Archive for April, 2014
News for Wales – 20 April 2014
On Thursday Aberystwyth & District Amateur Radio Society has a club net on 145.500 then 145.550MHz. Details from Ray, GW7AGG, on 01970 611 853. On Thursday North Wales Radio Society is having an introduction to Linux by Alex Hodgson. For more information contact Liz Cabban via email to lizcabban@vodafoneemail.co.uk.
World Amateur Radio Day 18th April
“Amateur Radio: Your Gateway to Wireless Communication” is the theme for World Amateur Radio Day 2014, tomorrow Friday, April 18. Radio amateurs celebrate World Amateur Radio Day each year on April 18 to recognize the anniversary of the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) in Paris in 1925. The primary purpose of World […]
GB2RS News Script 13 April 2014
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Better access to interference help
All amateurs seeking advice on interference matters can now access the EMC Matters Forum via the main RSGB website. The forum permits the airing of EMC issues, discussion and suggestions for possible solutions. The EMC committee’s local volunteer advisers can also access the forum and help RSGB Members solve interference cases. In addition the forum […]
Important changes planned on the 13 and 9cm bands
Following a consultation last year, Ofcom has decided it will remove from the Amateur Radio Licence all frequencies in the 2.3 and 3.4GHz bands that overlap with those planned for award for new civil uses. Specifically, this means 2350 to 2390 and 3410 to 3475MHz. Ofcom will give amateurs at least twelve months’ notice of […]
Ham radio software used in search for flight MH370
US Navy personnel helping to look for missing Malaysia Air Flight MH370 are using the signal processing and analysis package Spectrum Laboratory by Wolf Buescher, DL4YHF, to analyse recently detected 37.5kHz ‘pings’ that may be from the missing plane’s flight recorder. The US Navy personnel are guests aboard the Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield. The […]
