The Southgate Amateur Radio Club - the amateur radio site for all radio hams
Club news, plus a selection of Ham radio articles, news,
circuits and designs - and a dash of humour too!
www.southgatearc.org

Callsign Search
 
 
The Club


Operating

 

Other Areas

 

 
News for Friday 20 November
Tony's 10-metre band report
Another poor week, but it did pick up at the weekend. Not that It made much difference to us UK amateurs, though G0SXC did manage a high spot on Sunday, That’s what a 9 element (yes 9!) mono bander can do for you
Version 2.0 of WSPR released
Joe Taylor K1JT has released a new version of his Weak Signal Propagation Reporter software WSPR
NCVEC to release new Technician question pool to public in January 2010
The Question Pool Committee (QPC) of the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) is due to release the new Technician class (Element 2) question pool to the 14 VECs on December 1, 2009; it will be released to the public in January 2010
Solar Cycle 24 continues to ramp up
The Cycle 24 sunspot group that I mentioned on November 18, 2009  has been numbered 11033 by the NOAA/SWPC. It is located near N17E20 and contains a beta magnetic signature capable of producing very small B class solar flares
G8KW Silent Key
Rowley Shears G8KW who established KW Electronics, passed away on Tuesday November 17 at the age of 90
Dave Raycroft's ICPO Bulletin
ICPO - Islands, Castles & Portable Operations
Probably the most comprehesive ham radio activity listings available anywhere on the internet
DX News from the ARRL
The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activity
Manassas VA to pull the plug on BPL
Manassas City Council is saying goodbye to BPL. BPL was Manassas' attempt to bring the Internet into the homes of every resident by providing a low-cost broadband service


Your daily Amateur Radio & Communications magazine..


News for Thursday19 November
ABU digital radio delegation visit Sydney and..
VK1WIA in DAB+

Creating interest in Australia last week on the DAB+ platform in Brisbane was the highly successful transmission of the WIA national news and QNEWS
HB9MOON
Watch these two high-quality videos showing the setup of the HB9MOON EME (Earth-Moon-Earth) station in Switzerland, and a subsequent EME QSO with a station in Luxembourg
Disaster Communications on Facebook
Members of TCSWAT - The Turkish Special Wireless Activity Team - have set up a new platform for the 'Disaster Communications' on Facebook
10 GHz Rainscatter video
A YouTube video shows Radio Amateurs making use of rainscatter propagation in the 10 GHz band
  Upcoming ARISS contact with Bennett Venture Academy, Toledo, Ohio
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Bennett Venture Academy, Toledo, Ohio on Friday, 20th of November
Leonids meteor shower pings on YouTube
A video of pings recorded during the Leonids Meteor Shower is now available on YouTube
Yaesu Heritage Year 2010 - GS2MP
During 2010, Jim GM0NAI and Chris GM3WOJ/ZL1CT will be putting a collection of vintage Yaesu rigs on the air from Inverness in Scotland
New 'FinFETs' Promising For Smaller Transistors
ScienceDaily reports that transistors could get smaller thanks to the use of a fin-like structure
Listen to this week's ARISS contacts
For those unable to hear the ISS signals directly, you can catch this week's ARISS school contact via EchoLink
RSPG report on Cognitive Technologies
The EU Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG) is calling for public input on its draft report on Cognitive Technologies
     
     
News for Wednesday18 November
  Crew checks out shuttle and prepares for docking
On Tuesday, Atlantis' astronauts inspected the space shuttle’s thermal protection system, checked out spacesuits and prepared to dock with the International Space Station
Left: Commander Charles Hobaugh on the flight deck of space shuttle Atlantis
Geolocation Solutions for Cognitive Radios
The UK regulator Ofcom has published a discussion document to explore the potential of 'geolocation' as a solution to allow licence-exempt cognitive access to interleaved spectrum
Photos from Lisboa Amateur Radio Fair 2009
The Associação de Radioamadores da Vila de Moscavide (A.R.V.M) held their XII Amateur Radio Fair last Sunday in Lisbon, Portugal, and have now published photos of the event
SARL HF Field Day this weekend
The second leg of the SARL HF Field Day will be run this weekend, 21 and 22 November 2009, with phone and CW activity on 10 to 160 metres
Become a Martian
NASA and Microsoft have collaborated to create a Web site where Internet users can have fun while advancing their knowledge of Mars
VHF/UHF Bandplan information
Additional information is now available on the RSGB Spectrum Forum site explaining the VHF/UHF bandplans
Radio amateur is Senior Australian of the Year finalist
A radio amateur and Australian ARISS Coordinator was selected as a finalist in the 'senior' category of the recent 'Australian of the Year' awards
Abokwa Island activation
An team of Italian ham radio operators is now active from Busua Beach in Ghana until November 27th. Look for the group to activate Abokwa Island (AF-084) with one station on 20 meters only during their stay
     
