At the G-QRP Convention on September 5 the Chair of the RSGB EMC Committee, John M0JAV, gave a talk about Ofcom's new EMF Assessment regulations

The G-QRP Club has shared a video of the talk to enable everyone to learn more before the EMF compliance deadline.

Watch John, M0JAV, Explains the new EMF Assessments

The El Dorado County Amateur Radio Club (EDCARC) has been providing radio communication support for small and large-animal rescue efforts during the Caldor Fire. Members of the South County Large Animal Rescue (SCLAR) group, El Dorado County Animal Services, and other volunteers have been addressing the need. Many of the EDCARC volunteers are also members of the Club’s Neighborhood Radio Watch program.

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Dom, 3Z9DX (aka-3D2USU), member of the Rebel DX Group, announced that he has finally received the Navy's permission to leave the main island of Viti Levu, and will be planning a one man DXpedition (due to the Covid and travel restrictions) to Conway Reef for about 10 days.

He will set sail around September 15-17th. It is about 2 days sail from Fiji and 1 day to set the camp. So activity could start around September 17th signing as 3D2CR. He states on QRZ.com, "Fiji is still under 'No Tourism - no visitors' rules."

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Members of the Helvetia Telegraphy Club (HTC) will activate the callsign HB9HC/AM in the air from a hot air balloon.

Hans-Peter, HB9BXE, informs OPDX that the HB9HC/AM team's planned date is Tuesday, September 14th. Alternative dates are: Wed. 15th, Thu. 16th and Sat. 18th.

The balloon flight will be 2 hours long (within 0530-0900 UTC). The hot air balloon ride is very dependent on the weather. The probability that a trip will take place on the scheduled date is around 50 percent and the decision about it will be made at short notice! The Web team will try to keep the information up-to-date (on QRZ.com) in a timely ... Читать дальше »

Steve EI5DD has revised the content of the Digital Radio Operating Manual to include Northern Ireland Digital Repeater Systems and Digital Gateways.

The content includes a Basic Tutorial covering the programming of DMR Radios, DMR, C4FM, and D-Star Operation. Repeater Roaming and GPS operation via DMR is included along with the set-up for Hytera and Motorola Radios.

Talk Group lists for the whole of Ireland and the UK are covered with the preferred use of Time Slots. There are maps of Repeater Coverage Networks and extensive Talk Group Lists for the Brandmeister ... Читать дальше »

The following was posted on the 3Y0J FaceBook page by Erwann, LB1QI, on September 11th:
The German DX Foundation (GDXF - https://www.gdxf.de/) confirms donation of 10,000 Euros (about 11,815 USDs) to 3Y0J!

This is a great donation and we are very honored with the trust they have shown in our Bouvet DXpedition project. Let's make it together!

73s, The 3Y0J Team

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According to the Amateur Radio Cluster Network for the week of Sunday, 5th September, through Sunday, 12th September there were 215 countries active.

Countries available:

3A, 3B8, 3D2, 3DA, 3V, 3W, 4J, 4L, 4O, 4S, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5R, 5T, 5V, 5W, 5X, 5Z, 6W, 6Y, 7Q, 7X, 8P, 8Q, 8R, 9A, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9K, 9M2, 9M6, 9N, 9V, 9X, 9Y,

A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BV, BY, C3, C6, CE, CE0Z, CE9, CM, CN, CP, CT, CT3, CU, CX, D2, D6, DL, DU, E5/s, E6, E7, EA, EA6, EA8, EA9, EI, EK, EL, EP, ER, ES, ET, EU, EX, EY, F, FG, FK, FM, FO, FR, FS, FY, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW, H40, HA, HB, HB0 ... Читать дальше »

September 13, 2021

Island activities:

IOTA NEWS. The following are IOTA operations that were active this past week between September 6-11th (as per the DXCluster):

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