Winter 2021

providing voluntary safety radio communications for charitable events in West Norfolk for over 20 years

Happy New Year to all group members. Hoping that 2021 is a better year for all.

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Sandringham

19 Jan 2021, 06:03

Showers
10°C

real feel: 2°C

current pressure: 1000 mb

wind speed: 18 mph SSW

wind gusts: 36 mph

sunrise: 07:59

sunset: 16:19

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ICQPodcast - Improving your Handy Talkie: In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Chris Howard (M0TCH), Martin Rothwell (M0SGL), Ed Durrant (DD5LP), Frank Howell (K4FMH) and Bill Barnes (WC3B) to discuss the latest… dlvr.it/RqpSN9 #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 20 hours ago

Radio hams comment on the draft BNetzA plans for 2021: Germany's amateur radio round table (RTA) has commented in a letter on the Federal Network Agency BNetzA draft plan for the year 2021 dlvr.it/RqpRQJ #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 20 hours ago

QSO Today with Clint Turner KA7OEI: Clint Turner, KA7OEI, is an experimenter, builder, and operator on all bands and modes dlvr.it/RqpRPH #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 20 hours ago

Germany dealt with over 3,500 radio interference complaints in 2020: Germany's Federal Network Agency BNetzA take radio interference seriously and in 2020 dealt with over 3,500 cases dlvr.it/RqpQh6 #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 20 hours ago

Does price buy performance or satisfaction in an HF transceiver?: Frank Howell K4FMH of ICQ podcast is talking on this subject at the Denby Dale amateur radio club on Weds January 20th at 7.30pm (1930utc) dlvr.it/RqpQZB #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 20 hours ago

Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP: Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at low levels. There are currently no sunspot regions visible. No solar flaring is expected dlvr.it/RqlVkc #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 2 days ago

New digital protocol Q65: SARL News reports WSJT-X version 2.4.0 will introduce a new digital protocol called Q65, which, according to the Quick Start Guide, is designed for "minimal two-way QSOs over especially difficult… dlvr.it/RqlVhl #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 2 days ago

GB3LV repeater off the air: GB3LV repeater is off air at the moment and for the foreseeable future dlvr.it/RqlV13 #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 2 days ago

ISS contact using 40 year old computer: This lighthearted video (that I helped a little with) shows a project to contact the packet radio digipeater on the International Space Station using a 1980s vintage Commodore 64 home… dlvr.it/RqlV0H #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 2 days ago

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/RqhgMS #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 3 days ago

Harmful Coronavirus content on Loveworld breaks broadcasting rules for second time: An Ofcom investigation has found that religious satellite television channel, Loveworld, breached broadcasting rules for the second time in… dlvr.it/RqhgNQ #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 3 days ago

Foundations of Amateur Radio: The APRS of it all ... Amateur radio is a living anachronism. We have this heady mix of ancient and bleeding edge, never more evident than in a digital mode called Automatic Packet Reporting… dlvr.it/Rqhfd6 #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 3 days ago

eton.ca is now CLOSED: The email robot at RAC-Bulletins@eton.ca is now CLOSED - this is the LAST message you will receive from it dlvr.it/Rqhfbb #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 3 days ago

VK6WIA NewsWest: NewsWest for Sunday 17th January 2021 is the History of Amateur Radio Edition, and we take a look at January 1946, when Amateur Radio begins to resume after World War Two dlvr.it/RqdC1g #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 4 days ago

Ham radio centre at Ganga Sagar: By January 14 (Makar Sankranti) around 780,000 pilgrims had arrived at Ganga Sagar and radio amateurs from the West Bengal Radio Club established a QO-100 satellite ground station on the island dlvr.it/Rqd9wT #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 4 days ago

Just one week until the Winter 2021 AM QSO Party!: It is time to get those aerials checked and your vintage sets warmed or your modern transceiver tuned to AM. This can only mean one thing, the Winter AM QSO Party 2021 will… dlvr.it/Rqd9vb #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 4 days ago

Ofcom: Technologies shaping communications for the future: A new Ofcom report shines a light on the innovative, emerging technologies that could shape the communications industry in the future dlvr.it/Rqd91q #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 4 days ago

FT4 on the amateur radio satellites: The free English language AMSAT-EA January newsletter features an article by Carlos Flores EA3HAH about his experiences in operating WSJT FT4 on the linear (SSB) amateur satellites dlvr.it/Rqd90L #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 4 days ago

CHESS CubeSat Constellation to carry FUNcube transponders: In 2020, a project between AMSAT-UK, AMSAT-NL and Swiss universities started with the aim of equipping two Swiss satellites with a linear transponder for amateur radio dlvr.it/Rqd894 #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 4 days ago

Tips on operating a Satellite while Roving: In Episode 6 of DX Engineering’s Amateur Radio Satellite series, Sean Kutzko, KX9X, explores the fun of operating your amateur radio gear from a grid square other than the one… dlvr.it/Rqd86G #hamradio #hamr #amateurradio
— Southgate News @(SAR_News) 4 days ago