     
News for Tuesday 17 November
  Atlantis on its way to the International Space Station 
Space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 19:28 UTC Monday, beginning STS-129, the 31st shuttle flight to the International Space Station
Space shuttle Atlantis launches on the STS-129 mission to the International Space Station.
Credit: NASA / Jim Grossmann
GX2OA, Lancashire Day special event station
November 27th is Lancashire Day and at 21:00, Lancastrians around the world get together to celebrate and toast their Duke, HM The Queen.  The Southport & District Amateur Radio Club would like to invite all Lancastrian Amateur Radio operators to join with them in celebrating this annual event
Ofcom - World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 issues
The UK regulator Ofcom has published a consultation on the issues to be covered during the World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (WRC-12).  A new amateur radio allocation is one of the issues likely to be raised
Italian students talk to Frank De Winne ON1DWN and meet astronaut Paolo Nespoli IZ0JPA
On Friday, 13 November 2009 at 15:50 UTC, Sacro Cuore School, Naples, Italy, established a direct contact with ESA astronaut Frank De Winne ON1DWN on board the International Space Station. The Amateur Radio school station operated the contact with callsign IZ8NHN
BBC News - Dark Sky Park
A BBC News report featured Radio Amateur Robin Bellerby GM3ZYE explaining astronomy to young people
Tonga operation
Paul, A35A, reports that Dave Lee, W6ZL/A35KL, arrived in Nuku'alofa on the Island of Tongatapu (OC-049) on the morning of November 11th. He will be in Tonga for about 6 weeks, but he probably won't be on the air until he gets to Ha'apai (OC-169)
IOTA news from the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Fredy, DE0MST of the Deutscher Amateur Radio Club
DQ11APOLLO
DQ11APOLLO is operated by a German amateur radio club in Luedinghausen (N28) with the special DOK Apollo11. The call will be activated during several occasions in 2009 and 2010
DXCC News
Bill Moore, NC1L, ARRL Awards Branch Manager, wishes to remind you that the free update for 7O1YGF Yemen cards will expire on December 31, 2009
     
     
News for Monday 16 November
  Atlantis and crew prepare for flight  
Earlier this morning, the Mission Management Team met and gave the "go" for loading space shuttle Atlantis' external tank with 500,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen
Left: Shuttle Atlantis sitting at launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida
More Ham Radio antennas for the space station
The space shuttle Atlantis (STS-129), scheduled to launch today, November 16, will carry additional Amateur Radio antennas for the International Space Station (ISS)
Discovery of Puerto Rico Special Event
The Western Amateur Radio Club will have a Special Event commemorating the 516th anniversary of the Discovery of Puerto Rico
SolderSmoke Podcast 118
Edition 118 of the SolderSmoke Amateur Radio podcast is now available
Disturbances to Propagation Webinar
The Potomac Valley Radio Club are holding a Webinar on the subject of Disturbances to Propagation by Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA
Norwegian 60 metre band plan
Norwegian Radio Amateurs recently gained access to 150 kHz of 60 metres and have produced a bandplan for this new allocation
SatPC32 V.12.8a upgrade available for download
Erich, DK1TB has uploaded an upgrade of SatPC32 (V. 12.8a) on his website
Dxpedition and IOTA talk by Declan Craig EI6FR
The Mayo Club has organised Declan Craig EI6FR to give a talk the evening before the Mayo Radio Rally, Saturday 21st November
IOTA news from OPDX
Weekly IOTA News - compiled by Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
RSGB General Manager to visit GEARS and West Tyrone
Peter Kirby, G0TWW, General Manager of the RSGB will be visiting Northern Ireland this week
Donation to the Society
The Irish Radio Transmitters Society reports that it has recently received a very generous donation from one of their members John EI6IJ
History This Week
A look back at events that made history this week - compiled by the Summerland Amateur Radio Club of Lismore, NSW
     
