suriname), CT9/LZ2JE (Madeira Is), and D4C (Cape Verde Is). Almost all the weekend DX was on CW in the contest. There was of course a mountain of other DX

UKEICC Countdown.. it’s this weekend! Yes, the inaugural event is this weekend, 5th/6th December starting at 1200Z, it’s SSB with a separate CW contest in January Call for FCC to make historical licensee data available The ARRL has filed supplemental comments urging the Commission to continue to make available via the Universal Licensing System (ULS) historical Amateur Radio license information not associated with a current licensee or a pending application NC1I successfully uses 2 x 14el for EME DXpedition on 144MHz InnovAntennas product customer turn-key EME system for the experienced ham or beginner, for portable, DXP or home use! Here is an example of a happy Ham! Dutch radio hams get 60m at last VERON reports that radio amateurs in The Netherlands gained access to 5350 to 5450 kHz at 2300 UT on Tuesday, December 2, 2015 The 2015–2016 Shortwave Radio Buyer’s Guide Despite the often-expressed view that shortwave may be on the decline, if one were to look at this year’s shortwave receiver technology alone, the truth would seem to be anything but Interplanetary spacecraft to buzz Earth Japan’s Hayabasa 2 spacecraft will buzz Earth on December 3rd in a slingshot maneuver designed to propel it to Asteroid Ryugu Special Event Station ZY70FEB Special Event Station to celebrate 70 years end of World War II, and a tribute to FEB — Brazilian Expeditionary Force in Italian Campaign NASA TV coverage of Orbital ATK resupply mission to space station NASA commercial partner Orbital ATK has set Thursday, Dec. 3, for the launch of its fourth contracted mission to the International Space Station JOTA-JOTI Participation Information on participation in JOTA-JOTI in North Africa and the Middle East has been published by IARU Region 1

News for Wednesday 2 December

On the Road (Again) on HamRadioNow Gary Pearce KN4AQ’s road trip home from the TAPR DCC in Chicago. A little commentary, a little DX, and a lot of the Midwest countryside through the windshield CQWW 2015 ZF2MJ video Video of Daniel Craig N6MJ operating as ZF2MJ running a pair of IC 7800’s during the CQ World Wide DX CW 2015 contest ARISS contact Friday Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at Dragonskolan, Umea, Sweden on Friday December 4 YOTA activity A number of special event stations are dedicating the whole of December to Youth activities, aiming to attract youngsters to the hobby EURAO Newsletter December 2015 The EURAO Newsletter comes out quarterly, either in pdf format or as a website G6UT now open Tuesdays Last night, G6UT Harlow and District Amateur Radio Society celebrated their re-opening on a Tuesday night

IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club SMA adapter leads SOTABEAMS has introduced a range of SMA adapter leads

News for Tuesday 1 December

Radio hams commemorate ‘200th Birthday’ of Ada Lovelace The 200th Anniversary of the birth of Ada Lovelace on December 10, 1815 will be commemorated with amateur radio Special Event Station GB200ADA Special event station AU2MTT The IEEE and MTT-S International Microwave and RF Conference (IMaRC) is the premier annual international gathering in India for technologists involved in all aspects of microwave theory and practice. IMaRC 2015 will be held in Hyderabad, 10–12 Dec 2015 38 Stations taking part in December YOTA month YOTA December month is about to start. 38 YOTA callsigns in total will be active from schools, scoutings or just used by young radio amateurs under the age of 26 years OH9SCL active from artic circle Santa Claus Artic Circle Team (SACT) will be active from Santa Claus Land (OH9SCL) during this December Special Call — 6Y90IARU In order to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) in 1925, the Jamaica Amateur Radio Association will be joining this celebration for the month of December 2015 to mark this prestigious occasion International Day of Persons with Disabilities IPHA December 3 is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Four countries will be operating and celebrating this special occasion by using a special call sign Flight MH17 — QSL Cards Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people onboard. VERON report on the amateur radio QSL cards which were on the flight

Jamaica Amateur Radio 75th Anniversary In order to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Jamaica Amateur Radio Association, a special prefix was issued to recognize this historic milestone in amateur radio in Jamaica

HAM-strung by highrises New skyscrapers in Kolkataare are blocking crucial radio waves that come in handy during natural disasters when regular communication channels are disrupted Propagation de K7RA ARRL HQ was closed on Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday, which delayed this bulletin by several days

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