Spring 2017
providing voluntary safety communications for charitable events in West Norfolk for over 20 years
Group re-registration completed
Membership cards will be issued at next event
Various events taking place April and May please see calendar for dates and let group controller know if available to assist.
Amateur News
DXCC Country/Entity Report: According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 15th April, through Sunday, 22nd April there were 225 countries active dlvr.it/QQS63h
IOTA News from OPDX: Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin dlvr.it/QQS62Z
3B7A Saint Brandon - Thank you everyone: I’m writing these words now the entire team is safe back in Mauritius. Of course our very first priority has been to give news to our family after 2 weeks without any exchange dlvr.it/QQS4Xh
Salado students use ham radio to call astronaut: “NA1SS, this is K5LBJ, over. NA1SS, this is K5LBJ, over,” 12-year-old Morgan Morreale said, and on the fourth “ring,” astronaut Scott Tingle KG5NZA picked up dlvr.it/QQS4SQ
ARISS contact planned for three schools in Poland: An International Space Station school contact has been planned for Scott Tingle KG5NZA with three schools in Poland The contact should be audible in parts of Europe on the 145.800 MHz FM downlink dlvr.it/QQS2sm
G3PSM receives the G2BVN Memorial Trophy: The 2017 Region 1 Conference agreed the award of the Roy Stevens, G2BVN, memorial trophy to Colin Thomas, G3PSM dlvr.it/QQS2wV
Caister Marconi radio station contacts more than 100 amateurs in 26 countries: Radio hams at Caister Lifeboat in Norfolk managed to contact 116 other radio amateurs in 23 different countries on Saturday 22 nd April 2018 when they took part in the annual… dlvr.it/QQS1Dx
Warwick students' ham radio space link-up: The ARISS Operations UK Team have released a video of the amateur radio contact between students at King's High School in Warwick and astronaut Ricky Arnold KE5DAU on the ISS dlvr.it/QQS1Bj
Lyrid meteor shower: Earth is entering a stream of debris from Comet Thatcher, source of the annual Lyrid meteor shower dlvr.it/QQMdbN
Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP: Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to remain at very low levels dlvr.it/QQMdbJ
QSO Today - Ryhor Greg Harbacheuski - W3NW: Dr. Ryhor “Greg” Harbacheuski, W3NW, began his ham radio story in Belarus, a republic of the former Soviet Union dlvr.it/QQMcnf
ZS4 Sprint this afternoon: The ZS4 Sprint is a fun activity to promote contacts between radio amateurs in the Free State and radio amateurs in Southern African countries and takes to the air from 14:00 to 16:00 UTC on Sunday 22 April 2018 dlvr.it/QQMcnw
VK6WIA NewsWest: In this Contesting edition of the news we look at upcoming contests and recent past experiences. There's a reminder for HARGfest, notifications from Ham College, the WA VHF Group, and the Broadcaster get together with the NewsWest Team,… dlvr.it/QQMbk6
Understanding DX Clusters: The Ham Radio Deluxe Team have posted a very interesting article on the workings of DX Clusters dlvr.it/QQMbk0
SDR Workshop at NARC on 5 May: The SDR Workshop at the National Amateur Radio Centre on 5 May will address antenna issues for the SARL RF Noise Monitoring Project dlvr.it/QQMZfM
Royal Wedding - Prince Harry to Ms. Meghan Markle: The first use of the 'GR9' prefix in the United Kingdom. GR9RW 19th – 23rd May 2018 dlvr.it/QQMZfd
Propagation de K7RA: At 0631 UTC on April 20 the Australian Space Forecast Centre issued a Geomagnetic Disturbance Warning dlvr.it/QQH6x9
Consultation on World Cup 2018: Ofcom has received requests from the BBC and ITV for consent to broadcast exclusive live coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2018 dlvr.it/QQH5lR
HackSpace Magazine free PDF: Issue 6 of HackSpace magazine mentions amateur radio and provides links to the RSGB and ARRL dlvr.it/QQH5lw
