AMATEUR RADIO NEWS
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 System or APRS
Saturday, 16th January 2021
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
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 a year
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
Friday, 15th January 2021
Enter Construction Competitions!
Have you entered the RSGB’s ‘Get on the air to care’ construction competition? The deadline is the 1st of February. Your project can be hardware, software or a system and may be based on a kit. If you made something during the autumn lockdowns, over the holiday season, or are in the middle of something […]
New AllStar Gateway in North Lancashire
Recently, the MB7IMB repeater came on the air in North Lancashire. It is a simplex AllStar gateway on 145.2375MHz narrow FM, with a CTCSS access tone of 110.9Hz. The North West AllStar Group has been formed, linking AllStar nodes and repeaters throughout north-west England. The group is encouraging use of the repeater. All that’s needed […]
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: What happened? Solar Cycle 25 seemed well under way, but no new sunspots have emerged since December 23. The last time any sunspot was visible was January 2. On January 14, Spaceweather.com posted, “Welcome back, solar minimum.”Average daily solar flux declined from 78.6 to 73.8. Geomagnetic A index remained qu... [continue]
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
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 where you live
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
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
YOUTUBE VIDEOS
Tuesday, 20th February 2018
THIS IS HAM RADIO!!!
This video took me over 20 hours of editing. In this video, I highlight some parts of the hobby, for those who think ham radio is dead, or they don't know what we can do in ham radio. Maybe...
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Saturday, 16th January 2021
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Calendar - Brownwood Bulletin
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New York Rangers GameDay: Revenge against the Islanders on tap for game two of short season - Forever Blueshirts
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Foundations of Amateur Radio | Amateur Radio News - Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Foundations of Amateur Radio | Amateur Radio News Southgate Amateur Radio Club
DX News from the ARRL | Amateur Radio News - Southgate Amateur Radio Club
DX News from the ARRL | Amateur Radio News Southgate Amateur Radio Club
HAM RADIO PODCASTS
DX CLUSTER SPOTS
Spotter | Freq. | DX | GMT | Pref. | |
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SP9CJM | 3717.0 | OK2BIQ | 2359 | OK | |
SV2SPV | 7125.0 | SV2SPV | 2359 | SV | |
HA6VH | 3513.0 | DB0YOTA | 2359 | DB | |
WM6G | 18102.0 | JA5BDZ | 2359 | JA | |
EA3EA | 7165.0 | 9A0YOTA | 2359 | 9A | |
ON3FA | 3748.0 | G0IMV | 2358 | G | |
VK3AFW | 3532.0 | VK3AFW/P | 2358 | VK3 | |
SP2CHY | 7076.3 | DP0POL/MM | 2357 | DP0 | |
HA6VH | 3605.0 | HG0YOTA | 2357 | HG | |
VE3XIN | 3709.5 | SP2DTO | 2357 | SP | |
WM6G | 18100.7 | JR5MJS | 2357 | JR | |
HA6VH | 3522.0 | SN0DUCH | 2356 | SN | |
VK3BCM | 7115.0 | VK3BCM | 2356 | VK3 | |
HA2MN | 3522.0 | SN0DUCH | 2355 | SN | |
HA6VH | 3511.0 | DR165TESLA | 2355 | DR | |
VK6NU | 21245.0 | VK6NU/P | 2355 | VK6 | |
ZL3NB | 14063.4 | ZL3AB | 2355 | ZL3 | |
N6ED | 18100.0 | JD1BMH | 2354 | JD1 | |
SP3DOF | 7074.0 | YV5DRN | 2353 | YV | |
EA3ACA | 7074.0 | NP3XF | 2353 | NP3 |
TOP HF SPOTS
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DX ANNOUNCES
14.01.2021-29.01.2021 8Q7CQ
14.01.2021-29.01.2021 8Q7CQ
09.01.2021-26.01.2021 CP1XRM
26.12.2020-30.12.2020 7C8M
25.12.2020-26.12.2020 JA4GXS/4
10.12.2020-20.12.2020 5T7OO
14.12.2020-09.01.2021 JD1BMH
18.12.2020-20.12.2020 JA4GXS/6
18.12.2020-20.12.2020 6V1A
05.12.2020-08.12.2020 LU7EHR/E
06.12.2020-12.12.2020 ET3AA
04.12.2020-10.12.2020 7Q7W
01.12.2020-10.12.2020 7C9B
01.12.2020-23.12.2020 KT3Q/2
02.12.2020-06.12.2020 EA5BJ/P,EA5EL/P,EA5RM/P,EA5BCQ/P
PROPAGATION
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.
Report issued on 2019 Dec 10 1205 UTC
Date | Sun Spots | Flux | Goes | |
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Dec 10, 2019 | 0 | 71 | A7.9 | |
Dec 09, 2019 | 0 | 72 | A7.8 | |
Dec 08, 2019 | 0 | 72 | A7.8 | |
Dec 07, 2019 | 0 | 70 | A7.8 | |
Dec 06, 2019 | 0 | 71 | A7.8 | |
Dec 05, 2019 | 0 | 71 | A7.8 | |
Dec 04, 2019 | 0 | 71 | A7.8 | |
Dec 03, 2019 | 0 | 71 | A7.8 | |
Dec 02, 2019 | 0 | 70 | A7.8 | |
Dec 01, 2019 | 0 | 71 | A7.9 |