     
News for Sunday 15 November
Happy Birthday OSCAR 7
OSCAR 7 was launched 35 years ago today, and is still going strong to this day
Report on voice-powered contact attempt
Rex W1REX has posted a full report with pictures on the attempts to make a voice powered transatlantic contact
ARISS contact planned with IKANDA Congress
An Expedition 20 ARISS school contact is planned for ISS Commander Frank De Winne, ON1DWN, with participants at Flanders District of Creativity IKANDA Congress
Propagation Report from Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP
Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, reports that the solar activity is still at low levels. Fortunately, three sunspots made their appearance during last week although they eventually rotated out of view..
EA8CAC and EA8DP to represent Africa at WRTC
Two Radio Amateurs from the Canary Islands will represent Africa at the 2010 World Radiosport Team Championships or WRTC, which is the major Amateur Radio contest event of the year 2010
Leonid meteor shower
This year's Leonid meteor shower peaks this Tuesday, so get your VHF equipment ready for some DX meteor scatter contacts
Ham Radio University 2010
The eleventh annual Ham Radio University held in conjunction with the ARRL New York City/Long Island ARRL Section Convention, takes place on Sunday, January 10, 2010
Trinidad and Tobago 5 MHz operation ?
Trinidad and Tobago may now be permitting Amateur Radio operation in a 200 kHz segment of the 60 metre band
Castle Gesmold operation
Wolfgang, DK2ZJ, will be active today, November 15th, from Castle Gesmold
AO-51 38k4 bps operations 16-19 November
Okay 38k4 packet operators, get ready to start your engines!   AO-51 is scheduled for a four-day period of high speed packet operations at 38k4 bps
     
     
News for Saturday 14 November
Global Simulated Emergency Test (GlobalSET)
More than 200 stations representing IARU member societies and Emergency Communications Groups in 45 countries around the world are set to take part in the latest Global Simulated Emergency Test, which takes place today
Propagation de K7RA
Sunspot region 1029 disappeared after October 30, but not because it faded away. It was transiting over our Sun's western horizon on its trip around the back side. Six days after it was gone a new region 1030 appeared for several days..
Electronic voting available for the RSGB 2009 elections
A new electronic voting system is now up and running for voting in the RSGB 2009 elections
GB1HF special event station
Look for special event station GB1HF - operated by members of the N.I. DXers Group - to be on-the-air in December
US call signs not issued by the FCC
If you're an American radio ham, chances are that your call sign was issued by the Federal Communications Commission. A 'no brainer,' right?
New NI website for Castles and Stately Homes On The Air
Castles and Stately Homes On The Air have launched a new website for Northern Ireland
Bharathi Prasad to visit Brisbane area clubs
Here is a real opportunity to meet with an Amateur Radio dignatory
     
     

Add our News items to your Amateur Radio website - automatically!
Now it's easy to have constantly changing amateur radio news stories on your website by simply adding a couple of lines of JavaScript to your Homepage. Click here to learn more


Submit Your News Story
We'd love to receive any amateur radio related news stories you have -
wherever you are in the world. Click here for more
 
The Southgate Amateur Radio Club is not responsible for the content
of external internet sites
 
Get our News
Headlines for
your website
Now you can have constantly changing amateur radio news stories for your website.

Click here
 

  22 November Plymouth Radio Club Rally
  22 November Mayo Radio Rally
  29 November Bishop Auckland Radio Amateurs' Club Rally
   
For more information on any of the events shown, please click here

 
Listen Live
 
Amateur Radio News
Broadcast News
 

Games For Your Enjoyment
Who Wants to be a Millionaire
(no coughing in the audience)
Blackjack
Wheel of Fortune
Bootlegger
The Memory Game
Fruit Machine
Tetris
Hangman
Picture Scramble
Lottery Number Generator


Solar X-Rays

Geomagnetic Field
 
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Editor
Telephone:
+44 (0)7867 806768