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• NTP Provides Control
Added at 2020-07-13 23:41:32
in Radio World, Language: EN
Penta 615 series controllers handle routers and converts
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• Westwood One Will Close Its News Operation on Aug. 30
Added at 2020-07-13 19:48:34
in Radio World, Language: EN
Company cites need for “critical decisions about deployment of resources”
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• Contest Missteps Slip Up Two Texas Stations
Added at 2020-07-13 17:12:05
in Radio World, Language: EN
FCC plans fines on stations that failed to hand out prizes in a timely way
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• Nautel Adds Akin
Added at 2020-07-13 16:50:33
in Radio World, Language: EN
Will take over sales for Europe, Israel and Russian markets
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• FCC Reinstates 14 Vacant FM Allotments
Added at 2020-07-13 16:00:33
in Radio World, Language: EN
Most are in California, Colorado and Texas
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• It’s Confirmed: SiriusXM Will Acquire Stitcher
Added at 2020-07-13 14:15:21
in Radio World, Language: EN
Says podcast play will give it “largest addressable audience” in U.S. digital audio
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• New Audio Campaign Aims to Reinforce Radio’s Role as Trusted Partner
Added at 2020-07-13 11:46:42
in Radio World, Language: EN
Updated table designed to ease the process of applying for an open spot
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• The Console Is Part of the Revenue Generator
Added at 2020-07-13 09:01:45
in Radio World, Language: EN
Veteran engineer Mark Simpson shares his thoughts on consoles and best practices
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• OPDX IOTA news
Added at 2020-07-13 07:06:19
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
Weekly IOTA (Islands On The Air) News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin
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• DXCC Country/Entity Report
Added at 2020-07-13 07:06:19
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 5th July, through Sunday, 12th July there were 199 countries active
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• US global media agency seeks to kick out international journalists
Added at 2020-07-13 07:06:19
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
Efforts to clean house at the US Agency for Global Media continued this week as leadership indicated that international journalists who work for Voice of America (VOA) will not have their visas extended and a widely respected top editor at Radio Free Asia was fired
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• Jingle Bells on Top Band
Added at 2020-07-13 07:06:19
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
In the 1960’s, many UK Top Band operators and listeners around the country were greeted by the sound of beacons of various tones, usually around 1900 kHz (or should that be kc/s ?) which got the nickname ‘jingle bells’ or more simply ‘the beacon’
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• Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club
Added at 2020-07-13 07:06:19
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
LCRC has returned to the Shannon Aviation Museum and is currently setting up HF and VHF/UHF working stations
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• Mid-Ulster Amateur Radio Club Tuesday Night Lecture Series
Added at 2020-07-13 07:06:19
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
The next Mid-Ulster Amateur Radio Club Tuesday Night Lecture series is this Tuesday 14th, with Mike Richards Gi4WNC talking about the inner workings of Raspberry
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• Bengaluru taps HAM community to tackle Covid-19 spread
Added at 2020-07-13 07:06:19
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
India’s technology hub Bengaluru is tapping into a strong community of amateur radio users to help tackle the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak
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• Brazil: Amateur Radio statistics released
Added at 2020-07-13 07:06:19
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
Brazil's national amateur radio society LABRE has released a report by Ricardo Benedito PU2RKA that uses ANATEL's Open Data to provide an analysis of radio amateur numbers by Class and State
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• Ham radio in Third Age Matters magazine
Added at 2020-07-13 07:06:19
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
Radio amateur Mike Meadows G4GUG got some good publicity for the hobby in an article for Third Age Matters magazine in which he explains his enjoyment of amateur radio over the years
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• Online booking for Remotely-invigilated Intermediate Exams
Added at 2020-07-13 07:06:19
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
The RSGB have announced that radio amateurs can now book online to take the remotely-invigilated Intermediate exam
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• What are your Sunday radio plans?
