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ingdom has launched a petition on change org to try to pressure the british broadcasting corporation bbc into reversing a decision to shut down its 198 khz radio 4 longwave service at the end of next march just six months before its 90 th anniversary according to newsline the bbc says longwave is a dying technology while its fans call it a historic radio lifeline and note that its transmitter at droitwich efficiently covers most of the uk and northern europe the bbc says it plans to move many of the station s most popular programs to other platforms posted by cq newsroom at 9 14 am email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday august 28 2023 nets ramp up for idalia projected path for tropical cyclone idalia as of 2100 utc august 28 national hurricane center map as the first tropical system expected to make landfall in the eastern united states this year gains strength in the western caribbean and has its sights set on florida georgia and the carolinas several ham radio emergency nets are preparing to activate the hurricane watch net announced plans to activate as of 1200 utc on tuesday august 29 on 14 325 mhz shifting to 7 268 mhz at 2300 utc the net will remain active as long as the storm is a threat to land the national hurricane center currently expects idalia to cross the florida peninsula and impact the atlantic coastlines of georgia and the carolinas before heading out to sea more detail on hwn operations may be found at www hwn org in addition to the hurricane watch net the voipwx net and auxcomm usa will be listening for reports to be relayed to wx4nhc the amateur station at the national hurricane center activity will be centered on the echolink wxtalk conference server 7203 and internet relay protocol 9219 other internet linked nets will be active as well for more information visit www voipwx net and or www auxcommusa org posted by cq newsroom at 2 46 pm email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday august 15 2023 arrl raises dues makes print magazines added cost options the arrl board of directors approved a 20 dues increase and a major shift in member benefits at its july meeting starting next year standard one year dues will increase from 49 to 59 and will continue to include access to the digital editions of all four arrl publications qst on the air qex and the national contest journal ncj however print editions of the magazines including qst will become added cost options at 25 per publication per year bringing the cost of a traditional one year arrl membership with print qst to 84 according to a letter to members from arrl president rick roderick k5ur it is the league s first dues increase in 22 years in addition new life memberships were put on hold while the staff determines how to make the program self sustaining once again this move also eliminates the time honored tradition among arrl members of jumping in to life memberships just before a dues increase a video on accessing the league s digital publications how to view arrl magazines digitally is on the arrl youtube channel at https tinyurl com bd4nvyrr posted by cq newsroom at 2 32 pm email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest arrl files in opposition to commercial hf petition the arrl has filed comments with the fcc in opposition to a petition by the shortwave modernization coalition to permit high powered digital transmissions on a variety of hf bands including some immediately adjacent to popular amateur bands calling the petition seriously flawed the arrl urged the fcc to turn it down based on a technical analysis conducted by the arrl lab over a period of several months to determine the likelihood of interference to amateur communications from high powered digital signals just outside the ham bands this petition seeks to put 50 khz wide 20 000 watt signals immediately next to seven different amateur bands with weaker protections against interference than required in other services said the league in its comments adding that harmful interference is not just likely but certain if the rules proposed by smc are adopted as proposed it is noteworthy that smc s proposed rules would provide less protection than the much lower power amateur radio transmitters are required to provide part 90 receivers several hundred amateurs filed comments in opposition before the comment period closed according to arrl the fcc will now consider all of the comments received and make a decision at some point in the future the wall street journal reported on the proposal and the ham radio opposition in early august the article is available online at https tinyurl com 5csps9zm posted by cq newsroom at 2 30 pm email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest from beanie babies to earth orbit 20 years of cubesats a typical cubesat measures 10 centimeters on each side and weighs 1 kilogram or less cq newsroom archive photo this year marks the 20 th anniversary of the cubesat a small standardized satellite spaceframe that opened up space launches to countries around the world and revolutionized the satellite industry and of course there was a ham at the helm back at the turn of the century professor bob twiggs ke6qmd then of stanford university now at morehead state university in kentucky and professor jordi puig suari of cal poly san luis obispo were looking for a way to provide university students with hands on experience in designing and building satellites the result was the cubesat described by the amsat news service as a tiny satellite with the dimensions of a square tissue box which broke through the previous satellite barriers of extremely high cost and lengthy development times they developed a standardized cube measuring 10 centimeters on each side and weighing only 1 kilogram 2 2 pounds into which student designed experiments could be mounted and then launched into space as hitchhikers on rockets with other primary payloads according to a 2012 article in the journal of small satellites twiggs said the basic design of the cubesat was based on the 4 inch cube packaging for beanie babies which were extremely popular toys at the time the first cubesat was launched in 2003 according to ans the cubesat s design was released as an open standard and opened the doors to space not only for university space science programs but also for many countries that launched their first ever satellites including colombia switzerland hungary vietnam and others many amateur radio satellites launched over the past two decades have also been cubesats posted by cq newsroom at 2 27 pm email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest fair radio sales closing as owner retires an institution in the surplus electronics marketplace is closing its doors lima ohio based fair radio sales www fairradio com announced its upcoming closure on its website in early august owner phil sellati said it was time to retire after more than 50 years in the surplus electronics business fair radio has been open even longer dating back to 1947 sellati did not provide a closing date but said it would be several months and encouraged those interested in surplus gear and accessories to buy an item a pallet or a truckload tnx nl7xm posted by cq newsroom at 2 19 pm email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest hurricane watch net recruiting bilingual net controllers the hurricane watch net hwn is