Winter 2019
providing voluntary safety communications for charitable events in West Norfolk for over 20 years
Amateur News
DXCC Country/Entity Report: According to the AR-Cluster Network for the week of Friday, 8th February, through Friday, 15th February there were 211 countries active dlvr.it/Qz1h1V #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
IOTA news from OPDX: Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin dlvr.it/Qz1gzX #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Macao DXpedition news: The XX9D team is once again active from Grand Coloane Resort, Macao (AS-075), until February 26th dlvr.it/Qz1gck #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
The Gambia op: Don, G3XTT, will be in The Gambia from March 5-12th. He will mainly operate in the RSGB Commonwealth Contest over the weekend of March 9-10th dlvr.it/Qz1gZs #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Propagation de K7RA: Another week passed with no sunspots, and as of February 14 it has been over two weeks since any sunspots were observed, the last on January 30. February 7 through 13 saw average daily solar flux decline… dlvr.it/Qz1g3N #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
The RSGB Commonwealth Contest 2019: The RSGB’s Commonwealth Contest is one of the oldest radio contests in existence, having been first run back in 1931 when it was known as “British Empire Radio Week” and lasted for six days! dlvr.it/Qz1g0b #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Live video from Wyong: With just a week to go - we have something NEW happening at the Wyong Field Day! dlvr.it/Qz1fkj #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
WIA Board comment: Since the announcement that UTAS/AMC are the preferred providers, the WIA has begun the process of transitioning-out. This process has been documented by the WIA and ACMA and involves the transfer of… dlvr.it/Qz1fmd #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
DX News from the ARRL: The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity on the amateur radio bands dlvr.it/Qyxj3P #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Big activity on the sun: Sunspot numbers remain very low as Solar Minimum continues. Nevertheless, there is some big activity on the sun today. Really big dlvr.it/Qyxj6T #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Former Colorado Section Manager Tim Armagost, WB0TUB - SK: Former Colorado Section Manager Tim Armagost, WB0TUB, of Colorado, died on February 4 after a lengthy illness. An ARRL Life Member, he was 75 dlvr.it/Qyxhj7 #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Essex Skills Night Monday: Skills Night takes place at 7pm on Monday, February 18 in Danbury Village Hall, Essex, this free event is open to all. Hosted by the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society Training Team, Skills Nights… dlvr.it/Qyxhl9 #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
SSO-A Solar Sails deployed - may be visible to naked eye: The solar sails on the SSO-A mission 'Free Flyer' deployers, launched December 3, 2018 with many amateur radio satellites, are believed to have deployed and may now… dlvr.it/Qyxh4q #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Radio Ham lone yachtswoman: At 16:33 GMT on 14th February 2019, radio ham Jeanne Socrates, VE0JS reached another milestone that no other seventy-year olds have. The 76-year old passed the longitude of Cape Agulhas 20°00´E,… dlvr.it/Qyxh5t #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Foundations of Amateur Radio #193: Modern Tools for a Modern Hobby - The hobby we call amateur radio is enormous. One amateur called it a thousand hobbies in one and that just about sums it up for me. Being bored inside this… dlvr.it/QyxgBx #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Space Station Slow Scan TV Event Feb 15-17: ARISS is planning another of their popular Slow Scan Television (SSTV) experiment events from the International Space Station on February 15-17 dlvr.it/QyxgF3 #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
The Space Weather Woman: The latest space weather forecast from Dr Tamitha Skov dlvr.it/QyssKM #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Radio hams transfer Crypto Currency on 40m band: CryptoVibes reports amateur radio was used to send Bitcoin from Toronto to Michigan on 7.077 MHz using the digital mode JS8Call dlvr.it/Qysrjy #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Radio hams to distribute radios: Radio amateurs in West Bengal planned to distribute radio sets free of charge on World Radio Day, February 13 dlvr.it/Qysrms #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
'Hello CQ, Hello CQ it's International Radio Day': Pete Wood M7PNW writes in Design Spark about his journey from kid with a Walkie Talkie to Dad with a new hobby dlvr.it/Qysr8B #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
Events
- Samaritans Charity Cycle Ride
- 12/05/2019
- Sandringham
- Sandringham Charity Horse Ride
- 19/05/2019
- West Newton
- Sandringham Charity Horse Ride
- 06/10/2019
- West Newton
- All events
