Dayton Hamvention Saturday Roundup

Hamvention Saturday got off to a rousing start. By late morning the aisles in the indoor exhibitor areas were crowded to the point where movement was difficult at best.

Sunday, 19th May 2013

Israeli Amateurs on 5 MHz:

The Israeli radio regulator has decided to grant 5 MHz temporary permissions on an individual application basis. Eight channels are available to General and Extra Class license holders.

Heard Island DXpedition rescheduled

The planned DXpedition to Heard Island has been rescheduled for January, 2015. The primary reason for this decision was the cost of using the preferred vessel, the Marion Dufresne to put the team on Heard Island for the required time

5 MHz operation already showing interesting propagation paths

A large number of South African Radio League members have already registered to operate on the 5MHz band

WIA 'High Power Trial' submission

The Wireless Institute of Australia has lodged a submission to the ACMA, Australia's regulator, concerning the High Power Trial

DX'ing from the Black Hole 2

A six session presentation sponsored by NIDXA and DX-u, in conjunction with the 61st W9DXCC DX Convention

Honduran IOTA DXpedition

Dan, HM2DMR, plans to activate the following Honduran IOTA Islands between late May to July (dates depend on Navy permission)

South Sudan

As part of the April 2, 2013, visit to South Sudan by a delegation headed by the Foreign Minister of Finland, several supporting elements were discussed. Just three weeks later, there was a high-level presentation, with relevant endorsements, made to the South Sudan government

AMSAT Fox-1 launch date announced

NASA announced on May 13, 2013 that AMSAT’s Fox-1 spacecraft has been assigned for launch in 2014 on the ELaNa XII mission. The expected orbit is 470 x 780 km at 64 degrees inclination. This orbit has a lifetime of about 11 years

Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP

Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is expected to be at moderate levels. The sun is peppered with several large sunspots but only AR1748 has a delta class magnetic field that harbours enough energy for X-class flares

PJ4 in CQWW WPX CW Contest

Members of the PJ4G club station will be active from the 'Radio House' on Bonaire (SA-006, WLOTA LH-1279) during the CQWW WPX CW Contest (May 25-26th)