Added at 2020-07-12 14:17:25
in The SWLing Post, Language: EN
I had planned on today being a rather laid-back Sunday with a good book lined-up and lots of radio time. Instead, my wife has convinced me to work on a home project this afternoon. That’s okay, because it is a project I’d like to get out of the way and the weather today is ideal. […]
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• Adding CW mode to the EA3GCY DB4020 Dual-band 40 and 20M QRP Transceiver Kit (Part 2)
Added at 2020-07-12 12:04:09
in The SWLing Post, Language: EN
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frank (ON6UU), who shares the following guest post which expands upon his previous DB4020 article: The EA3GCY DB4020 transceiver now has CW mode by Frank Lagaet (ON6UU) After telling you all about the DB4020 SSB build I’m here with the CW part of the kit, let’s say this is […]
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• Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
Added at 2020-07-12 09:06:20
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to remain at low levels
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• Polish special callsign
Added at 2020-07-12 09:06:20
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
Members of the Mysliborski Klub Lacznosci PZK (SP1PMY) will be active with the special callsign SN87LOT from Mysliborz between now and August 31st
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• SARL 80m Club Sprint
Added at 2020-07-12 09:06:20
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
The fourth leg of the 80m Club Sprint is on the air from 17:00 to 18:00 UTC on Wednesday 15th July with CW and phone activity
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• Austral and Marquesas Islands DXpedition postponed
Added at 2020-07-12 09:06:20
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
Lance, W7GJ, informs OPDX of the following: Because of the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic, we regret that the W7GJ 6m EME DXpedition to FO/A and FO/M and the KB7Q 2m EME DXpedition to FO/M must be delayed until 2021
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• 7-CALL 30th Anniversary special station
Added at 2020-07-12 09:06:20
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
7-CALL Amateur Radio Club has started operation from a 2nd Shack of 8J17CALL, 7-CALL 30th Anniversary Special station on 11th July, 2020
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• The uncertain future of Ham Radio
Added at 2020-07-12 09:06:20
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
Julianne Pepitone writes in the IEEE Spectrum magazine about the state of amateur radio in the USA
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• Getting publicity for Amateur Radio
Added at 2020-07-12 09:06:20
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
Publicity can be magical and when it comes to ham radio, it's great magic. Jeremy Boot G4NJH tells WIA News how one amateur in the UK used newspaper publicity to boost ham radio's profile
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• 15.07.2020-22.07.2020 P4/N4IQ,P4/ND7J
Added at 2020-07-12 00:06:12
in www.dx-info.com :: your weekly DX-Calendar…, Language: EN
Period: 15.07.2020-22.07.2020
DXCC: P4
Callsign: P4/N4IQ
P4/ND7J
Aruba (SA-036) by Bill/N4IQ and Bob/ND7J.
http://p4aruba.com
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• 18.07.2020-31.07.2020 9A/S50X,9A/S52P,9A/S53Z,9A/S58MU,9A/DM7AA,9A3SM
Added at 2020-07-12 00:06:12
in www.dx-info.com :: your weekly DX-Calendar…, Language: EN
Period: 18.07.2020-31.07.2020
DXCC: 9A
Callsign: 9A/S50X
9A/S52P
9A/S53Z
9A/S58MU
9A/DM7AA
9A3SM
Palagruza Islands (EU-090) by Silvo/S50X, Goran/S52P, Hubert/S53Z, Milan/S58MU, Gordan/DM7AA and Mato/9A3SM.
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• Radio Waves: Maritime Mobile Net Assists, Voice of Ambiguity, Promising Solar Cycle 25 Prediction, and the Future of Ham Radio
Added at 2020-07-11 12:36:55
in The SWLing Post, Language: EN
Radio Waves: Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Because I keep my ear to the waves, as well as receive many tips from others who do the same, I find myself privy to radio-related stories that might interest SWLing Post readers. To that end: Welcome to the SWLing Post’s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting […]
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• Consoles, Like Car Dashboards, Turn to Touch
Added at 2020-07-11 12:00:11
in Radio World, Language: EN
Clark Novak of Lawo on how well consoles play with others
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• Eavesdropping video monitors with TempestSDR RTL-SDR
Added at 2020-07-11 09:06:03
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
This is not new, but the software is getting better and better.
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• The super-sized nucleus of Comet NEOWISE
Added at 2020-07-11 09:06:03
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
Now we know why Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) is so bright. It has an unusually large nucleus
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• VK6WIA NewsWest
Added at 2020-07-11 09:06:03
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
NewsWest for Sunday 12th July 2020 is the contesting edition of NewsWest, which is pretty timely because there’s a few Aussie contests coming up, and we’ve got some handy information for those wondering if they should give contesting a go
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• LunART- Lunar Amateur Radio Transponder
Added at 2020-07-11 09:06:03
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
The European Space Agency (ESA) website has published a proposal by radio amateurs from AMSAT-DL for LunART (Lunar Amateur Radio Transponder): a Communications Platform on the Large European Lander to support communication and payload experiments
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• ESA emits a guide to picking up ISS SSTV
Added at 2020-07-11 09:06:03
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The Register reports on the new ESA tutorials explaining how to pick up the amateur radio Slow Scan TV (SSTV) tutorials transmitted from the International Space Station
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• A SOTA wedding took place on 4th July 2020!
