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Via Southgate: The SARL premier contest in August

The aim of the SARL HF Contests is for participants to contact as many amateurs in Southern Africa as possible...

Via Southgate: DARPA satellites to monitor Ionosphere

IARU Region 1 reports the DARPA Ouija program plans to use satellites to monitor the ionosphere The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency...

Via Southgate: Ham radio and the birth of radio astronomy

Reber had successfully talked to radio amateurs in all the continents of the world and was looking for a new...

Via Southgate: Radio hams to operate from hot air balloon

A translation of the UBA post reads: On Wednesday, August 10, 2022, radio club Zottegem ON6ZT / UBA section ZTM...

Microsoft tires of waiting on FCC, creates its own broadband mapping tool

Microsoft has long been a critic of the FCC’s broadband maps, and today the cloud giant released its own new interactive...

Via Southgate: Control EMI, don’t dump AM receivers

A Radio World article by Pooja Nair calls on makers of electric vehicles to devote sufficient resources to mitigating Electromagnetic Interference She...

Via Southgate: Interference causes EV makers to drop AM radio

Radio World reports the Electromagnetic Interference generated by Electric Vehicles is causing some EV automakers to drop AM (medium wave)...

Via Southgate: Grant: Build and install a robust WinLink Network across Alabama – Fixed stations

The Health Care Amateur Radio Club (HCARC) is a multi-disciplinary membership group of amateur operators that work and or volunteer...

Via Southgate: Ireland in IARU HF Championship

The Irish Radio Transmitters Society report that, apart from a temporary issue with log submission on the ARRL web-site at...

Via Southgate: Scandinavian activity contests 2022 cancelled

The SAC Contest Committee has unanimously decided to cancel this year's two sections of the Contest. Our decision has been...

Via Southgate: Amateur Radio and Consumer satellites

Andy G0SFJ has published his presentation about 'Amateur and Consumer satellites', which he made recently to a workshop on Space Policy....

Via Southgate: The Space Weather Woman

Solar Storm Forecast - A Snake-like Filament and a 1,2- Punch at Earth https://youtu.be/8wy9TmC9LqY Read more - Southgate Amateur Radio...

Via Southgate: Spanish special event

Look for the following eleven special event callsigns to commemorate the 2022 Jubilee of The Way of Saint James (https://www.caminodesantiago.gal/)...

Via Southgate: EME DXpedition to Angola

Bernie, ZS4TX, announced on QRZ.com that he is planning a 2m EME DXpedition to Angola between August 12-16th Read more...

Via Southgate: Iceland provides practical training for new radio hams

The national amateur radio society of Iceland, the IRA, held an 'open day' on Saturday, July 16, to help those...

FCC moves forward on 3.45-3.55 GHz, asks for input on CBRS-like approaches

The FCC voted on Wednesday to move forward on opening up mid-band spectrum in the upper 3.1-3.55 GHz band for...

RadioShack, Now a Crypto Swap, Trends Over Profane Tweets

RadioShack, a bankrupt electronics retailer recast as a cryptocurrency platform, is getting unexpected attention online after its Twitter account took an abruptly...

Via Southgate: TF1A will be operating portable on QO-100

The IRA report Ari Johannesson TF1A plans to operate portable using the QO-100 geostationary satellite amateur radio transponder from various locations in...

Via Southgate: Cinema film has CW message

Laurence gm4dma writes to tell us: The recently released praised biographical film 'Explorer' of Sir Ran Fiennes life has a...

Via Southgate: Grant: Scholarships for Hampton University students

Amateur Radio Digital Communications say: Hampton University is a comprehensive institution of higher education, dedicated to the promotion of learning,...