Archive for 2020
News for England South-West – 19 January 2020
We start with advance news from Torbay Amateur Radio Society that they will run a Foundation course from the end of April. The course will be three hours a week for six or seven weeks on Friday evenings and will cost £75, plus the cost of the exam. Later on in the year there will […]
News for Wales – 19 January 2020
Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society has its 80m SSB net from 2.30pm this Sunday and next Sunday. Tuesday sees an illustrated talk by Andy, GW0JLX Using NVIS When Operating Portable. Contact Andy, GW0JLX, on 0776 828 2880. Newport Amateur Radio Society has a net on 3.705MHz from 10am this Sunday and next Sunday. Tuesday sees a […]
Key messages from November’s VLT meeting
The most recent Volunteer Leadership Team meeting took place in November 2019. Key messages from the meeting are now available.
News from YOTA 2019 Netherlands
Joe, MW6MQW On the first day we were introduced to the geostationary satellite QO-100 on Es’hail-2. We found out the basics of working at high frequencies. Due to the deviation of crystal oscillators being a certain percentage of their operating frequency, they alone are not enough to ensure a stable SSB signal at very high […]
First Tunisian licences in six decades
The IARU reports that the first three authorisations to operate have been issued to three Tunisian amateurs. These are the first amateur permits issued since 1956. 3V8HB, 3V8MN and 3V1MB will soon be on the air from their homes, rather than being restricted to operating from a club station. Issuing individual authorisations to operate is […]