AMATEUR RADIO NEWS
HF OTH Radar transmissions too numerous to count
The IARU Region 1 Monitoring System newsletter reports in March the ubiquitous Over The Horizon Radars made up about 60% of all interference observations, 'one cannot even count them anymore'
Tuesday, 13th April 2021
Updated Radio Frequency Exposure Rules become effective on May 3
The Amateur Service is no longer categorically excluded from certain aspects of the rules, as amended, and licensees can no longer avoid performing an exposure assessment simply because they are transmitting below a given power level
Madison DX Club presentation on Lightning Protection
Bob, W9EWZ, President of Madison DX Club,says: Please join us and our special guest speaker for the Madison DX Club program for Tuesday, April 13th. All are welcome
Sable Island CY0C DXpedition
Murray, WA4DAN, sent out the following on April 10th: The Sable Island CY0C DXpedition team was informed this week by the Parks Canada-Sable Island manager that our scheduled October 2021 Sable DXpedition would have to be postponed due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic
Belgian special prefix
The Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT) has announced that all Belgian radio amateurs and Belgian radio clubs may replace the normal prefix 'ON' in their call-sign by the special prefix OS during the period between April 18, 2021, to December 12, 2021
MicroHAMS Digital Conference 2021
The MicroHAMS Digital conference 2021 taking place Saturday, April 24, will be streamed to the web
National Shortwave Listeners Club
The inaugural weekly meeting of the newly formed National Shortwave Listeners Club was held on the Zoom platform last Sunday evening and attracted 60 attendees
DXCC Country/Entity Report
According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 4th April, through Sunday, 11th April there were 212 countries active
Monday, 12th April 2021
Updated Radio Frequency Exposure Rules Become Effective on May 3
The FCC has announced that rule changes detailed in a lengthy 2019 Report and Order governing RF exposure standards go into effect on May 3, 2021. The new rules do not change existing RF exposure (RFE) limits but do require that stations in all services, including amateur radio, be evaluated against existing limits, unless they are exempted. For st... [continue]
Latest Tonight @ 8 to air this evening
The Tonight @ 8 spring programme continued on the evening of 12 April 2021 with Alan Wolke, W2AEW giving an introduction to what VNA is, the fundamentals of VNA operation and terminology, and what it’s good for. He goes into the NanoVNA specifically—a bit about the design, calibration, operation and typical use cases—and then discusses [̷... [continue]
Using WSPR data to detect MH370
Richard Godfrey suggests data from the amateur radio WSPR transmissions might provide clues to the location of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370
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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NEWSPAPERS
Tuesday, 13th April 2021
DXCC Country/Entity Report - Southgate Amateur Radio Club
DXCC Country/Entity Report Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Updated Radio Frequency Exposure Rules Become Effective on May 3 - ARRL
Updated Radio Frequency Exposure Rules Become Effective on May 3 ARRL
Madison DX Club presentation on Lightning Protection | Amateur Radio News - Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Madison DX Club presentation on Lightning Protection | Amateur Radio News Southgate Amateur Radio Club
HF OTH Radar transmissions too numerous to count | Amateur Radio News - Southgate Amateur Radio Club
HF OTH Radar transmissions too numerous to count | Amateur Radio News Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Belgian special prefix - Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Belgian special prefix Southgate Amateur Radio Club
HAM RADIO PODCASTS
DX CLUSTER SPOTS
Spotter | Freq. | DX | GMT | Pref. | |
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PY2ADX | 28430.0 | PV7AA | 0020 | PV | |
PU1KDX | 28074.0 | J642DS | 0018 | J6 | |
DN4OGS | 7016.0 | DJ7PRM/P | 0705 | DJ | |
HB3XUT | 14175.2 | WP4X | 0020 | WP4 | |
IZØIVZ | 7190.5 | IIØIGU | 0016 | I | |
UR5EH | 21023.7 | PQ213CFN | 0011 | PQ2 | |
SQ9ITA | 3714.0 | SQ9ITA/P | 0014 | SQ | |
F1COK | 7096.0 | TM2DB | 0010 | TM | |
SQ9ITA | 3718.1 | SQ9ITA/P | 0013 | SQ | |
HA6VH | 3513.0 | DB0YOTA | 2359 | DB | |
EA3EA | 7165.0 | 9A0YOTA | 2359 | 9A | |
SP9CJM | 3717.0 | OK2BIQ | 2359 | OK | |
WM6G | 18102.0 | JA5BDZ | 2359 | JA | |
SV2SPV | 7125.0 | SV2SPV | 2359 | SV | |
ON3FA | 3748.0 | G0IMV | 2358 | G | |
VK3AFW | 3532.0 | VK3AFW/P | 2358 | VK3 | |
HA6VH | 3605.0 | HG0YOTA | 2357 | HG | |
WM6G | 18100.7 | JR5MJS | 2357 | JR | |
VE3XIN | 3709.5 | SP2DTO | 2357 | SP | |
SP2CHY | 7076.3 | DP0POL/MM | 2357 | DP0 |
TOP HF SPOTS
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DX ANNOUNCES
27.02.2021-27.03.2021 PJ7AA
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
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 |