Added at 2020-07-11 09:06:03
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
David Wise KM3A and Lizzette Rodriguez K6LZT are both keen SOTA activators, and their marriage actually took place on a summit and in conjunction with a SOTA activation!
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• Foundations of Amateur Radio
Added at 2020-07-11 09:06:03
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
Homebrew radio for the 21st Century
The hobby of Amateur Radio is essentially one of experimentation. Within our community we endlessly build things, from amplifiers to Yagis and every letter of the alphabet in between. With every experiment we grow the amateur radio sphere of influence just a little bit
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• RUSHWORKS Releases Residential Prompter Kit
Added at 2020-07-10 21:50:06
in Radio World, Language: EN
Small desktop teleprompting kit that utilizes a computer’s webcam
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• A new visitor in the shack: The HobbyPCB IQ32 SDR QRP transceiver
Added at 2020-07-10 15:27:56
in The SWLing Post, Language: EN
Last week, I took delivery of an IQ32 SDR Transciever on loan from HobbyPCB. The IQ32 has been on the market for a few years now and is a fusion of the HobbyPCB RS-HFIQ and the STM32-SDR. I’ve been told by the HobbyPCB team that the STM32-SDR was developed a few years ago “when PSK31 […]
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• April’s collection of Japanese language WebSDR recordings for June 2020
Added at 2020-07-10 11:10:10
in The SWLing Post, Language: EN
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, April TimeLady, who writes: This is a collection of SDR recordings made of Japanese language radio stations for June 2020.” It may be useful to note that I had encoded them at .ogg from .wav, and archive.org automatically converts audio to .mp3 format. The great majority of the recordings are from […]
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• Consoles Will Have to Mold to What Is Needed
Added at 2020-07-10 09:24:01
in Radio World, Language: EN
Calrec product developer says traditional ideas are less and less relevant
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• DX News from the ARRL
Added at 2020-07-10 09:06:02
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The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity on the amateur radio bands
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• Monitoring compliance with the EU Net Neutrality regulation – 2019/20 update
Added at 2020-07-10 09:06:02
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
Ofcom has today published its fourth annual report to the European Commission on monitoring open internet access, also known as ‘net neutrality
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• Learn from 70+ speakers at the first ever Virtual Ham Expo
Added at 2020-07-10 09:06:02
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
We are reaching out to let you know that despite the closure of all ham radio events, there is a great opportunity to join your fellow hams and us at the first ever QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo on Saturday and Sunday, August 8 - 9, 2020
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• LO-94 the first amateur radio spacecraft in lunar orbit
Added at 2020-07-10 09:06:02
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
Nature carries an article about the spacecraft Longjiang-2/Lunar-OSCAR 94 (LO-94) which carried the first Amateur Radio communication system to operate in lunar orbit
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• Old QSL card collection
Added at 2020-07-10 09:06:02
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
Jean Michel, F6AJA, wants to remind everyone to visit the Les Nouvelles DX (LNDX) Web page to see more than 18,000 old QSL cards in several different albums/galleries
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• Belgium: Amateur radio regs and exam consultations
Added at 2020-07-10 09:06:02
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Belgium's communications regulator the BIPT has published two consultations relating to radio amateurs
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• IARU HF World Championship
Added at 2020-07-10 09:06:02
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The amateur radio HF World Championship takes place this weekend July 11-12
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• The Latest Episode of ARRL Audio News is Now Available
Added at 2020-07-10 08:26:00
in American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio As…, Language: EN
Listen to the new episode of ARRL Audio News on your iOS or Android podcast app, or online at http://www.blubrry.com/arrlaudionews/. Audio News is also retransmitted on a number of FM repeaters. Click here and then scroll down to see the list.
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• Russian-Ukrainian "Radio War" Remains at a High Level
Added at 2020-07-10 08:14:00
in American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio As…, Language: EN
The June newsletter of the International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS) reports that what’s being called “the Russian-Ukrainian radio war” continues apace.“The Russian-Ukrainian radio war remained on a high escalation level also in June,” IARUMS Region 1 Coordinator Peter Jost, HB9CET, said. “Almost every day, we heard the massive spiteful and provocative broadcasts. In...
