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News for England South-West – 11 February 2018
On Monday Mid-Somerset Amateur Radio Club is having a talk by G3ZXX The Dipole Antenna. Contact David Edwards, G8BFV, on 01749 670 085. On Monday Weston-super-Mare Radio Society is having a construction, operating and natter night. More information from Martin Jones, G7UWI, on 01934 613 094. On Tuesday Blackmoor Vale Amateur Radio Society is having […]
News for Wales – 11 February 2018
On Monday Llanelli Amateur Radio Society is having an operating evening. Details from Craig, MW0MXT, on 0738 833 8987. On Thursday North Wales Radio Society is discussing possible summer activities. Contact Liz Cabban, GW0ETU, on 0776 019 0355. On Thursday Porthmadog and District Amateur Radio Society is holding its construction competition. For more information contact […]
UK amateur confirms lost satellite signal
Paul Marsh, M0EYT was involved recently in confirming a signal reading from what is believed to be Image, a NASA satellite lost and presumed dead in 2005. Paul explained to the RSGB, “I was checking Scott’s discovery and it just so happened that the Image satellite was in view at the time Robert Tilley sent […]
Bouvet DXpedition cancelled
In the 72 hours to 2000UTC on 3 February 2018, the team continued to experience high winds, low clouds, fog and rough seas, which had prevented helicopter operations since their arrival at Bouvet. No improvement was predicted in the weather forecast for the next four days. Then an issue developed in one of the ship’s […]
ARISS APRS packet not working
An unidentified anomaly involving the radio serving the ARISS APRS packet system on board the International Space Station has led to the system not functioning. A similar problem has occurred on other occasions and solutions that resolved the problem proved to be only temporary fixes. The system may return to service as it has in […]
Nominate for the Golden Antenna Award
For almost 50 years, the German town of Bad Bentheim has organised the Dutch-German Ham Convention. During this event the Golden Antenna is awarded for outstanding humanitarian performance, recognising the importance of the hobby during or after disasters. Nominations for this year’s Golden Antenna award should be submitted by 1 June 2018, by email to […]
