Archive for December, 2015
News for Wales – 13 December 2015
On Monday Llanelli Amateur Radio Society is holding its Christmas party and auction. Contact Craig, MW0MXT, on 01269 845 773. On Thursday North Wales Radio Society is having a natter night. Contact Ceri Jones, 2W0LJC, via email to 2w0ljc@mail.com.
EMC Committee meeting, 19 November 2015
Follow the link below to read the minutes of this meeting. EMC Committee Meeting, 19 November 2015 (3-page/43.3KB PDF)
EMC Committee meeting, 17 September 2015
Follow the link below to read the minutes of this meeting. EMC Committee Meeting, 17 September 2015 (3-page/83.5MB PDF)
Ofcom-RSGB Forum – 3 December 2015
AROS/Ofcom interface It was noted that Improved joint working arrangements had been agreed. AROS had acquired a new VHF direction finding capability Ofcom had been active in removing non-compliant equipment from the UK market Ofcom, in conjunction with the police, had successfully resolved a complaint about poor operating practice Ofcom had followed up complaints about […]
Over 500 amateur licences revoked
All UK amateurs are required to revalidate their licence at least once every five years. Ofcom have now revoked around 530 licences that have not been revalidated. The notice of revocation, and list of the call signs affected, has been published on the Ofcom website. Some 15,000 licenses remain un-revalidated and Ofcom say these will […]
Check your APRS deviation
APRS users on 144.800MHz are asked to ensure that their transmitters are set to narrow deviation, that’s 2.5kHz peak deviation. The 2m band plan as a whole is now a 12.5kHz channel spacing band and the adjacent channel at 144.8125MHz is assigned to DV Gateways. Using excessive deviation increases the potential of adjacent channel interference […]