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• Wanted: Many Voices, Many Views
Added at 2020-07-09 20:34:16
in Radio World, Language: EN
RW and its parent are committed to a transparent, diverse and inclusive work environment
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• Who’s Next Into the Radio Hall of Fame?
Added at 2020-07-09 17:50:42
in Radio World, Language: EN
Nominee list is out; October induction will be a virtual event and live broadcast
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• LRA36: Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel test broadcast Saturday July 11, 2020
Added at 2020-07-09 17:47:45
in The SWLing Post, Language: EN
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adrian Korol, who shares the following notice from the Argentine Antarctic station, LRA36: Saturday, July 11, from 1400 to 1500 UTC, a test broadcast from LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel on 15476 khz using USB. Thank you for the tip, Adrian!
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• Introducing The ARRL Current
Added at 2020-07-09 15:23:00
in American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio As…, Language: EN
ARRL has a new way to let members know when the digital editions of QST and other publications are available. Distributed via email, The ARRL Current offers a monthly overview of ARRL publications and member benefits. The inaugural edition launched in June.Subscribe now to receive each issue going forward. Manage your email preferences from your ARRL account (members must first register on the ...
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• WWOZ Used StreamGuys CDN for “Jazz Festing in Place”
Added at 2020-07-09 13:39:29
in Radio World, Language: EN
Supplier increased capacity 10-fold for the event
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• Remembering Allan Loudell: “Radio was his life”
Added at 2020-07-09 11:54:36
in The SWLing Post, Language: EN
Tuesday, many of us in the shortwave and DXing community learned about the unexpected passing of our good friend and veteran radio reporter, Allan Loudell. I got to know Allan via the Winter SWL Fest community. Allan attended every year and was well known for being not only wonderfully good-natured, the sort of guy who […]
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• Icom IC-705: Check out this video of a cabinet breakdown
Added at 2020-07-09 11:29:10
in The SWLing Post, Language: EN
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow, who shares the following video (in Japanese) where a technician performs an IC-705 cabinet breakdown and examines the internal PC board layers:
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• ARRL Seeks Awards and Programs Assistant
Added at 2020-07-09 11:20:00
in American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio As…, Language: EN
ARRL has invited applications for the position of Awards and Programs Assistant at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut. This is a full-time, non-exempt opening in the Radiosport and Field Services Department. The pay range is from $16.08 to 19.30 per hour.The Awards and Programs Assistant assists with all Radiosport and Field Services Department activities, with an initial priority on L...
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• Software Defined Radio Academy goes virtual
Added at 2020-07-09 09:05:59
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
They say every cloud has a silver lining. It’s hard to find a positive among all the bad news about the current global pandemic, but it has pushed more conferences and events to allow online participation either live or after the fact. A case in point: The Software Defined Radio Academy’s annual event is all on a YouTube channel so you can attend virtually
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• Publish your Grid Rover Activites with ease - tyQSL
Added at 2020-07-09 09:05:59
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Recently the Online Logbook tyQSL got a new Activity Function that allows Users to publish for example future GRID Activations or participation in Events
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• IARUMS June newsletter now available
Added at 2020-07-09 09:05:59
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The latest IARU-R1 Monitoring System newsletter reports on the continuing interference on various frequencies in the 7 MHz band from Russian language propaganda broadcasts
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• IARU Region 1 General Conference website
Added at 2020-07-09 09:05:59
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Information about the upcoming IARU Region 1 General Conference is available at a dedicated conference website
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• The number of HAMNET links continues to increase
Added at 2020-07-09 09:05:59
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
In 2017 holders of Germany's lowest level of Amateur Radio licence, the Class E, were given access to the 2320–2450 MHz and 5650–5850 MHz since the number of HAMNET data links has grown significantly
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• ESA Lunar lander
Added at 2020-07-09 09:05:59
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
Following our report "ESA invites proposals for lunar lander mission in late 2020's" (SARC News, 30 May 2020), the German Amateur satellite organisation, AMSAT-DL has submitted a major and comprehensive proposal to the European Space Agency for their Lunar Lander
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• The Rebirth of HF
Added at 2020-07-09 09:05:59
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
In his latest blog post ICQ Podcast presenter Dan Romanchik KB6NU looks at a paper produced by Rohde and Schwartz - The Rebirth of HF
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• ESA promote amateur radio in ISS SSTV video
Added at 2020-07-09 09:05:59
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
The ESA space agency has released a new video 'How to get pictures from the International Space Station via Amateur Radio'
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• Tony's 10m Band Report
Added at 2020-07-09 09:05:59
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
A funny old week but not too bad though Thursday and Friday were a bit slack. LY4A (Lithuania), S51DX (Slovenia), OD5OJ (Lebanon) and J69DS (St Lucia) were all popular. Sunday saw the procession of K2s. That is all except K2A. So where was he?
