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/////////////////////////////////////////// 2016 W1AW Field Day Bulletin Schedule: Posted: 24 Jun 2016 05:29 AM PDT http://www.eham.net/articles/37046 2016 W1AW Field Day Bulletin Schedule: /////////////////////////////////////////// Propagation Forecast Bulletin #26 de K7RA: Posted: 24 Jun 2016 05:29 AM PDT http://www.eham.net/articles/37045 This weekend is ARRL Field Day. Good conditions are expected, but on Thursday prior to this weekend there were no sunspots visible. But the forecast is for a rising solar flux over the weekend with no geomagnetic upsets expected. /////////////////////////////////////////// India Launches Amateur Radio Satellites: Posted: 24 Jun 2016 05:29 AM PDT http://www.eham.net/articles/37044 The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully launched several satellites carrying Amateur Radio payloads. Satellites put into orbit include Swayam-1, a 1U CubeSat that carries a digital store-and-forward messaging system for use by the Amateur Radio community. /////////////////////////////////////////// Radio Amateurs Make History in B.C. Disaster Drill, Play Key Role: Minister Posted: 23 Jun 2016 06:29 PM PDT http://www.eham.net/articles/37042 COBBLE HILL, B.C. -- When every way of communicating was cut off during an earthquake exercise on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, amateur radio operators were the first to step in with a call for help to the outside world. Telephone lines, cellular and wireless communications were knocked out in the simulated scenario, but volunteer ham radio operators managed to contact a Canadian Forces long-range patrol aircraft flying over the Rockies to broadcast rescue information. "There's the old amateur radio saying that when everything else fails, there's amateur radio," said Steve Bradshaw, president of the Cowichan Valley Amateur Radio Society, who participated in the $1.2 million government exercise earlier this month with about a dozen other radio operators. Naomi Yamamoto, B.C.'s emergency preparedness minister, said the operators made history by communicating directly with the Canadian Forces aircraft on amateur radio frequencies. She said the radio volunteers proved their worth as a vital lifeline during a disaster. "If there is an emergency, the only communication may be these amateur radio guys," said Yamamoto. "All I know is that if they weren't there for that first hour, we would be behind the eight ball. We wouldn't know what happened to Port Alberni or the west coast of Vancouver Island." /////////////////////////////////////////// College's 30-Year-Old Ham Club Fashions Antenna for Satellite: Posted: 23 Jun 2016 06:29 PM PDT http://www.eham.net/articles/37041 Pune: The College of Engineering Pune's Ham Club, among the oldest in the country, can also take pride in Swayam's success. The satellite's antenna was designed by the full-fledged amateur radio club. Now that Swayam is up there and functioning, it will provide point-to-point communication for the Ham radio community. The club was established in 1986 in the college. Over the years, it has seen technology change from vacuum tubes to advanced transmitter-receivers. Students, who are taught to communicate in Morse code, have also communicated with an international space station. "I was in my second year when the club made the antenna for Swayam. First, the parameters were decided and designed, and then, using a software, the design was simulated to check if the result matched the needs. The club then constructed the antenna and decided on which frequency Swayam will communicate with the ground station," current head of the club Priyanka Zambre said. Anybody who can operate a walkie-talkie can receive and hear messages if tuned into the message's frequency level, but certification is required to transmit it to someone. The licence must be obtained from the Amateur Station Operators Certificate (ASOC) examination conducted by the Wireless and Planning and Coordination Wing (WPC) of the ministry of communications and information technology. The radio communication channel is useful during emergencies, students said. "During the Nepal earthquake, none of the cell towers were working. Hence, all communication was through radio. Similarly, during floods and other natural calamities, radio communication is used. Even during terrorist attacks, if cellphone towers are jammed, Ham is used by authorities," Zambre added. /////////////////////////////////////////// FCC Wants Your Help Understanding Radio Noise: Posted: 23 Jun 2016 06:28 PM PDT http://www.eham.net/articles/37040 Interference from radio noise remains a big problem... and it's tricky enough that the FCC wants your help understanding the issue in the first place. The agency has put out a call for public input that should not only determine the scale of radio noise problems, but design the studies needed to measure them. It wants to identify the main sources of this noise, where it's most likely to happen and whether it varies based on time. It's particularly concerned about "incidental" noise from devices that aren't meant to emit radio frequencies, like motors or power lines. /////////////////////////////////////////// Special Webcast of Field Day: Posted: 23 Jun 2016 12:41 PM PDT http://www.eham.net/articles/37038 We have a special field day webcast scheduled on Saturday June 25 from 4 PM Eastern until 9 PM Eastern on W5KUB.COM. The first 2 hours will be live from the youth field day K1D in Florida. This field day will be totally constructed and operated by youths. James Lea WX4TV will supervise that operation. The second part of the show will be live webcast visits from field day locations all across the country. Watch and ask questions as hams call in and give us a tour of their operations. Watch the good, the bad, and the ugly. Hopefully it will be nice weather everywhere but as you know, that wont happen. /////////////////////////////////////////// Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2017, June 24, 2016: Posted: 23 Jun 2016 06:29 PM PDT http://www.eham.net/articles/37037 The following is a QST. New Mexico ARES teams respond to deadly wildfires. There's upheaval inside the ARRL's National Traffic System. Some DXing friends prepare to take a big step. And it looks like the North Korea activation is about to happen! All this and more in Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2017 coming your way right now. |
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