Summer 2018
providing voluntary safety communications for charitable events in West Norfolk for over 20 years
Amateur News
VK9N, Norfolk Island: Operators Everett 'Ev' W6ABM, Joseph N7BF, Russ N7QR and Peter ZL2HM will be active as VK9EV, VK9BF, VK9QR, VK9PM, respectively, from Norfolk Island (OC-005) between October 10-19th dlvr.it/Qc31Gb
Rwanda DXpedition: Members of the Italian DX Team, who will be active as 9X0T between September 27th and October 10th, will use a second callsign, 9X0Y, on FT8 only in the DXpedition mode dlvr.it/Qc31J6
Ham radio is socially useful: Outlook India magazine interviewed Ambarish Nag Biswas VU2JFA of the West Bengal Radio Club about how Amateur Radio is socially useful dlvr.it/Qc2zWr
NASA debuts Online Toolkit to promote commercial use of satellite data: While NASA’s policy of free and open remote-sensing data has long benefited the scientific community, other government agencies and nonprofit organizations, it has significant… dlvr.it/Qc2zTl
Tony's 10m Band Report: Top stations were RC18SR, RC18EK (both Russian World Cup), EF4HQ (Spain) and EM5HQ Ukraine). Obviously the world cup stations still prominent but with the HQ Head Quarters stations out in force on Sunday dlvr.it/Qc2xSj
RadioShack is back: ARRL reports RadioShack 'Express Stores' are to open in HobbyTown USA locations dlvr.it/Qc2xWr
Google Maps pricing changes threaten APRS site: The popular amateur radio APRS tracking site aprs.fi run by Heikki Hannikainen OH7LZB is threatened by changes to the Google Maps pricing model dlvr.it/Qc2vyt
AmateurLogic 119: Field Day 2018: Join the AmateurLogic crew for Field Day 2018. We assembled and raised a Hex Beam, Cobweb, and Off Center Fed Dipole this year dlvr.it/Qc2vx6
Ofcom publishes first Media Nations report: Ofcom has today published Media Nations 2018, a comprehensive study of major trends in the UK’s television, radio and audio sectors dlvr.it/QbwqzY
IOTA news from the DARC: Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club dlvr.it/Qbwqvb
Three weeks without sunspots: The sun has been blank for 21 straight days--a remarkable 3 weeks without sunspots. This is an almost decade-class event dlvr.it/Qbwp4r
2018 corrected Board of Directors ballots to be mailed: Due to a printing error, the beige-colored ballots mailed to AMSAT- NA members for the 2018 Board of Directors election on July 15, 2018 have been declared void. Any of these voided ballots received… dlvr.it/Qbwp7P
NanoRacks completes external Cygnus deployment: On Tuesday evening, NanoRacks successfully deployed six CubeSats from the Company's CubeSat deployer mounted on the outside of the Cygnus spacecraft. This brings the overall count to 223 small satellites… dlvr.it/QbwmP8
$$changeme 434 MHz balloon launches Thursday: Wilmington Grammar School for Boys will be launching their first high altitude balloon flight on Thursday morning July 19, Slow Scan Digital Video images will be transmitted dlvr.it/QbwmLd
SOTABEAMS adds 'Summer Holiday Mode' to their WSPRlite system: SOTABEAMS has issued a major firmware upgrade for their WSPRlite antenna testing system. Since its release a little under two years ago the WSPRlite system has become a popular way for DXers… dlvr.it/QbwkhT
WRTC 2018 teams produce amazing contact totals despite poor conditions: A crack team of contesters from Lithuania has won the gold medal in World Radiosport Team Championship 2018 (WRTC 2018), held over the weekend in Germany dlvr.it/Qbwkkm
A first time for everything: They say there's a first time for everything and nowhere could that be truer than in amateur radio dlvr.it/Qbpmwv
First to take U.S. Tech test - but where?: The new exam for the U.S. Technician license made its debut - but not where you might think. John Williams VK4JJW has that story dlvr.it/Qbplg8
Applications for re-advertised FM local commercial radio licences: Ofcom has announced the applicants, and published the applications, for the fully re-advertised FM local commercial radio licences for Bristol (106.5 FM) and Ceredigion dlvr.it/QbplgG
Kingdom of eSwatini: Pista HA5AO will arrive in eSwatini (Swaziland) on September 14th, late afternoon. He plans to operate during his free time between September 16-28th, from the Mountain Inn Resort at Mbabane. He received the 3DA0AO license and an… dlvr.it/Qbpk3r
