AMATEUR RADIO NEWS

UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 28th February 2010
Southgate ARC - 2010-03-09 11:05:02

The UK regulator Ofcom has supplied the figures for the total number of Amateur Radio Licences issued as at 28th February 2010

Tuesday, 9th March 2010

NZ amateur radio operator licence change
Southgate ARC - 2010-03-09 11:05:02

Good news for New Zealand's radio hams. NZ's regulator, Radio Spectrum Management, has just issued the following notice of a change to the amateur radio licence there

New version of SDR-Radio.com
Southgate ARC - 2010-03-09 11:05:02

A new version of SDR-Radio.com, a Windows console for Software Defined Radios (SDR), is now available

Amateur radio activation of Dromineer Castle
Southgate ARC - 2010-03-09 11:05:02

Members of the Galway VHF Group will be heading to Dromineer to activate Dromineer Castle on Wednesday the 17th of March

Sun to disrupt AFN TV, radio signal in Europe
Southgate ARC - 2010-03-09 11:05:02

American Forces Network radio and television signals in Europe will be interrupted for up to 20 minutes at a time through March 13 due to the sun overpowering the network’s satellite signal

Bere Island EU-121 activation
Southgate ARC - 2010-03-09 11:05:02

Olivier ON4EI will be activating Bere Island EU-121 as EJ8GQB, his new Irish amateur radio callsign (EI8GQB)

IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
Southgate ARC - 2010-03-09 11:05:02

Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Fredy, DE0MST of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club

NSN Amateur Radio Community Service Award
Southgate ARC - 2010-03-09 11:05:02

Annually the South African Amateur Radio Development Trust is recognising a radio amateur or a group of radio amateurs for service to the community

Amateur radio QSL card collection
Southgate ARC - 2010-03-09 11:05:02

Jean Michel, F6AJA, wants to remind everyone to visit the Les Nouvelles DX (LNDX) Web page to see more than 7300 old QSL cards in several different albums/galleries

Amateur Radio station ZS10WCS
Southgate ARC - 2010-03-09 11:05:02

Amateur Radio special event station ZS10WCS will be on the air between now and July 12th. Activity is to celebrate the 2010 Soccer World Cup being held in South Africa between June 11th and July 11th

Stillwater Students Rock the Radio Airwaves:
eHam.net News - 2010-03-09 10:10:05

When is a retired Stillwater teacher not a retired Stillwater teacher? When the principal asks him to come back and work with the students doing Radio Roundup. Stillwater Elementary is one of a very few elementary schools nationwide that has an amateur radio program, which puts students on the air in real time. It's an activity that offers a uniqu... [continue]

Stillwater students rock the radio airwaves (Washington) [TWIAR]

Foreign Postage Rates Updated [QRZ Forums - Ham Radio News]

ANS-066 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins [QRZ Forums - Ham Radio News]

Bob Schroeder, N2HX, Awarded 2009 ARRL Bill Orr, W6SAI, Technical Writing Award [ARRL]

Hamvention® Awards Deadline Is March 15 [ARRL]

The ARRL Second Homebrew Challenge -- And the Winners Are... [ARRL]

Tape Measure Beam Optimized for Radio Direction Finding: [eHam.net News]

Digital conversion of analogue amateur TV equipment [Southgate ARC]

Horsham Amateur Radio Club on YouTube [Southgate ARC]

Amateur Radio in 1982 Falklands war [Southgate ARC]

ARISS ham radio contact with Ikaruga Elementary School, Taishi Town, Hyogo, Japan [Southgate ARC]

Trapping sunlight with silicon nanowires [Southgate ARC]

Ham radio satellite survives 'close encounter' [Southgate ARC]

St. Patrick's Day - Amateur Radio special event [Southgate ARC]

PIC programming course - date change [Southgate ARC]

YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Tuesday, 9th March 2010

VE3EN Shack March 2010. Icom 7700, Yaesu FT-847, Icom 756 Pro 2
ve3en1 - 2010-03-09 01:30:18

Here is a small video of my shack. Pictured is my Icom 7700, Yaesu FT-847 and Icom 756 Pro 2. Heard is audio while tuning on 40m during the tail end of the ARRL Intl DX contest. Other equipment are LDG DTS4 Switchers , one above and one below the 7700. One is for antenna switch, and one is for radio switch. Also have Icom PS125 power supply, Kenwoo... [continue]

