ANS-339 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for Dec. 5

The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating ... [continue]

Gopal, VU2GMN and Ken, JA1CJP, received the Diamond Award by IARU AC

Gopal, VU2GMN and Ken, JA1CJP, received the Diamond Award by IARU AC (Administrative Council) Dear Colleagues As you will have seen from the IARU News Release of November 15, 2021, the IARU Administrative Council (AC) recently presented the Michael J …

Uploaded the Spectrum Monitor data of October, 2021 in region 3

Uploaded the Spectrum Monitor data of October, 2021 in region 3 at the IARU R3 Page on Dec 4, 2021 …

W1AW code practice text sources taken from February 1922 QST

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 1st Transatlantic Test, the code practice text material for the week of December 6 through 10 originates from the February 1922 issue of QST. It was in this issue the results of the Transatlantic Test were published

Austrian special event

Members of the Austrian DX Board (ADXB) will be active as OE50ADXB from their club station OE1XBC during the month of December

This ham radio is unsafe at any frequency

The Retro QRP Widowmaker, if that’s any kind of a hint

Moon bouncing and radar imaging with LoRa

The LoRa radio protocol is well known to hardware hackers because of its Long Range (hence the name) but also its extremely low power use

Radio hams participate in Brazilian Space Agency workshop

Radio amateurs in Brazil participated in a Workshop held by the Brazilian Space Agency on Small Educational Satellites

Intermediate Bath-based distance learning

Book now to secure a place on the popular free BBDL online course for the amateur radio Intermediate exam

Centenary of Ham Radio Transatlantic Tests

The ARRL reports on the bi-lateral events taking place in the UK and USA to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the successful amateur radio transatlantic tests

WIA Director stresses importance of clubs promoting ham radio

WIA Director Peter Clee VK8ZZ looks at the difference between the number of newcomers joining the hobby in Australia compared to the UK

Brazil's radio hams meet with regulator ANATEL

LABRE met with ANATEL on November 18 to discuss changes in the legislation governing the Amateur Radio Service in Brazil, specifically the revision of Resolution 449/2006

Foundations of Amateur Radio

Amateur Radio and the art of getting started - One of the regular topics of conversation in amateur radio, especially for those new to the community, is where to start? The sheer volume of available options is often overwhelming

ARRL Seeks News Editor

ARRL is seeking a ham with a professional journalism background to handle ARRL’s news function on a contract, remote basis. Candidates for ARRL News Editor should be plugged into the ham radio community, with a broad awareness of the major players (past and present) and the main issues (past, present, and potentially future) in the world of ham r... [continue]

Still time left to support YOTA Month 2021

It’s not too late to support December YOTA Month 2021. The RSGB has been granted the call sign GB21YOTA, for allocation to youngsters to operate throughout December 2021. To see what operating slots are still available please look up GB21YOTA on QRZ.com. This Sunday, 5 December 2021, the station will be operated by GM1DSK; and […]