ANS-262 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins for Sept. 19

The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating ... [continue]

Saturday, 18th September 2021

GB0EEH at opening of East Essex Hackspace

The East Essex Hackspace in Hawkwell, Hockley, opens today, Saturday, September 18 at 11am, and all are welcome to come along and take a look at the country’s newest active Hackspace

Foundations of Amateur Radio

We need more glue in our hobby ... Since December 2010 I've been licensed as a radio amateur. For some this seems like a long time ago, for others, it's just the beginning. In my time thus far I've attempted to document and describe my journey and in doing so, I've had the unbeatable pleasure of hearing stories from others who were inspired by my e... [continue]

The OO21WCC-Award

From 18 to 26 September 2021, Belgium will be hosting the 100th anniversary of the UCI World Cycling Championships

Local amateur radio clubs

Essex Ham take a look back on the launch of a local club back in 2012 and the prospects for local clubs post-Covid

VK6WIA NewsWest

NewsWest for Sunday 19th September 2021 is the history edition, where we probe around in the past of Amateur Radio in Australia. It’s quite instructive delving into our past - because we see some of the same issues troubling Amateurs that we see today

A CME hit Earth's magnetic field today

Minor G1-class geomagnetic storms are underway on Sept. 17th following the predicted arrival of a CME. The strike was, at first, seemingly weak and inconsequential

Ofcom publishes applications for second round of small-scale DAB licensing

Ofcom has published the applications we have received to operate small-scale radio multiplexes in North West England and North East Wales

Madeira Island

Operators Helmut DF7EE and Elmar PD3EM will once again be active as CT9/DF7EE and CS9/PD3EM, respectively, from Madeira Island (AF-014) between October 25th and November 2nd

The Gambia

Gerard, F5NVF, will be active as C5C from Kololi, The Gambia, between October 24th and November 19th (maybe more if he can stay there longer)

Southgate Vibes #95

Listen to the latest edition of the Southgate Vibes amateur radio podcast. Steve Richards G4HPE is here with the latest edition. There's two new episodes every week