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Jamaica gets 5MHz
Hot on the heels of now being Morse code-free, Jamaica also has access to 5MHz. In a recent update to their National Frequency Allocation Table published by the regulator, the WRC-15 60m Amateur Secondary Allocation of 5351.5 – 5366.5kHz has been granted under ITU Footnote 5.133B, which in the case of Jamaica means a maximum […]
RSGB Convention 2017 latest
Taking place from 13 to 15 October at Kents Hill Conference Centre in Milton Keynes, the RSGB Convention lecture programme is, once more, catering for all aspects of amateur radio. We have confirmed talks from the A25UK DXpedition to Botswana and the ZL7G DXpedition to Chatham Island. Professor Hugh Griffiths, G4CNV will speak on Reflections […]
Big attendance at Hamvention® 2017
The recent Hamvention® 2017, at its new venue in Xenia, Ohio, attracted 29,296 attendees. That is the second-largest reported attendance in the history of the event. A flavour of the event can be seen in the July RadCom.
ISS contact Tuesday afternoon
British amateurs will be involved in facilitating a ‘telebridge’ contact between the International Space Station and a children’s summer camp at NASA Space Center Houston on Tuesday afternoon, the 13th of June 2017. The voice downlink (astronaut) transmissions will be audible over much of Europe on 145.800MHz from about 1519UTC. The HAMTV amateur television transmitter […]
Real-time propagation tool goes online
A new graphing tool has been developed by Jim, G3YLA of the Propagation Studies Committee to show the near real-time critical frequency over the UK and the predicted maximum usable frequency over different paths. A feature on how to use the free tool appears in the July issue of RadCom. But if you want to […]
Jamaica removes Morse requirement
Amateur radio operators and technicians in Jamaica will no longer be required to be proficient in Morse code, as a result of changes to the regulations for the two pieces of legislation that govern radio and telegraph control services.