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• With Consoles, It’s All About Connectivity
Added at 2020-07-09 09:00:30
in Radio World, Language: EN
Ben Palmer of Arrakis on the future of analog boards
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• High-Frequency Parties asks FCC to question proposed Chicago DRM broadcaster’s true motives
Added at 2020-07-08 23:01:45
in The SWLing Post, Language: EN
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bennett Kobb, who shares an FCC Informal Objection he drafted and filed together with Kim Elliott and Christopher Rumbaugh. Click here to download the Informal Objection. (PDF) Radio World published a great summary of the filing today: There’s a plan in the works to build a new international shortwave […]
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• Proposed Shortwave Station in Illinois Prompts an Objection
Added at 2020-07-08 18:19:40
in Radio World, Language: EN
Several members of the SW community expressed concern about possible data uses
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• Broadcasters Clinic in October Will Be Virtual Only
Added at 2020-07-08 18:14:58
in Radio World, Language: EN
Until now organizers had held out hope of keeping their physical event
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• FCC Seeks Confirmation of C-Band Earth Stations Entitled to Reimbursement
Added at 2020-07-08 17:36:25
in Radio World, Language: EN
Deadline for filing is July 16
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• Listening across the globe: The 2020 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast
Added at 2020-07-08 13:49:21
in The SWLing Post, Language: EN
On Sunday, 21 June 2020, the BBC World Service officially transmitted the 2020 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast–an international radio broadcast intended for a small group of scientists, technicians, and support staff who work for the British Antarctic Survey. This is one of my favorite annual broadcasts, and I endeavor to listen every year. Once again, the SWLing Post called […]
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• New videos take a tour of Icom IC-705 features and functions
Added at 2020-07-08 13:30:57
in The SWLing Post, Language: EN
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mike, who writes: Hi, Tom: Icom Japan have just published a couple videos in Japanese where and enthusiastic JH1CBX takes us on a tour of the new IC-705. Although many of us don’t speak Japanese, it’s easy to understand what she’s talking about as she tours the radio features, […]
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• IOTA news from the DARC
Added at 2020-07-08 09:06:01
in Southgate Amateur Radio News RSS Feed, Language: EN
Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
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• Ornellas: Today’s Console Is Tomorrow’s Touchscreen
Added at 2020-07-08 09:03:43
in Radio World, Language: EN
And maybe we’ll see facial recognition used in a console user interface
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• Propagation de K7RA
Added at 2020-07-08 08:05:59
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No sunspots this week. The pattern persists, and this surprises me.
But Spaceweather.com reported a couple of weak, barely emerging spots, never numbered, and by their magnetic polarity were from new Solar Cycle 25
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• RAC will host virtual presentation on Canada C3 WSPR Project at 2020 IEEE International Antenna and Propagation Symposium
Added at 2020-07-08 08:05:59
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On Thursday, July 9, Radio Amateurs of Canada will participate in the 2020 IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation by hosting a virtual presentation on the Canada C3 WSPR Project
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• Australian special callsign
Added at 2020-07-08 08:05:59
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Members of the Wireless Institute of Australia are QRV with the special call VI 110 WIA until the end of 2020
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• Temporary licences extended for radio stations broadcasting Covid-19 services
Added at 2020-07-08 08:05:59
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Radio stations providing news and information about the coronavirus pandemic to local communities will remain on air, after Ofcom confirmed it will extend their temporary licences
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• Radio hams assist sailing vessel
Added at 2020-07-08 08:05:59
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ARRL reports the Maritime Mobile Service Net (MMSN) on 14.300 MHz came to the assistance of a sailing vessel on June 25
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• Ofcom's Contracts and MoU's with the RSGB
Added at 2020-07-08 08:05:59
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A recent Freedom of Information request asked about the Contracts and Memorandums of understanding that Ofcom has with the RSGB
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• DIY Weather Satellite Ground Station
Added at 2020-07-08 08:05:59
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Sasha M6IOR and Sophie M6NYX have made available a Guide for the reception of NOAA satellite images using software defined radio on Windows or MacOS
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• Ham radio talks on YouTube
Added at 2020-07-08 08:05:59
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Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club talks have been made available for everyone to view on YouTube
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• IARUMS: Russian-Ukrainian radio war is remaining on a high escalation level
Added at 2020-07-08 08:05:59
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The new newsletter of the IARU Monitoring System (aka 'Intruder Watch') has just been published. The most frequently reported intruders on the exclusive amateur radio service bands were in conjunction with the 'Russian-Ukrainian radio war' (see below) as well as the daily emissions from the Russian OTHR (Over the Horizon Radar) 'Contayner'
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• FTIOM & UBMP, July 12-18
Added at 2020-07-08 00:28:08
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From the Isle of Music, July 12-18: This week, Arturo Cruz shares songs from his new release Benny por Siempre, a tribute to Benny Moré with ten prominent vocalists. The broadcasts take place: 1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia […]
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• SP3L Wins the July QST Cover Plaque Award
Added at 2020-07-07 14:56:00
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The winning article for the July 2020 QST Cover Plaque award is “A Vertical End-Fed Dipole with a Folded Stub” by Jacek Pawlowski, SP3L.The QST Cover Plaque Award -- given to the author or authors of the most popular article in each issue -- is determined by a vote of ARRL members on the QST Cover Plaque Poll web page. Cast a ballot for your favorite article in the August issue today.
