Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed

///////////////////////////////////////////
Foundations of Amateur Radio

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

In pursuit of a challenge
An interesting question came up the other day. It's there such a thing as a
solo contest? At the time I answered with examples like talking to a
hundred countries to achieve the DXCC, or doing that on every band. I gave
other examples too, but today I'd like to come at this from a different
angle

///////////////////////////////////////////
Early progress, contention on difficult issues mark first week of WRC

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

Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, November 1, 2019 – Week 1 of the 2019 World
Radiocommunication Conference saw agreement reached on several issues on
which discussions prior to the conference had revealed consensus

///////////////////////////////////////////
FUNcube-1 satellite: Why does spin direction flip?

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

Since launch of the amateur radio FUNcube-1 (AO-73) CubeSat in 2013 the
team have observed the spin of the satellite based on the panel temperatures

///////////////////////////////////////////
VK6WIA NewsWest

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

NewsWest VK6 Amateur Radio news for Sunday November third, 2019 is the
Club focus edition, where we have invited local clubs to tell you about
what they are up to

///////////////////////////////////////////
Candidates with 100% CW copy receive an award

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

In August Thailand's amateur radio society RAST conducted an Intermediate
amateur radio exam along with the compulsory 8 WPM Morse code test

///////////////////////////////////////////
Ham radio involvement following L'Aquila earthquake

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

Salvatore Raccampo 9H1SR / IT9ARO has released a video about the response
of radio amateurs in the aftermath of the L'Aquila earthquake in Italy on
April 6, 2009

///////////////////////////////////////////
MacLoggerDX Version 6.25 released

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

Dog Park Software is pleased to announce that version 6.25 of MacLoggerDX
has been released

///////////////////////////////////////////
Medical Pager information livestreamed

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

Reports say a radio enthusiast has been livestreaming sensitive Medical
Patient Information that was being sent to Pagers

///////////////////////////////////////////
Amateur Radio at the World Scout Jamboree - Free PDF

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

Article in December 2019 issue of ARRL's QST magazine covers amateur radio
at the World Scout Jamboree. Scouts made contacts via the amateur
satellites and spoke with an astronaut on the International Space Station

///////////////////////////////////////////
Propagation de K7RA

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

Still no sunspots, but average daily solar flux rose this week from 65.3 to
68.5. Yet there have been surprising reports of HF stations heard and
worked over long distances