looking for hams who are fluent in both spanish and english and or in french creole and english to train to become net control operators on the severe weather network the arrl reports that is particularly interested in recruiting potential net control stations from the central and western regions of the united states canada central america and the caribbean the hwn activates whenever a named storm in the atlantic or caribbean is within 300 miles of a populated land area or at the request of the national hurricane center the net collects reports of actual conditions in storm affected areas known by meteorologists as ground truth and relays those reports to forecasters at the national hurricane center via the center s ham station wx4nhc it also disseminates the latest storm updates from the nhc net control operators can expect to work shifts of several hours at a time directing the flow of information net manager bobby graves kb5hav says candidates will receive training and work with a mentor during a probationary period for more information visit https tinyurl com wtjssc6x posted by cq newsroom at 2 11 pm email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest three hams to fly to space station as members of spacex crew 8 the four members of spacex crew 8 include three licensed hams nasa photo by bill stafford nasa announced the roster for the spacex crew 8 mission to the international space station in early august and the amsat news service reports that three of the four crew members are radio amateurs the three hams on the crew include mission commander matthew dominick kc0tor making his first flight to space pilot michael barratt kd5mij making his third trip to the space station and mission specialist jeanette epps kf5qnu another first timer the fourth crew member named is russian cosmonaut alexander grebenkin also a mission specialist the crew is expected to launch to the space station early next year for what is described as a long duration stay posted by cq newsroom at 2 09 pm email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest fcc hiring field agents if you re an electrical engineer with experience in rf engineering and looking for a job the fcc may be looking for you the arrl letter reports that the commission is hiring agents to work in field offices in new york city boston chicago san francisco and los angeles candidates must be able to operate all technical equipment typically used in the field agents will issue violation notices as required and will maintain contact with and assist other law enforcement agencies regarding rf issues applications are being accepted through august 24 the complete job postings are online at https www usajobs gov job 736540500 new york boston and chicago and at https www usajobs gov job 736547300 los angeles and san francisco posted by cq newsroom at 8 07 am email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday july 17 2023 europeans dominate wrtc competition a long standing knowledge of hf propagation from europe seems to have been a major advantage in the delayed until 2023 2022 world radiosport team championship wrtc held in italy in early july in conjunction with the iaru hf championship contest according to the wrtc2022 it website virtually all of the top scorers were europeans no us team finished higher than 10th place the first place finisher was i44w operated by uw7ll and ve3dz the only non european in a top spot second place went to i43c captained by dj5mw and dl1iao and the third place winner was i49d operated by 9a7dx and 9a3lg other top slots included phone i43l yu5eea 9a3sms cw i47m f8dbf f1akk mults i44w uw7ll ve3dz youth i43o yl3ja ur5yko and accuracy i43c dj5mw dl1iao posted by cq newsroom at 1 36 pm email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest fcc considering proposal for new commercial use of hf bands as traditional users of the shortwave spectrum move their operations to satellites and the internet a group of businesses in the financial sector is seeking to use hf for high speed high power data transmissions the arrl reports that the shortwave modernization coalition has petitioned the fcc for use of multiple frequencies between 2 and 25 mhz with power authorizations up to 20 kilowatts while newsline reports that the fcc says that the proposed uses would not impact spectrum used exclusively by amateur radio maritime or aeronautical services the arrl points out that some requested frequencies are immediately adjacent to amateur bands which could be affected by high power digital signals comments are due by july 31 with reply comments open until august 15 the full petition may be found at https tinyurl com dh5dbctb posted by cq newsroom at 7 27 am email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest bill to pre empt hoa antenna restrictions reintroduced in congress a republican congressman from ohio and a democrat from connecticut have jointly introduced a bill to force homeowners associations hoas to allow amateur radio antennas in the developments that they control hr 4006 would remove private land use restrictions that prevent amateur radio operators from installing and using reasonable antennas on property that they own or control this month s learning curve column is devoted to the bill and recommendations for encouraging your congressional representative to support it the full text of the bill may be found at https tinyurl com vtvputst posted by cq newsroom at 7 24 am email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest kees van oosbree w0aae named 2023 amateur radio newsline young ham of the year 2023 newsline young ham of the year kees van oosbree w0aae photo courtesy ar newsline nineteen year old kees van oosbree w0aae of maple grove minnesota has been selected as the 2023 bill pasternak wa6itf memorial amateur radio newsline young ham of the year kees was honored for his leadership in helping other young amateurs through youth on the air yota americas program and the remote ham radio youth network a visit to a museum with an amateur radio station at age 12 sparked his interest in becoming a ham van oosbree told newsline studying on his own he quickly earned his technician and general class licenses then joined the minnesota wireless association and developed his interest in contesting hf was my life kees said contesting is pretty much my main thing in amateur radio although i do branch out and do other things among those other things is yota americas in which he has taken on a variety of leadership roles including the training of youth operators serving as qsl manager for w8y contacts made with yota campers and sharing his interest in remote operating a 2023 graduate and class valedictorian of heritage christian academy in his hometown kees will be attending iowa state university this fall where he plans to study aerospace engineering the yhoty award will be presented to kees during a ceremony at the huntsville hamfest in alabama on august 19 amateur radio newsline cq magazine and yaesu usa are primary sponsors of the award along with heil sound ltd and radiowavz antenna company posted by cq newsroom at 7 22 am email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest young hams in the spotlight at hamvention the young hams who made presentations at the 2023 dayton hamvention youth forum from left lyle strachan ke0znv javan miller w8ua collin holdsworth k0nnk forum 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