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News for England South-East – 8 March 2020
Worthing and District Amateur Radio has its 80m net this Sunday and next Sunday from 7.30am. On Monday there’s a net on 2m from 7.30pm. Tuesday sees a podcast or DVD from 8pm and on Thursday there’s a net on 40m from 11am. For details, email chairman@wadarc.org.uk. Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club has an open […]
News for England South-West – 8 March 2020
Amateur radio clubs in the Somerset area are being invited by Mid-Somerset ARC to take part in a local day conference later this year to find ways of supporting each other, connecting better with others in a rural setting, and growing the hobby. Richard, G4JJP, one of the organisers, said: “Increasing age, declining membership, and […]
News for Wales – 8 March 2020
Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society has its net on 80m SSB from 2.30pm this Sunday and next Sunday. Contact Andy, GW0JLX, on 0776 828 2880. Pencoed Amateur Radio Club has its table-top sale today from 9.30am at Pencoed Rugby Club, The Verlands, Felindre Road Pencoed CF35 5PB. Contact Madeline Roberts, on 0773 837 5775. On Monday […]
Guidance for limiting exposure to EMF
Following last week’s launch of an Ofcom Consultation on EM field exposure, the RSGB has released a briefing paper for all UK amateurs. This gives more details as the proposals involve a change to licence conditions for any station operating with greater than 10W EIRP. The Society has formed a team to prepare a considered […]
US amateurs respond to 3.4GHz threat
A proposal by the FCC in the USA to remove the entire amateur 3.4GHz allocation without compensation has seen strong opposition as ARRL, AMSAT and hundreds of individual amateurs have filed comments in response to a current consultation. The ARRL highlighted decades of active usage and experimentation including mesh networks, amateur television, weak signal long-distance […]
Ofcom’s policy on two-letter call signs
Ofcom has recently updated its website to clarify its policy relating to the issuing of call signs with two-letter suffixes. The notes can be found on the Ofcom website—select “Amateur radio call sign allocation”.