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• Annual KPH “Night of Nights” Has Been Canceled
Added at 2020-07-07 13:41:00
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The Maritime Radio Historical Society (MRHS) and the National Park Service have announced that the annual KPH Night of Nights has been canceled due to COVID-19 precautions. This would have been the 21st such event, which commemorates what is believed to be the last commercial Morse transmission in the US.While KPH, KFS, and K6KPH will not be on the air for Night of NightsXXI, MRHS members will...
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• Deke Duncan of Radio 77: Broadcasting to an audience of one
Added at 2020-07-07 12:53:27
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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Hemphill (WD9EQD), who writes: I’ve just finished reading “Sealand’s Caretakers”. Very fascinating. In the article, they give a link to an article “This excerpt describes the fallout that came from a gang of international scam artists bootlegging Sealand passports.” This article is titled: “The Plot Against the Principality […]
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• Buying a Console? Focus on What You Really Need
Added at 2020-07-07 09:03:58
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Hoppe advises clients not to select a console with so many features as to complicate its function
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• Consoles Get “Softer” and More Powerful
Added at 2020-07-07 08:56:12
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Jay Tyler says remote access capabilities are also among benefits of today’s digital designs
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• DXCC Most Wanted
Added at 2020-07-07 08:06:03
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The "DXCC Most Wanted" entities list has been updated on ClubLog as of July 3rd
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• Commemorative SSTV transmissions
Added at 2020-07-07 08:06:03
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On 18 July 2020, the Secunda Amateur Radio Club - ZS6SRC will commemorate the SARL’s 95 years of existence
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• The RaDAR Challenge on 11 July
Added at 2020-07-07 08:06:03
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The second RaDAR Challenge for 2020 takes place from 00:00 UTC to 23:59 UTC on Saturday 11 July 2020 with each RaDAR operator defining their own operating time schedule of a maximum, single period, four hour time slot.
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• Dream Rig Youth Essay Contest
Added at 2020-07-07 08:06:03
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First Annual "Dream Rig" Youth Essay Contest. The Intrepid-DX Group is a U.S. based 501 C(3) nonprofit organization that promotes Amateur Radio activities in developing countries
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• 11 year-old passes morse test
Added at 2020-07-07 08:06:03
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Morse code received a boost from the younger generation, on the 24th June 2020, when 11-year-old Ryan Morrison from Stillorgan, Co. Dublin took and passed his Morse code test
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• A major outbreak of noctilucent clouds
Added at 2020-07-07 08:06:03
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Last night, a major outbreak of noctilucent clouds (NLCs) blanketed Europe
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• Web hosting service now available for RAC affiliated clubs
Added at 2020-07-07 08:06:03
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The Radio Amateurs of Canada is pleased to announce it is now offering a new benefit to our Affiliated Clubs: the ability to host your club’s website on the RAC server
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• Mid Ulster ARC Tuesday Night Lecture Series
Added at 2020-07-07 08:06:03
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This Tuesday evening 7th July, the Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club Tuesday Night Lecture Series continues on zoom with a presentation by RSGB region 8 rep Philip Mi0MSO and a discussion and Q and A with Steve M1ACB the general manager of the RSGB
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