Monitoring System
DK2OM – Wolf Hadel
Co-ordinator of IARUMS Region 1
Editor of the Newsletter
HB9CET – Peter Jost
Vice Co-ordinator of IARUMS Region 1
– New kind of OTH radar on 14140 – 14150 kHz
– Chinese wideband OTH radar on 21 MHz
– Iran radar again on 28860 kHz (center QRG)
– Russian OTH radar Contayner on 14127 kHz
-CIS taxis on 28 MHz
– 14000.0 kHz – USB – Far East pirates
-28000 – 28500 – fishery buoys
-18080.0 kHz – Sound of Hope – Taiwan
-SP9BRP – Jan – no longer Polish national IARUMS R1 coordinator
-7 MHz – Codan Selcalls – no change
The IARUMS Region 1 Newsletter May 2019 is now available. Click here!
Antenna
The Legendary G5RV Antenna – ARRL The Doctor is In podcast
“The Legendary G5RV Antenna” is the topic of the new (August 15) episode of the ARRL The Doctor is In podcast. Listen…and learn! Read more
3/3 (6) element 50/70MHz Yagi (1.2m)
An Excellent Dual Band Yagi for 50/70MHz with 1.2m boom Model: DB-664 A dualband balun is recommended for this antenna, details can be found HERE The... Read more
JVP Antennas back to the market!
JVP Antenas was born in 1982 by José Vasallo Paleologo LU1FJ, former LU5FHM with the idea of manufacturing high performance antennas for amateur rad... Read more
VHF
Should a Baofeng be your First Ham Radio – Ham Radio Q&A
“The Baofeng UV5R. Some have called them the savior to ham radio and others say they are nothing but a scourge to the hobby. But one is for sure... Read more
WRC-19: request to support 50MHz
As the run-up to WRC-19 gathers pace, the UK Six Metre Group has also written to Ofcom in support of a positive approach to Agenda Item 1.1 concerning... Read more
Review
NX-3000 Series lightbar and custom voice prompts | Kenwood Comms
The lightbar and custom voice prompts are shown in operation on the NX-3000 series heandheld walkie talkie radio, these features are a big advantage f... Read more
Digital Modes
New Summer EURAO Party to Premier FT4
The motto of the new European Radio Amateurs’ Organization (EURAO https://www.eurao.org/) Summer Party https://www.eurao.org/en/node/1045 is... Read more
World Wide Digi DX Contest
The World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (“WWROF”), in collaboration with the Slovenia Contest Club (“SCC”), is pleased to announce the first annual... Read more
LoTW Now Accepting FT4 Contact
The latest TQSL update (Config.xml version 11.8), released on May 22, includes FT4 as a submode of MFSK. It also adds AISAT-1 and PO-101 in the satell... Read more