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NEWSPAPERS

Tuesday, 9th March 2010

VIDEO: Tornado rolls through Oklahoma; no injuries reported
Y! - 2010-03-09 17:40:09

HAMMON, OK -- A tornado took out four homes and a county barn in the small town of Hammon Monday evening. Though the storm knocked down several power lines and completely flattened one of the homes, emergency crews reported no injuries. Several people in town told NewsChannel 4 that they had plenty of time to see the storm coming and heed the siren... [continue]

Vintage computing festival planned for Bletchley Park
Y! - 2010-03-09 12:15:11

Sophie Wilson, one of the leading innovators of British microchip and computing technology will be a special guest at Britain’s first Vintage Computer Festival.

Area gets season's first severe thunderstorm
Y! - 2010-03-09 10:10:04

North Texas residents had little time to begin thawing from a brutal winter before the first taste of spring storms came along.The National Weather Service in Norman, Okla., issued its first severe thunderstorm warning of the season about 12:30 p.m. Monday.A fast-moving line of storms swept through in early afternoon, bringing rain, some hail and w... [continue]

Eyes on stormy skies
Y! - 2010-03-09 09:10:03

The sky comes free. Last week, a full moon filled the winter sky. On a clear, moonless night, at least a thousand stars can be seen. In spring, during the heightened storm season, identifying clouds in that same sky can save lives.

Skywarn training class to be held March 17
Y! - 2010-03-09 07:00:10

At last year's Skywarn training, National Weather Service meteorologist Gary Garnet declared that he does not want weather spotters to report "severe lightning." "If you call and report severe lightning, I will hunt you down," he quipped.

HAM RADIO PODCASTS

DX CLUSTER SPOTS

SpotterFreq.DXGMTPref.
KF7E 24892.0 ZK3YA 1943ZK3
W2AY28891.9.0 ZK3YA 1943ZK3
OM5MF14072.7.0 CU7AJ 1943CU
DJ5JD 432200.1.0 QZ7SKV 1942Q
PD0EMR 14102.0 RA3TAC 1942RA3
IZ3KIF 14214.0 9Q0AR/6 19429Q
YU1YV 3799.9.0 JR1TRK 1942JR
SM3XZF 432220.0 SM3XZF 1942SM
YT1T 14013.0 J88DR 1942J8
CU3YLA 14216.0 EA5/GM0OPK 1941EA
DK2CH 1838.5.0 DK2CH 1941DK
DL6NAA 432237.0 OZ9PZ 1941OZ
OZ1LCG 3775.0 OY3AA 1940OY
KB7TBT 18117.0 K6SMF 1940K6
UR5WJW 14000.0 UR5WJW 1939UR
NW0W18141.4.0 NP2/N2TK 1939NP2
SP2JNK 14192.0 VP8LP 1939VP8
YL2GD 432055.0 LY2XXX 1938LY
UA3FX 14180.0 ZS10WCS 1938ZS1
OZ7SKV 432200.0 OZ7SKV 1938OZ

TOP HF SPOTS

HF spots from EU
HG0WFF10
6W2SC9
5N7M6
7P8AO6
9Q0AR/66
ZS10WCS5
KP4JFR5
VP8LP4
FG/F6BFH4
VX3NOO4
KL1V4
JT1BV4
C6ANM3
J7N3
IZ0PMV3
HF spots from NA
ZK3YA5
TL0A3
TA1C/22
UU2JQ2
LU3EAS2
SV5/DJ7RJ2
ZL4PW2
NP2/N2TK1
WB4NZS1
ZP6CW1
J7N1
K6SMF1
K4AVX1
CX2DDP1
WA0FAA1
HF spots from AS
WB2MIC2
6W2SC1
XU7ACY1
RV3ZX1
SU1SK1
PA65VERON1
OD5/DL6SN1

DX ANNOUNCES

PROPAGATION

Solar Flux: 76, A-index: 4
No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours.
Report issued 2010 Mar 09 1506 UTC

DateSun SpotsFluxGoes
Mar 09, 2010076 A1.6
Mar 08, 2010076 A1.7
Mar 07, 2010077 A5.2
Mar 06, 20103578 A4.5
Mar 05, 20104080 A6.6
Mar 04, 20103981 A3.4
Mar 03, 20103980 A2.2
Mar 02, 20103679 A2.2
Mar 01, 20101378 A2.3
Feb 28, 20102678 A3.2
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