Spring 2017
providing voluntary safety communications for charitable events in West Norfolk for over 20 years
Amateur News
Propagation de K7RA: On Wednesday, June 20 spaceweather.com reported the sudden emergence of Sunspot AR2715. The sunspot number on that day shot up to 54, and it was 53 the next day. Average daily sunspot number for the reporting week (June 14-20)… dlvr.it/QYFSlp
VK6WIA NewsWest: In this contest broadcast, we bring you: The upcoming Trans Tasman Low Bands Challenge. Bad news from the Japan Amateur SSTV Associations Contest. Andrew gives us the heads-up on the RD, Bob chats to us about the WIA Contest Champion… dlvr.it/QYFSqR
Australian Ham Radio Licence Conditions Determination: In WIA News Robert VK3ARM provides an update on submissions to the ACMA consultation on amateur radio Licence Conditions Determination dlvr.it/QYFRMR
France: Entry Level License: French national society REF has requested the regulator DGE support the Entry Level License proposal made by IARU to CEPT's Radio Amateur Forum Group (RAFG) dlvr.it/QYFRNW
Amateur radios crackle to life: The Truro Daily reports Bruce Harvey VE1II was just 15 or 16 when he heard a surprising sound on the radio he received for Christmas dlvr.it/QYFQ8Z
Foundations of Amateur Radio #159: The Power for your Radio - A question that occurs more often than you might think is one related to powering your radio dlvr.it/QYFQBJ
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/QY7kkJ
ED8RY: Drago de Gáldar 300th Anniversary: On July 7 and 8, the GDXGC and Radio Amateurs of the Northwest Gran Canaria Island will activate the special call sign ED8RY (Canary Islands) dlvr.it/QY7kkL
Building an RF Direction Finding Robot: The RTL-SDR site highlights the work of Humpelstilzchen in getting a robot to drive towards a 433 MHz beacon transmitter dlvr.it/QY7jfX
New HF Managers Handbook available: IARU Region 1 have released version 9 of the HF Managers Handbook PDF dlvr.it/QY7jh4
Sierra Leone operation: Mark, KW4XJ, who is now active as 9L1YXJ from Freetown (WW Loc. IJ38jk), informed OPDX that his overseas assignment is for 3 years and he has been there for 9 months now dlvr.it/QY7gxH
EURAO Frequency Guide: a useful and interactive tool: As a result of data collected for EURAO Parties, a kind of QSO events held once in each season, a database has been created with most popular frequencies, modes and applications dlvr.it/QY7gzL
ARISS contact planned for two schools in Germany: An International Space Station school contact has been planned for Alexander Gerst KF5ONO with two schools in Germany. Downlink signals should be audible in Europe dlvr.it/QY7fCJ
2m Tape Measure Antenna in free HackSpace magazine: To help his 8-year-old nephew get an amateur radio license, Chris Ormsby went looking for a project that was “easy, fast, and required few tools or skills” dlvr.it/QY7fCL
Introducing the Icom IC-R30 Digital/Analogue Wideband Communications Receiver: The IC-R30 is Icom's latest wideband handheld receiver. Not only does it receive over a wide (0.1 to 3304.999 MHz) frequency range in AM, FM, WFM, USB, LSB and CW, but it can… dlvr.it/QY7cld
With 300kW from Wittenberg via Vienna to North America: The World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC) is to be covered in two special broadcasts by Radio DARC. The radio show of the German Amateur Radio Club e.V. will broadcast a program in English on… dlvr.it/QY7cjt
IOTA news from the DARC: Compiled by Andreas, DK5ON of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club dlvr.it/QY1Zl4
Big sunspot alert: Yesterday, sunspot AR2715 did not exist. Today, it sprawls across more than 60,000 km of solar surface with a primary dark core wider than Earth dlvr.it/QY1Xzw
Broadcaster to transmit Field Day greetings in MFSK64: The ARRL reports a 100 kW HF broadcast transmitter in Nauen, Germany, will send Field Day greetings to North American radio amateurs in MFSK64 mode dlvr.it/QY1Xzv
New WRTC Awards - WRTC Sprint: The World Radiosport Team Championship takes place from July 14 (12z) until July 15 (12z) in parallel to the IARU HF Championship. 63 teams will be competing from identical sites south of Berlin dlvr.it/QY1WYK
