Indonesia’s IARU member-society ORARI reports that the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has allocated bands of 135.7 — kHz (2200 meters), 472 — 479 kHz (630 meters), and 5.315.5 — 5.366.5 MHz (60 meters), effective on December 31, 2018. The 60-meter band is at a maximum of 15 W EIRP for Advanced and General licensees only. […] Read more
The Caboolture Radio Club (VK4QD) in Queensland, Australia, is now operating a beacon on 2200 meters on 137.444 kHz using the call sign VK4RBC. Australia’s telecommunications authority ACMA has granted permission for continuous operation of the beacon, using WSPR2 (6H00F1D), plus a CW identifier. The power is 1 W EIRP into a 500-meter (1,640-foot) wire at a […] Read more
The Knacksat 1U CubeSat launched on December 3 by a SpaceX vehicle may be in safe mode. The Knacksat project team at King Mongkut’s University of Technology-North Bangkok, Thailand, has speculated that launch delays may have led to battery depletion, preventing normal antenna deployment. Safe mode will let the spacecraft recharge its battery and receive commands from […] Read more
Today, January 18th, New Technical Requirements has been published from Bulgarian Ministry of Communication. Thanks to the great commitment of BFRA now Bulgarian Amateurs have obtained some important changes : – Removed the age limit for the acquisition of Class 2 license (VHF and UHF with a power of not more than 5 watts, and HF […] Read more
Es’hail 2 was launched last November and it is the first geostationary satellite to contain an amateur radio transponder. The satellite is positioned at 25.5°E which is over Africa. It’s reception footprint covers Africa, Europe, the Middle East, India, eastern Brazil and the west half of Russia/Asia. Read more
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More than 80,000 contacts went into logs at YOTA suffix stations and others participating in December Youngsters on the Air (YOTA) Month, with most operations in International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 (IARU-R1). The final tally included 46,989 on SSB, another 28,064 on CW, some 3,814 on FT8, and the rest on various other modes. […] Read more
AMSAT has announced its 50th Anniversary Awards Program, to help celebrate 50 years of keeping Amateur Radio in space. Satellite and HF contacts can help participants to earn one of these awards: 50th Anniversary AMSAT OSCAR Satellite Communications Achievement Award 50th Anniversary AMSAT Satellite Friends of 50 Award AMSAT on HF 50th Anniversary Award The […] Read more
Long-pending Amateur Radio antenna litigation that ARRL helped to fund has finally borne fruit. The Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department has ruled in the case of Myles Landstein, N2EHG, that the Town of LaGrange, New York, not only overstepped its state-granted authority by assessing excessive fees, but […] Read more
