Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed

///////////////////////////////////////////
ARISS school contact planned November 20, 2012. Downlink audible over Europe

Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Amate...med ium=email

An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school contact
has been planned 20 November with participants at Liceo scientifico
Giacinto De Sivo – Fondazione Villaggio dei Ragazzi, Maddaloni, Italy

///////////////////////////////////////////
Call to urgent action on 5 MHz

Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Amate...m_medium=email

While Radio Amateurs in the UK are experimenting on the 5 MHz band, South
Africa are still awaiting the answer to the South African Radio League's
request to ICASA to allocate one or more 5 MHz channels

///////////////////////////////////////////
Marlon Brando's Shack

Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Amate... _medium=email

Back in the 80s, Fernando, EC1AME was reading the Spanish magazine HOLA and
found a very interesting article about Marlon Brando's island in the Pacific

///////////////////////////////////////////
Amateur Radio World Castles Award

Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Amate...medium=emai l

Carlos CT1CSY, Jose CT1GZB and Rafael CT2JXT will be active today, the 18th
of November 2012 from Fortress SaoBras se Sanxete

///////////////////////////////////////////
AmateurLogic.TV 47: MFJ Metal Show and Arduino

Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Amate... medium=email

George visits the MFJ Metal Show for some heavy metal fun. Tommy introduces
us to the Arduino microcontroller. Peter builds a 1/4 wave garage mounted
vertical. Emile talks about calibrating his HF rig with WWV. And of course
the usual fun and entertainment

///////////////////////////////////////////
Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Amate...medium=e mail

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that solar activity is on the rise. There
are a number of active areas visible on the solar disk which have the
potential for flare activity

///////////////////////////////////////////
Ofcom plans to release 700 MHz TV band

Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Amate...m_medium=email

Ofcom has published plans to enable the release of new spectrum for future
generations of mobile devices

///////////////////////////////////////////
iPhone/iPad/iTouch App for the X-Ray CubeSat CXBN

Posted:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Amate...m_medium=email

Kentucky Space have released an App for the iPhone, iPad and iTouch that
tracks the amateur radio CXBN CubeSat - 437.525 MHz 9k6 FSK AX.25, FM