Southgate Amateur Radio Club RSS FeedA selection of circuits, tips, news and humourCS8DFG - Frigate D. Fernando II e Gloria- (Found July 5, 2008 ) To commemorate their 6th anniversay the Portuguese Navy Radio Amateur Club will be operating the special event station CS8DFG from the frigate 'D. Fernando II e Glria' on the 26-27th Julyhttp://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2008/cs8dfg.htm NASA considers development of student-led satellite initiative- (Found July 5, 2008 ) NASA is considering the development of a university-based, student-led satellite development initiative to begin passing the space exploration torch to a new generationhttp://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2008/asmo.htm Backyard Field Day - K7AGE 2008- (Found July 5, 2008 ) How Randy, K7AGE's weekend antenna experiment ended-up turning into a backyard field day operationhttp://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2008/backyard_field_day.htm Framed QSL Presentation- (Found July 5, 2008 ) The Cambridgeshire Repeater Group have presented a framed QSL card from their recent DXpedition to the Isle of Mull, to Icom UK's John Turner. Find out why..http://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2008/framed_qsl_presentation.htm Tony's 10-metre band report- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Wednesday through to Sunday was very good on 10m with 4O3A a winner during the week and for the first time in a long time, a United States station, W3RJ, getting top spot at the weekend. There were some popular British stations in there too!http://www.southgatearc.org/bands/10metres/july2008/july_03.htm Red Sands Radio on-air today- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Red Sands Radio went on-air today, broadcasting 8.5 miles offshore from an old WWII Army Sea Fort on the Red Sands in the Thames Estuary. You can listen live onlinehttp://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2008/icom_red_sands_broadcast.htm Update on the P3E Amateur Radio Satellite- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Thomas Frey HB9SKA has kindly provided a short summary on the current status of the Amateur Radio satellite P3E being built by AMSAT-DLhttp://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2008/p3e_update.htm DX News from the ARRL- (Found July 5, 2008 ) The American Radio Relay League's round-up of the forthcoming week's DX activityhttp://www.southgatearc.org/dxnews/2008/july_04.htm UK Amateur Radio Licences as at 30th June 2008- (Found July 5, 2008 ) The UK regulator Ofcom has supplied the figures for the total number of Amateur Radio Licences issued as at 30th June 2008http://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2008/uk_amateur_radio_licences.htm Propagation de K7RA- (Found July 5, 2008 ) The weeks seem to drag on with no sunspots in sight. An image from helioseismic holography on Tuesday shows a spot on our Sun's far side. We hope it emerges in a week or ten days on our side, and hasn't died out by then..http://www.southgatearc.org/propagation/2008/july_04.htm |