http://www.arrl.org/news/american-red-cross-asks-arrl-s-assistance-with-puerto-rico-relief-effort They are doing something really meaningful, and I have to sit here on my desk doing some gamma-ray computations. Man, I really need to finish my PhD soon 🙂
Just found out, that in Season 17 Episode 10, Seymour Skinner uses a HAM with the callsign WA3QIZ. Very funny 🙂
HAM Operates are called upon to stay away of Frequency 7060 kHz (LSB +/- 10 kHz) as this used by emergency traffic. Links http://va7eca.ca/wordpress/index.php/2016/08/24/7060-khz-in-use-by-italian-ares-august-24-2016/ http://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-volunteers-assisting-in-italian-earthquake-response
On a nice, cloudless night in Mid-August one can observe a beautiful spectacle of nature: The Perseid showers. According to Bill Cooke from NASA this year will be exceptional good, where normal rates are somewhere between 50-75 meteors per minute, this year we could have peaks up to 150 and even 200 meteors per minute.… Read More »
The tropical storm earl is currently heading across Central America. HAM Radio Amateurs in the IARU Region 2 gather informations and support the local emergency services. Everyone is requested to stay away from the following frequencies, since they are reserved for the emergency usage. Mexico: 7.060 & 3.690 MHz Guatemala: 7.075 MHz Belize: 7.177MHz USA… Read More »
Weil ich gerade beim Thema war: Das aktuelle Chaosradio beschäftigt sich mit Amateurfunk. Mit dabei sind Marcus Richter als Moderator, DC4LW, DL7MTX, DD4MD und K7FP.
Just for the archive. Turkey revokes now 3213 ham radio licenses. (Found via qrznow.com, [Link to original source]) On the original source, there also some interesting numbers listed Turkey’s coup in numbers 21,000 private teachers have licences removed 15,000 suspended from education ministry 8,000 police officers detained or suspended 6,000 soldiers detained 1,500 staff at Ministry of Finance… Read More »
Der Dolomites Radio Club hat einen zusammenfassenden, kleinen Artikel ĂĽber den Notfunk nach dem Erdbeben in Taiwan veröffentlicht: Der Notfunkverkehr findet auf 7060 kHz und mit geringer Sendeleitung statt. Reservefrequenzen sind 7050 und 3560 kHz. Alle Funkamateure werden gebeten, die genannten Frequenzen frei zu halten. Am 5. Februar um 19:57 UTC gab es ein Erdbeben… Read More »
Und ab heute dem Rufzeichen OE7PHX zugeordnet 🙂 Ich hoffe dieses Hobby in nächster Zeit weiter entwickeln zu können und halte euch über diese Seite am Laufenden.